Adriana Varejão

Adriana Varejão é uma das maiores artistas contemporâneas brasileiras e representa o Brasil na atual edição da Bienal de Veneza (2026). Sua obra articula pintura, escultura e arquitetura, mobilizando um repertório visual que reúne referências ao barroco, à azulejaria e a tradições cerâmicas de diferentes tempos e geografias. Ao aproximar linguagens e contextos distintos, Varejão cria uma iconografia própria, na qual bidimensionalidade e tridimensionalidade permanecem em constante tensão.

Adriana Varejão is one of the most important Brazilian contemporary artists, and she represents Brazil at the current edition of the Venice Biennale (2026). Her work brings together painting, sculpture and architecture, drawing on a visual repertoire that combines references to the Baroque, to azulejo tilework and to ceramic traditions from different periods and places. By bringing distinct languages and contexts together, Varejão builds an iconography of her own, in which two-dimensionality and three-dimensionality remain in constant tension.

Since the 1990s, her work has been shown at international institutions such as Tate, London, UK, and MoMA, New York, USA. Her most recent solo exhibitions include Don’t Forget, We Come From the Tropics, Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, USA (2025); Adriana Varejão: Suturas, fissuras, ruínas, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil (2022); and Otros Cuerpos Detrás, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (2018). In addition to taking part in several editions of the Bienal de São Paulo, the artist represents Brazil at the 61st Venice Biennale (2026).

Varejão’s work is held in the collections of major institutions such as The Met, New York, USA; Guggenheim, New York, USA; Tate, London, UK; Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France; Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; MAM SP, São Paulo, Brazil; and MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.