Stephen Friedman Gallery announces co-representation of Ana Cláudia Almeida, in partnership with Quadra and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
Ana Cláudia Almeida, 'Umidade', 2023. Oil pastel, pigment and resin on cotton fabric, Triptych, each: 339 x 236cm (133 1/2 x 92 7/8in) Overall: 339 x 719cm (133 1/2 x 283 1/8in). Copyright Ana Cláudia Almeida. Courtesy the artist; Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Quadra, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Gabriel Araújo.
Stephen Friedman Gallery is pleased to announce co-representation of Brooklyn-based, Brazilian artist Ana Cláudia Almeida, in collaboration with Quadra and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. This partnership underscores a shared commitment to nurturing the artist’s practice, expanding her exhibition history and broadening her global presence.
“For Ana Cláudia, identity is both the medium and the message,” shares Stephen Friedman. “She weaves together personal histories, social structures, and materiality to question established narratives and spark dialogue about how we see and understand ourselves—and each other—through art. In many ways, she’s an alchemist—transforming lived experience into powerful, abstract form. I am excited to see how she continues to evolve her unique blend of abstraction and materiality, expanding the ways we think about representation in art.”
Ana Cláudia Almeida, 'Diário', 2024. Oil pastel and acrylic medium on cotton fabric, Dimensions variable. Copyright Ana Cláudia Almeida. Courtesy the artist; Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; Quadra, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London and New York. Photo by Eduardo Ortega.
Opening 5 September, Stephen Friedman Gallery will present Get out of my face, Almeida's first solo exhibition in New York. The presentation brings together a site-specific installation, new fabric works and large-scale paintings. Moving across paper, oil, plastic, fabric and space, Almeida builds what she calls “an ecosystem of pieces” where each medium leaks into the next—a monotype that wants to be a drawing, a drawing that wants to be a painting, plastic remnants that refuse to be cast off. These processes coexist and collide, shifting perception and opening portals to disruption but also reinvention. The work asserts an urgent need to break patterns that no longer serve us in mind, body and daily life.
Courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery, Ana Cláudia Almeida, Quadra and Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel
Marcela Setton, director of Quadra and who has represented the artist since 2020 comments: "This co-representation model is a positive response to the innovation models we practice at Quadra. It empowers artists to realize their full potential by connecting important global art centers." Setton continues, "With Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel and Stephen Friedman Gallery, both of which are established leaders in artist representation, we can collectively offer Ana Cláudia unparalleled support. Together, we’re able to leverage our combined resources and networks, bringing her work to the forefront on a global stage."
"Collaboration has always been at the heart of our activities in the art world," says Márcia Fortes, co-founder of Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel. “In a rapidly changing landscape, the spirit of camaraderie—across galleries, cultures, and practices—keeps things moving forward. This co-representation allows us to build connections not just for Ana Cláudia, but for a more collaborative art world, where unity and mutual support open up new possibilities for both artists and institutions.”
Looking ahead, Stephen Friedman Gallery will present Almeida’s work at Art Basel Miami Beach 2025. Recent exhibitions include: Ana Cláudia Almeida & Tadáskía a dialogue-exhibition between the two artists held simultaneously at Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel and Quadra spaces in São Paulo (2024); Tadáskía and Ana Cláudia Almeida: A Joyner/Giuffrida Visiting Artists Program at the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, United States (2024);
Guandu Paraguaçu Piraquaraat Carpintaria, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel's venue in Rio de Janeiro (2023); andSubmersiva Ato II(with Carla Santana) at Quadra, Rio de Janeiro. Almeida’s works are part of the permanent collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil; Instituto Inhotim, Brazil; and Sesc Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, among others.
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