About
Mariana Zoccoli
1981, São Paulo - SP
Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from FAAP, she has been dedicated to the Visual Arts since 2005. She took in-depth courses at the University of São Paulo - USP and workshops with Kimi Nii, Alberto Bustos and Ohi Chozaemon XI.
Zoccoli's recent work permeates questions arising from his training in Architecture and Urbanism regarding the relationship between humans and their surroundings, more specifically, their relationship with the city and nature in the most varied aspects: urbanization, food, exploration, etc..
Influenced by the sociologist and urban planner Robert Park, the artist believes that when man makes the city, he remakes himself. In this dialectical relationship, the city and its inhabitants are mutually constructed, while one influences the other in an interdependent relationship.
The process of creating the works is based on reflections about the environment, current political events and feelings evoked by the artist's experience in the city. When feeling limited, either visually by the restriction of the horizon, or even, spatially by the demographic density, poetically transcribes these sensations in the chosen material and in the symbolic replication of the processes of nature in the sculptures.
In addition to using discarded materials from the construction industry, such as rebar, iron and screws, the use of porcelain stands out, a fine material, but with a rough finish, reminiscent of concrete.
She was awarded by Funarte, in the RespiArte public notice, selected in the Garimpo Prize of the magazine DASartes, participated in the SAV - Salão de Artes Visuais de Vinhedo 2020 and 2021, in the Latin-American Festival Confluências de Arte, in the 18th Território da Arte de Araraquara, received a mention honorary at the 36th Salon of Plastic Arts in Jacarezinho and at the 27th Salon of Plastic Arts in Praia Grande. He participated in group exhibitions at the Memorial da América Latina and at A CASA, Museum of the Brazilian Object.
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TRAINING
2005 Bacharelado em Arquitetura - FAAP - Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado - SP
2005 Sculpture Workshop with Nicolas Vlavianos - Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation -
FAAP - SP
2015 -16 Ceramics Study Group with Kimi Nii - SESC/SP
2018 Sculpture Workshop with Alberto Bustos - SP
2019 Ceramics Workshop with Ohi Chozaemon XI - SP
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2019 (In)Vulnerable - Malu Serra Gallery - São Paulo - SP
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Antropia Nacional - Plexi Gallery - São Paulo - SP
2022 28th Plastic Arts Salon of Praia Grande - Palace of Arts Cultural Complex - Praia Grande - SP
2022 7th CompartiArte - British Brazilian Center - São Paulo - SP
2022 18th Ubatuba Visual Arts Salon. Ubatuba Art and Culture Foundation - SP.
2022 MUSA Movement of the Universe of Arts. RG Gallery, São Paulo-SP
2021 Immersion in the Female Gender - MAUC - Museum of Art of the Federal University of Ceará -Fortaleza - CE
2021 Sou dos Trópicos - DASartes Magazine with Café Gallery - São Paulo - SP
2021 18th Art Territory of Araraquara - SP - Online Exhibition
2021 17th National Salon of Contemporary Art of Guarulhos - SP
2021 36th Plastic Arts Salon of Jacarezinho - Paraná - Online Exhibition
2021 27th Plastic Arts Salon of Praia Grande - Palace of Arts Cultural Complex - Praia Grande - SP
2021 26th Vineyard Arts Salon - Vineyard - SP
2021 Leash Video Art Exhibition - Brazil - Online Exhibition
2020 FUNARTE RespiroArte Prize - Brazil - Online Exhibition
2020 Festival Confluências de Arte - Latin America - Online Exhibition
2020 25th Vineyard Arts Salon - Vinhedo - SP
2018 Artesãs da Terra - Memorial da América Latina – São Paulo - SP
2017 Bunkyo Arte Craft - Japan São Paulo Bunkyo Foundation - São Paulo - SP
2017 In the Garden - Brazilian Contemporary Ceramics - Hotel Meliá - Campinas - SP
2017 Coletivo de Cerâmica - A CASA, Museum of the Brazilian Object - São Paulo - SP
2016 Ceramics Exhibition - Studio Antonio Pulquerio - São Paulo - SP
2013 Made in Japan - Japan São Paulo Bunkyo Foundation - São Paulo - SP
AWARDS & MENTIONS
2021 18th Art Territory of Araraquara -SP - Online Exhibition
2021 Honorable Mention, 27th Salon of Plastic Arts of Praia Grande - Cultural Complex Palace of Arts - Praia Grande - SP
2021 Honorable Mention, 36th Salon of Plastic Arts in Jacarezinho - Paraná - Online Exhibition
2020 FUNARTE RespiroArte Prize
2017 Bunkyo Arte Craft – Bronze Medal
COLLECTIONS
MAUC - Museum of Art of the Federal University of Ceará - Fortaleza - CE