Lyz Parayzo

Lyz Parayzo (1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil and Paris, France). 

Researcher based in Paris, France. Her autobiographical work reinterprets Brazil’s modernist artistic tradition through the lenses of gender, identity, and politics. Centered on “magical objects” crafted from metal—a material symbolizing industrial exploitation—her sculptures, performances, and installations explore themes such as power, violence, and desire, while proposing new rituals of healing.

She studied theater at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and graduated in Artistic and Contemporary Practices at the School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro. She holds an MFA (DNSAP) from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris and is currently pursuing the Diplôme Interuniversitaire Arts, Technologie, Création (DIU ArTeC+) at Université Paris 8.

Selected solo exhibitions: You Need to be Aggressive to be a Sculptor, Really! (2025); 100% L’Expo (Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, 2024); Jeter un sort: objets magiques de Lyz (Galerie Espace L, Geneva, 2024); Coração na Mão (Galerie Salon H., Paris, 2023); Vórtex (Centro Cultural do Alumínio, São Paulo, 2023); Porno Chic, curated by Pascal Rousseau (Espace L, Geneva, 2021); Cuir Popcreto (Maus Hábitos, Porto, 2020); Lyz 40° (Galeria Vila Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, 2019).

Selected group exhibitions: Irradiar para construir instituições (Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, 2025); 17th Lyon Biennale (2024); Entre Esculturas e Objetos, Capítulo II (MAC Niterói, 2024); Histórias da Diversidade LGBTQIA+(MASP, São Paulo, 2024); 60th Venice Biennale (2024, collaboration with Guerreiro do Divino Amor for the Swiss Pavilion); Histórias Feministas (MASP, São Paulo, 2019).

Her works are part of public collections including Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP); Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR); Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói (MAC Niterói); Casa de Cultura da América Latina, Brasília; Centro Cultural do Alumínio (CCA), São Paulo; Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Ribeira Grande, Portugal; and the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon (MAC Lyon), France.