iole de freitas

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Biography

belo horizonte_ mg_ 1945_ vive e trabalha no rio de janeiro

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Iole de Freitas began her training in contemporary dance in Rio de Janeiro, where she moved when she was six years old. She studied at the Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and, in 1970, moved to Milan (Italy), where she worked as a designer at Olivetti’s Corporate Image Studio, under the guidance of architect Hans von Klie. During this same period, she began her artistic production and participation in exhibitions.

Over the course of his career spanning more than five decades, she has participated in important international exhibitions, such as the Paris Youth Biennial (France, 1975), the São Paulo Biennial (1981, 1998), the 5th Mercosul Biennial (2005) and Documenta 12, in Kassel (Germany, 2007), as well as solo and group exhibitions in several cities around the world, including in 2023 exhibitions at the IMS (Instituto Moreira Salles) and the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in São Paulo. Her works are part of important collections, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; the Museums of Modern Art of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; the Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói; the Museum of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro; the Rio Art Museum; the Bronx Museum (USA); the Museum of Contemporary Art of Houston (USA); Winnipeg Art Gallery (Canada) and Daros Foundation (Switzerland).