Born in Salvador, Bahia (1983), the artist lives and works in Porto Alegre, where she co-manages the Atelier Subterrânea, and in Osório where she has her own atelier. She graduated in Arts (Drawing) and in Visual Arts from the Arts Institute of UFRGS, where she also got her Master’s degree in History, Theory and Critic of Arts. Currently, she is a doctoral student in Visual Poetics from the post-graduation program in Visual Arts from the Arts Institute of UFRGS.
Experience as executive producer: Project for the publication of the books "Atelier Subterrânea" (2010, ed. Panorama Crítico), Visual Arts Connect Conexões Award 2010, Project VETOR, 9 Visual Arts National Net Funarte Award 2012, Project BR116: independent circuits in transit (SEDAC-FAC/RS, 2012), Project Cadernos de Gestão (SEDAC-FAC/RS, 2013).
Solo shows: Nas entrelinhas do diário (Studio Clio -Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul, 2007), Tramas diárias (Museu do Trabalho - Porto Alegre, 2010), Área de cultivo (Galeria "A Sala" IAD, Pelotas/Rio Grande do Sul, 2011), Onde o desenho germina (Espaço Cultural ESPM, Porto Alegre, 2012), “Free-way” (El Parche Artist Residency, Bogota/Colombia, 2012); Project Museum Façade (Museu Murillo La Greca, Recife/PE, 2013); Donde el Dibujo Germina (Centro Cultural Kavlin, Punta del Este, 2013).
Main group exhibitions: in 2013: As tramas do tempo na arte contemporânea: Estética ou Poética? Curatorship Daniela Bousso, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo; Antes y Después – anniversary of La Usurpadora (curator Maria Izabel Rueda), La Usurpadora, Puerto Colômbia, Colombia; video exhibition at COLOMBORAMA (curators Marius Wang and Olga Robayo), Oslo, Norway; A imagem da Palavra (org. IEAVI), Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre; ENTRE, curator Ana Zavadill (Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Contemporary Art, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre. In 2012: Las chicas solo quieren divertirse, curator María Isabel Rueda, La Usurpadora, Barranquilla/Colombia; New Acquisions Exhibition – Pinacoteca Aldo Locatelli, Paço dos Açorianos, Porto Alegre; Instâncias do Desenho – Atelier Subterrânea, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro and Galeria Logo, São Paulo; A imagem da Palavra (org. IEAVI), Espaço SUBT, Montevideo, Uruguay; Abre Alas -A Gentil Carioca, Centro Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro. In 2011: Água Viva, curatorship Marcelo Campos, Galeria Amarelonegro, Rio de Janeiro; Exhibition at the “April Show”, Fortaleza/Ceará. In 2009, urban interventions Oi Expressões, curator Marcello Dantas (Parque Redenção, Porto Alegre/Rio Grande do Sul); Small Show, High Falls Art Gallery, Rochester/NY/USA; Nós na Fita (Galeria FitaTape -Complexo Master, Porto Alegre). Participation in shows and residencies: April Show /Fortaleza (Fortaleza, 2011); Abre Alas/Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro, 2012); Young Artist Show (Porto Alegre, 2008), artist residency: El Parche Artist Residency, Taller 7 and La Usurpadora (Colombia – Bogota, Medellín and Barranquilla, supported by MinC – Cultural Exchange Program, 2012), Residency for Artists/managers – Capacete Entretenimentos (Funarte 2011), mobile artist residency Free-way – Alpendre and Casa da Ribeira (Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará, 2012 – Visual Arts National Net Funarte Award).
Awards: Women in Visual Arts Funarte Award 2013 – Project Atelier as dialogue space: feminine dialogues on focus at Subterrânea; Visual Arts National Net Funarte Award 2011 – Project Free-way, co-authorship with Rodrigo John; awards for the work at Atelier Subterrânea (Açorianos Awards –Porto Alegre Municipal Secretariat of Culture: 2011– Highlight: Institutional Space, 2009 Highlight: Plastic Arts Alternative Project; Visual Arts Conexão Award MinC/Funarte/Petrobrás 2010, Creative Economy Award MinC 2012, Visual Arts National Net Funarte Award 2012 -Project Vetor).
Publications: catalogue Onde o desenho germina (Ed. Panorama Crítico, Porto Alegre 2012):
Espaços Independentes (Ed. Atelier 397, São Paulo, 2010), Coletivos (Felipe Scovino, Renato Rezende; Ed. Circuitos, Rio de Janeiro, 2010) and the organization of the book Atelier Subterrânea (Ed. Panorama Crítico, Porto Alegre, 2010).
Maus’ works are part the following collections: Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo; Mônica and George Kornis Collection, Rio de Janeiro; Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre; Museu do Trabalho – artist selected to participate in the Consórcio de Gravura, 2010, Porto Alegre 2010, Porto Alegre/Brazil; Pinacoteca Aldo Locatelli –Porto Alegre City Hall, MAC/RS Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Contemporary Art); Instituto Estadual de Artes Visuais (IEAVI/RS).
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Lilian Maus
Salvador, 1983