"The word 'feminist,' the feminist brand, was seen as something very pejorative. They were afraid of losing their space in work circuits and getting pigeonholed in this perspective."
Talita Trizoli is a prominent Brazilian curator and theorist. She specializes in feminist art and contemporary art from Brazil. She obtained her bachelor's degree from the Federal University of Uberlandia, with a specialization in Painting, Contemporary Art, Feminist Art, and Education. At the University of Sao Paulo, she completed a master's degree in Aesthetics and Art History, a doctorate in Education, and a postdoctoral degree in Brazilian Studies.
Since 2016, she has curated feminist exhibitions that focus on the works of emerging or long-term women artists. Trizoli has also worked as a professor at institutions such as the University of São Paulo, teaching courses related to the history of art and painting.
Her work as an art and feminism educator transcends academia, extending to museums and cultural associations such as the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo. Trizoli has also worked in the field of publishing, writing journal articles and book chapters such as Through a Mirror: Female Subjectivities in Brazilian Art of the 1970s, published in 2021.
Trizoli's commendable professional career has earned her grants and scholarships from organizations such as Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development; the São Paulo Research Support Foundation; and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel in Brazil. In 2025, she was selected as a scholar for the Mellon Fellowship for High Impact Scholars, Artists, and Journalists, a project at the University of Texas that makes this digital repository possible.
Listen to the Cafecito with Talita Trizoli
at the University of Puerto Rico
Photo Gallery
