Residents at Plan 9 in 2008, Leandro Lima and Gisela Motta were born in São Paulo - Brazil in 1976, between 1996 and 1999 they studied Visual Arts at FAAP in São Paulo, and since then have been working in partnership.
Since 1998 they took part in several collective exhibitions in Brazil and since 2005 they have shown their work in some exhibitions abroad, like "Rencontres Parallèles" at the Centre d’art Contemporain of Basse-normandie, France. “Associaciones Debidas” at CAAM in Canary Island, and twice in Germany at “Aktuelle Video Kunst aus Brasilien” at KW in Berlin, Germany, and in “Interconnect @ between attention and immersion” at ZKM in Karlsruhe.
In 2007 they took part in 1º Bienal Fin del Mundo, Ushuaia, Argentina. They have presented solo exhibitions at “Vivendo” at Galeria Vermelho in São Paulo in 2006 and also presented a solo exhibition at the project Room in Hiap, Helsinki, Finland, after having completed a three month residency.
In We Used To Be Painters, the residents introduced their practice, with various works to an invited audience.
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