Berna Reale

Berna Reale (Belém do Pará, Brazil, 1965) is a leading figure in Brazilian contemporary art, known for her powerful work in performance, photography, and video art. Her art delves into social violence, repression, and silencing, using her own body as an expressive tool. Since the 2000s, Reale has created pieces that merge social critique with intense visual aesthetics. In 2006, her intervention Cerne at the 25th Arte Pará Salon led her to work as a forensic expert at the Renato Chaves Forensic Center (2010), an experience that profoundly shapes her artistic practice. She skillfully contrasts attraction and repulsion to expose the brutality of violence. She has held solo exhibitions at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (2024), Galeria Nara Roesler (2022), Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR) (2013), Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMoCA) (2016), and Kunsthaus Wiesbaden (2017). Her work has also been featured in international events like the Venice Biennale (2015) and the 3rd Beijing Photo Biennial (2018). Her pieces are included in major collections such as the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM Rio), and the Instituto Itaú Cultural.

In BIENALSUR:

Interstitial interferences
Regina Silveira
Alicia Herrero
Gabriela Golder
Marie Orensanz
Ana Gallardo
Oscar Muñoz
Enrique Ramírez
Leticia El Halli O...
Liliana Porter
Diana B. Wechsler
Beatriz González
Berna Reale
Graciela Taquini
Glenda León
Silvia Rivas

Latin-American Suite
Oscar Muñoz
Enrique Ramírez
Diana B. Wechsler
Berna Reale
Glenda León

Echoes from the South
Graciela Sacco
Francis Alÿs
Leticia El Halli O...
Berna Reale
Fernando Farina

Architecture and Ecology of Celebration
Berna Reale
Fernando Farina
Christian Alarcón
Rodrigo Alarcón M...
Ricardo Castes
Ivanova Gutierrez
Aldair Indra
Diana Pereyra
Galo Coca Soto
María Teresa Roja...
Tina Willgren
Sharon Mercado Nog...

Arte y territorio
Paul Rosero Contre...
Gabriela Golder
Anna Bella Geiger
Matilde Marín
Diana B. Wechsler
Berna Reale
Claudia Coca
Carla Zaccagnini
Nicolás Robbio
Dora Longo Bahia
Lia Chaia
BIENALSUR

Utopia and Dystopia in Contemporary Landscapes
Paul Rosero Contre...
Robert Cahen
Andrea Ostera
Berna Reale
Marcos Bonisson
Pablo-Martín Cór...
Mónica de Miranda
Alice Miceli
José M. Ramírez
Dani Spadotto
Guido Yannitto
Denise Gadelha
Khalil Charif
Fernando Farina
Marina Aguerre
Carlos Gómez Cent...
Juan Carlos León
Carolina Barros

After the future. Images to recompose the relationship society / nature
Cildo Meireles
Gabriel Valansi
Berna Reale
Bill Viola
Denise Gadelha
Ana Paula Oliveira
Martín Legón
Cristina Portela
Silvia Rivas

Landscapes between landscapes.
Angelika Markul
Gabriela Golder
Matilde Marín
Diana B. Wechsler
Berna Reale
Carla Zaccagnini
Gabriela Larrañag...
Teresa Puppo
Anabel Vanoni
Graciela Taquini
Dora Longo Bahia
Lia Chaia
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