Elizabeth Jobim

(Rio de Janeiro, 1957)

Designer, painter and engraver. Elizabeth Jobim’s work stems from the observation of small stones displayed on her studio’s table. According to the artist, her work describes “that moment of observing things, but not only how we look at it, but also how we build our vision geometrically, organising our perception of spatiality of things and the world.” Jobim studied design and painting from 1981 to 1985 with Anna Bella Geiger, Aluisio Carvão and Eduardo Sued at the Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro. She studied Visual Communication at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, where she also, in 1989, completed her specialisation in Brazilian Art and Architecture History. In 1992, Jobim completed her Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts of New York, and since 1994 she teaches at the drawing and painting workshop at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage. The first three-dimensional elements appear in Jobim's works by 2008, when canvases blossomed to different depths, placed side by side. Since then, it is as if her works have been incessantly detached from the walls. Nonetheless, the artist showcases her work since the 1980s, in individual exhibitions such as Desenhos e Pinturas (1998), Aberturas (2006) and Blocos (2013), as well as the group exhibitions Como vai você, Geração 80? (1984), 13 Femmes de Rio (1988), Arte Contemporânea Brasileira (2001), Arte e Patrimônio (2008) and Art in Brazil (2011).