Leda Catunda was born and currently lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Her inclusion in Como Vai Você?, Geração 80, a watershed group show at Parque Lage Visual Art School in Rio de Janeiro in 1984, cemented Catunda’s pivotal position in Brazilian contemporary art and ushered in a revitalization in painting. She has participated in four São Paulo Biennials (1983, 1985, 1994 and 2018). Retrospectives and surveys of her work have been held at Pinoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2009); Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, and Museo de Arte Moderna (MAM Rio), Rio de Janeiro (2014); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (2016); São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM), São Paulo (2019), and the Museu de Arte Latino Americano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires (2021).
Exhibitions
Rituals of the Everyday
5 Mar – 1 Sep 2024
Collegium, Arévalo, Spain
Euforia
29 Sep – 25 Nov 2023
ICA Milan
El Dorado: Myths of Gold
6 Sep 2023 – 18 May 2024
Americas Society / Council of the Americas
The Golden Myth
1 Apr – 1 Aug 2023
PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires
Re-materialized: The Stuff That Matters
9 Feb – 8 Mar 2023
Kaufman Repetto, Milan
Geography
4 Nov – 22 Dec 2022
39 Walker
Judy Chicago and Leda Catunda
12 Mar – 23 Apr 2022
Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
Leda Catunda: One of a kind
19 Feb – 9 Aug 2021
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires
Leda Catunda: Modern Landscape
20 Apr – 28 Jul 2019
São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM), São Paulo
Bienal de São Paulo - Afinidades Afetivas
7 Sep – 9 Dec 2018
Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo
Leda Catunda: I love you baby
10 Nov – 5 Feb 2016
Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
Leda Catunda: e o gosto dos outros
11 Apr – 23 May 2015
Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo
Leda Catunda: Pinturas Recentes
10 Aug – 6 Oct 2013
Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro (MAM), Rio de Janeiro
Leda Catunda
3 Sep – 3 Oct 2009
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Leda Catunda: Retrato
8 Jul – 6 Sep 2002
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
22nd São Paulo Bienal: Rupture with the Medium
12 Oct – 11 Dec 1994
Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo
Leda Catunda
5 May – 5 Jun 1987
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
Press
Mateus Nunes Leda Catunda Uses Flora to Analyze Image Culture Frieze 12 Sep 2024Marina Caruso Leda Catunda: Expoente da Geração 80, Artista Plástica Revisita Trajetória de Quatro Décadas e Abre Individual No Rio O Globo August 2024— Diez artistas ofrecen diálogos ‘Rituales de lo cotidiano’, la nueva exposición de Collegium Ávilared Mar 2024Sergio Jiménez ‘Lo cotidiano’ se hace exposición en Arévalo Diario de Ávila Mar 2024Guido Furbesco Mostre: colori ed emozioni alla Fondazione ICA La Stampa Oct 2023Ada Masoero Doppio appuntamento alla Fondazione Ica Il Giornale Dell'Arte Sep 2023Louis Bury Echoes of Joy and Peril in Leda Catunda’s Textiles Hyperallergic Dec 2022Sarah Cascone Not Done Star Spotting? Here Are 5 Exciting Artists at the Los Angeles Fairs Whose Careers Are About toTake Off Artnet News Feb 2022Valeria Coelho Entrevista com Leda Catunda Hardecor Dec 2012Writers at Itau Cultura Leda Catunda – Ocupação Nelson Leirner (2009 Itau Cultura Oct 2012Giancarlo Hannud Technical Explorations Flashart May–Jun 2011Katia Canton Review: Estação Pinacoteca / Galeria Fortes Vilaça Artforum Feb 2010Camila Molina Uma outra possibilidade de pintura Caderno 2: O Estado de São Paulo Aug 2009Fabio Cypriano Leda Catunda ganha retrospectiva Foldhade São Paulo Aug 2009José Augusto Ribeiro Leda Catunda Art Nexus no. 75 vol. 8 Aug 2009Fernanda Lopes Leda Catunda, primeiro arto Das Artes Aug 2009Camila Molina Leda Catunda faz poesia com tecidos e formas O Estado de São Paulo Oct 2006Garbriela Longman Leda Catunda expões pinturas-objecto” Folha de São Paulo Sept 2006Claudia Laudanno São Paulo - The Lateral Diversity of Contemporary Brazilian Art Art Nexus, vol. 56 Apr–Jun 2005Publications
Leda Catunda: 1983-2008
Pinacoteca Do Estado De São Paulo
2019
Leda Catunda: Tempo Circular
Editora
2019
