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Shirley Paes Leme

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Shirley Paes Leme
Born
Shirley Paes–Leme

1955 (age 68–69)
Other namesShirley Paes–Leme Paiva–Arantes
Occupation(s)Sculptor, printmaker, designer, teacher

Shirley Paes Leme Paiva Arantes (born 1955)[1] is a Brazilian sculptor, printmaker, designer and teacher. Her artwork has been shown in Brazil, and internationally.[2][3]

Biography

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Shirley Paes Leme was born in 1955 in Cachoeira Dourada, Goiás, Brazil.[4]

From 1975 until 1978, she studied at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, under artist Amílcar de Castro.[4] She also began her master's degree at the University of Arizona, in Tucson;[4] as well as studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, the University of California, Berkeley (M.A. degree 1983), and John F. Kennedy University (M.F.A. degree 1986).[5]

Paes Leme taught art classes in her early career at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) from 1979 to 1982.[4] She held her first solo exhibition in 1981, at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District, Brasília.[4] In 1992, Paes Leme's work was included in the Biennale Internationale de Lausanne, an international contemporary textile exhibition in Lausanne, Switzerland.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Cáurio, Rita (1985). Artêxtil no Brasil: viagem pelo mundo da tapeçaria (in Brazilian Portuguese). R. Cáurio. p. 228.
  2. ^ a b Biennale Internationale de Lausanne, Art Textile Contemporain. CITAM and Museée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts. 1992. p. 112. ISBN 978-2-88269-014-2 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Kellogg, Craig. "Essential Elements: Shirley Paes Leme's "The Stream of Life"". Interior Design. Retrieved 2024-06-25.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Shirley Paes Leme". Itaú Cultural (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on October 23, 2016.
  5. ^ The 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition: A Traveling Exhibition. University of Hawaiʻi Art Gallery. 2003. p. 111.