A TERRA DO MAR – Espaço Alto (São Paulo)
Curated by: Luiza Testa
Poli Pieratti presents her second solo exhibition, A Terra do Mar, curated by Luiza Testa, at Espaço Alto in São Paulo. The exhibition, which occupies two floors of the iconic building at R. Líbero Badaró, 336, explores the connections between the artist’s personal history and Brazilian art. Referencing her roots in Brasília and paying homage to Anita Malfatti, the exhibition is on view from August 8th to September 5th.
Luiza Testa works on art projects involving social debates in the realms of feminisms, sexuality, ecology, and digital art. She has curated exhibitions such as Oh, I Love Brazilian Women! (apexart, New York – 2022), Ah, eu amo as mulheres brasileiras! (CCSP, São Paulo – 2023, and MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro – 2024), Obscura (Vila Itororó, São Paulo – 2022), Compro! (Kovak & Vieira, São Paulo – 2024), among others. Currently, she is participating in the DOMUS curatorial residency in Italy.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Literature from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a Master’s in Critical Theory and the Arts from the School of Visual Arts – New York. In 2017, she was an intern in the Curatorial Department of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Upon her return to Brazil, she worked in the field of cultural production, on exhibitions such as Ai Weiwei – Raiz and Anish Kapoor – Surge.
In addition to her work in the visual arts field, Luiza is a translator.
In 2023, the exhibition Oh, I Love Brazilian Women! gained its first exhibition in Brazil (São Paulo) and, in 2024, it was presented at MAC Niterói (Rio de Janeiro).
In 2022, she presented the exhibition OBSCURA, at Centro Cultural Vila Itororó, in São Paulo.
In 2020, her exhibition Oh, I Love Brazilian Women! was one of four exhibitions selected, out of over 400 proposals, and was shown at apexart, in New York, in January, 2022.
Between 2018 and 2020, she worked as a producer and coordinator in exhibitions such as: and Ai Weiwei – Raiz, Anish Kapoor – Surge, Etnos – Faces da Diversidade and the Museu da Natureza, in the Serra da Capivara (PI) and at Magnetoscópio Produções, working in the development of museums and exhibitions.
In 2017, she was na intern at the curatorial department at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Nova York.
