Lidia Lisbôa

Lidia Lisbôa is a visual and performance artist. She studied metal engraving at the Lasar Segall Museum, contemporary sculpture at the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture (MUBE), ceramics at the São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts and Art History at the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP). She has participated in exhibitions at the Fibra and Central das Artes Galleries, as well as at the São Paulo School of Arts and Crafts, the Goethe-Institut São Paulo and at various Sesc cultural centers. Her work received the Maimeri 75 years Prize (1998) and the II National Prize for Afro-Brazilian Cultural Expressions (2012). In 2015, the entirety of her work was exhibited in two solo shows: one at the Rabieh Gallery in São Paulo and another at the Pretos Novos Gallery in Rio de Janeiro. Lidia Lisboa currently works mainly with crochet, textiles and clay to produce art objects, jewelry and performance pieces. Born in Guaíra, in the state of Paraná, she lives and works in São Paulo.