Marjô Mizumoto (São Paulo, Brazil, 1988) makes oil paintings that illustrate everyday characters inserted in almost scenographic environments. Her paintings are like human interest stories, narratives of everyday scenes that record memories of a time and place. They are fragments of a particular universe.

Affectionate and family moments are poetically elaborated in the work of Marjô Mizumoto, telling stories that transcend from personal experience to a common sense. The artist’s practice takes place in realistic oil portraits, which illustrate characters of her daily routine in a home environment, photographed by the artist and later transformed into paintings. Mixing traditional painting references, such as still life and elements of Pop culture, Marjô Mizumoto produces, with her paintings, chronicles of everyday life, which transcend from its biographical place to a universal place of memory.

She graduated in 2010 in Plastic Arts and attended a graduate course in History of Arts from 2014 to 2015, both at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP – SP).

She has worked with artists from the contemporary Brazilian scene, such as the painters Rodolpho Parigi and Ana Elisa Egreja; the architect and mosaicist Isabel Ruas during the making of the Candido Portinari panel at PUC-RIO (RJ), a project that was supported by João Candido Portinari.

Some of her works are part of public and private collections, such as the National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil, 2023), 14th National Salon of Art (MAC Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO) Brazil, 2015) and 25th SAV Vinhedo Visual Arts Salon (Visual Arts Collection of the Secretariat of Culture – Vinhedo (SP) Brazil, 2020).

She recently had her trajectory recognized as she was contemplated at the 8th Tomie Ohtake Arts Prize  (Tomie Ohtake Institute – São Paulo (SP) Brazil, 2022), 32nd Exhibitions Program – CCSP (São Paulo Cultural Center – São Paulo (SP) Brazil, 2022) and she received an award in the 11th DASartes Award  (DASartes  Magazine – Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil, 2021).

Marjô Mizumoto (b. 1988, São Paulo – Brazil)
Lives and works in São Paulo. Brazil.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

[2012 – 2014]

Attended an Art History graduate program, FAAP _ Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2010]

Bacharelor’s Degree in Plastic Arts, FAAP _ Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2006]

Rudolf Steiner Waldorf School , São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2015 | 2016]

Art Discussion Group with Regina Parra and Rodolpho Parigi – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2010 – 2012]

Paiting assistant to Ana Elisa Egreja – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2009]

Painting assistant to Rodolpho Parigi – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

[2007]

Mosaicist, Candido Portinari panel at PUC-RIO. Mentorship of Isabel Ruas. Oficina de Mosaicos – São Paulo (SP), Brazil

AWARDS

[2022]

8th Tomie Ohtake Arts Prize,  Tomie Ohtake Institute – São Paulo (SP) Brazil.

32nd Exhibitions Program – CCSP, São Paulo Cultural Center – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

[2021]

11th DASartes Award, DASartes magazine. Issue 103 January /2021 – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

[2020]

25th Acquistion Prize at SAV _ Vinhedo Visual Arts Salon, Engenheiro Guerino Mário Pescarini Cultural Center – Vinhedo (SP), Brazil

[2015]

Acquisition Prize at the 14th National Salon of Art, MAC_Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO), Brazil.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

National Museum of Fine Arts – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

MAC_Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO), Brazil.

Visual Arts Collection of the Secretariat of Culture – Vinhedo (SP), Brazil.

Ar: Rotating Collection – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Rodrigo Terpins Collection – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Sérgio Carvalho Collection – Brasília (DF), Brazil.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

[2022]

While They Sleep, 32° Exhibitions Program – CCSP, Cultural Center São Paulo – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Beatriz Lemos, Vânia Leite Leal Machado, Renata Aparecida Felinto dos Santos, Sylvia Monasterios and Maria Adelaide do Nascimento Pontes.

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

[2023]

Anita Schwartz XXV, Anita Schwartz Gallery – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. 

Curatorship by Bianca Bernardo

Mother in the imaginary of art, Afro Brazil Museum Emanoel Araujo, Ibirapuera Park – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Claudinei Roberto da Silva

19th SP-Arte, Bienal Pavilion at Ibirapuera Park – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Divers, MAC_Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO), Brazil.

Works from the museum collection.

[2022]

8th Tomie Ohtake Art Prize,  Tomie Ohtake Institute – São Paulo (SP) Brazil.

Curatorship by de Aline Albuquerque, Horrana de Kassia Santoz, Júlia Cavazzini, Priscyla Gomes, Renata Bittercourt, Rita Vênus and Sallisa Rosa.

12nd ArtRio, Marina da Glória – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.

Common Sense, Anita Schwartz Gallery – Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil

Curatorship by Bianca Bernardo.

18th SP-Arte, Biennal Pavilion at Ibirapuera Park – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

1st ArtSampa, OCA Ibirapuera Park – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Gallery opening OMA Jardins, OMA Jardins Gallery – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

[2021]

15° Itajaí Arts Salon, Itajaí’s Cultural Foundation – Itajaí (SC), Brazil.

Curatorship by Kamilla Nunes, Gabi Bresola e Sofia Brito.

Ar: Acervo Rotativo (Ar: Rotating Collection), Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade – São Paulo (SP),  Brazil.

Curatorship by  Laerte Ramos

A Portrait for a New World, Casa da Luz – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by André Niemeyer

MáscarART Cultural Exhibition, Awareness campaign for the use of masks at São Paulo Metro – Paulista, Mackenzie and Eucaliptos stations – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

[2020]

16th Guarulhos Contemporary National Arts Salon, Adamastor Educational Center – Guarulhos (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Anna Guerra, Adriano Gambim and Oscar D’Ambrosio

25th SAV_Vinhedo Visual Arts Salon, Engenheiro Guerino Mário Pescarini Cultural Center – Vinhedo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Luiz Gustavo Paffaro, Marisa Gallerani Solimeo and Miro Bampa

[2017]

Attendance, MAC_Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO), Brazil.

Works from the museum collection.

[2015]

14th National Salon of Art, MAC_Museum of Contemporary Art – Jataí (GO), Brazil.

Curatorship by Clara Lima, Edney Antunes e Sandro Tôrres

Sharpen Your Senses, House of Work – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

[2011]

It’s Not Ketchup, It’s Blood, MAB-FAAP_Museum of Brazilian Arts of Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – Lutétia Building – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

[2009]

41st Annual of Arts, FAAP_Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Laura Lima, Márcio Harum, Marcos Moraes and Rodrigo Moura

[2008]

40th Annual of Arts, FAAP_Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Cristiana Tejo, Marcos Moraes, Nilton Campos e Paula Perissinoto

COMMISSIONED WORKS

[2021]

Cult Magazine | Poetry Anthology #4, artwork for Bregantini Publishing – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Fernando Saraiva

[2020]

A Canticle for Leibowitz, Book cover for ALEPH Publishing – São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Curatorship by Daniel Lameira