Ayla Tavares Brazilian, b. 1990

Ayla Tavares (b.1990). Lives and works in Madrid

Ayla Tavares holds a master’s degree in visual arts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Her artistic practice investigates archaeological and sacred artifacts, architecture, and everyday objects, establishing connections across distinct layers of time to reflect on daily life, memory, and collective existence. Embracing materiality in all its complexity, Tavares constructs alternative configurations of objects. Through these newly reconfigured bodies, she evokes narratives, speculation, and estrangement.

In 2026, her work is featured in the group exhibition Several Eternities in a Day, curated by Pablo José Ramírez at the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, USA), and in the group exhibition curated by Aldones Nino at the Brazilian Pavilion for the Gwangju Biennale (Gwangju, South Korea). Her recent exhibition history includes the duo show Anthologies of a Receptacle with artist Celeida Tostes at Hatch Gallery (2025, Paris), alongside solo exhibitions such as Earendel at Lamb Gallery (2024, London), Coisas que se movem lentas at Athena Gallery (2024, Rio de Janeiro), Ustão at Casa Museu Eva Klabin (2023, Rio de Janeiro), Alfarería del agua at Collegium Museum (2022, Arévalo), and Sonantes at Centro Cultural Light (2019, Rio de Janeiro).

Additionally, Tavares participated in the Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale (2023, China) and group exhibitions at prominent institutions, including Instituto Inclusartiz (2025, Rio de Janeiro), Casa de la Moneda (2024, Segovia), Centro Cultural dos Correios (2024, Rio de Janeiro), Centro Municipal de Artes Hélio Oiticica (2019, Rio de Janeiro), and Paço Imperial (2019, Rio de Janeiro). In 2022, she was an artist-in-residence at both Pivô Pesquisa (São Paulo, Brazil) and Collegium (Arévalo, Spain).