Lenora de Barros (1953, São Paulo) is a great exponent of visual poetry, a language whose origins date back to the concrete poetry movement of the 1950s, a period also marked by the genesis of a strong constructivist and avant-garde approach in Brazilian art. The artist’s practice began in the 1970s, as a result of these strong art movements of previous decades, where word and image were presented as her initial materials. Since then, her focus has been on exploring the possibilities of these languages’ codes, which she articulates through various media such as video, performance, photography, sound installation and the construction of objects.

She has a degree in linguistics from the University of São Paulo and has held solo exhibitions in important spaces in São Paulo, Brazil, such as Galeria Millan (2001, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015); Pivô (2014); and Oficina Oswald de Andrade Cultural (2016); and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, including the Paço Imperial (2006) and Oi Futuro (2010).

Notable group exhibitions include Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2017), and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); 17th, 24th and 30th Bienal de São Paulo, SP, Brazil (1983, 1998 and 2013); 4th Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art, Greece and 17th Cerveira International Art Biennial, Portugal (2013); 11th Biennial of Lyon, Lyon, France (2011), e For You, The Daros Latinamerica, Zurich, Switz, Switzerland (2009); MAM (na) OCA, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil and Desidentidad, IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain (2006); 5th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil (2005/2009); Visual Poetry, Mexic-Art Museum, Austin, USA and Diverse Works Foundation, Houston, USA (2002); Art and Sport in Contemporary Society, Palazzo Arengario, Milan, Italy (2001).