Larissa de Souza
Larissa de Souza (b. 1995, São Paulo, BR) lives and works in São Paulo. A self-taught artist, de Souza explores material and visual languages through painting, layering and re-configuring divergent mediums as essential protagonists within her scenes. The central figure within her work is the Afro-Brazilian woman existing within both her private sphere and community. Drawing upon collective narratives and experiences, both real and imagined, her works navigate between memory, body, desire and ancestry.
Throughout her story-telling, de Souza aims to preserve communal memories on canvas, resisting the historical erasure of the Afro-Brazilian culture. Larissa de Souza incorporates a range of techniques and materials within her work including resin frames, collage, fabric, found objects, and embroidery. Her thickly textured paintings are characterized by the artist’s personal iconography and simple, abstracted environments that suggest psychological space.
The artist has exhibited widely within Brazil and internationally. Her work is collected by public institutions including the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro and Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo. Her first solo exhibition in the United States was presented in 2023 by albertz benda in New York and a second solo presentation with the gallery is planned for 2024 in Los Angeles.
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Do You See Me?
February 15 - March 18, 2023 Los Angelesalbertz benda Los Angeles is pleased to present, Do You See Me? , a group exhibition bringing together seven artists’ ongoing explorations of identity through their respective mediums of painting,...Read more -
Larissa de Souza: Paredes Que Contam Histórias
February 9 - March 18, 2023 New YorkRead more
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1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair | Booth S10
Larissa de Souza and Michaela Younge October 12 - 15, 2023Link: Online Viewing Room VIP Preview: Thursday, October 12 Public Dates: Friday, October 13 | 11am–7pm Saturday, October 14 | 11am–7pm Sunday, October 15 |...Read more -
Dallas Art Fair 2023
Dallas April 20 - 23, 2023VIP PREVIEW: Thursday, April 20, PUBLIC DAYS: Friday, April 21, 11:00am - 7:00pm Saturday, April 22, 11:00am - 7:00pm Sunday, April 23, 11:00am - 5:00pmRead more -
The Armory Show 2022
New York September 8 - 11, 2022VIP PREVIEW: Thursday, September 8, 12-8pm PUBLIC DATES: Friday, September 9, 12–8pm Saturday, September 10, 12–7pm Sunday, September 11, 12–6pmRead more
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Larissa de Souza in Histórias Brasileiras
Museum of Art of São Paulo, Brazil August 26, 2022August 26 - October 10, 2022 Brazilian histories are complex, contradictory, multiple, fragmented, incomplete histories. The exhibition is presented in the year that marks the...Read more -
Larissa de Souza in Por muito tempo acreditei ter sonhado que era livre
Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Saõ Paulo, Brazil May 19, 2022May 19 to July 17, 2022 The Current Art Program, an initiative of the Tomie Ohtake Institute, aims to promote ambitious experimental projects and new...Read more -
Larissa de Souza work acquired by MAR and shown in Enciclopédia Negra exhibition
Museum of Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAR), Brazil May 12, 2022May 12 - July 3, 2022 Enciclopédia Negra showcases art by 36 contemporay Black artists, inclusing Larissa De Souza, who have had their images and...Read more
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The Afrobrazilian Artists Forging New Connections Across the Atlantic
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Arte Em Primeira Pessoa
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Larissa de Souza’s Tender Paintings Capture the Domestic Lives of Afro-Brazilian Women
Ayanna Dozier, Artsy, February 15, 2023
LARISSA DE SOUZA
B.1995, São Paolo, Brazil
Currently lives and works in São Paolo, Brazil
COLLECTIONS
Museu de Arte de Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Museum of Modern Art, São Paolo, Brazil
Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Larissa de Souza, albertz benda, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2024 Larissa de Souza, Simoes de Assis, São Paolo, BR
(forthcoming)
2023 Walls That Tell Histories, albertz benda, New York, NY
2021 Pertencimento, Hoa Tour Gallery, São Paolo, Brazil
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
Black Art and Thought, Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
Summer LA Group Show, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
Do You See Me?, albertz benda, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Varios 22, curated by Lilia Scwarz, São Paolo, Brazil
SPArte Art Fair, Biennial of São Paolo, São Paolo, Brazil
Enciclopédia Negra, Museum of Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAR),
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Por muito tempo acreditei ter sonhado que era livre, Tomie
Ohtake Institute, São Paolo, Brazil
Histórias Brasileiras, Museum of Modern Art, São Paolo, Brazil
2021 Internacional Hoa Annual Auction, With Casa Chama, South
Kensington, London, UK
Arte Core, Casa Natura, São Paulo, Brazil
Water Marks: We Must Remember, Hoa Gallery, South
Kensington, London, UK
SPArte Art Fair, Arca, Vila Leopoldina, São Paulo, Brazil
Aqui estou y mnatenho, Hoa Tour Gallery, SPArte, São Paulo,
Brazil
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2023 Finalist, PIPA Prize, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Artist in Residence, Angola Air, Luanda, Angola