Thalita Hamaoui: Nascer da Terra
1 May - 14 June 2025
Marianne Boesky Gallery
509 West 24th Street

Marianne Boesky Gallery is pleased to present Nascer da Terra, the debut U.S. solo exhibition of Brazilian painter Thalita Hamaoui (b. 1981; São Paulo, Brazil). For her first exhibition with the gallery, Hamaoui furthers her practice's focus on weaving generational memory and folklore into imagined landscapes teeming with the abundance of tropical nature.

Continually investigating the very nature, history, and materiality of painting, Hamaoui draws on a host of references throughout her practice—from the nuanced interaction of light and color found in the work of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and the rich, saturated hues of East Asian painting traditions to the uniquely Brazilian Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. In her vibrant, richly textured canvases, the artist imagines fantastical, overgrown landscapes that glow with a rich, internal luminosity. Building her work layer upon layer, with particular attention to color and gesture, Hamaoui conjures dense jungles amidst constant transformation—each element of the landscape seemingly poised on the verge of change: growing, blooming, evolving.

Nascer da Terra will be on view alongside Ghada Amer: Disobedient Thoughts in Marianne Boesky’s adjacent space at 507 West 24th Street.

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More information is in the above-linked press release, and a preview of works on view is below. See the Dropbox folder linked above to download high-resolution image files. Artwork information is in each image’s file title. Image reuse must be exclusively in association with press coverage of the exhibition, with the credit line “copyright of the artist and courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery”