Iole de Freitas

Iole de Freitas (* 1945 in Belo Horizonte ) is a visual artist from Brazil who works primarily with the means of installation , sculpture and photography.

life and work

Untitled , Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo 1997

Iole de Freitas's family moved with her to Rio de Janeiro in 1951 . There she began ballet training. From 1964 to 1965 she attended the design school Escola Superior de Deseñho Industrial (ESDI) in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970 she moved to Milan , where she lived for the next eight years. In 1971 she started working as a designer in the Olivetti design studio in Hans von Klier's team . In 1973 her artistic work was exhibited for the first time.

Iole de Freitas had her first artistic successes with photographs and experimental films; In doing so, she recorded her dance experiences in films and in performances. In 1978 she returned to Brazil. in the 1980s she shifted her work to sculptures, with temporary installations and new materials such as plexiglass and other plastics predominating. Iole de Freitas lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.

Exhibitions (selection)

2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. An untitled installation from 2007 was shown.
2007: puntos de vista. Contemporary art from the Daros-Latinamerica Collection in the Museum Bochum .
1975: IX Biennale de Paris .

Web links

Materials by and about Iole de Freitas in the documenta archive
http://www.ioledefreitas.com/chronology.html (link not available)
Iole de Freitas on kunstaspekte.de

Individual evidence

^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. Entries ( memento of July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) about Iole de Freitas on the official documenta website. (Accessed June 16, 2009)
↑ puntos de vista ( Memento from August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) from June 2 to September 2, 2007 at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. (Accessed June 16, 2009)
^ Iole de Freitas ( Memento of July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in the archive of the Biennale de Paris. (Accessed June 16, 2009)

personal data
SURNAME	Freitas, Iole de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brazilian artist (sculpture and installation)
DATE OF BIRTH	1945
PLACE OF BIRTH	Belo Horizonte

[1] Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. Entries ( memento of July 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) about Iole de Freitas on the official documenta website. (Accessed June 16, 2009)

[2] untos de vista ( Memento from August 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) from June 2 to September 2, 2007 at the Kunstmuseum Bochum. (Accessed June 16, 2009)

[3] Iole de Freitas ( Memento of July 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) in the archive of the Biennale de Paris. (Accessed June 16, 2009)