Lydia Okumura (born 1948) is a Brazilian artist known for her geometric abstractions.
Lydia Okumura | |
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Born | 1948 (1948) São Paulo, Brazil |
Nationality | Brazilian |
Education | Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado |
Known for | Sculpture |
Website | lydiaokumura |
Okumura was born in 1948 in São Paulo.[1] She studied at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, graduating in 1973.[2] In the 1970s she was part of a São Paulo art collective, "Equipe3".[2] Around that time she moved to New York City to attended the Pratt Graphics Center.[1] She has exhibited extensively since the 1970s.[3] Her work is included in the collections of the Akron Art Museum, the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]
Okumura's first solo exhibition in the United States was in 2016 at the University at Buffalo.[2] In 2019 she had a solo show at the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London.[5]
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