Gretta Sarfaty information

Gretta Sarfaty, born Alegre Sarfaty, is also known as Gretta Grzywacz and Greta Sarfaty Marchant, also simply as Gretta. is a painter, photographer and multimedia artist who earned international acclaim in the 1970s, from her artistic works related to Body art and Feminism.^[1] Born in Greece, in 1947, she moved with her family to São Paulo in 1954, being naturalized as Brazilian.^[2]

Alongside her art she was the founder of the artist-run space, Sartorial Contemporary Art (2005–2010), and since 2010 she keeps an art collection called Alegre Sarfaty Collection.^[3]

From the 1970s on, Gretta developed her artistic career. She took fine arts classes in São Paulo, at FAAP and the Escola Pan Americana de Artes - she was taught by artists working also in São Paulo, including Walter Lewy, Ivald Granato, Mário Gruber and Savério Castellano. She studied photography with the photographer Julio Abe Wakahara during 1975. Due to her artistic work and exhibitions, she moved to Paris, Milan and New York.^[4]

Gretta exhibited her work at institutions such as Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC/USP), Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM/SP), Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto Moreira Salles (SP/RJ), Museu de Arte da Pampulha [pt] (MAP), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Museo MACRO Asilo, Palazzo dei Diamanti di Ferrara, Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos (FVCB), Centre Georges Pompidou, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, New York University (NYU), among others.^[5]