Priscila Rezende (born 1985)[1] is a Brazilian performance artist who lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She received a degree in Visual Arts from Guignard-UEMG School in Belo Horizonte, specializing in Photography and Ceramics.[2] Her work departs from her experiences as a Black woman to examine and challenge discourses of racism in Brazil.[3] She explores the legacy of Transatlantic African slavery and plantation economies,[4] as well as anti-black racism in beauty standards.[5] She has shown work at the Museu de Arte da Pampulha [pt] (2013), Rabieh Gallery in São Paulo (2014), SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin (2016), Sesc Palladium in Belo Horizonte (2017), and at the Performe-se Festival in Vitoria.[6] In 2018, she was an artist in Residence at CMC/SESC at Central Saint Martins in London[7] and at Art Omi in Ghent, New York. Though she primarily works through performance, she has also produced "Bargain" (2017), a video work.

Her performance works include:

  • Bombril (2010)
  • Body (2011)
  • Ties (2013)
  • Purification I (2013)
  • Purification II (2014)
  • Purification III (2014)
  • Deformation (2015)
  • Genesis 9:25 (2015)
  • Re-education (2016)
  • Genesis 3:16 (2017)
  • Come...to be unhappy (2017)
  • Black Indices Exhibition (2017)
  • November 29, 1781 (2018)
  • £20m (2018)

References

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  1. ^ "PRISCILA REZENDE" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  2. ^ "Priscila Rezende (BR) « eRevista Performatus". performatus.net. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. ^ "Washing the Dishes with her Afro-Textured Hair: Aesthetic Innovation in the Performance Bombril by Priscila Rezende". MOED. 2019-01-18. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  4. ^ Martins, Central Saint (2019-01-28). "CSM/SESC Performance Artist in Residence". Central Saint Martins. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  5. ^ Melo dos Santos, Danielle; Ramos de Andrade, Juliana; Crispim, Yasmim; Silva dos Santos, Priscila; Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza (2016). "PROPOSTA DE TRILHA ECOLÓGICA NO PARQUE DOIS IRMÃOS COM ÊNFASE EM PLANTAS EXÓTICAS -APIPUCOS (PERNAMBUCO)" (PDF). A Valorização do professor a partir das relações estabelecidas no chão da escola. Instituto Internacional Despertando Vocações. doi:10.31692/2358-9728.IIICOINTERPDVL.2016.00154.
  6. ^ TEMPO, O. (2018-11-27). "Vivências performáticas". Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  7. ^ "Art Omi Artists 2018" (PDF). Art Omi. 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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