Obras de adriana varejao biography

Brazilian artist

Adriana Varejão (born , Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian artist. She works in various disciplines including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation and photography.

She was an artist-in-resident at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in ^[1] Varejão lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.^[2]

Background

In the s, Varejão was an engineering student.

However, it was thanks to a bohemian artist Elizabeth Taylor's performance in The Sandpiper () that she decided to also pursue a career in art. She then quit university and achieved global recognition as a well established contemporary artist.

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Varejão appropriates stylistic traditions that were introduced to Brazil upon colonial encounter. Since Brazil is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world, it has undoubtedly informed her style as an artist. Over the course of her year career, Varejão has created a number of series which represent the identity, culture and rac