Laís Amaral
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Liquidity
2/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
7/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
8/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
4/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
4/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
- Pricing
- Early stage - insufficient data for trend analysis. First auction result ($3,048) indicates entry-level secondary market pricing.
- Liquidity
- Very low - only one auction appearance to date (2025)
- Collector Base
- Emerging: Contemporary art collectors interested in Brazilian art, social/environmental themes, and emerging abstract painters with activist dimensions
- Primary Market
- Pricing Note
- Works available through primary galleries - prices not publicly disclosed. Gallery-controlled market typical for emerging artists at this career stage.
- Medium Pricing Tiers
- Mixed-media paintings on canvas/linen with acrylic, spray paint, papier-mâché, and unconventional materials
- Work Dimensions Typical
- 30 x 30 cm (small works) to 165 x 137 cm (larger canvases)
- Gallery Representation Pricing
- Contact Mendes Wood DM, M+B, Andrew Kreps Gallery, or Galeria 5 Bocas for current pricing
- Auction History
- Auction Results
- Date
- 2025
- Result
- Sold within estimate
- Estimate
- $3,000 - $5,000
- Lot Title
- Sem titulo, Cimento e agua, Gamboa
- Hammer Price
- $3,048
- Auction House
- Phillips New York
- Total Lots Sold
- 1
- Sell Through Rate
- 100% (1 of 1 sold)
- Total Lots Offered
- 1
- Price Range Auction
- $3,000 - $3,048
- First Auction Appearance
- 2025 at Phillips New York
- Market Activity Timeline
- 2022-2025: Primary gallery sales through M+B Los Angeles, Mendes Wood DM (multiple locations), Andrew Kreps Gallery NYC, Galeria 5 Bocas Rio/Paris, HOA Gallery São Paulo, Anita Schwartz Galeria
- Market Position
- Emerging/Discovery - Gallery-controlled primary market with initial secondary market activity
Institutional Presence
Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM)
- Exhibitions
- Institutional Exhibitions
Year Venue Exhibition Title Type 2025 Goodwood Art Foundation, Chichester, UK First institutional exhibition in Europe Solo/Institutional 2025 MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro Formas das Águas Group 2024 MAM São Paulo 38th Brazilian Art Panorama 'Mil graus (A Thousand Degrees)' Group 2022 Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro Crônicas Cariocas Group 2022 Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR) Um Defeito de Cor Group 2021 Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo Onde se espreitam vias somos aquelas que permeiam o abismo em busca das frestas (with Ana Lira and Helem Salomão) Group 2019 Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro — Group 2018 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói Vazante Solo
- Publications
- Strong upward - moving from Brazilian regional institutions (2018-2022) to international institutional recognition (2024-2025)
- Museum Collections
- Awards and Recognition
Year Significance Award 2019 — — 2024 Selected as one of 10 exceptional talents 'poised to become the next great leaders of contemporary art' - prestigious international recognition for emerging artists The Artsy Vanguard 2025 2025 Nominated for Brazil's premier prize for emerging artists (up to 15 years of career) Prêmio PIPA 2025 Nominee
Career & Biography
- Career
- Background
- Worked as a social worker in Rio de Janeiro until around 2023, focusing on art and education. Co-founded Trovoa collective in 2017 with Ana Almeida, Ana Clara Tito, and Carla Santana, a collective of non-white women exploring race, gender, and social issues. Family background in artisanal crafts (embroideries, costume jewelry, floral arrangements). First visited an art museum (Museu de Arte do Rio) at age 24.
- Career Start
- 2017
- Key Milestones
- 2017: Co-founded Trovoa collective in Niterói
- 2018: First solo exhibition 'Vazante' at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
- 2019: Residency at Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, expanded Trovoa into 'National Trovoa' network
- 2020: Solo exhibition at Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro
- 2022: First North American solo show at M+B Los Angeles; featured in Mendes Wood DM group show in Brussels
- 2023: First European solo exhibition 'Estude fundo' at Mendes Wood DM Brussels; represented by Mendes Wood DM
- 2024: First New York solo exhibition at Mendes Wood DM; named to Artsy Vanguard 2025
- 2025: Nominated for Prêmio PIPA 2025; first UK institutional exhibition at Goodwood Art Foundation; first auction result at Phillips
- Identity
- Current Location
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Artistic Identity
- Self-identifies as 'artist-artisan'
Artistic Profile
- Influences
- Family background in artisanal craftsSocial work and environmental activismTrovoa collective and collaborative practiceHélio Oiticica (participated in residency at center named for him)Candomblé spirituality and Afro-Brazilian cultural practicesBrazilian social and environmental landscapeEuropean abstraction (studied critically rather than adopted wholesale)
- Themes and Subjects
- Environmental collapse and desertification'Whitening' (blanqueamiento) of Brazilian territories and populationsWater as metaphor for freedom vs. aridity of urban lifeRacial justice and decolonizationAfro-Brazilian identity and cultural erasureSocial geography and internal strugglesMemory and belonging
- Movements and Periods
- Influenced Artists
- Too early to determine direct influence, but positioned as part of new generation of Brazilian abstract painters addressing social/environmental themes
- Artistic Philosophy
- Identifies as 'artist-artisan' challenging the division between fine art and craft, particularly for racialized artists. Believes in painting as a 'leak'—a response to environmental and social desertifications, a desire to 'wet the ways of existing.' Seeks 'visual freedom' beyond expectations that racialized women work only with certain themes or participatory practices. Embraces non-figurative abstraction while embedding activist themes.
- Techniques and Mediums
- Scale
- Ranges from small (30 x 30 cm) to large (165 x 137 cm, 160 x 150 cm)
- Materials
- Acrylic, spray paint, ink, papier-mâché, beads, oil pastel on canvas and linen
- Technique
- Vigorous layering, pattern application, color removal through scraping. Uses unconventional tools tied to body embellishment and grooming (hair picks, manicure tools, combs). Process of 'paintings within paintings' through archaeological layering.
- Primary Medium
- Mixed-media painting
- Signature Elements
- Geometric patterns, grids, scraping marks, textural buildup, non-figurative abstraction
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
Date Significance Publication Type October 2024 Major international platform recognition Artsy Feature article — Featured/mentioned in Frieze coverage Frieze Magazine Coverage — Asian/international art platform Ocula Artist profile and coverage September 2024 Coverage in leading Latin American art publication Art Nexus — — UK-based contemporary art coverage ArtLyst Coverage - Media Coverage Frequency
- Increasing significantly 2023-2025 with major features in 2024
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
Year Fair Gallery 2023 Frieze London HOA Gallery 2023 Artissima, Turin HOA Gallery - Representation
- Gallery Evolution
- Strong progression: Started with Brazilian regional galleries (Anita Schwartz 2020) → Expanded to international representation with M+B Los Angeles (2022) → Secured representation with Mendes Wood DM (2022-2023), a gallery with four international locations → Added participation with Andrew Kreps Gallery NYC (2024)
- Additional Representation
Location Gallery Relationship Los Angeles M+B (formerly M+B Almont) Exhibited solo 2022, may have ongoing representation Rio de Janeiro, Paris Galeria 5 Bocas Solo exhibition 2024 New York Andrew Kreps Gallery Works available through gallery (group show participation 2024) Rio de Janeiro Anita Schwartz Galeria Early career gallery (solo 2020) São Paulo HOA Gallery Solo exhibition 2023
- Geographic Reach
- International: Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro), United States (Los Angeles, New York), Europe (Brussels, Paris), UK (Chichester)
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