Since the 90s, Laura Lima presents her work using living beings (humans, animals or plants) as material, building unexpected relations with the space and the architecture. The artist is aiming to defy convenient concepts within the art vocabulary, such as performance or installation, for instance. The way forms of human behaviour react to the complexity of social relations is as well object of the artist’s fascination, provoking a continuous exercise in constructing a glossary within the work itself.
Recent solo exhibitions include: How To Eat The Sun and The Moon, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (2024); Balé Literal, MACBA Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (2023); A viagem d_s que não foram, Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); 6 Feet Over, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (2021); Réu Hell, Baile do Sarongue, Museu do Amanhã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2020); Balé Literal, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2020); I hope this finds you well, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA (2019); Wrong Drawings, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (2018); Alfaiataria, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo (2018); Cavalo come Rei, Prada Foundation, Milan (2018); The Inverse, ICA Miami (2016); Ágrafo, Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2015).
Recent group exhibitions include: Vai, vai, Saudade, Museo Madre, Naples, Italy (2024); Opened the Curtain to See What Lays Behind, Gebauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2024); Color is the First Revelation of the World, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, USA (2024); The Lives of Animals, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium (2024); To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, El Espacio 23, Miami, USA (2023); Witch Hunt, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2021); Sharjah Biennial 14, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2019); Busan Biennale (2018); Aichi Triennale, Toyohashi (2016); Performa 15, New York (2015); 15 Rooms, Long Museum, Shanghai (2015).
Her work is part of the following collections: CACI Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil; MAM Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil; Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.