Maria Adair (Itiruçu BA 1938)
Painter, printmaker, draftswoman, muralist, intermedia artist and teacher.
She graduated in drawing and visual arts from the Escola de Belas Artes da UFBA [UFBA School of Fine Arts] in 1976. In 1980, she received a Fulbright/Laspau scholarship and studied at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Iowa, in the United States, where she remained until 1982 and took part in several exhibitions. In 1983, she taught in the department of art history and painting at the Escola de Belas Artes da UFBA. In 1986, she opened and coordinated the Galeria do Aluno [Student Gallery] at the Escola de Belas Artes da UFBA. That same year, she returned to the United States to devote herself to the research project Arte no Espaço Urbano [Art in Urban Space] through the Comitê Bahia [Bahia Committee]. Around 1993, she opened the Atelier Maria Adair in Salvador.
Testimonials
"Everything is IntegrATION. The warp of the mesh is made and remade with the vibrATION of the gesture, with the rhythm of respirATION, with superposition, transparency and ACTION.
ACTION also in the presence of painting, which sometimes settles on the surface of the canvas and paper, but which also leaves the wall, takes over real space to cover the body, clothe the wood, wrap the iron and be seen in all dimensions and from all directions, taking on a new form at each angle of view".
Maria Adair
ADAIR, Maria. Maria Adair: a grande trama. Tradução Richard O'Connell. Salvador: Época Galeria de Arte, 1986.
Solo Exhibitions
1976 - Salvador BA - First exhibition, at Galeria Cañizares
1978 - Salvador BA - Organismo [Organism], at MAM/BA
1979 - Salvador BA - Emoções [Emotions], at Colégio Marista de Salvador
1979 - Salvador BA - Trama e Luz [Weave and Light], at Praiamar Hotel
1979 - Vitória da Conquista BA - Espera [Waiting], at Galeria Geraldo Rocha
1981 - Pittsburgh (United States) - After the Rain a New Life, at JoAnna Panzar's House
1981 - Salvador BA - Criar [To Create], at MAM/BA
1982 - Iowa (United States) - Constellation I, at The University of Iowa - Department of Spanish and Portuguese
1982 - Iowa (United States) - Iowa the Fertile Land, at The University of Iowa - Department of Spanish and Portuguese
1982 - Iowa (United States) - River of Emotions, at Corroborre Gallery
1982 - Washington (United States) - Constellations II, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1984 - Salvador BA - Maria Adair-84, at Museu de Arte da Bahia
1984 - Salvador BA - Maria Adair-84, at Art Boulevard Galeria
1984 - Salvador BA - Maria Adair-84, at Berro D'Água Bar
1984 - Salvador BA - Doze Visões [Twelve Visions], at Boulevard Station
1984 - Salvador BA - Um Rio de Emoções [A River of Emotions], at MAM/BA
1985 - Philadelphia (United States) - Passagem [Passage], at Temple University - Tyler School of Art
1985 - Salvador BA - Viva o Risco [Long Live Risk], at O Cavalete Galeria de Arte
1986 - Pittsburgh (United States) - A Grande Trama [The Great Weave], at Donna Astorino's House
1986 - Salvador BA - A Grande Trama [The Great Weave], at Época Galeria de Arte
1986 - Sewickley (United States) - Células [Cells], at Russian Images Ltd. International Arts
1987 - New York (United States) - Color Into Fiber, at Jere and Firma Lifshitz Roof Garden
1987 - Paris (France) - Trame de Couleurs, at Galeria Aquarela
1987 - Pittsburgh (United States) - Interwoven Dimensions, at Donna Astorino's House
1988 - Salvador BA - A Grande Viagem [The Great Journey], at Escritório de Arte da Bahia
1988 - Salvador BA - A Grande Viagem [The Great Journey], at Galeria Prova do Artista
1989 - Paris (France) - Prova do Artista [Artist's Proof], at Galeria Aquarela
1989 - Vitória da Conquista BA - Grandes Momentos [Great Moments], at Galeria Geraldo Rocha
1990 - Paris (France) - Installation, at Galeria Aquarela
1991 - Munich (Germany) - Brasilianische Verknüpfungen, at Arte Galerie N.
1991 - Paris (France) - Tressage Brésilien, at Galeria Aquarela
1992 - Brasília DF - Coreografando o Espaço [Choreographing Space], at M. M. Design
1993 - Paris (France) - Les Chemins de la Ligne, at Galeria Aquarela
1993 - Salvador BA - Garagem [Garage], at Associação Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos
1993 - Salvador BA - Ondulações [Undulations], at Atelier Maria Adair
1994 - Paris (France) - Garagem II [Garage II], at Galeria Aquarela
1995 - Salvador BA - Transbordando Imagens [Overflowing Images], at Atelier Maria Adair
1995 - Salvador BA - Vitrine de Objetos d'Arte [Showcase of Art Objects], at Galeria ACBEU
1995 - Salvador BA - Vitrine de Objetos d'Arte [Showcase of Art Objects], at Atelier Maria Adair
1997 - Salvador BA - Urbano Italiano [Italian Urban], at MAM/BA
1998 - Salvador BA - Les Cafés de Paris et du Monde, at Atelier Maria Adair
Group Exhibitions
1975 - Feira de Santana BA - Group show, at Clube de Campo Cajueiro
1976 - Feira de Santana BA - Group show, at Museu Regional da Feira de Santana
1976 - Salvador BA - Group show, at Praiamar Hotel
1977 - Cachoeira BA - Mostra Acervo da Escola de Belas Artes/UFBA [UFBA School of Fine Arts Collection Exhibition]
1977 - Goiânia GO - 3º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas [3rd National Visual Arts Salon]
1977 - Salvador BA - 1º Salão de Verão da Bahia [1st Bahia Summer Salon], at Museu de Arte da Bahia
1977 - Salvador BA - Mostra Retrospectiva da Gravura na Bahia [Retrospective Exhibition of Printmaking in Bahia], at MAM/BA
1978 - Paris (France) - Images et Messages d'Amérique Latine, at Centre Culturel de Villeparisis
1978 - Salvador BA - Opening group show of Kompasso Galeria de Arte
1978 - Salvador BA - Mostra das Recentes Aquisições do Museu de Arte Moderna [Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions of the Museu de Arte Moderna], at MAM/BA
1979 - Salvador BA - Group show, at MAM/BA
1979 - Vitória da Conquista BA - Group show, at Galeria Geraldo Rocha
1981 - Pittsburgh (United States) - Brazil Expo 81, at Carlow College
1982 - Iowa (United States) - Holiday Show and Sale, at Arts Center
1982 - New York (United States) - Multimedia Show, at Stephen Edward Galleries
1983 - Paris (France) - Graphistes Brésiliens, at Maison du Brésil
1983 - Salvador BA - Artistas Baianos [Bahian Artists], at Museu de Arte da Bahia
1984 - Aracaju SE - Três Artistas Baianos [Three Bahian Artists], at J. Inácio Galeria de Arte
1984 - Salvador BA - Desenhos e Gravuras [Drawings and Prints], at Museu de Arte da Bahia
1984 - Salvador BA - Doze Visões [Twelve Visions], at Boulevard Station
1986 - Ilhéus BA - Exposição de Verão 86 [Summer Exhibition 86], at Museu do Cacau
1987 - Nottonville (France) - 35 Artistes Brésiliens, at Abbaye du Bois de Nottonville
1987 - Salvador BA - Group show, at Rodin Galeria de Arte
1987 - Salvador BA - E o Lixo Cultural Dançou [And the Cultural Garbage Danced], at Teatro Castro Alves
1988 - Philadelphia (United States) - Sister of the América, at Museum Gallery
1988 - Paris (France) - Brésil Hexagonal, at Union de Banques à Paris
1988 - Salvador BA - Pinturas e Esculturas [Paintings and Sculptures], at Escritório de Arte da Bahia
1988 - São Paulo SP - A Mão Afro-Brasileira [The Afro-Brazilian Hand], at MAM/SP
1989 - Los Angeles (United States) - Introspectives: contemporary art by americans and brazilians of african descent, at California Afro-American Museum
1989 - Salvador BA - Bicentenário da Revolução Francesa [Bicentennial of the French Revolution], at Galeria Cañizares
1990 - Houston (United States) - Brazilian Festival 1990, at Westin Galleria Ballroom
1990 - New York (United States) - Introspectives: contemporary art by americans and brazilians of african descent, at The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1990 - Rennes (France) - Quinzaine Brésil, at Rotonde du Théâtre Municipal
1990 - Salvador BA - Group show, at Ada Galeria de Arte
1991 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - O Rio Recebe a Bahia [Rio Welcomes Bahia], at Galeria Moviart
1991 - São Félix BA - 1ª Bienal do Recôncavo [1st Recôncavo Biennial], at Centro Cultural Dannemann
1992 - Paris (France) - Porto Seguro de l'Aube au Crépuscule, at Galeria Aquarela
1992 - Salvador BA - Interpretando a América [Interpreting America], at Associação Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos
1992 - Santo André SP - Litogravura: métodos e conceitos [Lithography: Methods and Concepts], at Paço Municipal
1993 - New York (United States) - International Contemporary Furniture Fair, at J.J.C.C.
1993 - Salvador BA - Anos 70: artes plásticas na Bahia [The 1970s: Visual Arts in Bahia], at Galeria do ICBA
1994 - New York (United States) - International Contemporary Furniture Fair, at J. J. C. C.
1994 - Paris (France) - Les Couleurs du Brésil en Hommage au Maître Bajado, at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
1994 - Salvador BA - Interpretando Exu [Interpreting Exu], at Fundação Casa de Jorge Amado
1995 - Salvador BA - Mesa para Seis [Table for Six], at Alufil
1996 - Salvador BA - 8 Expressões [8 Expressions], at Ada Galeria de Arte
1997 - Salvador BA - Um Brinde ao Café [A Toast to Coffee], at Espaço Cafelier
1998 - Paris (France) - Bahia à Paris: arts plastiques d'aujourd'hui, at Galerie Modus
1999 - Curitiba PR - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Anos [Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years], at Fundação Cultural de Curitiba - Solar do Barão
1999 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Anos [Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years], at Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
1999 - Salvador BA - 100 Artistas Plásticos da Bahia [100 Visual Artists from Bahia], at Museu de Arte Sacra
1999 - Salvador BA - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Anos [Arte-Arte Salvador 450 Years], at MAM/BA
1999 - São Paulo SP - Litografia: fidelidade e memória [Lithography: Fidelity and Memory], at Espaço de Arte Unicid
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