Flora Leite (b. 1988). Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Flora Leite (1988) is an artist and researcher. Leite holds a master’s degree from The University of São Paulo. The artist’s last solo show, Sleepwalking (2024) and Crust (2022) were held at the Casa de Cultura do Parque and GDA (Galeria de Artistas), both in São Paulo. Her work can be found in the Brazilian public collections of MARP and CCSP, and in the Coleção Moraes-Barbosa, where she is now finishing a fellowship.
Academics
2022 – Master’s Degree of Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo
2010 – Sculpture BFA from the Arts Department of the University of São Paulo
Solo Shows/Special Projects
2024 – Sleepwalking, at Casa de Cultura do Parque. São Paulo.
2022 – Crust, with GDA – Galeria de Artistas. São Paulo.
2020 – Dead Labor, commissioned by Casa de Cultura do Parque.
2019 – Mortinha (Deathly), commissioned by arte_passagem.
2018 – Cruzeiro do Sul – 27.04. 2018/Southern Cross – 04/27/2018, Ateliê397.
2018 – Chorão/Cryer, aarea.co, curated by Lívia Benedetti and Marcela Vieira.
2017 – Boca do Céu/Heaven’s Mouth, Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade – São Paulo, curated by Germano Dushá.
2015 – RONDA Parte – 1, Flora Leite & Maura Grimaldi, Casa Tomada.
2011 – aquarismos/aquascaping, Centro Cultural São Paulo.
2010 – sobre toldos/about awnings, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto.
Prizes, Grants And Fellowships
2024 – Research Fellowship at the Moraes–Barbosa Collection.
2022 – Nominated for the PIPA Prize | The Window into Brazilian Contemporary Art.
2019/2022 – CAPES PROEX, Academic Excellence Scholarship.
2014 – National Art Fund Prize (FUNARTE) – Stimuli in Contemporary Visual Arts.
2011 – Acquisition Prize: São Paulo Culture Center 2010.
2011 – PIESP grant: Independent Program for Artists and Curators, directed by Adriano Pedrosa.
2009 – Acquisition Prize: 34o SARP – Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto.
International Shows
2023 – Cry Me a River, Simian, Copenhagen, invited by Wisrah C.V. da R. Celestino.
2018 – When stars come down to earth – presented at Hors Pistes 2018 | La Nation et ses Fictions, Centre Pompidou, Paris, invitation of Janaína Wagner.
2017 – Periscópio, Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Montevidéo, Uruguai, curated by Fernando Velázquez.
2011 – Aduana, Picadeiro Real, Lisbon, invited by Sara Bichão e Inês Moura.
Organized Lecture Series
2022 – Entretempos: created and organized the Seminar for graduate students of the Visual Arts Department at the University of São Paulo, including guests from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and Queen’s University (Canada).
2020-2022 – Women in Contemporary Art: co–curated and organized with Talita Trizoli a series of 10 lectures with participations from Brazilian Women artists. Funded by the Research and Development Center of SESC – São Paulo.
2018 – Created and organized TRELA: a program dedicated to the exhibition and debate of contemporary art, showcasing works of artists such as Denise Alves–Rodrigues, Flora Rebollo, and Janaína Wagner.
Lectures, Talks And Debates
2024 – With Didier Semin, Pedro Zylbersztajn and Renata Haar: Inefável–Ultrafino, FAAP.
2023 – With Jandir Jr., Maira Dietrich, Paulo Pasta, Pedro Zylbersztajn: “five books commenting on each other about other volumes that make up the library hosting them”, Pivô.
2022 – Art is Work, invited by Assemblage Productions.
2021 – Artists and their critical reflection on their own practice: notes on Brian O ‘Doherty and Hito Steyerl, University of Campinas, Seminar of Arts and Aesthetics.
2020 – Production Conditions of Artists, invited by Pivô.
2017 – BREU_Conversas (Talks at BREU – São Paulo) Flora Leite & Renato Pêra
2017 – The GAM#6 – the São Paulo Episode, a spoken word exhibit, curated by Alessandro Facente, with Daniel de Paula, Renata de Bonis, Flora Leite, Maura Grimaldi, Beto Shwafaty and Thais Rivitti, Ateliê 397.
2013 – Research Cycles at Casa Tomada, Third Edition, 2013.
Selected Group Shows
2024 – Sobre Cor, Ora Art Space, São Paulo.
2022 – Campo em Obra II – Arco–Escola Cooperativa.
2021 – Dizer não (Saying no), Ateliê397.
2021 – Pulso (Pulse), Bica Plataforma, curatorship Leandro Muniz.
2021 – Alguns Dias, arte_passagem.
2020 – Ao Ar, Livre. Curator: Tiago de Abreu Pinto.
2019 – Bifê, Olhão, organized by Leandro Muniz e Cléo Döbberthin.
2017 – RedBull Station Residency Exhibit (São Paulo).
2017 – Disfarce, at Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade (São Paulo), curated by Leandro Muniz.
2016 – Na Soleira da Noite, curated by Cláudio Cretti, at Sanconvsky Gallery, São Paulo.
2016 – Panóptico, Zipper Galeria, curated by Fernando Velázquez.
2015 – Exposição SARP 40 ANOS – MARP Collection, curated by Liliane Benetti and Nilton Campos.
2015 – Aparição, CAIXA CULTURAL RJ (Rio de Janeiro), curated by Fernanda Lopes. 2015 – O que Caminha ao Lado, SESC Vila Mariana, curated by Isabella Rjeille.
2014– Aparição, Athena Contemporânea Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, curated by Fernanda Lopes.
2013 – Atelier Aberto #7, Casa Tomada, São Paulo.
2012 – PIESP – Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo.
2011 – Projeto Imóvel , Edifício Copan, São Paulo, curated by Alessandra Terpins.
2011 – MARP e o Corpo da Arte, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto.
2010 – Formandos/CAP 2010, Paço das Artes, São Paulo.
2010 – Prêmio EDP nas Artes, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo.
2010 – 17o Programa Nascente/ USP , Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo.
2009 – 34o SARP : Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto.
Residencies
2022 – Campo em Obra, at Arco Escola–Cooperativa.
2020–2021 – CASA–ESCOLA OOL – Artistic Residency with a series of lectures, debates, and speculation exercises on the possibility of contemporary collectivity, with lecturers such as Mckenzie Wark, Patricia Reed, Ana Beatriz de Almeida and Rodrigo Nunes. Funded by Casa do Povo.
2018 – Ateliê FONTE: Lava! Program, São Paulo.
2017 – RedBull Station, São Paulo.
2014 – São João Residency, Rio de Janeiro
2013 – Casa Tomada, Ateliê Aberto #7, São Paulo
Texts and publications
2023 – Pegar, subir, correr: on Carmela Gross, for Revista Rosa
2023 – Work 141 times: on artistic labour, for Arte & Ensaio Magazine (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).
2022 – Só se vive duas vezes, MFA dissertation. Visual Arts Department of the University of São Paulo.
2021 – Deadly: strategies of observation and negotiation of meaning, for interact magazine, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa.
2019 – Deviation, Membrana Publishing.
2015 – Construir um Farol e Levá–lo a à Montanha/ To build a lighthouse and take it to a mountain, with Maura Grimaldi and Carlos Eduardo Riccioppo
2014 – Só se vive duas vezes, with Isabella Rjeille, published by pingado press.
Other Programs
2017 – Contemporary projects with João Loureiro
2016 – .Aurora presents: Workshop chama loja de trabalho? With Marta Ramos-Izquerdo and Ana Luisa Fialho
2016 – The Artist as a Producer, at Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade
2011/2012 – PIESP (Independent Program for Artists and Curators).