Jac Leirner
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Jac Leirner was born in 1961. She lives and
works in São Paulo. She is known for her process of accumulating everyday
objects, which she integrates into her sculptures and installations. Leirner has had retrospective exhibitions at the
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2017), the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2017);
MoCA, Shanghai (2016); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City (2014); and Pinacoteca do
Estado de São Paulo (2011). Her work was also included in major international
art events, including Sharjah
Biennial (2015), Istanbul Biennial (2011) and Venice Biennial (1997 &
1990), among others. She was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim
Fellowship and received the Wolfgang Hahn Prize from the Museum Ludwig in 2019.