Ayla tavares
Ayla Tavares builds her artistic production in dialogue with archaeological practices, addressing questions about the various ways of inhabiting the world. Her works explore temporal layers such as memory, everyday life and projection, through investigations into archaeological artefacts, architecture and everyday objects. By straining poetic and analytical methods in the way we think about documents and representations, Ayla reveals chimaeras - speculative bodies that provoke strangeness and fabulation.
Born in Rio de Janeiro (BR) in 1990, Ayla Tavares received her Master's degree in Visual Arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2017. She currently lives and works between Rio de Janeiro (BR) and Madrid (SP).
Her main solo exhibitions include: 2024 - Earendel (Lamb Gallery - London, UK), One Step Forward and I am No Longer in the Same PlaceThings that move slowly (Smoke Section, cur. by Pablo José Ramírez, Frieze London, HATCH Gallery & Athena Gallery - London, UK), Coisas que se movem lentas [Things that Move Slowly] (Galeria Athena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2023 - Ustão (Eva Klabin House Museum - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2022 - Alfarería del agua (Collegium Museum - Arévalo, Spain); 2019 - Sonantes (Light Cultural Center - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
Her group exhibitions include: 2024 - 'Caminos de comprensión de la Historia' (Casa de La Moneda - Segovia, Spain), 'Do desenho' (Centro Cultural dos Correios - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2023 - Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale (Jingdezhen, China), 'Whispers from the South' (LAMB Gallery - London, UK); 2020 - 'Ainda fazemos as coisas em grupo' (Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2019 - Bienal da Escola de Belas Artes (Paço Imperial - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2017 - 'Novíssimos 2017' (Galeria IBEU - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), among others. In 2022, Ayla was selected for the residency programs Pivô Pesquisa (São Paulo, Brazil) and Entre tiempos (Collegium Museum - Arévalo, Spain).
In 2025, the artist will present for the first time in Paris (FR) with HATCH Gallery.
Related Artworks
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Sonantes', Sonantes 14, 2024, Ceramic, 64 x 35 x 35cm. Photo: Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the artist, Athena and HATCH
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Matéria Matéria', Woven Star, 2024, Graphite on ceramic, 25 x 23 x 6 cm. Photo: Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the artist, Athena and HATCH
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Sonantes', Sonantes 11, 2024, Ceramic, 78 x 40 cm x 40 cm. Photo: Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the artist and HATCH
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Matéria Matéria' Coral 2, 2024, Graphite on ceramic, 24 x 22x 8 cm, Photo: Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the artist, Athena and HATCH
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Matéria Matéria', The weight of the drop, 2024, Graphite on ceramic, 33 x 5 x 25 cm. Photo: Diego Beyró. Courtesy of the artist and HATCH
Ayla Tavares, From the series 'Matéria Matéria', Fossil 2, 2024, Graphite on ceramic 26 x 25 x 8,5 cm. Photo: Pauline Assathiany. Courtesy of the artist, Athena and HATCH