Regina Silveira

1939, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil

Regina Silveira’s artistic research questions the orthodox, preestablished forms of representation, leading her to work with new possibilities of signification. Her works explore the architectural and contextual space, generally evoking a sense of uncanniness through the displacement of the commonplace, that is, our common references. Regina Silveira is known for her research into the principles of perspective, tridimensionality, and the study of shadows, which she employs in large site-specific installations, vinyl cutouts, luminous projections, works in printmaking, embroidery, porcelain, digital videos, etc.With a BA in arts from the Instituto de Artes do Rio Grande do Sul (1959), an MA (1980) and PhD in art (1984) from the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo (ECA USP), her career as a professor includes stints of teaching at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez; at FAAP, São Paulo; and at ECA USP. She was an invited artist at the 1981, 1983 and 1998 editions of the Bienal de São Paulo, the 2013 and 2015 editions of the Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, and the 2001 and 2011 editions of the Bienal do Mercosul. She participated in the Bienal de La Habana, Cuba, in 1986, 1998 and 2015; Mediations Biennale, Poznan, Poland, in 2012; the 6th Taipei Biennial, Taiwan, in 2006; and the 2nd Setouchi Triennale, Japan, in 2016. The artist’s work has been presented at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea - MAC-USP, São Paulo (2021-22); Paço das Artes, São Paulo, 2020; the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE), São Paulo, 2018; the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, 2015; the Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 2014; the Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, 2011; Atlas Sztuki Gallery, Lodz, Poland, 2010; Masp, 2010; and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2005. Regina Silveira was awarded the Prêmio Masp (2013), the Prêmio APCA for her career (2011), and the Prêmio Fundação Bunge (2009). She has received grants from the Fulbright (1994), Pollock-Krasner (1993) and Guggenheim (1990) foundations, and her work figures in countless public and private collections, such as those of the Cisneros-Fontanals Art Foundation (USA), Inhotim, Coleção Itaú, El Museo del Barrio (USA), MAC-USP, Masp, MAM-RJ/SP, the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, MoMA (USA), and the Phoenix Museum (USA).