“The bruise #2”

Brígida began her work in the 1990s with intimate actions that reflected the mixture of her experiences with a fictional atmosphere. The landscape was part of some performances such as Coletas (1994-2004), where the artist used small glass jars to collect fog and other transient substances from nature. In "Maria Farinha Ghost Crab" (2004) and "Casa de Abelha" (2002), both the landscape and the sound are part of the projects. Brígida Baltar's photos, actions and films take us to nature and the body: it is from there that Brígida draws the meaning of her work. Nature as a fable. The body as research material. Her intimate space, her home and structural materials, mainly bricks, have always been part of her works in the form of drawings, sculptures and installations. From her experiments with bricks and drawings with brick dust, Brígida Baltar has become increasingly interested in handmade works, porcelain sculptures, bronze, drawings and, more recently, embroidery.

Brígida studied at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, where she currently teaches and has received the Rioarte (1994) and Conexões Artes Visuais Funarte (2010) awards, and was selected for the Rio de Janeiro State Government and State Secretariat of Culture (2011) public notice. She participated in the 1st Biennial of the Americas in Denver (2010), Panorama of Brazilian Art (2007), 25th São Paulo Biennial (2002) and 5th Havana Biennial (1994).

Among his solo exhibitions are: "Two Videos", Gustavo Schnoor Gallery, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; "Brothers", Nara Roesler Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, 2016, "The Love of the Rebel Bird", Parque Lage (2012); "A Sky Between Walls", Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (2009); He participated in the "Breathing Project", Eva Klabin Foundation, Rio de Janeiro (2007).

Exhibitions abroad include: 17th Cerveira Biennial, Art crisis and transformation, Portugal (2013); "Chambres à part VIII: Voir est une Fable", La Réserve, Paris (2013); "Cruzamentos: Contemporary Arts in Brazil", Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio (2013); "SAM Project", Paris, (2012); "The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing", Drawing Room, London (2009); "In search of the miraculous", University Gallery of Essex, Colchester, (2007); "An Indoor Heaven", Firstsite, Colchester (2006); "L'Autre Amerique", Passage de Retz, Paris; "Untitled", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (2005); "Body Nostalgia", Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; "Unbound", Parasol Unit, London; "It's not cinema", Studio Fresnoy des Arts Contemporains, France (2004). Developed projects with Capacete Entretenimentos Rio de Janeiro, 2004.

His work is present in the following collections: Colección Isabel y Agustín Coppel, México DF, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, USA; Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Recife, Brazil; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England; Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; among others.