BRUNA MAYER
(b. 1986, Curitiba, Brazil)
Visual artist, living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. Previously lived in Berlin from 2018 to 2022.
Artista visual, vive e trabalha em São Paulo, Brasil. Viveu em Berlim de 2018 a 2022.
EDUCATION / FORMAÇÃO
2019–2022 – Master of Arts, Art in Context, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
2011–2015 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo, Brazil
2005–2009 – BFA in Illustration [Scholarship], ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, United States
PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS / INTERVENÇÕES PÚBLICAS
2025 – O Avesso da Terra, site-specific installation at Parque da Água Branca, commissioned by CASACOR São Paulo, Brazil
2021–2022 – Zwischen Erde und Himmel, Foyer of the UdK Concert Hall, Berlin, Germany
2020 – Agglomerations Series, interventions in Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany
2018 – I See Myself Through You, showcase window at GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2020 – Agglomerations Series, interventions in Tiergarten Park, Berlin, Germany
2018 – I See Myself Through You, showcase window at GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / EXPOSIÇÕES SELECIONADAS
2026 – Un visionado a tres voces, BIENALSUR, MAC Panamá, Panama City, Panama
2025 – Un visionado a tres voces, BIENALSUR, Museo CA2M, Madrid, Spain
2025 – Fragmentar la obsolescencia. De cómo la Tierra se parece al cielo, curated by Clarisa Appendino, BIENALSUR, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson, San Juan, Argentina
2025 – Un visionado a tres voces, BIENALSUR, MUNTREF – Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2025 – Fragmentar la obsolescencia. La rebelión de la basura, curated by Clarisa Appendino, BIENALSUR, Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina
2025 – Un visionado a tres voces, BIENALSUR, Museo CA2M, Madrid, Spain
2025 – Fragmentar la obsolescencia. De cómo la Tierra se parece al cielo, curated by Clarisa Appendino, BIENALSUR, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson, San Juan, Argentina
2025 – Un visionado a tres voces, BIENALSUR, MUNTREF – Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2025 – Fragmentar la obsolescencia. La rebelión de la basura, curated by Clarisa Appendino, BIENALSUR, Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina
2025 – Semear Sonhos, curated by Rodrigo Avelar, CASACOR São Paulo, video installation and commissioned garden installation, São Paulo, Brazil
2025 – Ecos Sutiles, curated by A.C. Machado, Instituto Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian Embassy, Asunción, Paraguay
2025 – Ecos Sutiles, curated by A.C. Machado, Instituto Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian Embassy, Asunción, Paraguay
2022 – 25 Grad, MA Ausstellung & Rundgang, curated by Akiko Bernhöft, Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany
2021 – 14ª Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea de Curitiba (14th Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art), online edition, Curitiba, Brazil2020 – Regeneration, curated by Josephine de Fijter / Studio Uncoated, De School, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 – Transformation, Bunker 101, Cologne, Germany
2018 – Identity Unveiled, curated by Josephine de Fijter, GlogauAIR Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 – I See Myself Through You, GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2018 – Open Studios, GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Mostra Escola Entrópica, coordinated by Galciani Neves and Vítor César, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
2017 – 3ª Mostra B.A., Espaço Di Grado, São Paulo, Brazil
2017 – Metanóia, Coletiva AIREZ 2017, Airez Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil
2017 – In-Possibilidades, Incubadora de Artistas, Atibaia, Brazil
2017 – As Coisas se Escoram Tortas, curated by Ricardo Basbaum e Danillo Villa, Arte Londrina 5, Casa de Cultura DAP / UEL, Londrina, Brazil
2017 – Bienal Arte Print Brasil, Incubadora de Artistas, Atibaia, Brazil
2017 – Presença Permeável, Praça das Artes, Fundação Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil (video installation and performance)
2016 – Mostra Escola Entrópica, coordinated by Paulo Miyada and Pedro França, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
2016 – Novas Poéticas, curated by Germano Dushá, Guilherme Gutman and Pollyana Quintella at Fundação Museu do Futuro, Curitiba, Brazil
2016 – Tempo Suspenso, curated by Luciano Mariussi e Leandro Roman, Galeria 13, São Paulo, Brazil
2016 – Processos Criativos, Wesley Duke Lee Art Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 – Alguns Desvios do Corpo, curated by Cauê Alves and Danillo Villa, Arte Londrina 4, Casa de Cultura DAP / UEL, Londrina, Brazil
2015 – Fragmentos da Memória, Galeria 13, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 – Permissões: Ruídos Poéticos, Galeria 13, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 – Olhar Gráfico/SP Estampa, curated by Helena Freddi and Katia Salvany, MUBA – Museu Belas Artes de São Paulo, Brazil
SELECTED SCREENINGS AND FILM FESTIVALS / FESTIVAIS E EXIBIÇÕES
2024 – Vespa – Mostra de Video-arte, curated by Julia Cavazzini and Femzor, Caroço, São Paulo, Brazil – screening of From The Stars We Came, To The Stars We Shall Return
2023 – ~ being one thing and then being another ~, Part II, facilitated by Anna Ruthenberg and Elisa Maria Schmitt, Klosterfelde Edition, Berlin, Germany – screening of From The Stars We Came, To The Stars We Shall Return
2021 – From The Stars We Came, To The Stars We Shall Return, Floating University, Berlin, Germany – open-air video screening, with a curatorial text by Viviane Tabach
2018 – Identity Unveiled, curated by Josephine de Fijter, The Photo Room, Amsterdam, Netherlands – screening of LINFA
2016 – Cine MIS, Museu da Imagem e do Som (Museum of Image and Sound), São Paulo, Brazil – screening of Virgens
2015 – Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival, United States – screening of Virgens
2015 – 3ª Mostra Cultura de Cinema Brasileiro, Fortaleza, Brazil – screening of Virgens
2015 – WHAT The Festival, Oregon, United States – screening of Virgens
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES / PRÊMIOS E RESIDÊNCIAS
2018 – GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2015 – Best Short Film Award / Prêmio de Melhor Curta-Metragem, Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival, United States – Virgens, co-written and co-produced with Victor Ribeiro
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND EDITORIAL PROJECTS / PUBLICAÇÕES E EDIÇÕES
2025 – Para ti, O Universo, series of six artist books with fine art reproductions, box set (edition of 5)
2025 – Lute Todos os Dias, illustrated calendar, artwork featured for September
2025 – TV feature on Bom Dia SP (TV Globo) about CASACOR São Paulo, highlighting the installation O Avesso da Terra
2025 – Article in Veja São Paulo magazine (print and digital editions) about the artists invited to CASACOR São Paulo, featuring the work O Avesso da Terra
2025 – Lute Todos os Dias, illustrated calendar, artwork featured for September
2025 – TV feature on Bom Dia SP (TV Globo) about CASACOR São Paulo, highlighting the installation O Avesso da Terra
2025 – Article in Veja São Paulo magazine (print and digital editions) about the artists invited to CASACOR São Paulo, featuring the work O Avesso da Terra
2025 – CASACOR São Paulo Yearbook 2025 (print edition), article by Marina Teixeira on the invited artists
2025 – Article in the online magazine Paisagismo em Foco about the work O Avesso da Terra
2025 – Feature on CASACOR’s official website highlighting the work O Avesso da Terra
2025 – Article in Viva Magazine (Viva Decora), Transforming Art into a Sensory Experience, featuring O Avesso da Terra
2022 – Printed catalog of the 14th Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art
2018 – Printed catalogs of the GlogauAIR Artist Residency program, June and September editions
2017 – Printed catalog Arte Londrina 5, As Coisas se Escoram Tortas
2015 – Printed catalog Arte Londrina 4, Alguns Desvios do Corpo
2015 – Front-page feature in Jornal de Londrina, featuring the work Imersão
2022 – Printed catalog of the 14th Curitiba International Biennial of Contemporary Art
2018 – Printed catalogs of the GlogauAIR Artist Residency program, June and September editions
2017 – Printed catalog Arte Londrina 5, As Coisas se Escoram Tortas
2015 – Printed catalog Arte Londrina 4, Alguns Desvios do Corpo
2015 – Front-page feature in Jornal de Londrina, featuring the work Imersão
2015 – Article by the International Film Academy (AIC), The Short Film Virgens Wins Award in Los Angeles
TALKS AND PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS / FALAS E CONVERSAS PÚBLICAS
2025 – A arte que nasce da natureza, Diálogos na CASACOR, with Juliana dos Santos and Maibe Maroccolo, São Paulo
2017 – Guest talk, Visual Arts program, FAAP, invited by curator and professor Galciani Neves, São Paulo
2017 – Presença Permeável – public conversation, Praça das Artes / Theatro Municipal de São Paulo
2017 – Guest talk, Visual Arts program, FAAP, invited by curator and professor Galciani Neves, São Paulo
2017 – Presença Permeável – public conversation, Praça das Artes / Theatro Municipal de São Paulo
JURY PARTICIPATION / PARTICIPAÇÃO EM JÚRI
2017 – Jury member, Novas Poéticas exhibition, Galeria Cañizares, Salvador, Brazil
ADDITIONAL STUDIES / FORMAÇÃO COMPLEMENTAR
2017 – Artistic Practice Mentorship with Paulo Miyada, São Paulo, Brazil
2017 – Escola Entrópica, Contemporary Art Production and Study Group, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (with Galciani Neves and Vítor César)
2015–2016 – Escola Entrópica, Contemporary Art Production and Study Group, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (with Paulo Miyada and Pedro França)
2015–2016 – Artistic Practice Mentorship with Regina Parra, São Paulo, Brazil
2015–2016 – Contemporary Art with Pedro França, MAM, São Paulo, Brazil
National Museum of Fine Arts of Asunción, Paraguay
Enter Art Foundation Collection, Berlin, Germany
Private collections
Private collections