Adriana Varejão

Born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, where she lives and works, Adriana Varejão is one of Brazil's leading contemporary artists. Her work is included in the collections of the Tate Modern, London; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Hara Museum in Tokyo, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among others.

In 2008, the Centro de Arte Contemporaneo Inhotim installed a permanent pavilion devoted to the artist's work. Varejão has exhibited extensively internationally - including at the Biennale of Sydney, the Venice Biennale, and the Sao Paulo Biennial - and has had solo exhibitions at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro; the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris; Centro Cultural Belém, Lisbon; and the Hara Museum, Tokyo. In 2012, Adriana Varejão will have solo exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderna (MAM) in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.