Louise Ganz Lives and works in Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Louise Ganz – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Lives and works in Belo Horizonte.

A visual artist, she works with painting, with nature as her primary subject. Since 2005, she has undertaken immersive journeys and projects related to land, landscape, and the city. She has participated in solo and group exhibitions. She has been a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Escola Guignard-UEMG since 2010. She holds a PhD from the Graduate Program in Visual Arts at the School of Fine Arts of UFRJ and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts of UFMG. She earned undergraduate degrees in Fine Arts from Escola Guignard and in Architecture from EA-UFMG.

Among her solo exhibitions, the following stand out: 2024 “Mata Seca, Mata Suja.” Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea. Belo Horizonte, MG (introductory text by Izabela Pucu); 2016 “After Paradise and the Country of the Future.” Louise Ganz and Ines Linke. Casa do Baile, Belo Horizonte, MG (introductory text by Marcelo Campos) and “Still Life.” Louise Ganz and Ines Linke. Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Women in the Arts Award, Funarte (introductory text by Renata Marquez); 2012 “Rural Museum.” Louise Ganz and Ines Linke. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Renata Marquez) and “Other Places.” Louise Ganz and Ines Linke. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Renata Marquez); 2010 “Mobile Kits for Vacant Spaces.” Louise Ganz and Breno Silva. Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (curated by Marisa Flórido); 2009 “Vendors in Vacant Spaces.” Louise Ganz and Breno Silva. Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza, CE (curator: Marisa Flórido); 2007 “Gardens.” Projeto Trajetórias. FUNDAJ, Recife, PE; 2005 “Vacant Lots: Experimental Urban Occupations,” Belo Horizonte, MG.

Her participation in group exhibitions and art fairs includes: 2026 Mezzanine of Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, MG; “The Wind Is Green.” Isaura Pena, Júnia Penna and Louise Ganz. Temporary Exhibitions Gallery, Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, MG (introductory text by Taísa Palhares); 2025 “Mountain Ranges, Ruins and Forests: Plein Air Painting in Belo Horizonte.” Group exhibition by the Plein Air Painting group. Temporary Exhibitions Gallery, Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, MG (curated by Louise Ganz and Marina Frúgoli) and “When Attitudes Become School – Second Station.” Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Júlio Martins); 2024 SP–Arte. Booth of Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea, São Paulo; “When Attitudes Become School – First Station.” Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Júlio Martins); “Parque Escola.” Museu Inimá de Paula, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Júlio Martins); “Guignard School Foundation: The 1980s in Its 80th Anniversary.” Galeria Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, MG; “Once Upon a Time: When Teachers Were Students.” Galeria Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, MG; 2023 “Place of Memory, Place of Imagination.” Casa do Baile, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Guilherme Wisnik); 2019 “Gardenialities.” Sesc Parque Dom Pedro II, São Paulo (curator: Gabriela Leiria); 2017 “Estate.” Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (curator: Marcelo Campos); 2016 “In the Love of the Public.” Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (curator: Paulo Herkenhoff); “Permanences and Destructions.” Torre H, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (curator: João Paulo Quintella); 11th São Paulo Architecture Biennial, São Paulo (curator: Marcos Rosa); 2015 “Havana Biennial,” Cuba; 2013 “The Shelter and the Terrain.” Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (curators: Paulo Herkenhoff and Clarissa Diniz); “10th São Paulo Architecture Biennial, City: Ways of Making, Ways of Using” (curators: Guilherme Wisnik, Ana Luiza Nobre and Ligia Nobre); 2011 “32nd Panorama of Brazilian Art.” Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo (curators: Cauê Alves and Cristiana Tejo); “Seismograph.” Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG (curator: Jacopo Crivelli); “Urban Sculptures.” Praça Vitor Civitas, São Paulo, honorable mention award (curator: Jacopo Crivelli). 2009 “Tirana International Contemporary Arts Biennial,” Albania; “Post-it City,” Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (curator: Martí Péran); 2008 “Almost Liquid.” Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (curator: Cauê Alves); 2008 and 2005 15th and 16th International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil, São Paulo; 2004 9th International Architecture Biennale of Venice. Louise Ganz and Carlos Teixeira.

Her works are held in the following public collections: Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – “Still Life – Rio de Janeiro series.” Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – “Still Life – Minas Gerais and Bahia series.”

She has received the following awards: 2019/2020 – 19th edition of Rumos Itaú Cultural; 2014 – Funarte Women in the Visual Arts Award; 2013 – Mais Cultura Grant – Rio São Francisco Microprojects; 2007 – Conexão Artes Visuais, Funarte / MinC / Petrobras; 2005/2006 – Petrobras Cultural Program; 2003 – E2 – Exploring the Urban Condition, France.

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