Adriana Varejão - Artists

ADRIANA VAREJÃO
A grande curva, 2010
oil and plaster on canvas
59.06 x 59.06 inches
150 x 150 cm
LM13969
ADRIANA VAREJAO
O Iluminado (The Shining), 2009
oil on linen
90.55 x 220.47 inches
230 x 560 cm
LM12107
ADRIANA VAREJAO
A Fonte (The Fountain), 2009
oil on canvas
66.93 x 90.55 inches
170 x 230 cm
LM12116
ADRIANA VAREJAO
A Malvada (The Wicked), 2009
graphite on paper
25.2 x 28.35 inches (paper)
64 x 72 cm
39.5 x 42.75 inches (framed)
100.3 x 108.6 cm
LM12520
ADRIANA VAREJAO
Poliptico Iberico (Polyptych "Iberic"), 2008
oil and plaster on canvas
4 panels, each:
43.3 x 43.3 inches
110 x 110 cm
overall dimensions:
86.6 x 86.6 inches
220 x 220 cm
LM11350
ADRIANA VAREJÃO

Celacanto provoca maremoto [Coelacanth provokes seaquaques], 2004-2008
Plaster on canvas, oil painted
Permanent installation consisting of 184 paintings, 110 x 110 cm/each
Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Minas Gerais, Brazil
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
O Hungaro (The Hungarian), 2006
oil on canvas
78.74 x 100.39 inches
200 x 255 cm
LM10219
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
O Virtuoso (The Virtuoso), 2006
oil on canvas
47.24 x 64.17 inches
120 x 163 cm
LM10216
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
O sonhador [The dreamer], 2006
Oil on canvas
170 x 230cm
LM10217
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Linda da Lapa, 2004
aluminum, polyurethane, oil
157.48 x 66.93 x 47.24 inches
400 x 170 x 120 cm
LM8450
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Linda do Rosário, 2004
195 x 800 x 25 cm
aluminum, polyurethane and oil paint

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ADRIANA VAREJÃO
The Guest, 2004
Oil on canvas
45 x 70 cm

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ADRIANA VAREJÃO
White Sauna, 2003
oil on canvas
76.77 x 114.17 inches
195 x 290 cm
LM6491
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Folds 2, 2003
oil on wood and polyurethane on aluminum and wood support
94.49 x 90.55 x 15.75 inches
240 x 230 x 40 cm
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Collection of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Ruina de Charque - Nova Capela (Nova Capela Jerked-Beef Ruin), 2003
oil on wood and polyurethane
104.33 x 47.24 x 22.05 inches
265 x 120 x 56 cm
LM6495
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Folds, 2000-2001
oil, foam, aluminum, wood and canvas
76.77 x 98.43 x 25.98 inches
195 x 250 x 66 cm
LM2947
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Contingente [Contingent], 1998-2000
Photograph
28 x 40.5 cm (edition of 5)
22 x 32.6 cm (edition of 100)
110 x 140 x 10 cm
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Azulejaria "de tapete" em carne viva [Carpet-Style Tilework in Live Flesh], 1999
oil on canvas and polyurethane on aluminum and wood support
59 x 75 x 9.8 inches

150 x 190 x 25 cm

LM1811
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Figura de convite II [Entrance Figure II], 1998
Oil on canvas
200 x 200 cm
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
Margem (Edge), 1999
Oil on canvas and wood
overall dimensions:
85.83 x 210.24 inches
218 x 534 cm
LM1810

Artist Bio

Adriana Varejão

One of Brazil’s leading contemporary artists, Adriana Varejão’s (b. 1964, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) diverse practice encompasses painting, sculpture, installation and photography, through which she mines the cultural histories of colonial Brazil in conjunction with the histories of painting.

Varejão has exhibited extensively internationally, including at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2001); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris (2005); Hara Museum, Japan (2007); Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Brazil (2012); and Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013). Varejão’s work was included in the São Paulo Bienial (1994 and 1998), Venice Biennale (1995), 5th Mercosul Biennial in Visual Art, Brazil (2005), Liverpool Biennial (1999 and 2006) and 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2011), among others. In 2004, Varejão was an artist-in-residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Varejão’s work is included in the collections of the Tate Modern, London,; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Hara Museum, Tokyo; and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among others. She also has a permanent pavilion devoted to her work at the Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim in Brazil that opened in 2008. The artist lives and works in Brazil.