Erika Verzutti

Erika Verzutti was in residence at LUMA Arles from May to July 2024.

Erika Verzutti was born in 1971 in São Paulo, where she lives and works. In her work, Erika Verzutti combines different elements and styles. She sometimes works with classical materials such as bronze and clay, or more traditional materials such as papier-mâché and cardboard. Many of her sculptures reveal a particular attention to nature through the use of moulded fruit and vegetables, while other works are inspired by topical subjects such as newspaper headlines and Internet phenomena. Erika Verzutti was in residence at LUMA Arles from 1 May to 15 July 2024. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Hessel Museum - Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (2023) ; Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico (2023) ; MASP, São Paulo (2021) ; Nottingham Contemporary, United Kingdom (2021) ; Centre Pompidou, Paris (2019); Aspen Art Museum, Colorado (2019); Pivô, São Paulo (2016); SculptureCenter, New York (2015); Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs (2014); and Centro Cultural São Paulo (2012). Her institutional exhibitions include the Biennale de Genève - Sculpture Garden, Geneva (2022); the 57th Venice Biennale (2017); the 32nd São Paulo Biennale (2016); the 34th Panorama of Brazilian Art, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2015); 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh (2013); the 9th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2013); and the 11th Lyon Biennale (2011). Her work can be found in the collections of the Tate Modern in London, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the Guggenheim in New York, the Museu de Arte Moderna in São Paulo and the Pinacoteca de Estado de São Paulo, among others.