Ana Cláudia Almeida
1993 | Rio de Janeiro – RJ
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She lives and works in New Haven, United States.
Ana Cláudia Almeida’s material universe is based on the manipulation of paints, plastics, oil sticks, fabrics and images. The fluttering appearance of her works on cloth, the accumulative and shifting nature of the sculpture and the kaleidoscopic fragmentation of the large-scale paintings transpose and translate intangible memory into matter. This dimension is felt both on the surface of the works, as Almeida allows traces of previous gestures to remain in the final form, and in a conceptual and symbolic way. Made up of intense superimpositions of full and empty spaces, the abstraction that defines the works on display resonates with the visual and conceptual depth of his work, which formally and thematically mirrors layers of memory, practices and rituals.
His recent solo exhibitions include Over Again, Stephen Friedman Gallery, New York (2025); Guandu Paraguaçu Piraquara, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023); Holes, Craters and Hugs, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021); Wasapindorama, Niterói Art Foundation, Niterói, Brazil (2018). In 2024, Almeida took part, together with the artist Tadáskía, in the exhibitions Ana Cláudia Almeida & Tadáskía , simultaneously at the galleries Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Quadra, in São Paulo, Brazil, and Tadáskía and Ana Cláudia Almeida: A Joyner/Giuffrida Visiting Artists Programat the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, United States. The artist was also part of the group exhibitions Alvorada, Dover Street Market, Paris (2025); A Poeira Terrível, Quadra, São Paulo (2025); Essay on Landscape, Inhotim Institute, Brumadinho, Brazil (2024); Look at the mountains, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Essas Pessoas na Sala de Jantar, Eva Kablin House Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023); Crônicas Cariocas, Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021) and Casa Carioca, Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021). His works are part of the collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio, Instituto Inhotim and Sesc Rio de Janeiro.
She lives and works in New Haven, United States.
Ana Cláudia Almeida’s material universe is based on the manipulation of paints, plastics, oil sticks, fabrics and images. The fluttering appearance of her works on cloth, the accumulative and shifting nature of the sculpture and the kaleidoscopic fragmentation of the large-scale paintings transpose and translate intangible memory into matter. This dimension is felt both on the surface of the works, as Almeida allows traces of previous gestures to remain in the final form, and in a conceptual and symbolic way. Made up of intense superimpositions of full and empty spaces, the abstraction that defines the works on display resonates with the visual and conceptual depth of his work, which formally and thematically mirrors layers of memory, practices and rituals.
Her recent solo exhibitions include Guandu Paraguaçu Piraquara, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023); Holes, Craters and Hugs, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021); Wasapindorama, Niterói Art Foundation, Niterói, Brazil (2018). In 2024, Almeida took part, together with the artist Tadáskía, in the exhibitions Ana Cláudia Almeida & Tadáskía , simultaneously at the galleries Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Quadra, in São Paulo, Brazil, and Tadáskía and Ana Cláudia Almeida: A Joyner/Giuffrida Visiting Artists Programat the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, United States. The artist was also part of the group exhibitions Essay on Landscape, Inhotim Institute, Brumadinho, Brazil (2024); Look at the mountains, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Essas Pessoas na Sala de Jantar, Eva Kablin House Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023); Crônicas Cariocas, Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021) and Casa Carioca, Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021). His works are part of the collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio, Instituto Inhotim and Sesc Rio de Janeiro.
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Training
2023-25 MFA Candidate, Painting and printmaking, Yale, New Haven, USA
2018-20 EAV Parque Lage – Training and Deformation Program with Gleyce Kelly Heitor, Clarissa Diniz and Ulisses Carrilho, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2011-18 Sandwich Degree in Industrial Design, Rio de Janeiro State University and Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, USA
Solo and duo exhibitions
2024 Ana Cláudia Almeida & Tadáskía, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Quadra,
São Paulo, BR
2024 Tadáskía and Ana Cláudia Almeida: A Joyner Giuffrida Visiting Artists Program, Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, USA
2023 Guandu Paraguaçu Piraquara, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2022 Submersiva Ato II (with Carla Santana), Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2021 Holes, Craters and Hugs (part II), Central Galeria, São Paulo, BR
2021 Holes, Craters and Hugs, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2018 Wasapindorama, Niterói Art Foundation, Niterói, BR
Installations
2021 Submersiva – Ato I (with Carla Santana), Auroras, São Paulo, BR
2020 Untitled, Opera Os Contos de Hoffmann (with Ana Clara Tito, Carla Santana and Laís Amaral), Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Selected group exhibitions
2024 A place that it is not here, African American House of Yale,
New Haven, USA
2024 Ven Sin Nombre, Yale School of Art, New Haven, USA
2024 Landscape essay, Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, BR
2024 Look at the mountains, Quadra, São Paulo, BR
2023 About Painting III, Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Rome, IT
2023 Those People in the Dining Room, Eva Kablin House Museum,
Rio de Janeiro, BR
2023 Abstractions, SESC Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, BR
2023 Emoção de lidar, Quadra, São Paulo, BR
2022 Dentro de ti, Quadra, São Paulo, BR
2022 Abstractions, SESC Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2022 Small Paintings, Auroras, São Paulo, BR
2022 Dismantle, undo, Quadra, São Paulo, BR
2022 Arrows and Tourmalines, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, BR
2022 Heat, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2021 Crônicas Cariocas, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2021 Casa Carioca, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2021 Electric Dreams, Galeria Nara Roesler, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2021 Moving Scapes, Brussels Drawing Week, Brussels, BE
2021 Brisa, Quadra, São Paulo, BR
2020 Estopim e Segredo, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2020 Rascality, Titocar Espaço Poético, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2020 Night, Helio Oiticica Municipal Art Center, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2020 Both at 80km per hour, Caixa Preta, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Habitar Liberdades, Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Under the Power of Presence, Museum of the Republic, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 ArteCore, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Plural, Galeria Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 The Use of Image, Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Margem, Sesc Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Se Vienen por La Mañana…, Interior 2.1, Guadalajara, MX
2019 ESQUELE70, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 In everything that lives, everything that flows, Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2018 Seeing the invisible, Saying the unspeakable, Valongo International Image Festival, Santos, BR
2018 II Pega, Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2018 Superfícies, Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro BR
2018 Vesícula, Espaço Breu, São Paulo, BR
2018 Bela Verão, Galpão Bela Maré, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2016 Afrotranscendence, Red Bull Station, São Paulo, BR
Collections
Museu de Arte do Rio
Instituto Inhotim
Sesc Rio de Janeiro
Joyner/Giuffrida Collection
Awards / Residencies / Scholarships
2024 Joyner/Giuffrida Program Residency, Reno, USA
2024 Serão Negro Residency, Goiânia, BR
2022 Ateliê Mondial Residency, Basel, Switzerland
2021 Rato Branko Residency, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2020 Pivô Research Program Residency, Pivô, São Paulo, BR
2020 Pipa Award nominee, BR
2019 Scholarship Formation and Deformation Program, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2019 Residency Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2018 Residency Valongo International Image Festival, Santos, BR
2018 EDP Arts Award Finalist, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, BR
2018 Afrotranscendence Program, Red Bull Station, São Paulo, BR
