Maria Lídia Magliani

Maria Lídia dos Santos Magliani (Pelotas, 1946 – Rio de Janeiro, 2012) was a Brazilian painter, designer, engraver, illustrator, costume designer and set designer.

Biography Born into a family of artists, she decided to become a painter. In 1963, she entered the Fine Arts course and graduated from the UFRGS School of Arts in 1966. She was the first black woman to graduate from the institution. In the same year, she held her first solo exhibition at Galeria Espaço. She continued her studies with Ado Malagolii. In the 1970s she produced illustrations for newspapers in Porto Alegre. She left Rio Grande do Sul in 1980, settling first in São Paulo, later in Minas Gerais and, from 1997, in Rio de Janeiro.

Her work is characterized by themes influenced by the feminist movement and by using neo-expressionist aesthetics to reflect on the country's political situation and the condition of women and the female body in society. Even so, she made a point of not declaring herself a militant. Throughout her career, she has had more than 100 solo and group exhibitions, and her works are now in museums in Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Exhibitions

1966 1st Solo Exhibition, Galeria Espaço, Porto Alegre, Brasil 1967 3rd Salão Nacional de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil 1977 Solo Exhibition, Institute of Brazilian Architects, Rio Grande do Sul Department 1979 Artistas Gaúchos, Embassy of Brazil in the United States, Washington, D.C., United States 1981 Desenho e Gravura no Rio Grande do Sul, Museu de Arte do Paraná (MAP), Curitiba, Brazil 1983 Maria Lídia Magliani, Center for Brazilian Studies, Assunção, Paraguay 1983 17th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo Biennial Foundation, São Paulo, Brasil (Curator: Walter Zanini) 1987 Retrospective Exhibition, Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art, Porto Alegre, Brasil

Awards

1993 Panorama of Brazilian Art, São Paulo, Brazil (Honorable Mention) 46th April Salon, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil (honored)

Collections

São Paulo Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP), São Paulo, Brasil Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brasil Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo, Porto Alegre, Brasil Galeria Espaço Cultural Duque, Porto Alegre, Brazil Rio Museum of Art (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Santa Catarina Art Museum (MASC), Florianópolis, Brasil Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brasil Vera Chaves Barcellos Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brasil Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul (MACRS), Porto Alegre, Brasil