Lyz Parayzo

Overview

Lyz Parayzo is a multidisciplinary artist who works with audiovisual, jewelry, sculpture and performance.

Lyz has the body as its main work support and its daily performance as a research platform. She currently has developed objects for self-defense ranging from silver jewelry to aluminum armor, shields and weapons.

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Biography

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

She studied theater at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and graduated as a visual artist at School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is currently a master's student in Fine Arts at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Selected solo exhibitions: Porno Chic, curated by Pascal Rousseau, Espace L, Geneva, Switzerland (2021); Cuir Popcreto, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal (2020); Lyz 40°, Galeria Vila Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2019).

Selected group exhibitions: Trojan Horse Behind Glass/Chapter II: Cuir Cuir, curated by Laila Melchior, NICC, Bruxels, Belgium (2021); Demain será un autre jour, curated by Sofia Lanusse, Les Grandes-Serres de Pantin, Paris, France(2020); Histórias Feministas: Artistas depois de 2000, curated by Isabella Rjeille, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil (2019).

Public collections: Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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