Leda Catunda


Leda Catunda Serra, known as Leda Catunda is a Brazilian painter, sculptor, graphic artist and educator. She is a representative name of the Geração 80 artists' group. Her works explore the limits of textures and materials, being characterized by her "soft paintings" over towels, bedclothes, leather, velvet and silk.

Biography

Catunda was born in 1961 in São Paulo. She studied Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado. Catunda gained recognition when she exposed her works at the exhibition Como vai você, Geração 80?, held in 1984 at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, in Rio de Janeiro. She taught Graphical Arts at FAAP from 1986 to mid 1990s and became Doctor in Visual Arts at University of São Paulo in 2001 Catunda participated of three São Paulo Biennials and several individual exhibitions.