Galeria Inox

Beatriz Ferreira Milhazes (Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1960). Painter, printmaker, and illustrator. In the 1970s, she enrolled in the Social Communication program at Faculdade Hélio Alonso in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated in 1981 while concurrently studying visual arts at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (EAV/Parque Lage) from 1980 to 1983. In addition to painting, she also devotes herself to printmaking and illustration. From 1995 to 1996, she studied metal engraving and linocut at Atelier 78 under Solange Oliveira and Valério Rodrigues (1953). She taught painting at Parque Lage until 1996. In 1997, she illustrated the book “As Mil e Uma Noites à Luz do Dia: Sherazade Conta Histórias Árabes” (The Arabian Nights in Broad Daylight: Scheherazade Tells Arab Stories), by Katia Canton, 1962.

She participated in the exhibitions defining the “Geração 80” (80s Generation), a group of artists who sought to reclaim painting in opposition to the conceptual movement of the 1970s, characterized by experimentation with new techniques and materials. Her work references the Baroque, the oeuvre of Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973) and Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994), ornamental patterns, and Art Deco. Since the 1990s, she has gained prominence in international exhibitions across the United States and Europe, and her works are held in the collections of institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York, as well as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, among others.

Source: Itaú Cultural