Lyz Parayzo (b. Rio de Janeiro, 1994) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in São Paulo and Paris.
EDUCATION
MFA (DNSAP), École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Paris, France, 2022
Theater, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2016
Artistic and Contemporary Practices-Parque Lage School of Visual Arts. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013-2016
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 La tina, Brasília, Brazil
Centro Cultural do Alumínio (CCA), São Paulo, Brazil
AWARDS
Nominated for the Pipa Prize, 2017, 2020, 2021
Finalist for the award “EDP das Artes”, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, SãoPaulo, Brazil, 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Playing with Lyz Parayzo, critical essay by Luise Malmaceda, SARAHCROWN Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Parayzo, critical essayby Júlia Tavares, Casa Triângulo Gallery , São Paulo, Brazil, 2022
Cuir Mouvement, Diploma Exhibition, Atelier Anne Rochette, Beaux-arts de Pa ris, Paris, France, 2022
Porno Chic, critical essay Pascal Rousseau, Es pace L, Genève, Switzerland, 2021
Cuir Popcreto, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal, 2020
Mercredis Art Party, Es paceL, Genève, Switzerland, 2020
Lyz 40°, Galeria Vila Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2019
Who is afraid of Lyz Parayzo?, Verve Gallery , São Paulo, Brazil, 2019
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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, John Jay College, New York, USA.
Sol, Sal, Brilho Brilhas, curated by Filipa Nunes, Espaço Vaga, Ponta Delgada, Azoresa rchipelago, Portugal.
Caroliana Maria de Jesus: um Brasil para brasileiros, curated by Helio Menezes and Raquel Barre to, 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 Le febvre, Paris, France.
2022
Um Enorme Passado pela Frente, curated by Cristina Tejo, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal.
Tu m’ouvrestes bras et on faitum pays, curated by Ulisses Carrilho, Galerie Ilian Rebei, Paris, France.
We Killed the Bunny, Galeria Baró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Watú não está morto, Ins tituto 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 Es tado 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 Ma tosinhos, Ma tosinhos, Portugal.
Por muito tempo acreditei tersonhado que era livre, curated by Pryscila Gomes, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, SãoPaulo, Brazil.
Carolina Maria de Jesus: um Brasil para os brasileiros, curated by Hélio Menezes and Raquel Barre to, Insti tuto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil.
Trojan Horse Behind Glass/Chapter II: Cuir Cuir, cura ed by Laila Melchior, NICC, Brussels, Belgium.
2020
Demain será autre jour, curated by SofiaLanusse, Les Grandes-Serres de Pantin, Paris, France.
2019
Estra tégias do feminino, curated by Fabrícia Jordão, Daniela Thomas e Rita Sepúlveda Faria,Santander Cultural,Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Histórias Feministas: Artis tas depois de 2000, curated by Isabella Rjeille, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Cha teaubriand (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Anuá rio, 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.
Pas seata, curated by Isabel Portella, GaleriaSimone Cadinelli, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jungle Juice, Casa da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil.
2018
Prêmio EDP – finalists ’exhibition, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
Tens ões 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 imagemserá 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, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Os corpossão as obras, curated by Guilherme Baderna and Pablo León de La Barra, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
Mostra Performatus #2, curated by Paulo Aureliano da Mata and Tales Frey, SESCSantos, São Paulo, Brazil
Imersões, curated by Ca du Costa, Marisa Flórido, Efrain Almeida and Marcelo Campos, Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janerio, Brazil.
Abre Alas 13, curated by Maria Laet, Ma a and Marcio Fainziliber and Bernardo de Souza, A Gentil Carioca Gallery. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Experiência n6 – Uterotopias, curated by Leonardo Bertolossi, Espaço Mesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
Bem Me Cuir, curated by Filipe Espinola and Sa ra Panamby, Instituto de Artes da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
2023
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Surle Feu, curated by Mélanie Bouteloup and Armelle Pradalier, Beaux-a rts de Paris, Pari s, France.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Espaço Vaga, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
2019
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Performances how Ipêrformatico, Campo Grande, Brazil
2018
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, SESC Santana, São Paulo, Brazil.
Performance Fact-Indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augusto Braz, SESC Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
Action Terrorist Slut #5 by Lyz Parayzo, Vermelho Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
2017
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, SESCAra raquara, São Paulo, Brazil.
Action Terrorist Slut #4 by Lyz Parayzo, intervention during the exhibition Sexuality Stories, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Cha teaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil.
Action Banana Girl by Lyz Parayzo, action parallel to the PIPA Award exhibition, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de janeiro, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, SESC 24 de Maio’s opening, São Paulo, Brazil.
Performance Fact-indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augusto Braz, Mostra Performatus, curated by Tales Frey and Paulo Aureliano da Mata, SESC de Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Mostra Performatus #2, curated by Paulo Aureliano da Mata and Tales Frey, SESC de Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, VIVA AIMBÊRE, VIVA!, curated by Maurício Ruiz, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2016
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Casa França-Brasil, curated by Alexandre Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Esforços #3 – performance show, curated by Caio Riscado and Lucas Canavarro, Olho da Rua, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, Mostra Cena Experimental, Pontifícia Universidade Ca ólica, 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 by Lyz Parayzo, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Political Manicure by Lyz Parayzo, action parallel to the exhibition Permanências e Destruições, occupa ion of one of the rooms of the 35th floor, with the Parayzo Salon, of Abraham Lincoln’s Building (Tower H), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Parayzo Carioca by Lyz Parayzo, action parallel to the exhibition Abre Alas 12,r A Gentil Caioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015
Performance Fact-indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augusto Braz, da Urgência de Cada Um, curated by Alexandre Sá and João Modé, Despina/Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Wonderful Bi ches in: GENTRIFIED by Collective Seus Putos, action during Museu do Amanhã’s opening, Praça Mauá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Operação Lava Da ros by Collective Seus Putos, action parallel to the exhibition Fíccione Fantasía – Arte de Cuba, Ca sa Daros, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Fact-indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augusto Braz, Tato Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Performance Fact-indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augusto Braz, Artur Fidalgo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Fact-indument by Lyz Pa rayzo and Augus to Braz, Mostra Cena Experimental, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Fact-Indument by Lyz Parayzo and Augus to Braz, action parallel to the exhibition Quarta Fei ra de Cinzas by guest curator Luísa Duarte, Erscola de Artes Visuais do Paque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .
Action Terrorist Slut by Lyz Parayzo, action parallel to the exhibition The Negative Hand by guest curator Bernardo José de Souza, Escola de Artes Visuaisdo Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Fast Drying by Lyz Parayzo, occupation of the bathroom of EAV Parque Lage during the opening of the exhibition Encruzilhada by guest curator Bernardo Mosqueira, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Action Experiência n2: Apocalipse by Augus to Braz, Lyz Parayzo and Vinicius Davi, Drag Attack, Espaço És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Performance Vibrátil by Augusto Braz, Rebola, curated by João Penoni, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014
Performance Idílio de 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, Atti e, Dress, Robe, Vestment and Clothing by Augusto Braz and Lyz Parayzo, curated by Eloisa Abrantes, Ateliê da Performance, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OTHER STUDIES
Artist Project Support, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil, coordinated by Pedro França and Paulo Miyada, 2018
Anthropologies of Art, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Nina Vicente and Leonardo Bertolosse, 2017
Video art, Escola de Artes Visuais do P rque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Analu Cunha, 2016
Video installation, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Analu Cunha, 2016
Exhibition mounting, Casa França-Brasil, coord. Victor Lorenzetto, 2016
Poetic Immersions, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, coord. Cadu Costa, Efrain Almeida andMa rcelo Campos, 2016
Theories of Art, School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage, coord. Fernando Cocchiarale, 2015
Contemporary Art Practices - level 1, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Lisette Lagnado, 2015
Visiting Curator Program, Escola de Artes Visuais do Pa rque Lage, coord. Daniela Labra and Marta Mestre, 2015
Mediator Training Course I Laboratório do Amanhã, Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), coord. Diniz, wi th Gleyce Kelly Hei tor, Guilherme Teixeira, Karen Aquini, 2015
Criticism, Creation and Circui ts - Instances of Brazilian Contemporary Art, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Ivair Reinaldim, 2014
Art in Brazil - From Modern to Contemporary, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, coord. Guilherme Bueno, 2014
Training for Mediators, Escola de Artes Visuaisdo Parque Lage, coord. Tania Queiroz, Maria Tornaghi and Cristina de Pádula, 2014
Foundamentação, initial training in visual arts, Escola de Artes Visauis do Parque lage, coordinated by Cristina de Pádula, Alexandre Dacosta, and Ivair Reinaldim, 2013