Deborah Engel | Brazil
Deborah Engel was born in Palo Alto, CA, USA in 1977 and moved to São Paulo, Brazil where she currently lives and works.
Deborah proposes illusionist artworks, taking interesting issues linked to expanded photography, experimentation of the perspective, framing, and kinetics. She explores the transitory nature of space and time and extends the function of the mere photographic register from reality; Engel affirms a new use of photography within contemporary art, in which the spectator is able to be triggered to pose questions to the world through the artwork.
The artist deals with photography art, making reliefs, when seen frontwards do seem to be plan, but when activated cause the experience, both poetic and instinctive, of the apprehension of the real, by the vision of photography –which could be a film–; letting oneself be moved by it.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Selected solo exhibitions:
2019
Vertigo, with critical essay by Diego Matos, Raquel Arnaud Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Mergulho, with critica essa by Daniela Labra, Portas Vilaseca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Deborah Engel, curated by the artist, by invitation of Jacarandá, MGallery/Hotel Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2017
Plano Imaginário, with critical essay by Juliana Monachesi, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
Loco in Loco: o espaço que se move, with critical essay by Fred Coelho, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
O Espaço que se Move, with critical essay by Fred Coelho, Studio-X, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
Leviatã à Paris, curated by the artist, Cité Internacional des Arts, Paris, France
2010
Paisagens Possíveis, with critical essay by Daniela Name, Artur Fidalgo Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
Tudo é passageiro, with critical essay by Néssia Leonzini, DConcept, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Série em Transe, with critical essay by Fernando Cocchiaralle, Centro Cultural Municipal Laurinda Santos
Lobo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Selected group exhibitions:
2019
O que emana da água, curated by Vanda Klabin, Carbono Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
MOLT BÉ!, curated by Raphael Fonseca, Portas Vilaseca Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Avalanche, curadoria de Batman Zavareze, Rio Cidade dos Festivais/Instagram, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Monument in Miniature, curated by Davi Leventhal and Ana Pilow, Exile/ABC no Rio, New York, USA
XX Bienal Internacional de Cerveira, curated by Augusto Penedo, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira – FBAC, Cerveira, Portugal
Videoarteagora_ Videoarte, curated by Anna Bella Geiger and Fernando Cocchiarale, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017
Trienal Frestas, curated by Daniela Labra, Serviço Social do Comércio – SESC, Sorocaba,
Brazil
En búsqueda del Territorio, curated by Alfredo Herzog, Centro de Arte Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Área, curated by Omar Porto, Saracura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Palavra, curated by Omar Salomão, Atelier Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Soft Open, curated by Lidija Kostic, Create Hub, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
XIX Bienal de Cerveira – Da Pop Arte às Trans-vanguardas: apropriações da arte popular, artistic direction by Cabral Pinto, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira – FBAC, Cerveira, Portugal
Diálogos no Acervo, curated by Cabral Pinto, Instituto Camões – Centro Cultural Português, Vigo, Spain
Projecto Multiplo #12, curated by Paula Borghi, Espaço Independente El Nido, Pasto, Colombia
2016
44th Contemporary Art Saloon Luiz Sacilotto, jury: Albano Afonso, Monica Rubinho and Valdo Rechelo, Paço Municipal, Santo André, Brazil
I Bienal de Arte Contemporânea do Serviço Social do Comércio – SESC, jury: Jacob Klintowitz, Maurício da Silva Matta and Rinaldo Façanha Morelli, SESC, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2015
Diálogos com as obras do Museu, curated by Cabral Pinto, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira – FBAC, Cerveira, Portugal
TRIO Bienal, curated by Marcus Lontra, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. – BR 2015, curated by Izabel Pinheiro, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil
Imagem Crítica, curated by Izabel Pinheiro, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Acervo, curated by Artur Fidalgo, Artur Fidalgo Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Projeto Janela, Miam Miam, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2014
, curated by Camila Rocha Campos, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fotografia e Desenho na Coleção do Museu, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira – FBAC, Cerveira, Portugal
Coletiva de Acervo, curated by Artur Fidalgo, Artur Fidalgo Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
Portes Ouverts, curated by the artist, Cité Internacional des Arts, Paris, France
TAL 014, curated by Gabriela Maciel, Tech Art Lab – TAL/Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Futebol e Arte, Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Acervo, curated by Artur Fidalgo, Artur Fidalgo Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
Coletiva de Acervo, curated by Artur Fidalgo, Artur Fidalgo Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Iconografias do Simulacro, curated by Audrey Prendergast, Casa do Tijolo, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
16a Bienal de Cerveira, artistic direction by Augusto Canedo, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira – FBAC, Cerveira, Portugal
Escuta da Imagem, curated by Fernanda Pequeno, Galeria de Arte do Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos – IBEU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
II Feira de Arte Impressa Tijuana, curated by Ana Luiza Fonseca, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
Luxo per capita, curated by Antonio Banhos, Centro Cultural de Alfenas, Alfenas, MG, Brazil
2010
-Arte Pará, jury: Andre Hernandez, Ricardo Resende and Solange Farkas, Museu Histórico do Pará, Belém, Brazil
Novas Aquisições – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, curated by Luiz Camillo Osorio and Frederico Coelho, Museu de Arte Moderna – MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Summer Calling, curated by Jorge Viegas, Galeria 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa, Portugal
Futebol e Arte, curated by Alexandre Murucci, Galeria LGC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Projeto Acervo, curated by Leo Videla, Atelier Raul Mourão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Além do Horizonte, curated by Daniela Name, Galeria Amarelonegro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Três na Rampa, curated by the artists, Condomínio Cidade de Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
Abre Alas #5, curated by the gallerist, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
37th Contemporary Art Saloon Luiz Sacilotto, jury: João Loureiro, Julian Monachesi, and Tuneu, Paço Municipal, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Fotografia: memória e arte, curated by Carolina Dias Leite and Marcia Melo, Casa do Saber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
Perfume II, curated by Vanda Klabin, Isabela Capeto, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
Entre as Tramas do Olhar, curated by Vanda Klabin, Galeria Tempo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Verbo 2007, curated by Daniela Labra and Marcos Gallon, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
FILE – Festival Internacional de Linguagens Eletrônicas, curated by Ricardo Barreto, SESI, São Paulo, Brazil
São os Jorges, curated by Sérgio Marimba, Centro Cultural Municipal Laurinda Santos Lobo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2006
A Última Foto, curated by Rosângela Rennó, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Contemporâneo, curated by Fernando Cocchiarale and Franz Manata, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Pylar, curated by Grupo Py, Atelier Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Conexão Contemporânea/Funarte, curated by, Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro/ Centro Cultural Pascoal Carlos Magno, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
2005
5o Festival Brasil Noar, curated by Robério Pitanga, Barcelona, Spain
Fotocontínuo, FotoRio, Teatro de Anônimo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pyratas, curated by Grupo Py, Barcas S.A., Rio/Niterói, Brazil
Ver: 1o Encontro Livre de Arte, organized by Grupo 1, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage – EAV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Multiplicidade, curated by Batman Zavarese, Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2004
Posição 2004, curated by Anna Bella Geiger e Fernando Cocchiarale, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage – EAV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil