About

Nydia Negromonte (Lima, Peru, 1965, naturalized Brazilian) is a plastic artist. She has an undergraduate degree in Drawing from the School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), earned in 1989, and specialized in Printmaking in 1998 (“The graphic artworks nowadays: from printmaking to digital printing” – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona, Spain).

From 1999 to 2001, she was a resident artist in HANGAR Atelier (Barcelona, Spain), having participated in relevant fairs and shows, such as: ARCO – International Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid; “Dry Body” (“Corpo Seco”), Sicart Gallery, and “Urbild,” Antonio de Barnola Gallery, both in Barcelona.

Since then, she has showcased her work in major solo and group exhibitions in institutions and galleries throughout Brazil, Venezuela, and Peru.

Main solo exhibitions: 2018, “Nydia Negromonte. Lección de Cosas (2004-2018),” curators Andrea Elera and Jorge Villacorta, Sala Luis Miró Quesada Garland (Room), Lima, Peru; 2016, “Silo,” Galeria GTO (Gallery), SESC Palladium, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2015, “Ocidente,” Galeria Genesco Murta (Gallery), Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2014, “Ocidente,” Central Galeria de Arte (Gallery), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2011, “Casa das Vitaminas,” Parque Farroupilha (Park), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 2010, “Jasmim do Cabo,” Instituto Undió (Institute), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2004, “Pulmo,” Torreão (Cultural Center), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; 2003, “Poda,” Centro Universitário Maria Antonia (University Center), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Main group exhibitions: 2016, “As casas de Lili,” Galeria GTO (Gallery), SESC Palladium, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2015, “Habitáculo,” Cine Theatro Brasil (Cultural Center), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2015, Prêmio Marcantonio Vilaça, CNI, Sesi, Senai, MAC USP (Awards), São Paulo, SP, Brazil; 2014, “Punto de Quiebre,” Beatriz Gil Galeria (Gallery), Caracas, Venezuela; 2010, “Casa das Vitaminas,” Museu de Arte da Pampulha (Museum), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2006/2005, “Identificador,” Paço das Artes (Institution), São Paulo, SP, Brazil e Galeria de Arte da Cemig (Gallery), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil; 2002, “Matéria Prima,” curators Lisette Lagnado and Agnaldo Farias, Novo Museu de Curitiba (Museum), PR, Brazil; 1999, Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte (Gallery), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

In 2012, she premiered a large solo exhibition titled “Lesson of Things” (“Lição de Coisas”), organized by curator Renata Marquez, in Pampulha Art Museum (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil). That year, she also took part in the 30th Bienal de São Paulo: The Imminence of Poetics, organized by curator Luis Pérez-Oramas and partner curator André Severo. In 2013, she was invited to join the “Selection of Artworks of the 30th Bienal de São Paulo: The Imminence of Poetics,” as well, in Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas, Venezuela.

Most recently, she was one of the nominated artists of the 7th edition of the CNI SESI SENAI Marcantonio Vilaça Visual Arts Prize.