Group Showss

1983
- Painting as a Medium, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo /SP
- XVII São Paulo International Biennial, Video Text, São Paulo /SP

1984
- ARCO, Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea, Madrid/Spain
- Leda, Sérgio, Ciro, Leonilson, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- 1st Havana Biennial, Havana/Cuba
- Generation 80, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

XVIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo

1985
- Nueva Pintura Brasileña, CAYC, Buenos Aires/Argentina
- XVIII São Paulo International Biennial/SP
- Today’s Art of Brazil, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo/Japan

1986
- Transvanguard and National Cultures, Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art/RJ
- El Escrete Volador, Guadalajara/Mexico
- Brazilian Painting, Snug Harbor Cultural Center New York/USA

1987
- Modernity, Paris Museum of Modern Art/France
- Second Generation Image, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo /SP

1988
- Modernity, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- Planar Dimension, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

Arte Híbrida, MAM de São Paulo

1989
- Hybrid Art, Funarte Rio de Janeiro, MAM São Paulo, BFB Cultural Space Porto Alegre
- U-ABC, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam/Netherlands
- Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP

1990
- U-ABC, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon/Portugal
- Brasília Plastic Arts Award, Brasília Museum of Art, Brasília/DF

1991
- Viva Brasil Viva, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm/Sweden
- Myth and Magic, Monterrey Museum of Contemporary Art/Mexico
- Brazil: The New Generation, Caracas Museum of Fine Arts/Venezuela

1992
- Between the Tropics, Sofia Imberg Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas/Venezuela
- A look at the figurative, Casa Triângulo Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- 20th Century Latin American Artists, Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville/Spain

1993
- Latin American Art, Museum Ludwig Kunsthalle Josef-Haubrich, Cologne/Germany
- Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York/USA
- From Rio to Rio, OMR Gallery, Mexico City/Mexico
- Ultra Modern: The Art of Contemporary Brazil, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC/USA
- The Presence of the Readymade, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo/SP

Bienal Brasil Século XX, Fundação Bienal

1994
- Small Latin American Format, Luigi Marrozini Gallery, San Juan/Puerto Rico
- Biennial Brazil 20th Century, Biennial Foundation, São Paulo/SP
- 22nd São Paulo International Biennial/SP

1995
- Havana - São Paulo, Lunge Kunst aus Lateinamerica, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin/Germany
- Latin American Women Artists 1915 - 1995, Milwaukee Art Museum/USA, Phoenix Art Museum, Denver Art Museum/USA
- Perverse Childhood, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

1996
- Latin American Women Artists 1915 - 1995, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., Center for the Fine Arts, Miami/USA
- Counterpart, Kunstspeicher, Potsdam/Germany
- Contemporary Brazilian Artists, Bayer, Leverkusen and Dormagen/Germany, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- 15 Brazilian Artists, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP

1997
- 15 Brazilian Artists, Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art/RJ, Bahia Museum of Modern Art/BA
- Contemporary Legacies, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo/SP
- ES 97 Tijuana, Tijuana Cultural Center, Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico City/Mexico
- Material Immaterial, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney/Australia
- Experiences and Perspectives, Museu Casa dos Contos, Ouro Preto/MG
- Brazil - Reflection 97, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curitiba/PR

1998
- Galeria Kolams, Belo Horizonte/MG
- 80s, Marina Potrich Art Gallery, Goiânia/Go
- The Brazilian Look, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin/Germany
- The Modern and the Contemporary, Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, MASP, São Paulo/SP

1999
- Daily Life/Art: Object - 90s, Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Festival Artists, MAC Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Porto Alegre/RS
- Brazil in the Century of Art, The MAC USP Collection, SESI Art Gallery, São Paulo/SP

2000
- Rediscovery Exhibition - Brazil + 500, São Paulo Biennial Foundation/SP
- III Fernando Furlaneto Week, São João da Boa Vista/SP
- The Century of Women, Some Artists, Casa de Petrópolis, Petrópolis/RJ
- New Work, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo/SP

2001
- Signs of Life, Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York/USA
- Poetic Inventory, Casa da Imagem Gallery, Curitiba/PR
- The Spirit of Our Time, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- Trajectory of Light, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo/SP
- Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre/RS

2002
- Metropolis Collection of Contemporary Art, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo/SP, Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto, Santos/SP
- Map of Now, Tomie Othake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Ares&Pensares, Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo/SP

2003
- Skin and Soul, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo/SP
- Leda Catunda, Rodrigo Andrade and Marco Gianotti, Aria Arte Contemporânea, Recife/PE
- "2080", São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP

2004
- Still Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, USP - Fiesp, São Paulo/SP
- Generation 80, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Heterodoxy, Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo/SP

2005
- Homoludens, Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Art in Metropolis, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP

2006
- Radical Maneuvers, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo/SP
- Volpi Contemporary Legacies, Museum of Contemporary Art, USP, São Paulo /SP
- Fortes Vilaça at Choque Cultural, Choque Cultural Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Standards and Patterns, Marilia Rasuk Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Mam at Oca, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo/SP

2007
- Itaú Contemporâneo, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo/SP
- Intimacies, Marilia Rasuk Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- 80/90 Modern Postmodern etc., Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP

2008
- Poetics of Perception, Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art/RJ, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba/PR
- Drawing in Every Sense, Sesc Petrópolis/RJ
- HAPTIC, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo/Japan

2009
- Memorial Revisited, 20 years, Memorial da America Latina, São Paulo /SP

2010
- Guest Artist, Itajaí Arts Salon/SC

2011
- Arte Pará, Rômulo Maiorano Foundation, Belém/PA
- “Beuys and Beyond: Teaching as Art” Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Leda Catunda, Carmela Gross, Jac Leirner and Jorge Macchi, Centro Universitário Mariantonia, São Paulo/SP

2012
- Leonilson, Under the Weight of My Loves, Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre/RS
- Exercises in Looking, Lasar Segall Museum, São Paulo/SP

2013
- Correspondences - Tomie Ohtake, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- 30 x Bienal, Bienal Foundation of São Paulo /SP
- Mythologies by Proxy, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- Supernatural, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo/SP

2014
- Painting as a Medium - 30 years, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo/SP
- Intersections: Contemporary Art in Brazil, Wexner Center, Columbus/USA

2015
- Southern Exposure: 5 Brazilian Artists, Galerie Maximillian, Aspen/USA
- No Sound, Anexo Galeria Millan, São Paulo/SP
- When I Step on Dry Leaves, Santander Art Room, São Paulo/SP
- Eighty Spirit, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória/ES
- Generation 80, Boldness and Affirmation, Simões de Assis Art Gallery, Curitiba/PR

2016
- Tertúlia, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Learning with Dorival Caymmi, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Engraving Club: 30 Years, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- The Many and The One, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Auroras: Small Paintings, Auroras, São Paulo/SP

2017
- Metropolis: São Paulo Experience, Pina Estação, São Paulo/SP
- So Different, So Appealing, Carbono Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Troposphere: China-Brazil Contemporary Art, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, China
- Histories of Sexuality, MASP, São Paulo/SP

33a. Bienal de São Paulo

2018
- Garden of Earthly Delights with Last Judgment, Cavalo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Transformers, Auroras, São Paulo/SP
- The Wonder of Things, Sancovsky Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Alcides/Leda, Where We Are and Where We Are Going, Estação Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- 33rd São Paulo Biennial/SP

2019
- Forgive Me For Not Believing You, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Collapse, Athena Gallery, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- The Small Collector, Carbono Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Artist, Feminine Noun, ArteEdições Gallery, São Paulo/SP

2020
- Cities in Dust, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Bienal Naifs, SESC Piracicaba/SP
- Casa Carioca, MAR Museum of Art of Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- It Was Already Like This When I Arrived, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam/Netherlands

2021
- Interwoven/Interlace, Municipal Galleries, Lisbon/Portugal
- Startle, CAA Arts Center of Agueda, Portugal
- 21st Week, Artium Institute, São Paulo, SP
- Say No, Galpão 397, São Paulo, SP
- Babaloo’s Monsters, FDAG, São Paulo, SP
- The World Machine - Art and Industry in Brazil, Pinacoteca Luz, São Paulo, SP

2022
- Arrows and Tourmalines, Casa da Cultura do Parque, São Paulo/SP
- Sol, Marli Matsumoto Arte, São Paulo/SP
- I Have Long Believed I Had Dreamed I Was Free, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo/SP
- Utopias and Dystopias, MAM BA - Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador/BA
- One Hand Washes The Other, Olhão, São Paulo/SP
- I could eat you, Casa da Cultura, Comporta/Portugal
- Zil Zil Zil, Hélio Oiticica Municipal Arts Center, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

2023
- Eldorado, PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Hopscotch, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain/SP
- El Dorado: Myths of Gold, Americas Society, New York, USA
- Refoundation at Galeria Reocupa, Occupation 9th of July, São Paulo, SP
- Projeto Alberto, Vilanova Artigas Residence, São Paulo, SP
- Re-materialized: The Stuff That Matters, Kaufmann Repetto, Milan/Italy
- Elementary: Doing it together, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP

Solo Shows

1985
- Thomas Cohn Contemporary Art Rio de Janeiro/RJ

1986
- Investigation Space, Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art Porto Alegre/RS

1987
- Luisa Strina Gallery São Paulo/SP

Thomas Cohn Contemporary Art

1988
- Thomas Cohn Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

1990
- Americana’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Americana/SP
- São Paulo Gallery/SP
- Pasárgada Contemporary Art, Recife/PE

São Paulo Gallery

1992
- São Paulo Cultural Center/SP
- São Paulo Gallery/SP
- Módulo Art Diffusion Center, Lisbon/Portugal

Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea

1993
- Módulo Art Diffusion Center, Porto/Portugal
- Thomas Cohn Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Pulitzer Art Gallery, Amsterdam/Netherlands

1994
- Galeria Volpi, Cassiano Ricardo Foundation, São José dos Campos/SP

Camargo Vilaça Gallery

1996
- Camargo Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP

1997
- Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Marina Potrich Art Gallery, Goiania/GO

1998
- Casa da Imagem Gallery, Curitiba/PR
- Camargo Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP

1999
- Paço das Artes, São Paulo/SP

Vale do Rio Doce Railway Museum

2000
- Kalil&Lauar Gallery, Belo Horizonte/MG
- Marina Potrich Art Gallery, Goiania/GO
- Vale do Rio Doce Railway Museum, Vitoria/ES

2001
- Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York/USA
- Alfredo Andersen Museum, Curitiba/PR

2002
- Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP

2003
- Centro Universitário Mariantonia, São Paulo/SP
- Center for Brazilian Studies Foundation, Buenos Aires/Argentina
- São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo/SP
- Faap Annual, guest artist, São Paulo/SP

Fortes Vilaça Gallery

2004
- Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Ramis Barquet Gallery, New York/USA

2005
- Alberto Sendros Gallery, Buenos Aires/Argentina
- Ribeirão Preto Art Museum, Ribeirão Preto/SP

2006
- Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Marina Potrich Gallery, Goiania/GO

2007
- Dragão do Mar, Mac de Fortaleza/CE
- Arte 21 Gallery, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Celma Albuquerque Gallery, Belo Horizonte/MG

Gallery 111

2008
- Gallery 111, Lisbon/Portugal

Pinacoteca Station

2009
- Fortes Vilaça Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Pinacoteca Station, São Paulo/SP

Silvia Cintra Gallery

2011
- Silvia Cintra Gallery, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Paulo Darzé Gallery, Salvador/BA

Ruth Benzacar Gallery

2012
- Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

MAM Rio

2013
- Celma Albuquerque Gallery, Belo Horizonte/MG
- Oscar Niemeyer Museum - MON, Curitiba/PR
- Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro - MAM, Rio de Janeiro/RJ

2014
- Intersections: Contemporary Art in Brazil, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus/USA
- Painting as Medium - 30 Years Later, USP Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo/SP
- Inventory of Passion, National Historical Museum, Rio de Janeiro/RJ
- Dialogues with Palatnik, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP
- Authorship, Curatorship, Reform and Counter-Reform, Alvaro Razuk Studio, São Paulo/SP

Fortes Vilaça

2015
- Leda Catunda and the Taste of Others, Galpão Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo/SP
- Leda Catunda - Selection of Works from 1985 to 2015, Banco do Nordeste Cultural Center, Fortaleza/CE
- Leda Catunda - Night Club Project, Celma Albuquerque Gallery, Belo Horizonte/MG

Instituto Tomie Ohtake

2016
- Leda Catunda - I love you baby, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo/SP

2017
- Leda Catunda - Kubik Gallery, Porto/Portugal

2019
- Modern Landscape, Wall Project, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art/SP

MALBA

2021
- Out of the Ordinary - MALBA Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires/Argentina

2022
- Judy Chicago & Leda Catunda, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel Gallery, São Paulo/SP
- Leda Catunda, Geography, Bortolami Gallery, New York/USA

2023
- Eurofia, ICA Milano Foundation, Italy

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Curriculum

Selected bibliography

Public Collections

- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles – MOCA
- Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba - MON
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo - MAC-USP
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo - MASP
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Americana - MACA
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo - MAM
- Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia - MAM
- Fundação Padre Anchieta, São Paulo
- Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection) - MAM
- Acervo Contemporâneo UFF , Niterói
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
- Centro Wilfredo Lam, Havana
- Casa das Artes Miguel Dutra, Piracicaba
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
- Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo
- Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto - MARP
- Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Ceará - MAC
- Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém do Pará
- Fundación ARCO, Santiago de Compostela
- Toyota Municipal Museum of Art
- Centro Cultural UFG, Goiânia/GO
- Pérez Art Museum Miami – PAMM
- Dragão do Mar

Awards

1990 - Aquisição, Prêmio Brasília de Artes Plásticas/DF
2017 - Melhor exposição do ano, Revista Bravo

Recent Exhibitions