Lygia Arcuri Eluf
São Paulo, SP, 1956
Full professor in the area of design for the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, 2012), where she acted, since the late 80’s, in the area of Visual Arts with emphasis in the following areas: two-dimensional representation (drawing, engraving, painting), contemporary artistic production, research and research methodology in arts. Acted in the graduate program in Arts, in the area of Visual Poetics, for Unicamp’s Instituto de Artes. Was the coordinator of the Graduation in Visual Arts from the Instituto de Artes (2000-2004), coordinator of the Galeria do Instituto de Artes (2011-2013). Creator of the Centro de Pesquisa em Gravura of the Instituto de Artes (1997) and Unicamp’s Gabinete de Estampas (2017), both with funded by FAPESP. Won the Prêmio de Reconhecimento Acadêmico Zeferino Vaz (2013). Received three Unicamp-Santader Professorships (2007-2011-2014) in collaboration with Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Museo del Prado. Graduate in Fine Arts (1982), master in Arts - Visual Poetics (1992) and doctorate in Arts - Visual Poetics (1998) for the Universidade de São Paulo. Received a scholarship of research productivity from CNPq (from 2011 to 2017) with the project Cadernos de Desenho: O Desenho como meio estrutural de construção da imagem (Drawing Notebooks: Drawing as a structural mean of image construction). Received the Jaboti prize, in 2009, with the collection Cadernos de Desenho. Acts in the organization of artistic events and as a curator. Develops, since 1980, her own artistic project in design, engraving and painting, having participated in exhibits in Brazil and abroad.