Mariannita Luzzati

Mariannita Luzzati, 1963, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Lives and works in London, England, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Her first solo exhibition was held at Centro Cultural Sao Paulo in 1989, when she announced Subdistrito Gallery in Sao Paulo as her representative. In the same year she was granted First Prize at the National Plastic Arts Salão/Festival. In 1993 she was awarded the prize at a print show at Machida City Museum in Tokyo and was invited to take part in the Brazilian Art Panorama at the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo. In 1994 Luzzati was selected to represent Brazil in the 22nd. Sao Paulo National Plastic Arts Salão/Festival, following an invitation to take part in exhibitions in Germany, France, Spain, the United States and England, where she settled down and became a resident of London in 1994, being then represented by Purdy Hicks Gallery. In 2001, two of her works were purchased by the prints department of the British Museum of London. She took part in shows held at important museums and institutions both in Brazil and abroad such as Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art in Sao Paulo, Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Modern Art in Bahia, National Museum of the Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Contemporary Art in Curitiba, Palácio das Artes Exhibition Hall in Belo Horizonte and Museum Vale do Rio Doce in Vitória, Museu Nacional de Buenos Aires, Museum Of London, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt in Berlin, Maison Saint Gilles in Brussels, among others. Her works can be found in important national and international collections, among which the following stand out: Itaú Cultural de Sao Paulo Foundation, Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro Foundation, Cultural de Curitiba Foundation, Padre Anchieta Foundation – TV Cultura in Sao Paulo, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts Tokyo; Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo, Centro Cultural Dragão do Mar in Fortaleza, Musei Civici de Lecco and MIDA – Scontrone in Italy, British Museum of London , Essex Collection in Colcherter, England, Accenture; Couldert Brothers; Credit Suisse First Boston; Halifax plc; Herbert Smith; Rexam plc of London; Usiminas, in Minas Gerais, Brazil; Teodore Goddard, at Jersey e Pearson plc, in New York, USA.