About
“My homeland is the Portuguese language.” wrote Fernando Pessoa. Later, Martin Heidegger stated, “Language is the home of being”.
As a Brazilian artist living in Europe, my work is heavily influenced by my immigrant experience and language’s role in shaping my (multi-faceted) identity. I have found refuge in the different languages I speak, and this movement has profoundly impacted my artistic practice.
I am particularly interested in exploring the intersection between language, linguistics, literature, and poetry and how to transform them via other media beyond textual formats.
I have a deep fascination with language and its complexities.As a result, many of my pieces explore their nuances and intricacies, playing with words and materials, encompassing identity, politics, or cultural themes.
My works often takes hybrid forms, incorporating elements such as sound, video, drawings, installations or sculptures alongside text-based pieces. By blending these different forms of expression, I focus on creating compounds that challenge traditional reading and encourage viewers to engage in a more immersive, polysemic and multi-sensory way.
Through my work, I aspire to expand our understanding of language, creating new grammars and syntaxes that break down the barriers between different mediums and encourage viewers to engage more openly and imaginatively. My goal is to create works that celebrate the diversity and richness of language, concomitantly offering a poetic and critical space for reflection and contemplation in our increasingly complex world.
Because ultimately, language is not just a means of communication but an essential part of our being and existence; it is the very foundation of our understanding of the world and our place in it.
BACKGROUND
. Master Fine Arts, ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich, Switzerland
. Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains, Tourcoing, France
. Master 1 Fine Arts, Université Paris VIII- St. Denis, France
. Bachelor in Fine Arts, UNICAMP, São Paulo, Brazil
. Art History at MASP (São Paulo art Museum), São Paulo, Brazil
RESIDENCIES AND FEES
. Schlossmediale, Werdenberg, Switzerland
. Prize “Dream your virtual Space” – Virtual Reality und Kunst – XR HUB Bavaria – Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Digitales
. Atelierförderung des Landeshauptstadt München
. Atelierförderung des Bayerischen Staatsministeriums für Bildung und Kultus, Wissenschaft und Kunst
. Platform3, München guest artis
. Prize « Brazilian artists abroad » | Brazil Contemporary Art Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
. Les Moulins de Paillard Centre d’art contemporain, France
. Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
. Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
. Desexisitr, Swissnex, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
. We, the rich, Art Container, Zürich, Switzerland
. No Exit, (curated by Anna Fech) Zürich, Switzerland
. Arena, Les Moulins de Paillard Centre d’art contemporain, France
(sponsored by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo – Brazil Contemporary Art Program)
. Paisagem, Maison du Brésil, Paris, France (sponsored by Brazilian Embassy in Paris)
. I, Unsustained, MarksBlond Project Raum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Bern, Switzerland
. Blanc sur Blanc, Galeria Schirman & De Beaucé, Paris, France
. LOOP Video Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
. Schlossmediale, Werdenberg, Switzerland
. “Landscape”, CICA Museum, Seoul, South Korea
. “Götzendämmerung”, Haus der Kunst, München, Deutschland
. Eigenleben Festival, München, Deutschland
. 5000 Zimmer, München, Germany
. On Curating Project Space, “Say the same thing”, Zürich, Switzerland
. Degree show, ZHdK, Zürich, Switzerland
. On Curating, “De-colonizing Institutions”, Zürich, Switzerland
. Connecting Spaces, “Experiments”, Hong Kong
. Jules Maeght Gallery, “Many Natures”, San Francisco, USA
. Kulturfolger, “The Aviary/Die Voliere”, Zürich, Switzerland
. “Mythen. Muster. Migration”, Summerlab, Foliium, Zürich, Switzerland
. Tropical Lab – Fictive Dreams, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore
. Die besten Poetry-Filme 2015, Künstlerhaus Wien, Austria
. Das Art Visuals & Poetry Filmfestival, Wien, Austria
. Half Understood, Half Collapse, Half Open, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
. Art in Campus, St. Gallen University, St. Gallen, Schweiz
. (In)Visiblility – ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Switzerland
. Crédit Swiss Videokunst Förderpreis – Museumnacht, Bern, Switzerland
. Beautified Objects, Curator’s Voice Art Projects, Miami, USA
. Zürich Creative Day, ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Switzerland
. 30.Kassler DokFest, Festival de vídeo e filme documentário, Kassel, Germany
. MIMA-More International Media Art Festival, Leipzig, Germany
. Serial Box Projects, Missouri, USA
. Antropocentrisme, POCTB, Orléans, France
. Wrap Coup de Ville, Belgium (Curated by Jan Hoet and Stef Van Belligen)
. De lo Visual a lo Inusual, Alliance Française de Buenos Aires, Argentina
. Ellipsis, Les Moulins de Paillard, Paillard, France
. 7th international Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège, Belgium
. 360° – Festival de formes théâtrales courtes et inédites, Main d’Œuvres, Paris
. Souvenirs from Earth, tv screenings
. Oriental Museum, Okayama, Japan
. Winterreise, live performance, ShowOff Art Fair, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
. Direction, le .Marais, Galeria Schirman & DeBeaucé, Paris
. POUVOIR, Main d’Œuvres, Paris, France
. Hardcore Contemporary Art Gallery, Miami, Florida, EUA
. Composite1, École de Beaux Arts, Paris, France
. Pression à Froid, Réfectoire des Cordelliers, Paris, France
. CAGE,Galerie Schirman & De Beaucé, Paris, France
. La Volupté Numérique, Palais de Beaux-Arts, Lille, France
. Centre Culturel Français, Belgrade, Serbia
. Vivat la Danse, Armentières, France
. Le Mois du Film Documentaire, Centre d’Arts Plastiques, Lille, France
. Labor, Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen, Innsbruck, Austria
. Panorama 6 «Casting Stories» – Le Fresnoy Studio National, France
(curated by Joëlle Pijaudier-Cabot)
. Musée Matisse, Le Cateau Cambrésis, France Visa/Vidéo, Arras, France
. International Video Festival Bochum, Bochum, Germany
. Festival L’Archarnière, Lille, France
. Le Cube – Ville D’Issy les Moulineaux – Art 3000 – Paris, France
. Pocket Film Festival, Lille, France
. Famul Stuart International Exhibition – Slovenia
. Panorama 5 – Le Fresnoy Studio National des arts Contemporains, France (curated by Marianne Alphant)
. Cativeiro – Sao Paulo, Brazil
CATALOGUES/ PRESS REVIEW
. Art and Crisis, ZHdK, JRP Ringier
. Giovanna Bragaglia – “Desexistir para Transviver”
. Warp Coup de Ville – (curated by Jan Hoet and Stef Van Belligen)
. Merrill Lynch Arteamericas -Presentation of Contemporary Video in Latin America, by Milagros Bello fev.2008
. Flash Art, july/ september 2007
. Contemporains Magazine, France, november 2007
. Télérama, Art&Scènes, France, july 2007
. Selected #2, A Source for Videoart Lovers, LOOP, junho 2007
. El Pais, “Questión de Perspectivas” por Àngela Molina, Spain, june 2007
. El Punt, Spain, june 2007
. La Vanguardia, Spain, june 2007
. Panorama 6, Le Fresnoy Studio national des arts Contemporains, France, 2005 (curated by Joëlle Pijaudier- Cabot)
. Panorama 5, Le Fresnoy Studio national des arts Contemporains, France, 2004 (curated by Marianne Alphant)
