Born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

B.A. Architecture, Universidade Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro.

Post Graduate Studies in Art and Architecture and Architecture History, PUC, Rio de Janeiro.

M. F. A.   Pratt Institute, NY.

Candidate for Doctor of Arts, School of Education, New York University, NY.

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Solo Exhibitions

2004

                      “ Reflections,” Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris

“Valeska Soares: Follies”, Survey show at MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo), Monterrey, Mexico

2003

“Puro Teatro”, Museu Rufino Tamayo,Mexico,DF

“Valeska Soares: Follies”, Survey show at The Bronx Museum for the Arts, NY

 Dragao do Mar, Fortaleza

2002

Mirroring, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe

Museu de Arte da  Pampulha, Belo Horizonte

“Detour” Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo

Fundação Joaquin Nabuco, Recife

1999                

"Pan American Series," San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

                        "Projeto Finep," Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro

                        Galerie Papillon-Fiat, Paris

1998                

"Vanishing Point," Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo (cat.)

                        Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California

                        "Vanity," Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon

                        "histórias," a project for The Public Art Fund, New York

1997                

"Personagens," Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia

1996                

"Strangelove," Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo (cat.); Laumeiar SculpturePark, Saint Louis, Missouri

                        Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1995                

"Discontinuous teasers," window project, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

1994                

Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo (folder)

                        Information Gallery, New York (cat.)

1992                

Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo

1991                

Centro Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rioarte, Rio de Janeiro (folder)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004              Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool

2002

                       Galeria Fucares, Madrid

Coleção Cisneros, Museu de Arte Moderna , São Paulo

Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, Museu de Moderna , São Paulo

Rotativa, Galeria  Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo

Paralela, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo

2001                

Coleção João Carlos Figueiredo de Ferraz, Museu de Arte Moderna , São  Paulo

“Before Reflection Begins,” David Winton Bell, Brown University,   Providence

                      “Virgin Territory,” National Museum of Women in the Arts,                                                Washington, D.C. (cat.)

                      “Brooklyn!” Palm Beach Museum of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL.

                      "Elusive Paradise," National Gallery of Canada, Ontario (cat.)

                      “F(r)iccoenes" Museu Reina Sofia, Madrid

2000                

                       "Amnesia," University of South Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa (cat.)

                        "Insite 2000," San Diego/Tijuana

                        "Ultra Baroque," Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (cat.)

                        "Good Business Is the Best Art," The Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

                        “Greater New York,” P.S.1 Museum/Museum of Modern Art, NY

1999                

                        "Double Vidas," Institut de Cultura, Barcelona (cat.)

"Amnesia," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati and Biblioteca Luis Arango, Bogota; (cat.) The Bronx Museum, Bronx (cat.)

                        "A vuelta  com los Sentidos," Casa de America, Madrid (cat.)

                        "Ums e Outros," Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, gota;

                        "A vuelta  com los Sentidos," Casa de America, Madrid (cat.)

                        "Ums e Outros," Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

                        "La Metamorfose de Las Manos," Centro Cultural Mar Del Plata, Mar Del

                          Plata

                        "Not There," Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

1998                

                        "Desde el Cuerpo: alegorias de lo feminino," Museu de Bellas Artes,

                         Caracas

                        "Amnesia," Track 16 Gallery and Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa

                        Monica.(cat.)

                        "Fronteiras," Centro Cultural Itau, São Paulo

                        XXIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo (cat.)

"Anos 90, Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand," Museu de arte Moderna , Rio   De Janeiro; Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (cat.)

1997                

                       "You are here," Royal College of Art, London (cat.)

                        "Esto es: Arte Objeto e Instalación de Iberoamérica," Centro de Arte

                         Contemporanea, Mexico City. (cat.)

                        "Life’s Little Necessities," Bienal de Johannesburg,Cape Town. (cat.)

"Art Foundry Editions Santa Fe at Knoedler New York," Knoedler & Company, New York

1996                

                       "6 Women in Red," Galeria Luis Serpa, Lisboa. (cat.)

                        "Collective Soul," Galleria Marabini, Bologna (folder)

                        "To live is to leave traces," Hospício de Las Cabanas, Guadalajara (cat.)

"The Tailor’s Dummy," Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California

                        "Visions," Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

                        "Camargo Vilaça Bis," Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo

"Pequenas Mãos," Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Alumni, São Paulo

                        "Transparencias," Museu de Arte Moderna , Rio de Janeiro (cat.)

                        Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro

1995                

                        "Dark Room," Stark Gallery, New York

"Havana-São Paulo, Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika," Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (cat.)

                        "The Education of the Five Senses," White Columns, New York

                        "Longing and Belonging," Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico (cat.)

"Espelhos e Sombras," Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (cat.)

                        "Brasil na Bienal," Galeria da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói

                        "L’Educazione dei Cinque Sensi," Palazzo Pamphili, Roma

1994                

                         XXII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo (cat.)

                        "Perceptions," Information Gallery, New York (cat.)

                        "Fotografia Contaminada," Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (cat.)

                        "Espelhos e Sombras," Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo (cat.)

                        "Escultura Carioca," Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro (cat.)

                        "International Critic's Choice," Table Arts Center, Eastern Illinois

                         University-Charleston/University Museum, Southern Illinois University

                         Edwardsville/University Museum-Carbondale, Illinois (cat.)

1993                

"ABC: Contemporary Art from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia," Sidney Mishkin  Gallery, New York (folder)

                        "Artists in the Marketplace," The Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York (cat.)

"International Critic's Choice," Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois (cat.)

                        "Brasil Hoy," Valenzuela Klenner Galeria, Bogotá (cat.)

                        "Lingua Latina Regina Est," Stux Gallery, New York

                        "A Presença do Ready-Made 80 anos," MAC-USP, São Paulo

1992                

                         Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo

                        "Polaridades e Perspectivas," Paço das Artes, São Paulo (cat.)

1991                

"Imagem sobre Imagem," Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro (cat.)

                        IV Bienal de la Habana (cat.)

                        Galeria Casa Triângulo, São Paulo

                        "Panorama," Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo

                        "7XAR," Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (folder)

"EAV Processo  no. 738.765-2," Funarte, Rio de Janeiro

"80/90 Formas Tridimensionais: A Questão Orgânica," Museu Municipal de Arte,  Curitiba

Coletiva artistas selecionados para Centro Cultural São Paulo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo

                        Salão Carioca de Artes Plásticas, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro

1990                

                         VII Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo

                        "Possível Imagem," Solar Grandjean de Montigny, Rio de Janeiro

                        "Arqueos" (Projeto de Instalações), Fundição Progresso, Rio de Janeiro

1989                

                         XI Salão Nacional, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro (cat.)

1988                

                         XX Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Museu de Arte Moderna, Belo                                Horizonte

Grants and Awards

1996                 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship

1994                                  Bolsa de Estudos no Exterior, CNPq - Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, Brasil. [CNPq fellowship for Post-Graduate Studies Abroad, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brasil]

1991                 Bolsa de Estudos no Exterior, CAPES - Ministério da Educação, Brasil

1990                 Premio FIAT para Artes Visuais [FIAT Award for the Visual Arts]

                        Prémio de Aquisição [Acquisition Award], Funarte, Rio de Janeiro

1989                 Prémio de Aquisição [Acquisition Award], Funarte, Rio de Janeiro

Selected  Bibliography

Catalogues and Folders

2000                 Armstrong, Elizabeth and Victor Zamudio-Taylor, with contributions by

                        Miki  Garcia, Serge Gruzinski, and Paulo Herkenhoff. “UltraBaroque:

                        Aspects of Post Latin American Art,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San

                        Diego.

1999                                  Diego, Estrella de. “A Vuelta con los sentidos,” cátalogo para exposição coletiva,Casa de America, Madri.

1998                                  Cameron, Dan. " A Dream  of Wakefulness," cátalogo para exposição 

                        coletiva, Amnesia, Los Angeles.

1997                 Jones, Kelly. " Life's Little Necessities," Installation by Women in the

                        1990s, catálogo por ocasião da 2nd Bienal Internacional de

                        Johannesburg,Johannesburg.

                        Sigwart, Ann. “You are here” re-siting of installations, cátalogo para

                         exposição coletiva, Royal College of Art, London.

1996                 Sichel, Berta. “Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship."