Gretta Sarfaty

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Lives: London UK

Solo Exhibitions
2013 FAMILA MEMORABILIS, WEDDING PICTURES and SARTORIAL GIVEAWAY OF A LIFETIME! (Paintings, photos, video and installation). Gretta�s project led-space, King�s Cross London, UK
2011 ARTE COMO REGISTRO, REGISTRO COMO ARTE (performance with film) - Museu Pinacoteca do Estado de S�o Paulo, Brazil
2010 THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY (photos, performance). Film by Gordon Beswick � Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2009 GRETTA'S PERMUTATIONS (installation and video). The show features "Gretta's Progress" by Gordon Beswick an half hour documentary about Gretta's life since the 80s, London
2008 GRETTA 'S PROGRESS (photos, performance with catalogue) at Leeds College of Art & Design. Curated by Harry Pye and Olly Beck, Leeds, UK
2006 X-RAY at the Perseverance, London
2003 LIFE WORKS (solo exhibition) - 473 Broadway Gallery, New York, USA
2002 MYTH OF WOMANHOOD & YOUTH VERSUS GRAVITY (with catalogue) Sartorial Contemporary Art. Curated by Julia Weiner, Head of Education at the Courtauld Institute of Arts, London
1999 - THE WORLD OF HORSERACING (with catalogue) -The National Horseracing Museum of Newmarket, UK
1999 THE WORLD OF HORSERACING (with catalogue) - Wolseley Fine Arts, London
1997 REFLECTIONS OF A WOMAN (with catalogue) - Wolseley Fine Arts, London
1993 BODY WORKS (performance and photos with catalogue) - Foster Goldstrom Gallery, New York
1993 BODY WORKS (with catalogue) - Jansen-Perez Gallery, Los Angeles and San Antonio, Texas
1993 BODY WORKS & SOHO SCENES (with catalogue) - Escrit�rio de Arte Renato Magalh�es Gouveia, Sao Paulo, Brasil
1988 BODY WORKS & EVOCATIVE REINCARNATIONS (with catalogue) - Keith Green Gallery, NYC
1988 EUROPA FRANCA & BAHIA - Museu da Imagem e do Som and Museu Paco das Artes.
Gretta's retrospective of 15 years of works (with catalogue) comprising of paintings, videos, performances, lectures and works in collaboration with Timothy Binkley, George Chaikin, Ira Schneider Wiloughby Sharp and others. Sponsored by the Brazilian Government. Curated by Gretta Sarfaty and Willoughby Sharp, Sao Paulo.
1988 Europa, Fran�a e Bahia, Gretta Sarfaty, Pa�o das Artes, SP. V�deo, Info-arte, pinturas, gravuras, Arte Postal, Centro Cultural S�o Paulo
1986 BODY WORKS (with catalogue) - Galeria Sao Marcos, Bras�lia, Brasil
1983 SELF PORTRAIT OF BRAZIL (with book) - Museu de Arte de S�o Paulo, Brazil 1983 SELF PORTRAIT OF BRAZIL - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1983 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galeria A. Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1981 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galleria Multimedia, Brescia, Italy
1981 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Centro de Arte Euro-Americano, Caracas
1981 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galeria Singular, Porto Alegre, Brasil
1981 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galerie B14, Stugart Germany
1980 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS & TRANSFORMATIONS (performance with catalogue) - Internationaal Cultureel Centrum (ICC), Antewerp , Belgium
1980- EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galleria La Filanda, Veranno, Brianza
1980- EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (with catalogue) - Galeria de Arte Parnaso - Brasilia, Brasil 1980 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS & TRANSFORMATIONS (with catalogue) - Museu de Arte Contemporanea (MAC), Sao Paulo, Brasil
1980 TRANSFORMATIONS - Galleria Arte Verso, Genova , Italy
1980 TRANSFORMATIONS - Galeria A. Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1979 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (performance with catalogue) - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1979 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (performance, video with catalogue) - Pallazzo di Diamanti di Ferrara, Italy
1979 TRANSFORMATIONS - Galleria Diagramma, Milano
1979 TRANSFORMATIONS - Galerie Papala, Karlsruhe , Germany
1979 TRANSFORMATIONS - Galeria Andre Sigaud, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1978 TRANSFORMATIONS (with catalogue) - Galeria Bonfiglioli, Sao Paulo, Brasil
1976 METAMORPHOSIS (with catalogue) - Galeria de Arte Global. Curated by Franco Terranova, SP
1974 METAMORPHOSIS - Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1973 METAMORPHOSIS - Galeria Documenta (with catalogue), Sao Paulo, Brasil


Group Exhibitions
2012 LIBRISTE DALLA COLLEZIONE DI LIBRI D�ARTISTA di Marco Carminati / Gretta & Becheroni: modificazione e appropriamento di un�identita� autonoma. Istituzione Biblioteca Classense, Ravenna Italy
2012 A NEW HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA Foto/Grafica Gretta Auto-Photos - Le Bal, Paris
2011 PERFORMATIVE Jake and Dinos Chapman, Nicola Ruben Montini and Gretta Sarfaty, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2010 BAD GIRLS: GOOD GIRLS GO HEAVEN. BAD GIRLS GO EVERYWHERE. Along with Marina Abramovic, Gretta Sarfaty, Annette Messager, Orlan and Gina Pane, which were compared four generation of female artists, Italy
2010 SESC Colecao de Arte Brasileiras � Canto das Artes, Prefeitura de Sao Paulo, Brasil
2008 AGAIN AND AGAIN Gretta & Mister Solo, East London College of Art, London
2008 BLACK HISTORY MONTH, Lewisham Library. Curated by Harry Pye , London
2007 NOTTING HEAVEN, Sartorial Contemporary Art. Curated by Jasper Joffe, London
2007 THE THURSTON REVIVAL, Sartorial Contemporary Art with 'The Record of the Day', London
2006 OBSESSION, Sartorial Contemporary Art. Curated by Robin Mason, London.
2006 LONDON BIENNALE IN ARCADIA. Curated by Jill Rock � Arcadia London, UK
2006 HALF LIFE - Fieldgate Gallery, London
2006 PEOPLE LIKE US (with publication) - Nomoregrey Gallery, London
2006 BODYNOBODY, curated by Luciano Inga Pin and Giuseppe Savoca, Milan, Italy
2005 THE OH HOUSE & NIGHT ON EARTH - The Oxford House. Curated by Harry Pye, London
2005 ART IN MIND - La Viande Gallery, London
2004/2005 SOULMATES Curated by Gretta Sarfaty - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2000 Galerie Laurent Herschtritt, Paris
1997 Connaught Brown Gallery, London
1987 SUMMER SOLSTICE '87, Art Performance 'The Marriage' Gretta Sarfaty & Willoughby Sharp in WNYC-TV special by Charlie Morrow with: John Cage, Melissa Fenley, Philip Glass, Butch Morris, NY
1987 BIENAL INTERNATIONAL DE PINTURA 87 - Museo de Arte Moderna, Cuenca, Equador
1987 BIENAL DEL AUTO-RETRATO - lnstituto Cultural Dominican Republic.
1985 PURGATORIO SHOW �85 NEW YORK, at C.U.A.N.D.O., organised by Willoughby Sharp Studio, Plexus & Sandro Dernini, New York
1984 TRUMP TOWER - inaugural Exhibition - Amazoni Gallery, New York
1981 INTERNATIONAL TRIENNAL OF DRAWINGS - Warsaw, Poland
1980 ESPACES LIBRES, Mus�e d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1980 MULTIMEDIA INTERNATIONAL, USP - Universidade de S�o Paulo, Brasil
1980 TRIENAL LATINO AMERICANO DE GRABADO, Centro de Arte y Comunicacion, Buenos Aires
1979 29�me SALON JEUNE PEINTURE, Mus�e du Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France
1977 BIENAL NATIONAL DE ARTE SAO PAULO, Brasil
1977 SALON DE MAI, Paris, France
1977 IV ENCONTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE, Portugal
1975 XII BIENAL INTERNATIONAL, Sao Paulo, Brasil
1975 VI SALAO PAULISTA de Arte Contemporanea, Sao Paulo, Brasil


Bibliography
2012 BOOK By Suchandsuch, drawing by Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, published August 2. Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2010 GILBERTO KASSAB, Cronolog�a de Artes Pl�sticas. Refer�ncias1975 � 1995, Prefeitura do Municipio da S�o Paulo, Secretaria Municipal de Cultura, Centro Cultural S�o Paulo, S�o Paulo
2010 ENGLISH CURATORS (book) Punlished by Books LLC, New York
2010 VIANA CONTI �L�opera d�arte di un uomo e una visione del mondo � L�opera d�arte di una donna e quell mondo (book). Published for the occasion of �Bad girls: Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere� exhibition, Italy
2008 RADIO 104.4 fm Radio Interview with Gretta Sarfaty, Mikey Georgeson and Harry Pye
2006 June - MATTHEW COLLINGS: MODERN PAINTERS - Gretta Sarfaty Marchant Water 2006, page 34-35 June 2006, London UK
2006 April - HARRY PYE: THE REBEL "A Free Magazine For People Like Us", interviews with Paul Foot, Rose Gibbs, James Jessop, Robert Newman, Stephanie Moran, Gretta Sarfaty Marchant, Martin Sexton,
Rowland Smith, Mr. Solo and Stella Vine, London
2004 GILLO DORFLES, Ultime tendenze nell'arte d'oggi. Dall'informale al neo-oggettuale, Milano, Italy
2003 STEVE SHIPP, Latin American and Caribbean Artists of the Modern Era: A Biographical Dictionary of Over 10, 000 Persons, McFarland & Co., Jefferson, USA
2003 June 1- SIMON THOMAS: EDGE, GALLERIES MAGAZINE, issue 242, London "Artists Film"
2003 June 1 - SIMON THOMAS: GALLERIES MAGAZINE, issue 242, London , "Artists' Film" EDGE
2002 May 17 - THE TIMES - "Critics Choice", London - WOMANHOOD AND YOUTH
2002 JULIA WEINER, Head of Education at the Courtauld Institute of Arts - Essay published on the catalogue for the occasion of the inaugural solo exhibition of Sartorial Contemporary Art, London -
MYTH OF WOMANHOOD & YOUTH VERSUS GRAVITY
2002 May 17 - THE TIMES: "Critics Choice", WOMANHOOD AND YOUTH, London
2001 JULIA WEINER (Head of Education at the Courtauld Institute of Arts) - essay published on the catalogue for Gretta's solo exhibition LIFE WORKS, SARTORIAL CONTEMPORARY ART, London
2000 June 26 - FABIO CYPRIANO: FOLHA DE SAO PAULO , Brazil - ART WITHOUT LIMITS
2000 June 26 - FABIO CYPRIANO: FOLHA DE SAO PAULO , Brazil - ART WITHOUT LIMITS
1999 HILLARY BRACEGIRDE, director of 'The National Horseracing Museum of Newmarket'- essay published for Gretta's catalogue on the occasion of her solo -THE WORLD OF HORSERACING
1997 December - THE ART NEWSPAPER No 76: GRETTA SARFATY AT WORSELEY FINE ARTS
1977 December - JULIA WEINER: JEWISH CHRONICLE, London - BODY WORK
1997 August - HANNEKE VAN DER WERF . Essay published on the catalogue on the occasion of Gretta's solo exhibition at WOLSELEY FINE ARTS, London - REFLECTIONS OF A WOMAN
1995 GERARD MOLYNEAUX, Gregory Peck. A Bio-Bibliography, Greenwood Publishing Group
1993 SOUTHWEST ART, Volume 22, Issues 10-12, Art Magazine Publishers, Broomfield, USA
1993 December - BERTA SICHEL. Essay published on the catalogue published on the occasion of Gretta's solo exhibitions BODY WORKS: FOSTER GOLDSTROM GALLERY, NY / JANSEN - PEREZ GALLERY, March, San Antonio, Texas / ESCRIT�RIO DE ARTE RENATO MAGALH�ES GOUVEA, Sao Paulo, Brasil
1988 March 14 � JACOB KLINTOWITZ - JORNAL DA TARDE, S�o Paulo, Brazil
1988 March 23 � RADHA ABRAMO - DI� RIO POPULAR, �Arte e Cultura' - GRETTA'S CHAOS, SP
1988 March 16 � MARINETE VELOSO - FOLHA DE S�O PAULO, Brazil, "Inform�tica" - NEW ART LANGUAGE USES COMPUTERS essay published on the occasion of Gretta's solo exhibition at 2 museums: MUSEU DA IMAGEM E ACAO E PACO DAS ARTES, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1988 March 14 � JACOB KLINTOWITZ - JORNAL DA TARDE Sao Paulo- A JOURNEY THROUGH GRETTA SARFATY'S EGO
1987 GILLIO DORFLES, Itinerario Estetico, Studio tesi, Pordenone, Italy
1986 March � LEONARD HOROWITZ� THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York - LA MAJA - GOYA TIME
1983 SELF PORTRAIT OF BRAZIL , MASP- Museu de Arte de S�o Paulo , Brazil
1980, September 12th - WI LSON COUTINHO - JORNAL DO BRASIL, RJ - FEMINISTS IMAGES
1979, November - ROBERTO PONTUAL - JORNAL DO BRASIL, RJ - PHOTOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY
1979 October - CL�UDIO WILLER - GR ETTA / EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS
1979 October - GILLO DORFLES - essay published on the occasion Gretta's 2 solo exhibitions at Documenta Gallery, S�o Paulo and CENTRO CULTURALE LA FILANDA, Verano, Brianza, Italy
1979 Octobre 29 - FREDERICO DE MORAIS - O GLOBO, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - THE EVOCATIVE REMINISCENCES OF GRETTA
1979 April - GIORGIO VERZOTTI - G7 STUDIO, Italy - GRETTA / GALLERIA DIAGRAMMA
1979, April 18 - GERMANO BERINGHELI - IL LAVORO , Genova, Italy
1978 EDI��ES DE ARTISTAS: O Domador de Boca de Ivald Granato e Ulisses Carri�n. Registro da performance �Gretta�, que coloca em xeque os mitos da feminilidade e a vis�o objetual do corpo da mulher, S�o Paulo
1978 August 12 - HUGO AULLER - CORREIO BRAZILIENSE - Brasilia , Brazil
1976 March - LISETTA LEVI � essay published on the occasion of Gretta's solo exhibition at the GALERIA ARTE GLOBAL Sao Paulo, Brazil
1976 February - OLNEY KRUSE - O DESTAQUE ART'S, S�o Paulo , Brazil - GRETTA: BOOMED INCREDIBLY FAST TO PSYCHOPHOTO OR PSYCHOPAINTING
1976 January - EG�DIO �LVARO - ARTES, S�o Paulo , Brazil � GRETTA
1975 EG�DIO �LVARO - ARTES PL�STICAS, Portugal - GRETTA
1974 October - OL�VIO TAVARES DE ARA�JO - essay published on the occasion of Gretta's solo exhibition at the PETITE GALERIE, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil � GRETTA


Projects
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2011 PERFORMATIVE Jake and Dinos Chapman, Nicola Ruben Montini and Gretta Sarfaty, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2011 TASSEOGRAPHY Olympia Polymeni's new works, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2011 IT�S TIME TO GO I HAVE NO MORE BREAST, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2010 WE�RE IN IT FOR THE MONEY Stella Vine paintings, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2010 9 SHEDS EXHIBITION, Curated by Russell Heron and Gretta Sarfaty � Roof Terrace of Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2009 FORTLESS SARTORIAL Interactive Performance Installation by Jeni Snell and Group exhibition with Panick�s workshops results from Corams Fields Youth Resource Centre and South Camden Youth Access Point. Sponsored by the Arts Council, O2 and Camden Council, UK
2009 PRESENTING THE TOP 100, Judge for the competition. Partnership with PRS for Music and Jealous Gallery 0000 www.presentingthetop100.com, London, UK
2009 FIVE YEARS of Satorial Contemporary Art, London
2009 ��REPUTABLE COMPANY�� Hames Howard solo exhibition, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London, UK
2008 BURNING CANDY (with catalogue and film) - Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds, UK
2008 ODE TO SARTORIAL - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2008 2006 ARTISTIC VANDALS Part I - Sartorial Contemporary Art & Nomoregrey, London
2008 DOES THE ROYAL FAMILY LIKE PORNOGRAPHY (sic)? Jasper Joffe solo exhibition - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2008 REMEMBER MY NAME Grand opening exhibition of Sartorial Contemporary Art new space at Kings Cross, London
2008 BURNING CANDY Grand opening exhibition of Sartorial Contemporary Art new space at Kings Cross (book with text by Olly Beck), London
2008 ANTI �VALENTINES DAY Interactive Performance Installation with Ann-Caroline Breig , Louise Camras and Rose Gibbs - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2008 HOW WOMEN ARE Ann-Caroline Breig, Louise Camras and Rose Gibbs - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2007 IT TAKES II James Jessop Versus Harry Pye (with publication), Fish Market at South Market, London
2005 GREEN DOOR Group exhibition - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
2006 HALF LIFE - Sartorial Contemporary Art at Fieldgate Gallery, East London
2006 ARTISTIC VANDALS Part I - Sartorial Contemporary Art & Nomoregrey, London
2006 PEOPLE LIKE US (with publication) - Sartorial Contemporary Art at Nomoregrey, London
2004-2005 SOULMATES: Gretta & Hugh Mendes & Stella Vine - Sartorial Contemporary Art, London.
1988 EUROPA FRANCA & BAHIA - Museu da Imagem e do Som and Museu Paco das Artes (with catalogue) Gretta's 15 years of work, exhibition sponsored by the Brazilian Goverment, Sap Paulo
1985 LA MAJA IN GOYA TIME � PLEXUS ART OPERA - �Quando' (Church and Backyard), New York 1983 SELF PORTRAIT OF BRAZIL � Gretta's solo exhibitions with book in 3 languages, sponsored by the Brazilian Government at the Museu de Arte de SP / MNBA - Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, RJ
1985 LA MAJA IN GOYA TIME - Art Opera Multi-Media Event (100 creators interacting together at �Quando' (Church and Courtyard), New York


Publications
2010 GRETTA'S PROGRESS - Text by Olly Beck. Interview by Harry Pye
2009 THE REBEL MAGAZINE 6
Body Issue: Summer 2009
2002 THE MYTH OF WOMANHOOD YOUTH VS GRAVITY (Catalogue)
1997 REFLECTIONS OF A WOMAN (Catalogue)
1988 EUROPA, FRAN�A & BAHIA (Catalogue)
1983 AUTO-RETRATO DO BRASIL (Catalogue)
1983 EVOCATIVE RECOLLECTIONS (Catalogue) - Text by Gillo Dorfles
1981 A STRIVING TO LOVE (Catalogue) - Text by Romana Loda
1980 MODIFICAZIONE E APPROPRIAMENTO DI UNA IDENTITA' AUTONOMA, Gretta & Becheroni. Prearo Editore