Louise Ganz Lives and works in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Louise Ganz – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Lives and works in Belo Horizonte.

Louise holds a PhD in Visual Arts from the Graduate Program of the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). She holds undergraduate degrees in Visual Arts from Escola Guignard and in Architecture from the School of Architecture at UFMG. She works as an artist, researcher, and professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Escola Guignard, State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), where she has taught since 2010. She coordinates the Pintura ao ar livre research group and is a member of the Pinturama group.

Her solo exhibitions include Matagal, at Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro (2026); Mata Seca, Mata Suja, at Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte; Natureza Morta. Louise Ganz e Ines Linke, at Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro (2016); Museu Campestre. Louise Ganz e Ines Linke, at the Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte (2012); Kits Ambulantes para Espaços Vagos. Louise Ganz e Breno Silva, at Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (2010); and Jardins, at Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife (2007).

She has participated in group exhibitions and art fairs, including ArtRio, at the Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea booth, Rio de Janeiro (2026); Mezzanino, at Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte (2026); O Vento é Verde. Isaura Pena, Júnia Penna e Louise Ganz, at the Temporary Exhibition Gallery of Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte (2026); SP-Arte, at the Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea booth, São Paulo (2024); Quando atitudes se tornam escola – Primeira Estação, at Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte (2024); Parque Escola, at Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte (2024); Fundação Escola Guignard: Anos 80 nos 80 anos, at Galeria Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte (2024); Lugar de memória, lugar de imaginação, at Casa do Baile, Belo Horizonte (2023); Espólio, at Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2017); Ao Amor do Público I, at Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro (2016); the Havana Biennial, Cuba (2015); O Abrigo e o Terreno, at Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro (2013); the 32nd Panorama of Brazilian Art, at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, São Paulo (2011); the Tirana International Contemporary Arts Biennial, Albania (2009); Quase Líquido, at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2008); and the 9th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Italy (2004).

She has participated in the following artist residencies: Utopiana Résidence Artistique, Geneva, Switzerland (2014); and Ja.ca Center – Jardim Canadá Art and Technology Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2012).

Her works are held in the following public collections: Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Natureza Morta – série Rio de Janeiro; and Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte, Natureza Morta – série Minas Gerais e Bahia.

She has received the following awards and grants: the 19th edition of Rumos Itaú Cultural (2019–2020); the Funarte Women in Visual Arts Award (2014); and the Mais Cultura public funding program.