Zorávia Bettiol (Porto Alegre RS 1935)
Zorávia Bettiol is a printmaker, tapestry artist, jewelry designer, draftswoman and painter. She graduated in painting from the Instituto de Belas Artes de Porto Alegre. Between 1956 and 1957, she took drawing and woodcut classes in the studio of sculptor Vasco Prado (1914–1998), to whom she was married for 28 years. Devoting herself mainly to tapestry and printmaking, she developed three-dimensional forms in tapestry and, in her woodcuts, brought elements of popular culture — such as the recurring depiction of the Orixás — into fine craftsmanship.
She received the first prize for drawing at the 18th Belo Horizonte Municipal Fine Arts Salon in 1962; the first prize for printmaking at the 2nd Londrina Brazilian Religious Art Salon in 1966; and the national printmaking prize at the 1st National Visual Arts Biennial in Salvador, also in 1966, among other honors. In 1968, she moved to Warsaw, Poland, where she studied textiles at the Atelier Maria Laskiewicz and attended the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts.
In the 1970s, back in Brazil, she took part in numerous international exhibitions. In 1985, she received the City of Porto Alegre Medal Award in recognition of her services to the community, and in 1987 she was honored with the Destaque em Artes Plásticas 87 [Visual Arts Highlight 87] trophy. During the 1980s and 1990s, she taught many courses and workshops in several countries.
Critiques
"As an artist, Zorávia Bettiol refuses to stand before a mirror and gaze at herself, repeat herself, copy herself. In terms of drawing, color and theme, her prints (...) differ from one another without losing the mark of the one who imagined and executed them (...). All this verbiage, however, says nothing of the craftsmanship of this accomplished artist that is Zorávia Bettiol, nor of her rich imagination and her deep humanity."
Érico Veríssimo
VERÍSSIMO, Érico. In: BETTIOL, Zoravia. Arte de Zoravia Bettiol: gravuras & tapeçarias. São Paulo: MAM, 1974.
"(...) we are before a printmaker who is a master of her craft: Zorávia Bettiol. Printmaking in which beauty is born of craft and poetry, of hand and heart, of intelligence and love. If the technique is exquisite, it does not, however, limit feeling; it does not lead to a preciousness of form or to a dilution of emotion."
Jorge Amado
AMADO, Jorge. In: BETTIOL, Zoravia. Arte de Zoravia Bettiol: gravuras & tapeçarias. São Paulo: MAM, 1974.
Solo Exhibitions
1959 - Montevideo (Uruguay) - Zoravia Bettiol: desenhos, linoleogravuras e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Drawings, Linocuts and Woodcuts], at Galeria Arte Bella
1959 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at UFRGS. Faculdade de Arquitetura
1961 - São Paulo SP - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria Astreia
1962 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Gead
1964 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Solo, at Galeria Lascaux
1964 - Córdoba (Argentina) - Solo, at Galeria Cristal
1964 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Astreia
1965 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Espaço Galeria
1965 - Punta del Este (Uruguay) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Centro de Artes y Letras
1965 - Salvador BA - Solo, at Galeria Convivium
1965 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Solarium
1966 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Espaço Galeria
1968 - Prague (Czechoslovakia - now Czech Republic) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Metska Knihovna
1968 - Warsaw (Poland) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria Rzezby
1969 - Geneva (Switzerland) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria Simon Patino
1969 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Ministério da Cultura de Portugal. Palácio Foz
1969 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Tapestries], at Estúdio Zoravia Bettiol
1970 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria Bonino
1971 - Porto Alegre RS - 15 Anos de Gravura de Zoravia Bettiol [15 Years of Printmaking by Zoravia Bettiol], at Prefeitura do Município de Porto Alegre
1973 - Bogotá (Colombia) - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Woodcuts], at Banco de la República. Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango
1973 - La Paz (Bolivia) - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Woodcuts], at Galería Municipal
1974 - Rome (Italy) - Solo, at Galeria Dora Pamphili
1974 - São Paulo SP - A Arte de Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e xilogravuras [The Art of Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Woodcuts], at MAM/SP
1974 - São Paulo SP - A Arte de Zoravia Bettiol: gravuras e tapeçarias [The Art of Zoravia Bettiol: Prints and Tapestries], at MAM/SP
1976 - Madrid (Spain) - Zoravia Bettiol: formas tridimensionais tecidas e tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Woven Three-Dimensional Forms and Tapestries], at Galeria de Arte da Casa do Brasil
1976 - Milan (Italy) - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Woodcuts], at Centro Cultural Ítalo-Brasileiro
1976 - Paris (France) - Solo, at Galerie Debret
1977 - Salvador BA - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria da Pousada do Carmo
1977 - Salvador BA - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at MAM/BA
1978 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Woodcuts], at Galeria Praxis
1978 - Cologne (Germany) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galerie Boisserée
1978 - Porto Alegre RS - Kafka, at Atelier Vasco Prado e Zoravia Bettiol
1979 - Porto Alegre RS - Verde Que te Quiero Verde [Green, How I Want You Green], at Margs
1979 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Tapestries], at Atelier Vasco Prado e Zoravia Bettiol
1980 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: desenhos [Zoravia Bettiol: Drawings], at Atelier Vasco Prado e Zoravia Bettiol
1980 - Washington D.C. (United States) - The World of Franz Kafka, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1981 - São Paulo SP - Kafka, at Spazio Pirandello
1982 - Stockholm (Sweden) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Galeria Latina
1982 - Oslo (Norway) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Kunstforening
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Tapestries], at Estúdio Zoravia Bettiol
1984 - Montevideo (Uruguay) - Zoravia Bettiol: formas tridimensionais tecidas e tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Woven Three-Dimensional Forms and Tapestries], at Galeria Latina
1984 - Oslo (Norway) - Zoravia Bettiol: formas tridimensionais tecidas e tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Woven Three-Dimensional Forms and Tapestries], at Kunstindustriemuseet
1985 - Brasília DF - Solo, at Itaú Galeria
1985 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: retrospectiva 1955 - 1985 [Zoravia Bettiol: Retrospective 1955 - 1985], at Margs
1986 - Huelva (Spain) - Zoravia Bettiol: formas tridimensionais tecidas e tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Woven Three-Dimensional Forms and Tapestries], at Galería del Banco de Bilbao
1986 - São Paulo SP - Zoravia Bettiol: retrospectiva 1955 - 1985 [Zoravia Bettiol: Retrospective 1955 - 1985], at MAB-Faap
1987 - Madrid (Spain) - Solo, at Casa del Brasil
1988 - Asunción (Paraguay) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts], at Centro de Estudios Brasileños
1990 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil e joias [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art and Jewelry], at Galeria Marisa Soilbelmann
1992 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: joias e ornatos têxteis [Zoravia Bettiol: Jewelry and Textile Ornaments], at Margs
1992 - São Paulo SP - Zoravia Bettiol: arte têxtil, desenhos, joias e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Textile Art, Drawings, Jewelry and Woodcuts], at Atelier Zoravia Bettiol
1993 - Menlo Park (United States) - Zoravia Bettiol: pinturas, tapeçarias e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Paintings, Tapestries and Woodcuts], at Prefeitura de Menlo Park
1993 - San Francisco (United States) - Zoravia Bettiol: pinturas, tapeçarias e xilogravuras [Zoravia Bettiol: Paintings, Tapestries and Woodcuts], at John Francis Gallery
1994 - Amherst (United States) - Zoravia Bettiol: xilogravuras e tapeçarias [Zoravia Bettiol: Woodcuts and Tapestries], at Augusta Savage Gallery
1998 - Porto Alegre RS - Persona-Personagem, Head-Dresses e Fantasias [Persona-Character, Head-Dresses and Costumes], at Margs
1999 - Porto Alegre RS - Zoravia Bettiol: serigrafias e monotipias [Zoravia Bettiol: Silkscreens and Monotypes], at Galeria Gravura
1999 - San Francisco (United States) - Zoravia Bettiol: tapeçarias, pinturas, gravuras e joias [Zoravia Bettiol: Tapestries, Paintings, Prints and Jewelry], at Studio Zoravia Bettiol
Group Exhibitions
1961 - São Paulo SP - 6th São Paulo International Biennial, at Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo Sobrinho
1962 - Belo Horizonte MG - 17th Fine Arts Salon of the City of Belo Horizonte, at Museu de Arte da Pampulha - 1st prize in drawing
1963 - São Paulo SP - 7th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1964 - Curitiba PR - 16th Spring Fine Arts Salon, at Clube Concórdia - gold medal
1964 - Ribeirão Preto SP - 1st Young National Printmaking Exhibition
1964 - São Paulo SP - 1st Young National Printmaking Exhibition, at MAC/USP
1965 - Belo Horizonte MG - 1st Young National Printmaking Exhibition, at Museu de Arte da Pampulha
1965 - Curitiba PR - 22nd Paraná Fine Arts Salon, at Biblioteca Pública do Paraná
1965 - Curitiba PR - 1st Young National Printmaking Exhibition, at Secretaria do Estado de Educação
1965 - São Paulo SP - 8th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1965 - Florianópolis SC - 1st Young National Printmaking Exhibition, at Masc
1966 - Kanazawa (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul]
1966 - Londrina PR - 3rd Londrina Religious Art Salon - 1st prize
1966 - Nikko (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul]
1966 - Osaka (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul]
1966 - Sakata (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul], at Homma Museum of Art
1966 - Salvador BA - 1st National Visual Arts Biennial - 1st national printmaking prize
1966 - São Paulo SP - 13 Artistas Gaúchos [13 Artists from Rio Grande do Sul], at MAC/USP
1966 - São Paulo SP - 2nd Young National Printmaking Exhibition, at MAC/USP
1966 - Suzu (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul]
1966 - Tokyo (Japan) - Gravadores do Rio Grande do Sul [Printmakers from Rio Grande do Sul], at Embaixada do Brasil no Japão
1967 - Brasília DF - 4th Federal District Salon of Modern Art, at Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro
1967 - Campinas SP - 3rd Campinas Contemporary Art Salon, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea José Pancetti
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Salão das Caixas [Salon of Boxes], at Petite Galerie
1967 - Santiago (Chile) - 3rd American Printmaking Biennial, at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
1967 - São Paulo SP - 9th São Paulo International Biennial, at Fundação Bienal
1967 - Washington (United States) - Two Brazilian Graphic Artists, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1968 - Kraków (Poland) - 2nd International Print Biennial
1969 - Lausanne (Switzerland) - 4th International Tapestry Biennial, at Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts
1970 - Kraków (Poland) - 3rd International Print Biennial
1970 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - 1st Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, at Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
1970 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Printmaking, at Paço das Artes
1970 - Trenton (United States) - Color Prints of Americas, at New Jersey Museum
1971 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1972 - Bradford (England) - Third International Print Biennial, at Bradford City Art Gallery
1972 - Carpi (Italy) - Carpi Print Triennial
1972 - Kraków (Poland) - 4th International Print Biennial
1972 - Ibiza (Spain) - Ibizagraphic 72, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea
1972 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - 2nd Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, at Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
1972 - São Paulo SP - 2nd International Print Exhibition, at MAM/SP
1972 - São Paulo SP - Art/Brazil/Today: 50 Years Later, at Galeria da Collectio
1974 - Kraków (Poland) - 5th International Print Biennial
1974 - Ibiza (Spain) - Ibizagraphic 74, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea
1974 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - 3rd Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, at Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
1974 - São Paulo SP - 1st Brazilian Tapestry Show, at MAB-Faap - honorable mention
1974 - São Paulo SP - 6th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1975 - Brasília DF - Arte Gaúcha/74 [Gaúcho Art/74]
1975 - Lódz (Poland) - 1st Triennial of Fiber Arts, at The Central Museum of Textiles
1975 - New York (United States) - Young Artist - Print 75, at Union Caribe Building
1975 - Porto Alegre RS - 1st Rio Grande do Sul Salon, at Margs - honorable mention
1976 - São Paulo SP - 1st Tapestry Triennial, at MAM/SP
1977 - Madrid (Spain) - Arte Actual de Iberoamérica [Current Art of Ibero-America], at Instituto de Cultura Hispânica
1977 - São Paulo SP - 9th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1977 - Washington (United States) - The Original and its Reproduction: a Melhoramentos project, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1978 - Curitiba PR - 1st Curitiba Annual Printmaking Show, at Centro de Criatividade
1978 - Lódz (Poland) - 2nd Triennial of Fiber Arts, at The Central Museum of Textiles
1979 - Buenos Aires (Argentina) - 1st Trienal Latinoamericana del Grabado, at Salas Nacionales de Exposición
1979 - Mendoza (Argentina) - 1st Trienal Latinoamericana del Grabado, at Museo de Arte Moderno
1979 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - 4th Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, at Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
1979 - São Paulo SP - 2nd Tapestry Triennial, at MAM/SP
1980 - Penápolis SP - 4th Noroeste Visual Arts Salon, at Fundação Educacional de Penápolis. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Penápolis
1981 - Linz (Austria) - Textilkunst 81, at Stadtausstellung
1981 - San Juan (Puerto Rico) - 5th Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe, at Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
1981 - Seoul (South Korea) - 3rd Seoul International Print Biennial
1981 - Vienna (Austria) - Textilkunst 81, at Künstlerhaus
1982 - Philadelphia (United States) - Art from Brazil, at Embaixada do Brasil
1982 - Penápolis SP - 5th Noroeste Visual Arts Salon, at Fundação Educacional de Penápolis. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Penápolis - guest artist
1982 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Tapestry Triennial, at MAM/SP
1982 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Art from Brazil, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Arte Livro Gaúcho: 1950/1983 [Art Book from Rio Grande do Sul: 1950/1983], at Margs
1984 - Curitiba PR - 6th Woodcut in the History of Brazilian Art, at Casa Romário Martins
1984 - Havana (Cuba) - 1st Havana Biennial, at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
1984 - Heidelberg (Germany) - Tapisserien aus Brasilien, at Textilmuseum Max Berk
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Woodcut in the History of Brazilian Art, at Funarte. Galeria Sérgio Milliet
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Recent Donations 82-84, at MNBA
1985 - Penápolis SP - 6th Noroeste Visual Arts Salon, at Fundação Educacional de Penápolis. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Penápolis
1986 - Belo Horizonte MG - Evento Têxtil 85 [Textile Event 85]
1986 - Curitiba PR - Evento Têxtil 85 [Textile Event 85]
1986 - Porto Alegre RS - Evento Têxtil 85 [Textile Event 85]
1986 - São Paulo SP - Evento Têxtil 85 [Textile Event 85]
1987 - Ljubljana (Slovenia) - 17th International Print Biennial, at Moderna Galerija Ljubljana
1988 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte Têxtil: técnicas contemporâneas [Textile Art: Contemporary Techniques], at Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto
1988 - São Paulo SP - Xilogravura 88 [Woodcut 88], at Paço das Artes
1989 - Campinas SP - Arte Têxtil [Textile Art], at Centro de Convivência Cultural de Campinas
1989 - Porto Alegre RS - Arte Sul 89, at Margs
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - Exposição Atelier Livre: 30 anos - alunos artistas [Atelier Livre Exhibition: 30 Years - Student Artists], at Atelier Livre da Prefeitura de Porto Alegre
1991 - São Paulo SP - Citizenship: 200 Years of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, at Sesc Pompeia
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP - Proteja a Vida [Protect Life], at ECO 92 and in the Metrô
1992 - São Paulo SP - América: caminhos de um tempo perdido [America: Paths of a Lost Time], at Sesc Pompeia
1993 - Campinas SP - Printmaking, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica. Instituto de Letras
1993 - Havana (Cuba) - Grabados del Brasil, at Palácio de las Convenciones
1993 - João Pessoa PB - Woodcut: From Cordel to the Gallery, at Fundação Espaço Cultural da Paraíba
1993 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Brazilian Matrices and Prints: Guita and José Mindlin Collection, at Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão
1993 - San Francisco (United States) - 7th Festival of the Poetry in the Arts, at Fort Mason Conference Center
1993 - San Francisco (United States) - Montage: elements of life, at Fort Mason Conference Center
1994 - Campinas SP - Xilo e Print: Mostra Internacional de Gravura em Relevo [Woodcut and Print: International Relief Print Show], at MAC/Campinas
1994 - San Francisco (United States) - Brazilian Arts and Craft Festival, at San Francisco County Fair
1994 - São Paulo SP - Woodcut: From Cordel to the Gallery, at Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo
1994 - São Paulo SP - Woodcut: From Cordel to the Gallery, at Masp
1995 - Beijing (China) - Global Focus Exhibition
1995 - San Francisco (United States) - Proteja a Vida [Protect Life], at Palace of Fine Arts
1995 - San Francisco (United States) - We Are All Connected, at Bayfront Gallery
1995 - Saint Petersburg (Russia) - International Symposium on Textile-White Nights
1996 - Passo Fundo RS - Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider: exposição inaugural [Ruth Schneider Visual Arts Museum: Inaugural Exhibition], at Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider
1997 - Oklahoma City (United States) - Ars Textrina International Exhibit, at The University of Oklahoma - 2nd prize
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Me Dejas Loco América, at Mercado Público Municipal de Porto Alegre
1998 - Campinas SP - Xilo e Print: Mostra Internacional de Gravura em Relevo [Woodcut and Print: International Relief Print Show], at Museu de Arte Contemporânea José Pancetti
1998 - Porto Alegre RS - 1ª Bienal Latino-Americana de Pintura e Tapeçaria [1st Latin American Biennial of Painting and Tapestry] - honorable mention
1998 - São Paulo SP - The Collectors - Guita and José Mindlin: Matrices and Prints, at Galeria de Arte do Sesi
1999 - Fort Wayne (United States) - Artwear 99, at Fort Wayne Museum of Art
1999 - New Canaan (United States) - USA Craft Today 99, at Silvermine Guild Art Center
1999 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Rio Printmaking Show. Brazilian Modern Printmaking: Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Collection, at MNBA
1999 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Rio Printmaking Show. São Paulo: Printmaking Today, at Palácio Gustavo Capanema
2000 - Porto Alegre RS - Brasil 500 Anos - Navegadores de Imagens [Brazil 500 Years - Image Navigators], at Centro Cultural Usina do Gasômetro
2001 - Porto Alegre RS - Group Print Show, at Galeria Gravura
2001 - Porto Alegre RS - Proteja a Vida [Protect Life], at PUC/RS
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Trilhando a Gravura [Following the Path of Printmaking], at Museu da Chácara do Céu
2002 - Porto Alegre RS - Drawings, Prints, Sculptures and Watercolors, at Garagem de Arte
Source: Itaú Cultural
