Alice Quaresma Rio de Janiero, Brazil, b. 1985

Alice Quaresma (b. 1985, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) abandons the assertion of objectivity in pictures and harnesses their content into partially figurative, partially abstract collages. Quaresma’s engagement with the photographic structure plays with the relationship between depth and flatness of surface, as well as representation and abstraction, using lavish lines and color that define space within the composition. Quaresma uses geometry as a simple and universal way to play with objectivity in photography, investigating the limits of photography as a medium of truth and precision in relation to the condition of memory.

Quaresma received her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2009 and presented her first institutional solo show at Caixa Cultural São Paulo in 2018. Her most recent exhibitions include Patrick Heide Contemporary (London), galeria Silvia Cintra + Box4 (Rio de Janeiro), Sobering galerie (Paris), Pablo’s Birthday gallery (New York) and Mana Contemporary (Miami). The artist’s work has been included in group shows in Aperture Foundation, Houston Center for Photography, PS122, galeria Luisa Strina and L’Atelier Néerlandais to name a few. Quaresma’s career awards include the Photoworks Commission Prize (2021), the Aperture Foundation Summer Open Prize (2019) and Houston Center for Photography Annual Exhibition Prize (2019), Foam Talent Prize (2014), and PS122 Exhibition Prize (2009). Further, she has collaborated on special projects for Gap, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Hermès, Air France, and Red Bull. Alice lives and works in London.