Bia Gayotto

Born:
1962
Residence:
Altadena, California, USA
Nationality:
Brazilian
Trust:
APT Los Angeles
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  • Bia Gayotto's, "Composition for Piet Mondrian #1-28, 2000" was added to  LACMA collection in  2015  

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BIOGRAPHY
Bia Gayotto was born in Florianópolis, SC, Brazil in 1962. Gayotto received her BA in Biology from Santo Amaro College of Arts and Sciences (1983), followed by a degree in Communication and Semiotics (1993), and a M.F.A from UCLA, California in 1996. Gayotto has exhibited in both one and two person shows, the most recent ones being Los Angeles International Airport (2015), Pasadena Museum of California Art (2014) and Project Space Gallery at Montalvo Arts Center (2012). She has also exhibited in a variety of international group exhibitions including SENAC, São Paulo, Brazil (2015); Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan (2014) and Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo (2013). Gayotto’s work belongs to both public collections (Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA); Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, and the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA and private collections around the world. Gayotto received many distinctions beginning early in her career (1988) and has continued to excel, most recently, receiving an Artist in Residence Grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (2016) and Investing in Artists Grant from the Center for Cultural Innovation (2014). Gayotto was an artist-in-residence at AIR Taipei, Taiwan (2014), Lucas Artist Fellow at Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga (2012) and Banff Centre, Canada (2008). Gayotto is an adjunct professor of photography at the Art Center College of Design and Pasadena City College (PCC).

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