Luiza Baldan

Born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luiza Baldan has a MFA degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2010) and a BFA degree from Florida International University (Miami, 2002). Working in varied media, but especially in photography and text, the artist investigates the dwelling process by doing immersive residencies. Temporarily Baldan moves into an unknown house and develops a project as a response to the experience of living in a new context. In some cases, the addresses are chosen due to the architectural iconography and its impacts in the social urban history, such as Copan (Sao Paulo) and Pedregulho (Rio de Janeiro), both in Brazil. Some other cases, the apartments were proposed to Baldan as a challenge to engage facts and fiction in an original body of work.

Most recent solo exhibitions
2014 – Build Up – MdM Gallery, Paris (France)
2013 –  Index – Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
2013 – Corta Luz – Pivô, Sao Paulo (Brazil)
2012 – São Casas – CCD/Studio-X, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
2011 – Algumas Séries – Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi (Brazil)
2011 – Insulares e Marginais –  Mercedes Viegas Gallery, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Most recent group exhibitions
2014 – Cruzamentos: Contemporary Art in Brazil – The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (USA)
2013 – Escavar o Futuro – Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte (Brazil) ;
2013 – Travessias 2: arte contemporânea na Maré – Galpão Nova Maré, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) ;
2013 – Lugar Nenhum – Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
2012 – Collecting Collections and Concepts – Fábrica ASA, Guimarães (Portugal) ;
2012 – Rumos Artes Visuais, Itaú Cultural Sao Paulo, MAMAM Recife, Paço Imperial Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)