Márcia Falcão

Márcia Falcão, born in 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, places particular emphasis on the medium of painting, using bold brushstrokes and dense layers of color to explore issues surrounding the female body. The artists work is rooted in her own biography as a woman born on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, a place shaped by a landscape that is both unsettlingly beautiful and marked by violence. Alongside these personal references, she reinterprets iconographic motifs from art history, consistently developing figurative scenes that challenge stereotypes and establish a dialogue between historical symbols and the everyday reality of urban life.

Most recently Márcia Falcão is participating in the 36th São Paulo Biennial (2025 – 2026). Further solo exhibitions include Monuments of Flesh, Night Gallery, Los Angeles (2024); Pai Contra Mãe, Instituto Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro (2023); Márcia Falcão, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo (2022); and Márcia Falcão, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro (2021). Recent international group exhibitions include Mirrors of the Mind: Figuration in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami (2024), Funk! Um grito de ousadia e liberdade, Museu de Arte do Rio (2023) and her participation at the New York Latin American Art Triennial, New York (2022).

Born 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Selected solo exhibitions

2025

Corpo de Cor, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

2024
Monuments of Flesh, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 

2023
Pai Contra Mãe, Instituto Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

2022
Márcia Falcão, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil 

2021
Márcia Falcão, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

2020
Para Além do corpo: nudez semântica, Galeria Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 


Selected group exhibitions

2025
36th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2024

Rio de Corpo e Alma, Museu Histórico da Cidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mary With(Out) Child, GNYP Gallery, Antwerp, Netherlands
Marquez Art Projects, Miami, USA
Mirrors of the Mind: Figuration in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, Miami, USA
RAW! HOA & FDAG, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
Corpo-casa : Diálogos entre Carolee Schneeman, Diego Bianchi e Márcia Falcão, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil

2023
Funk! Um grito de ousadia e liberdade, MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Comporta 2023, Casa de Cultura da Comporta, Comporta, Portugal

2022
A parábola do progresso, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
MAR + Enciclopédia Negra, MAR — Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
New York Latin American Art Triennial, New York, USA
Pequenas Pinturas – Ato I, Auroras, São Paulo, Brazil

2021
Crônicas Cariocas, MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Engraved into the Body, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
Hábito/Habitante, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2020
Ainda fazemos as coisas em grupo, Centro Municipal de Artes Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Éramos mais unidos aos domingos, Centro Cultural Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estandarte1: A Vanguarda dos Povos, Centro Cultural Municipal Oduvaldo Vianna Filho – Castelinho do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Salão para adiar o fim do mundo, Casa Visual Galeria, Palmas, Brazil

2019
12 Métodos de se chegar a lugar algum, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NaZanza, Villa Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dentro Fora Entre, Galeria Desvio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Curto-circuito, Caixa Preta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fixo só o prego, Centro Cultural Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2018
Mostra EAV Parque Lage, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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