Liliane Dardot

Liliane Dardot (born 1946) is a Brazilian artist, graphic designer, teacher, and political activist. She actively participated in the Oficina Guaianases de Gravura, an important art movement in Brazil. She is mostly known for her drawings in colored pencils, her works of lithography, and book illustrations.

Biography Liliane Dardot was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in 1946. As a young adult, along with studying art, she was involved in social and somewhat political projects, which concerned the impact on poor adolescents of the military dictatorship. Dardot attended school at the Escola de Belas Artes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and graduated in 1968. she moved to Olinda, to continue doing art. Dardot began producing lithography joined the Oficina Guaianases de Gravura art movement.

Artwork Liliane Dardot- O risco do bordado (The risk of needlework), 1981 Liliane Dardot- Ritual, 1981

Group exhibitions 2015- In Verso, Celma Albuquerque Art Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. 2017- Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985, Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. 2018- Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985, Brooklyn Museum of Art. 2018- In Hollow of the Hours, Roberto Alban Gallery, Ondina, Salvador, Brazil.

Honors and awards In the Contemporary Art Magazine with a Focus on the Los Angeles Art Scene.