aRTIST STATEMENT
My practice is about diving into a space of familiarity and abjection, it's about creating alien worlds from the everyday. Through meditation and transformation of the mundane, I give time and attention to what surrounds me to unlock their unnoticed potential. I choose objects that aren’t deemed of great importance and lavish them with the attention and close-lookingness that is normally reserved for things of great value.
Painting is a process of visceral release. I am drawn to organic matter, primarily food, because like myself, it lives, bleeds, and dies. Their skin, organs, and fluids are a mirror of my own, giving me the space to create intimate, cryptic anagrams of myself without ever revealing my appearance. My internal reflections materialize in the flesh-like landscapes and haptic texture of my work.
I use staging, lighting, photography, and digital manipulation to abstract the object from its original form. I am fascinated by the possibility of the micro and its capacity to house curious, defamiliarized things. By using manipulated photographs as a reference, I indulge in high levels of details in my paintings, producing visuals that resemble micrographs. My interest in the minute also translates into the scale of my work. Working on a small scale facilitates an intimate approximation between the viewer and the piece, an approximation that parallels my own when approaching the source objects.
CV
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design, The New School - New York
Expected May 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, Minor in Art and Design History
Current GPA: 3.99
Relevant coursework: Exhibitions as History, History of Modern & Contemporary Art, Objects as History, Futurism: Art and the Future, Visual Culture, Drawing & Imaging, Colonialism in the Americas, Space & Materiality
Studio Arts College International (SACI) Summer 2018 – Florence SACI is the oldest and most prestigious American art school in Florence
Relevant coursework: Fresco Painting and Conservation I
The American School of São Paulo (Graded High School) 2015-2017– São Paulo International Baccalaureate (I.B.) Diploma, American Diploma, and Brazilian Diploma
Relevant coursework: Participation in higher-level classes: Language and Literature, Psychology and Visual Arts
Hong Kong International School 2012-2015 – Hong Kong
Relevant coursework: AP European History
LEADERSHIP AND EXPERIENCE
Raquel Arnaud Gallery - Visual Arts Intern 2021 - São Paulo
Forerunner gallery in the artistic brazilian market playing a fundamental role in the development and consolidation of contemporary art
● Responsible for revisions and translations of texts
● Wrote the curatorial text for the Between Spaces (July 2021) exhibition
PS122 GALLERY - Gallery Assistant & Archives 2021 – New York
Collaborative non-for-profit space in the East Village that provides opportunities and support services for emerging and underrecognized artists.
● Continuation of the reorganization and categorization of the gallery’s archives - filtering through documents since the gallery’s opening in 1979
● Reorganizing and categorizing the gallery’s archives - filtering through documents since the opening in 1979
PS122 GALLERY - Artist Assistant & Archive Control 2020 – New York
Collaborative non-for-profit space in the East Village that provides opportunities and support services for emerging and underrecognized artists.
● Assisted artist Antonio Serna on his upcoming show: Documents of Resistance—To Date. Recorded and photographed documents, framed images, re-organized exhibition maquette
● Reorganizing and categorizing the gallery’s archives - filtering through documents since the opening in 1979
ITAÚ CULTURAL - Visual Arts Intern Summer 2019 – São Paulo
Non-profit cultural institute that aims to map artistic manifestations and foster artistic research and production related to all cultural sections
● Assisted in the logistics and hosting of the 5th Latin American Photography Forum and the Ainda Há Noite exhibition
● Support and accompany the Entreolhares Program, a free 3-week workshop for university students interested in the various areas of artistic production
MAST EDUCATION - Tutor 2018–Present
Online education platform that connects students with relevant tutors to help them excel in their AP or IB subjects.
● Provides online tutoring for students who need assistance in IB Visual Arts course and the Visual Arts Extended Essay
SKILLS
Technical Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, and Audition)
Languages: Fluent in Portuguese and English, with working proficiency in Italian and conversational proficiency in Spanish