Sheila Leirner

Sheila Leirner (São Paulo, 1948) is a French Brazilian curator, journalist, and art critic, as well as a writer. She was chief curator of the XVIII and XIX São Paulo Art Biennials.
Early life and education.
Leirner's mother is the artist Giselda Leirner, and she is the granddaughter of the sculptor Felícia Leirner.
Leirner studied the sociology of art in France.
Career.
In 1975, became an art critic in the newspaper "O Estado de S. Paulo". She joined the Association of Brazilian Art Critics (Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte; ABCA), receiving the award Best Critic of the Year critic given by the ABCA and the State Department of Culture.
Leirner is a member of the International Council of Museums, representing the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume for Latin America from 1993 to 1999; the International Association of Art Critics (Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art, AICA); and, in 1992, became a member of the AICA's French section. She is the author of artist biographies, essays and translations published in journals and national and international supplements including "D'Ars", "Beaux Arts Magazine", "Europe Magazine Littéraire", "DNA", "Revista da USP", "Folha de S.Paulo", "Cadernos de Literatura Brasileira", among others.
Leirner is a curator of exhibitions, as well as jury member and guest lecturer in Latin America, Africa, US, Asia, and Europe. She made the video "Loving Trilogy" ("Trilogia Amorosa"), which is part of the collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo. She was chief curator of the XVIII and XIX São Paulo Art Biennials (1985; 1987), obtaining the Artistic Personality of the Year award in Latin America, given by the Art Critics Association of Argentina, and the decoration Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French government.
Living and working in Paris since 1991, Leirner joined the international selection committee for the UNESCO Aschberg Bursaries organized by the International Fund for the promotion of culture; and the regional committee of the Ile-de-France, responsible for examining the projects of the French ministries of the Interior and Education.