Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae

Working across oil painting, watercolor, and printmaking, Marina Perez Simão is known for her vibrant, lyrical compositions exploring both interior and exterior landscapes.

Through her practice, she constructs visual journeys into semi-abstract and often unknowable realms made up of organic, undulating forms. Imbued with visions and memories, Simão’s oneiric landscapes reflect her deep and enduring interest in abstraction’s power to convey ideas, concepts, and feelings that transcend language. Solanaceae (meaning "Nightshade") marks Simão’s first-ever solo presentation in Los Angeles and, more broadly, on the West Coast of the United States. With a foreword by Pace Gallery Curatorial Director Kimberly Drew, as well as new text by SCAD Museum of Art Assistant Curator Brittany Richmond, this publication illuminates the fifteen new paintings in the exhibition and situates them within the artist’s evolving practice.