Ivana Panizzi was born in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. She graduated on Plastic Arts at the "Instituto Superior de Arte" in Havana, Cuba, where she also studied Cinema and Television. She participated in the "New York Project 1995", organized by the Parque Lage Foundation (Rio de Janeiro). Her artworks can be found in private , galleries and museums in Brazil and in private collections in Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Cuba, United States, Ireland, Italy, Mozambique, South Africa and Japan. Her work is characterized by researching and recycling of non-conventional materials, either on her paintings or on her objects and installations. She taught "3-D Design" at the Maryland College of Art and Design in 2001. The artist is residing temporarily in Mozambique.

Solo exhibitions

“Light Escapes”, Adams & Adams Art Gallery, South African State Theatre, Pretoria, South Africa, September 2004

“Reredos”, Chapel of the Trinity College - Dublin, Ireland, October-November 2003 (see online review at www.recirca.com)

A Vibrant World on Plastic”, Barbara Greene Fine Art Gallery - New York, USA, May-June 2000

Brazilian American Culture Institute, Washington, DC, USA, July 1999

Feira de Santana Museum of Arts, Bahia, Brazil, November 1998

Sacred Art Museum, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, September 1998

“Projeto Prima Obra”, FUNARTE, Brasilia, Brazil, November 1996

Cultural Center of the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, Bolivia, October 1996

Royal (Café Gallery), São Paulo, Brazil, August-September 1996

"Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas", Havana, Cuba, 1995

The Cuban Book Institute's Gallery, "Palacio del Segundo Cabo", Havana, Cuba, 1994

"Centro de Prensa Internacional" (International Press Center), Havana, Cuba, 1994

"Oscar Fernández Morera" Art Gallery, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, 1994

Group Exhibitions

Obstacles at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, part of the Harare International Festival of the Arts, May 2007

"Take me to the River" at the Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Texas, USA, September-December 2006

Take me to the River", at the Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa, May/June 2005

Take me to the River", at the Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC, USA, May-June 2003

"Take me to the River", at El-Hanager Arts Center and the Opera House Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, September-October 2002.

"Duality=3", the Camões Institute Gallery, Embassy of Portugal, Brasilia, Brazil, April-May 2001

"Sculpture/Figurative Interpretations", the Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Springs, MD, USA, February-March 2001

"Art Invitational Three Choose One" at the Studio Gallery - Washington, DC, USA, January 2001

Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA, DC) – Washington, DC, USA, October-November 2000

"Washington Art-o-Matic 2000" - Washington, DC, USA, September-October 2000

“Washington Art-o-Matic @ The Manhattan Laundry" - Washington, DC, USA May-June 1999

"Jigsaw Puzzle", Káveház, New York, USA, April 1999

 Feira de Santana Museum of Arts, Bahia, Brazil, December 1997

The Moreira Salles Foundation, Casa da Cultura de Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 1997 to February 1998

 "Kaleidoscopes", Káveház, the Gallery Cafe, New York, USA, July 1996

 "Brasília 36 Years of Art", Place des Arts of the "Conjunto Nacional", Brasilia, Brazil, April 1996

 ABA Gallery of Arts, New York, April 1996                                                     

 "Projeto Prima Obra", FUNARTE Gallery, Brasilia, March 1996

 "A Cor do Dinheiro” (The Color of Money), Brazilian Central Bank’s Cultural Center, Brasilia, Brazil, May 1995

 The "Casa de Jorge Amado" Foundation, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, 1995

 "Cuba: The 90's Generation" (touring show on Cuba, Argentina, France), 1995/96

 "RECREANDO" Project - a collective mural on the internal patio walls of the "Centro Provincial de Artes Plásticas", Havana, Cuba, 1994

 

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