Lais Myrrha

Lais Myrrha has a BA in visual arts from the Escola Guignard, UEMG (2001) and an MA from the Escola de Belas-Artes, UFMG, 2007. She has been granted a number of prizes and awards, including the I Bolsa Pampulha (2003), the Prêmio Projéteis, Rio de Janeiro (2007), and the Prêmio Atos Visuais, Brasília and the Bolsa Estímulo às Artes Visuais (both awarded by FUNARTE, also in 2007). She was also awarded a prize at the I Concurso Itamaraty de Arte Contemporânea, Brasília (2011). Myrrha participated in Paralela10, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo (2010), in Temporada de Projetos at the Paço das Artes, São Paulo and in the 8th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2011). In 2012 she was awarded the Bolsa Estímulo às Artes Visuais by FUNARTE. In 2013 the artist held the solo exhibition Zona de Instabilidade (curated by Júlia Rebouças) at CAIXA Cultural São Paulo and Brasília (2013/2014), was selected for the 18th edition of Videobrasil’s Contemporary Art International Festival and participated in the group show Blind Field at the Karnnet Museum, Illinois, USA. In 2014, she carried out the Projeto Gameleira 1971 at Pivô, São Paulo, participated in the Greve project at Fundação Bienal de São Paulo/SP-Arte, and presented the work Ensaio de Orquestra at Coletor, São Paulo.