Lyz Parayzo (born 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ) lives and works between Paris and São Paulo.
Education
2022 MFA (DNSAP), École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
2016 Theater, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013–2016 Artistic and Contemporary Practices, Parque Lage School of Visual Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collections
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC) de Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Casa de Cultura da América Latina, Brasília, Brazil
Centro Cultural do Alumínio (CCA), São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
PIPA Prize, nominee, 2017, 2020, 2021
Finalist, “EDP das Artes,” Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Playing with Lyz Parayzo, critical essay by Luise Malmaceda, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, USA
2022
Parayzo, critical essay by Júlia Tavares, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Cuir Mouvement (Diploma Exhibition), Atelier Anne Rochette, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
2021
Porno Chic, critical essay by Pascal Rousseau, Espace L, Genève, Switzerland
2020
Cuir Popcreto, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
Mercredis Art Party, Espace L, Genève, Switzerland
2019
Lyz 40°, Galeria Vila Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Who Is Afraid of Lyz Parayzo?, Verve Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2024
17th Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
60th Venice Biennale (collaboration with Guerreiro do Divino Amor, Swiss Pavilion), Venice, Italy
Histórias da Diversidade LGBTQIA+, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Tempête Magique (public installation), La Villette’s “100% L’EXPO,” Paris, France
2023
Coração na mão, curated by Shannon, Galerie Salon H, Paris, France
Dissident Practices: How Brazilian Women Artists Respond to Social Change, curated by Claudia Calirman, Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, Joh Jay College, New York, USA
Sol, Sal, Brilho Brilhas, curated by Filipa Nunes, Espaço Vaga, Ponta Delgada, Azores Archipelago, Portugal
Carolina Maria de Jesus: um Brasil para brasileiros, curated by Hélio Menezes and Raquel Barreto, Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sur le Feu, curated by Mélanie Bouteloup and Armelle Pradalier, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
A première vue, curated by Armelle Pradalier, Galerie Arnaud Lefebvre, Paris, France
2022
Um Enorme Passado pela Frente, curated by Cristina Tejo, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal
Tu m’ouvres tes bras et on fait un pays, curated by Ulisses Carrilho, Galerie Ilian Rebei, Paris, France
We Killed the Bunny, Galeria Baró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Watú não está morto, Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Carolina Maria de Jesus: um Brasil para os brasileiros, SESC Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil
Mapa da estrada: novas obras no acervo da Pinacoteca de São Paulo, curated by Valéria Piccoli, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
Ágora, Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Maia, curated by José Maia, Maia, Portugal
BãoM!!!!, curated by João Baeta, Poste Matosinhos, Matosinhos, Portugal
Por muito tempo acreditei ter sonhado que era livre, curated by Pryscila Gomes, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Carolina Maria de Jesus: um Brasil para os brasileiros, curated by Hélio Menezes and Raquel Barreto, Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil
Trojan Horse Behind Glass / Chapter II: Cuir Cuir, curated by Laila Melchior, NICC, Brussels, Belgium
2020
Demain sera autre jour, curated by Sofia Lanusse, Les Grandes-Serres de Pantin, Paris, France
2019
Estratégias do feminino, curated by Fabrícia Jordão, Daniela Thomas and Rita Sepúlveda Faria, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Histórias Feministas: Artistas depois de 2000, curated by Isabella Rjeille, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Anuário, curated by João Ribas and José Maia, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal
O corpo além do corpo, curated by Carollina Lauriano, Espaço Ponder 70, São Paulo, Brazil
Passeata, curated by Isabel Portella, Galeria Simone Cadinelli, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jungle Juice, Casa da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Prêmio EDP – finalists’ exhibition, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Tensões Contidas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC), São Paulo, Brazil
Falo Mágico, curated by Camila Yunes, Lamb Arts Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Adorno Político, curated by Tales Frey, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
Mulheres na Coleção do MAR, Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Interstícios, curated by Manoela Medeiros and Romain Dumesnil, Átomos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vozes Agudas, curated by Carollina Lauriano, Studio 397, São Paulo, Brazil
A retomada da imagem será a presença, curated by Agrippina Manhattan, Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Faça Você Mesm_ , curated by Alexandre Sá, Espaço Mesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017
Histórias da Sexualidade, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Camila Bechelany, Lilia Schwarcz and Pablo León de la Barra, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Os corpos são as obras, curated by Guilherme Baderna and Pablo León de la Barra, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mostra Performatus #2, curated by Paulo Aureliano da Mata and Tales Frey, SESC Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Imersões, curated by Cadu Costa, Marisa Flórido, Efrain Almeida and Marcelo Campos, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abre Alas 13, curated by Maria Laet, Maira e Marcio Fainziliber and Bernardo de Souza, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Experiência n.6 – Uterotopias, curated by Leonardo Bertolossi, Espaço Mesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
Bem Me Cuir, curated by Filipe Espínola and Sara Panamby, Instituto de Artes da UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Live Performances
2023
Action Political Manicure, Sur le Feu, curated by Mélanie Bouteloup and Armelle Pradalier, Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
Action Political Manicure, Espaço Vaga, Ponta Delgada, Portugal
2019
Action Political Manicure, Iperformatíco performance show, Campo Grande, Brazil
2018
Action Political Manicure, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
Action Political Manicure, SESC Santana, São Paulo, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, SESC Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil
Action Terrorist Slut #5, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
Action Political Manicure, SESC Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Action Terrorist Slut #4, intervention during Histórias da Sexualidade, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Action Banana Girl, action parallel to the PIPA Award exhibition, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, SESC 24 de Maio opening, São Paulo, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, Mostra Performatus, curated by Tales Frey and Paulo Aureliano da Mata, SESC Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, Mostra Performatus #2, curated by Paulo Aureliano da Mata and Tales Frey, SESC Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, VIVA AIMBÊRE, VIVA!, curated by Maurício Ruiz, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
Action Political Manicure, Casa França-Brasil, curated by Alexandre Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, Esforços #3 performance show, curated by Caio Riscado and Lucas Canavarro, Olho da Rua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, Mostra Cena Experimental, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Operação Lava Alerj, by Collective Seus Putos, curated by Pedro Erber, ALERJ Staircase, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Political Manicure, action parallel to Permanências e Destruições, occupation of a room on the 35th floor (Parayzo Salon), Abraham Lincoln Building (Tower H), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Parayzo Carioca, action parallel to Abre Alas 12, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, Da Urgência de Cada Um, curated by Alexandre Sá and João Modé, Despina / Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Wonderful Bitches in: GENTRIFIED, by Collective Seus Putos, action during Museu do Amanhã opening, Praça Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Operação Lava Daros, by Collective Seus Putos, action parallel to Ficción y Fantasía – Arte de Cuba, Casa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, Tato Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, Artur Fidalgo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, Mostra Cena Experimental, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Fact-Indument, with Augusto Braz, action parallel to Quarta-feira de Cinzas, curated by Luísa Duarte, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Terrorist Slut, action parallel to The Negative Hand, curated by Bernardo José de Souza, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Fast Drying, occupation of the bathroom at EAV Parque Lage during the opening of Encruzilhada, curated by Bernardo Mosqueira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Action Experiência n.2: Apocalipse, Augusto Braz, Lyz Parayzo and Vinicius Davi, Drag Attack, Espaço És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Vibrátil, Augusto Braz, Rebola, curated by João Penoni, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
Performance Idílio, Augusto Braz, Exposição Motirõ, curated by Collective Vo Pixá Pelada, Hotel e Spa da Loucura (Instituto Municipal Nise da Silveira), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Performance Fact, Indument, Indult, Clothes, Attire, Dress, Robe, Vestment and Clothing, Augusto Braz and Lyz Parayzo, curated by Eloisa Abrantes, Ateliê da Performance, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Other Studies
2018
Artist Project Support, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil, coordinated by Pedro França and Paulo Miyada
2017
Anthropologies of Art, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Nina Vicente and Leonardo Bertolossi
2016
Video Art, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Analu Cunha
Video Installation, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Analu Cunha
Exhibition Mounting, Casa França-Brasil, coord. Victor Lorenzetto
Poetic Immersions, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Cadu Costa, Efrain Almeida and Marcelo Campos
2015
Theories of Art, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Fernando Cocchiarale
Contemporary Art Practices – Level 1, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Lisette Lagnado
Visiting Curator Program, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Daniela Labra and Marta Mestre
Mediator Training Course, “Laboratório do Amanhã,” Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), with Gleyce Kelly Heitor, Guilherme Teixeira, Karen Aquini
2014
Criticism, Creation and Circuits: Instances of Brazilian Contemporary Art, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Ivair Reinaldim
Art in Brazil – From Modern to Contemporary, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Guilherme Bueno
Training for Mediators, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Tania Queiroz, Maria Tornaghi and Cristina de Pádula
2013
Foundamentação (initial training in visual arts), Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coordinated by Cristina de Pádula, Alexandre Dacosta and Ivair Reinaldim