Germana Monte-Mór
1958, Rio de Janeiro | RJ – Brazil
Designer, engraver, painter and sculptor. She studied social sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ and engraving at the Escolinha de Arte do Brasil (Brazil School of Art). She moved to São Paulo in 1983, where she studied arts at the Armando Álvares Penteado - Faap Foundation between 1985; in 1989 she concluded her master's degree in visual poetry in 2002 at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA / USP), with the dissertation Lugares do Desenho, directed by Marco Giannotti (1966). In 1989, she received the Ateliê II grant from the Oswald de Andrade Cultural Office in São Paulo; the acquisition prize at the 1st Canson Prize at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo - MAM / SP in 1989 and at the National Biennial of Santos, São Paulo, in 1993. In 2004, she received the Bolsa Vitae de Artes, Fundação
Vitae. The research of new materials is one of the main features of the artist's work.
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Individual Exhibitions:
2022 On the infinity of the line and the (im)perfection of stones, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
2020 Germana Monte-Mór Viewing Room, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
2017 Paths of imagination, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2013 From Goat, Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2010 Soft Stone, Carminha Macedo Art Gallery, Belo Horizonte, BH, Brazil
2009 Black light, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2008 "Arrabaldes", Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2005 Entrantes, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2004 Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2004 The Friends of Prints Project, Chácara do Céu Museum, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2002-2003 Places of Drawing, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2002 Maria Antonia University Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2001 Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2000 Morumbi Chappell, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1998 Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1997 Almost drawings, AS Studio, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1995 Invited artist, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1994 Invited artist, Itaú Galeria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Collective Exhibitions:
2022 Of Earth and Gas, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2019 From tradition to experimentation, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre
2017 MAC - USP in the 21st Century: The Era of Artists, curated by Katia Canton, MAC - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2017 Ways of seeing Brazil: Itaú Cultural 30 years, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, Oca, Ibirapuera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2016 Collective, Gallery A2 + Multiplo Art Space, curated by Maneco Muller, Vale das Videiras, Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil
2016 On the Threshold of the Night, curated by Claudio Cretti, Galeria Sancovsky, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2016 BR 2016, Virgílio Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2015 The Spirit of Each Era, curated by Rejane Cintrão, Instituto Figueredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2014 Photography Collective, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2012 Contact Surface, Galeria Penteado, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2012 [some of] Us, curated by Claudio Cretti, Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012 Dream Collector, curated by Agnaldo Farias, Instituto Figueredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2012 “Entrecolchetes”, Private collection space - Oswaldo Correa da Costa, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012 Drawings and Dialogues, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2011 Brazilian art: beyond the system, curated by Paulo Sergio Duarte, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 New acquisitions, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2010-2011 Collection notes, curated by Guilherme Bueno, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2009 Modern starts - Contemporary art in the 20th century collection by Pila Citoler, Córdoba, Spain
2009 Place drawings, Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2008-2009 Year_01, Anita Schwartz Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2007 Contemporary art, recent acquisitions of the Pinacoteca do Estado collection, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2006-2007 Original prints; engraving since the 15th century, Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2006 Designated developments, Museum of Contemporary Art, Centro Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2006 II International Ceará Print Biennial, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
2006 Singular and plural, curated by Cauê Alves, Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2006 Exhibition of the collection of prints from the Chácara do Céu Museum, Sesc, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2005 Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
2004 Parallel 2004, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2004 Contemporary art in the municipal collection, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2002 Genius Loci - The spirit of the Place, Maria Antonia Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2002 10 years, Marília Razuk Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1997 Santos National Biennial, Santos, SP, Brazil
1997 Galerie Douyon, Miami, USA
1997 25th Belo Horizonte National Art Exhibition, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
1996 “Habitar”, Conjunto Cultural da Caixa Economica Federal, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1996 III Salão MAM, Salvador, BA, Brazil
1995 Works on paper, Casa Triângulo Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1995 19th Carioca Art Salon, Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1995 15th National Salon of Arts, FUNART, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1995 Collective 34, Adriana Penteado Art Office, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1995 Tradition and Pioneering Spirit, Museum of Modern Art, MAM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1994 8, UFMG Cultural Center, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
1993 Drawings, Manoel Macedo Art Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
1993 Santos National Biennial, Santos, SP, Brazil
1990 Thirteen artists, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1990 Thirteen artists, Grand Gallery, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
1990 5 artists from São Paulo, Galeria Angelus, Belém, PA, Brazil
1990 The presence of drawing, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1989 XIV Ribeirão Preto Art Salon, SP, Brazil
1989 XXII Piracicaba Art Salon, SP, Brazil
1988 6th São Paulo Contemporary Art Salon, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1988 Collective exhibition, curated by Nelson Leirner, FAAP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Public Collections:
Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Londrina State University - UEL, Paraná, PR, Brazil
Itaú Cultural Collection, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
National Library Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Chácara do Céu Museum, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Dragão do Mar Center, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Banco Espírito Santo
Figueiredo Ferraz Institute, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, MAC - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Selected Publications:
2017 Percursos da Imaginação, Lis Gráfica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2013 Da Cabra, publisher WMF - Martins Fontes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2010 Arte Brasileira além do sistema, Lis Gráfica, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2009 80/90 Modernos, Pos modernos, etc, Agnaldo Farias, publisher Tomie Ohtake
2008 Arte brasileira contemporanêa: um prelúdio, autor Paulo Sergio Duarte, editora Silvia Roesler Edições de Arte
2007 O vento e Moinho: ensaios sobre arte moderna e contemporanêa, autor Rodrigo Naves, editora Campanhia das Letras
2005 Brazilian Art VI- Livro de Arte Brasileira, JC Editora
2005 A Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo: Coleção de Arte da Cidade, Banco Safra, São Paulo
2003 Layers of Brazilian Art, Grinnell College, curated by Lesley Wright
1998 Perfil da Coleção Itaú, Itaú Cultural
