Lydia Okumura

Lydia Okumura (born 1948) is a Brazilian artist known for her geometric abstractions.

Lydia Okumura
Born1948 (1948)
São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
EducationFundação Armando Alvares Penteado
Known forSculpture
Websitelydiaokumura.com

Biography

Okumura was born in 1948 in São Paulo.[1] She studied at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, graduating in 1973.[2] In the 1970s she was part of a São Paulo art collective, "Equipe3".[2] Around that time she moved to New York City to attended the Pratt Graphics Center.[1] She has exhibited extensively since the 1970s.[3] Her work is included in the collections of the Akron Art Museum, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Okumura's first solo exhibition in the United States was in 2016 at the University at Buffalo.[2] In 2019 she had a solo show at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London.[5]

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References
  1. Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 302. ISBN 0714878774.
  2. "Lydia Okumura: Situations". UB Art Galleries. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  3. "Lydia Okumura". The MIT Press. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  4. "Lydia Okumura". Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  5. "Lydia Okumura at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London". ARTnews. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

Further reading

Lydia Okumura: Situations, by Rachel Adams (editor), Sternberg Press ISBN 3956792912

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