Élle de Bernardini

Education

- Bachelor of Philosophy - Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil

- Classical Ballet, Royal Academy of Dance - London, United Kingdom

- Butoh, Yoshito Ohno and Tadashi Endo - London, United Kingdom

- Bachelor in Social Communication, Journalism - UNIFRA, Santa Maria, Brazil

- Degree in Theater - Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil

Solo shows

2025

A Primeira Década, Curated by Ana Carolina Ralston – Usina Luis Maluf, São Paulo, Brazil

2023

Anomalia, Curator: Horrana de Kassia Santoz, Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2022

A lamina e a lingua, Curator: Tiago de Abreu Pinto, Gilda Lavia Galleru, Roma

2020

Black And Gold, Curator: Raphael Fonseca - Luciana Caravello Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Not everything that shines is, Curator: Ana Carolina Ralston – Kogan Amaro Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

2019

Sex Shock, Curator: Julia Lima - Verve Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil

Expanded body,  Curator: Carollina Lauriano - Karla Osorio Gallery, Brasília, Brazil

2018

The Empress - Salas Negras, Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum / MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2016

Border Point. Curator: Jaqueline Sampaio and Verônica Vaz - State Institute of Visual Arts RS, Photogallery Virgílio Callegar, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2014

Bed, Santa Maria Art Museum, Santa Maria, Brazil

Group shows - Performance

2026

Inconformadas. Curated by Ana Avelar, Claraboia Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

Falácia Natural. Curated by Shion L., Refresco Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Acervo em Movimento. Curated by Museum Curatorial Team, Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2025

White Gallery. Curated by Valentina Ciarallo, Temporary Art Space, Rome, Italy

Nem tudo que reluz. Curated by Ana Avelar, Solar Fábio Prado, São Paulo, Brazil

Mulheres artistas: Acervos em expansão. Curated by Fran Favero, National Museum of the Republic, Brasília, Brazil

2024

The fourth constructivist generation in Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff - Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Eterno Egito: A imortalidade nas coleções Viscondessa de Cavalcanti e Eva Klabin, Curators: Helena Severo and Douglas Fasolato at Casa Museu Eva Klabin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bloco do Prazer, Curated by: Marcelo Campos, Amanda Bonan, Amanda Rezende and Jean Carlos Azuos. Guest curator: Bitu Cassundé - Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gesture - Libido, Labor and Politics in Performance. Curated by Marina Câmara, Marcela Futuro, Sammy Duarte and Ali do Espiríto Santo - Remanso Cultural Institute, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Brazil Now. Curated by: Manuela Parrino - U-ART-P, Bergamo, Italy

2023

Itinerant Collective Future Brazil - The Forms of Democracy. Curated by Lilia Schwarcz, Rogério Carvalho, Paulo Vieira and Márcio Tavares - National Museum of the Republic, Brasília, Brazil.

Itinerant Collective. Future Brazil - The Forms of Democracy. Curated by Lilia Schwarcz, Rogério Carvalho, Paulo Vieira and Márcio Tavares - Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém do Pará, Brazil.

- Itinerant collective. Future Brazil - The Forms of Democracy. Curated by Lilia Schwarcz, Rogério Carvalho, Paulo Vieira and Márcio Tavares - Solar Ferrão Salvador, Brazil.

Notes for the day after tomorrow. Curated by Ciclo Plataforma - Museum of Contemporary Art of RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Transit-Woven. Curated by Mariana Leme - Galpão 556, São Paulo, Brazil

TEMPOPESO. Curated by Alessandra Terpins - Carbono Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

Rotating Collection. Curated by: Curatorial Center FURG - Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Updating the System. Curated by Curatorial Academy - National Museum, Brasília, Brazil

The Middle Way. Critical text Daniela Avellar - Marli Matsumoto Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

Launch. Documentary: Café Avec Élle de 5 à 7. Guest Gabriela de Laurentiis - Pivô Art and Research, São Paulo, Brazil.

2022

Mulherio. Curated by Viviane Matesco, Marcus Lontra, Rafael Peixoto - Danielian Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Land in Times. Curated by Beatriz Lemos - MAM-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ultraqueer. Curated by Roma Pride - Palazzo Merulana, Rome. Italy

Collection on Display - FAMA, São Pedro Museum, Itu. Brazil

Lance. Curated by Carollina Lauriano and Guilherme Teixeira - ão Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil.

Sartori Collection. Curated by Paulo Herkanhoff - Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Identities 22&22&22 - Santander Bank, São Paulo, Brazil

Contemporary Palace. Curated by Fabio Pimentel Baraldo - Palace Piratini, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2021

Steel Foams. Curated by Juliana Monachesi - Marli Matsumoto Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

Butoh. Body on the brink of crisis - Marli Matsumoto Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

If walls could talk - Flat Massimo Carasi Gallery, Milan, Italy

Now or not. Curated by Women in the Archives - Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum / MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Women in the collection. Curator: Women in the collection group - Rio Grande do Sul Contemporary Art, Museum / MACRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

RS Contemporary Art. Curator: Ana Amélia Bulhões - Rio Grande do Sul Contemporary Art Museum / MACRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2020

In air. Curator: Tiago Abreu Pinto – Ed. Copan. São Paulo, SP

Brazilian Body. Curator Petr Hosek - Goethe-Institut, Porto, Portugal

2019

The Body Beyond the Body. Curator: Carollina Lauriano - Ponder70. São Paulo Brazil.

Collective. Ipêrformático II. Curated by invited artists: Alice Yura - MARCO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Mato Grosso. Campo Grande, Brazil

Inauguration of the Pacaembú Dam. "Banheirão" Project: João GG - Casa Alagada. São Paulo Brazil

Collective. Threshold - Sesc Bauru. Bauru, Brazil

The Eschatology of the Glorious Body. Curatorship: Ío - Prego Gallery. Porto Alegre, Brazil

Food to inhabit liberties. Curated by Bernardo Mosqueira and keyna Eleison - Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Performance Despite the Ruins and Death. In partnership with Luz de Pandora - Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil

Feminist Stories Artists Women After Curatorship: Isabella Rjeille - MASP, São Paulo

Women in Brazilian Art - Entre Dois Vérticas. Curator: Pollyana Quintella - São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil

Women's strategies. Curatorship: Fabrícia Jordão and Rita Farias - Farol Santander, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Like it or not - Women in the Margs collection. Curatorship: Women in the collections - Margs, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Experiments on collectivity. Curator: Fernanda Pitta - Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2018

Performance. Experiment to Deconstruct Normativity - Galeria Península, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Dance With Me - Galeria Península, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Collective. Cuerpo Testimonio> Fuera Performance - La Chatica: Centro de Investigacion y Produccion de Arte, Bogotá, Colombia

I Meeting of sharing knowledge and Festival of Performances BucÉtyko de Pornoklastya - Al Janiah, São Paulo, Brazil

Record N.2. Curatorship: Charlene Cabral and Diego Groisman - Casa Baka, Porto Alegre, Brazil

The Resumption of the Image Will Be the Presence. Curator: Agrippina R Manhattam - Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

II Movediça _ Performance Art Exhibition - Estúdio Lamina, São Paulo, Brazil

Open Performance. Bááárbaros - Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil

Collective. Trans-in-corporates - Org .: UFRJ, Labcrítica, Capes, Goethe Institut - Art Museum of Rio / MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Collective. GenerosityS _ art and the overfow of genres.

Performance curators: Monica Lopes Galvão - Sesc Santo Amaro. São Paulo Brazil

Expo 1806. Curatorship: UsinaQuatorze Coletiva de Arte - Municipal Museum, São José dos Campos, Brazil

Collective. Taller Abierto. Curator: Thiago Saraiva - Kasa Risomatikx. Buenos Aires, Argentina

Collective. Political Adornment. Curatorship: Tales Frey - Espaço Maus-Hábitos and Saco Azul. Porto, Portugal

2017

Collective. "Night of Museums". Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul / MACRS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Collective. # 2 Shows Performatus. Curatorship: Tales Frey and Paulo Aureliano da Mata - Sesc Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

Collective. RIP #ZERO action festival. Proposers: Chico Machado, Isabella de Mendonça, Jordi Tarso- Atêlie Subterrânea, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Collective. EX_Tensão IV Edition, Exhibition of performances and work in progress - Espaço MOVA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi

First Multicultural LGBT Show - SUCV Hall, Santa Maria, Brazil

Corpus Urbis, Performance Exhibition - Art Gallery of the Visual Arts Course at Unifa, Macapá, Brazil

Collective. DESOVA, Performance and New Media Exhibition - Associação Fotoativa, Belem do Pará, Brazil

Collective. Transitory Performance Show - Gerd Bornhein Gallery, Caxias do Sul, Brazil

Queermesse de São Sebatião - Ufrgs Department of Dramatic Arts, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2016

Gesture Action & Performance - FURG, Rio Grande, Brazil

2015

Performance. Barbarians - Praça Saldanha Marinho, Santa Maria

Latin America Autumn Salon - Latin America Memorial, Marta Traba Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

"Caro, Cara, Corresponding Portraits in MARGS Collection and Invited Artists". Curator: André Venzon - Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul, MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Collective. PERTURBE 2015 - Bicicletaria Cultural, Curitiba, Brazil

Collective. "Work-Dores do Cu". Curator: Paula Aureliano da Mata and Tales Frey - Espaço Maus-Hábitos, Porto, Portugal

2014

Milky Way - Planetário da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Drowning - Livraria Athena, Santa Maria, Brazil

Butoh. Lírio Meu - Santa Maria Art Museum, Santa Maria, Brazi

Contact Field Action I: Untitled - Ruins Estação Férrea, Santa Maria, Brazil

Performance Naval - Drifting Brazil - Macondo Lugar, Santa Maria, Brazil

Líria Meu - Winter City Dance Show - Renascença Theater, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Fresh Face. Curator: Talitha Motter and Paola Fabres - Galpon Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Gesture Action & Performance - FURG, Rio Grande, Brazil

Latin American Exhibition of Plastic Arts - Santa Maria Art Museum, Santa

 Biennals

2023

Biennial of the Amazon. Curated by Keyna Eleison, Sandra Benites and Vânia Leal - Belém do Pará, Brazil

2020

12 Mercosul Curator: Andrea Giunta - Porto Alegre, Brazil

2019

International Biennial of Performance Activism, Bogotá, Colombia

Residences

2022

Cité Internationale des Arts. Project: Café avec Élle de 5 à 7 - Period: April and May. Paris, France

2019

Pivô Research Residency Project: Contrassexual Forms. São Paulo, Brazil - Curatorial follow-up: Camila Bechelany. Period; May to August

2018

PPPP Península Public Performance Program, # 6 Project: Transgenealogia - Península Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil - Period: January

Adelina Artistic Residency Program. Project: City, Femininity and Dissidence. Curatorial followup: Josué Mattos - Instituto Adelina, São Paulo, Brazil - Period: August and September

Works in Collection

- Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, Brazil

- French Government Collection, National Library of France, Paris, France

- Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil

- Ado Malagoli Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul - MARGS. Porto Alegre, Brazil

- Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul - MAC-RS. Porto Alegre, Brazil

- Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói - MAC-Niterói. Niterói, Brazil

- Santander Bank Brazil Collection, São Paulo, Brazil

- Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

- Rio Museum of Modern Art - MAM-Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

- National Museum of the Republic, Brasília, Brazil

- Italian Embassy, Brasília, Brazil

- São Pedro Museum/FAMA - Itú, Brazil

- Aloisio Magalhães Museum of Modern Art - MAMAM Recife - Recife, Brazil

- Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil