Lydia Okumura

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Lydia Okumura
Born1948 (1948)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
EducationFundação Armando Alvares Penteado
Known forSculpture
Websitelydiaokumura.com

Lydia Okumura (born 1948) is a Brazilian artist known for her geometric abstractions.

Biography[]

Okumura was born in 1948 in São Paulo.[1] She studied at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, graduating in 1973.[2] In the 1970s she was part of a São Paulo art collective, "Equipe3".[2] Around that time she moved to New York City to attended the Pratt Graphics Center.[1] She has exhibited extensively since the 1970s.[3] Her work is included in the collections of the Akron Art Museum, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Okumura's first solo exhibition in the United States was in 2016 at the University at Buffalo.[2] In 2019 she had a solo show at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Lydia Okumura: Situations". UB Art Galleries. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Lydia Okumura". The MIT Press. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Lydia Okumura". Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Lydia Okumura at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London". ARTnews. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

Further reading[]

Lydia Okumura: Situations, by Rachel Adams (editor), Sternberg Press ISBN 3956792912

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