Biography
I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I have had full access to top-level education and loving parents. Since I was a kid, painting, drawing and building objects have been my favourite entertainment. At the age of 13, I started attending the Parque Laje School of Visual Arts. There, I experienced a unique sense of freedom. It was in this artistic and creative environment that I started learning how to think, process my own questions and seek for solutions.
As a teacher at my art studio, Cedro da Gavea Ateliê, I’ve been working on providing the same atmosphere where all students can just be themselves.
Visual arts have always given meaning to my life. I’ve been trying to link art and social inclusion as a life project. In fact, I’ve been 100% focused on developing a personal art project in which I may contribute to transform people’s lives as well as mine.
Artist Statement
My artwork production is directly linked to my habits, routine and anxieties. I work with discarded materials and cover themes such as: identity, the woman’s condition in historical context, racial issues, moral and family concepts, the interference of politics in private life, sustainability, life and survival in our society.
My bases are usually made of discarded paper. I rescue them from crumpled garbage and torn pieces of paper. I take care of each piece. I appropriate myself of them and, by inherent chance at unimportant things, make them the essence of my work. Trash reflects social inequalities and the inattention of each individual. As I roll trash cans, I wonder about my own identity and seek meaning for all that we are living as human being.
I assemble my works in form of books. They are diaries where my consumption habits, affective relationships, my insomnia and worldview are recorded. To compose the images, I use mixed techniques, which include collage, sewing, painting and drawing. The overlapped materials make the work a hybrid of painting and sculpture.
My art practice expands my teaching and volunteering work. In the classrooms as on the streets, I try to direct the attention to leftovers, making visible what does not want to be seen. Each environment produces a different kind of art. My goal is to test different environments for new results.
Curriculum
Brazilian, Resident in Rio de Janeiro
Born on 06/13/1966
CURRENT ACTIVITY:
Visual artist
Teacher at Cedro da Gávea Ateliê
ACADEMIC TRAINING:
2018 - Postgraduate Degree in Jung Psychology: Art and Imaginary at PUC - Pontifical Catholic University (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1989 - Postgraduate in Design from La Jolla Academy of Advertising and Arts (San Diego, USA)
1988 - Degree in Fine Arts Education- Bennet Methodist Institute (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1983- UFRJ School of Fine Arts – UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
REGULAR COURSES AT PARQUE LAJE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS
(Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Laje):
2013 -2014 - Project Development with Franz Manata;
2010 - Talking about sculpture and objects etc and such (with emphasis on etc and such) with João Goldberg
1999 – 2006 - Abstract Painting with João Magalhães
2001 - Creative Process with Charles Watson
1980 - Classic Drawing with Orlando Molica
OTHER COURSES:
2011 - Design for Sustainability - Gaia Education
2009 - Ceramics Residency - Lei Galvão Studio
2000 – 2004 - Ceramics Taciana Amorim Studio
1985 - Brazilian Art School
1984 – Sculpture - Helio Rodrigues Studio
VOLUNTEER WORK:
2017 – 2019 Projeto Ruas ( Streets Project)- art activities with homeless people;
2016 - Vila Parque - art classes for children at social-risk in Rocinha Community;
2015 - Hospital dos Servidores do Estado - dynamics with low-income young people with HIV virus in a Public Hospital;
1984 - Colônia de Férias - Holiday Camp in the Tavares Bastos Community;