CHROMATICA Catalog

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Art Exhibition

C hrom A ti C A

2022

Chromati C a C ame to be as a C omprehensive

thought.

It encompasses all colors, sounds, and walks of life just as they are. Humanity is prone to forget the many ways in which people express their diversity and relate to one another. The planet thrives and coexists as a gamut of colors, races, and species in a symbiotic relationship where one does not survive without the other.

As a true mirror of the human experience, art is just as diverse. It has existed since the beginning of life – all of it. Even before humans inhabited the planet, plants and creatures already coexisted in their own symmetries and colors , laced with patterns and Fibonacci sequences that would long after influence humans and their relationship with the world. Chromatica reflects the diversity within our artists’ and places of origin. It reflects the universal language that has crossed oceans and countries to land in this collective exhibition in Miami for a new journey.

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The House is a contemporary business platform whose mission is to unite the visions of creators, painters, photographers, sculptors, designers, visionaries and entrepreneurs. Founded and curated by Jade Matarazzo, the art platform features more than 80 renowned artists, promoting art, culture and business.

The gallery’s grand opening took place during Art Basel Week Miami 2022, presenting the Chromatica Exhibition. Located on the cusp of the Design District and Wynwood areas, it is an independent building with 5,000 SQ FT of open loft indoor space + Additional 3,500 SQ FT gated outside area. A unique space created to form new experiences, carefully planned to house what is most relevant and innovative in the segments of art, fashion, design, and technology.

Jade Matarazzo graduated in architecture and fine arts. Later her passion for photography led her to many exhibitions and awards. In 2002 Jade felt the need to broaden cultural and social projects using art as a tool for cultural identity. She is the founder of The House of Arts and several other international projects, co-founder of Expoart Japan, Expoart London, Ateliers Without Borders and Casa Brasil Miami. Matarazzo is also co-founder of Colecta Magazine, an art magazine launched during Art Week 2020 addressing the international modern art scene.

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Adriana Vignoli Alex Korolkovas Alex r occa

Alois h unka Andre m endes b ia Doria Carlos Alves Carlos Cruz Diez Chrispapita Chrystiane Correa Claudio t ozzi Dabus & t hibes Daniel r asello Dee Lazzerini Delson Uchôa Dinu Gavris Edu Silva

Elaine Arruda Elisa Arruda Enivo

Eva Soban

Eva Le Campion

Fabio b aroli Fefe t alavera Felipe Cama Fernanda Figueiredo Gersony Silva

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SUMMARY
Gilberto Salvador h eloisa h ariadne James Kudo Jacques Jarrige Jay b oggo Jeane t erra Joao Angelini Joao Castilho Kazuo Wakabayashi Laerte r amos Luiz Escanuela m arcelus Freschet m arilia Scarabello m atias m esquita m iguel Gontijo m undano o Cranio r 2 Studio r enato m eziat r icardo “ r ag” Aguiar r osa Ferrari Sandy Searcy t hiago t oes Veronica Filipak Voodo Fe’ Yuli Geszti z evi G 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

Adriana Vignoli lives in Brasília-DF and works with sculpture, drawing, and photography. She conceptualizes sculptures that have a life of their own, and change slowly and continuously, transforming themselves into other, unpredictable forms. Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Brasília, and is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Institute of Arts, also from UnB. Vignoli participated in national and international artistic residencies, the most recent being at Pivô Pesquisa (2022), São Paulo. Awarded the Funarte Marc Ferrez award (2021), and received the TCU National Exhibition Award in Brasília (2020). Shared an international group exhibition at Fundación Klemm, Buenos Aires (2019), and Nassauischer Kunstverein in Wiesbaden and at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (2014), while living in Berlin. Nominated for the PIPA Prize (2016). Received the FUNARTE National Award for Contemporary Art (2015). Her works are in national and international public collections. In Brazil, she is represented by Casa Albuquerque (Brasília, DF), Matias Brotas (Vitória, ES) and Celma Albuquerque (Belo Horizonte, MG) galleries.

Adri A n A Vignoli

(b. 1981)

(b.1969)

Dente do Tempo | 2022

Dente do Tempo series

Graphite on concrete; concrete slabs, open glass boxes, polished sidewalk spheres, yellow latex tube, screws. 53.5 x 80 x 7.5

Valentina 2017 I | 2017

Valentina series

Silkscreen print on plexiglass, Edition 9 + 1 A.P. 76 x 102 cm. | 29.64 x 39.78 in.

and studied Advertising at the Methodist University of São Paulo. Korolkovas studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and worked as an assistant to photographers such as Earl Miller - renowned in American erotic photography. In 2004 he was among the Top 10 fashion creatives in a contest held by Casa de Criadores and in 2006 he was nominated for the Abril Prize of Journalism in the “photo essay” category due to his work for VIP Magazine. Alex moved again to the US in 2016, where he won the Visual Press Awards in Florida - in The Fine Art Photography category. Also in 2016, he held in Wynwood, Miami, the Valentina exhibition, a tribute to the 50 years of Guido Crepax’s erotic comics that earned him another Visual Press Awards early in 2017, this time for Best Solo Exhibit. In fashion, Alex photographed for the best Brazilian designers – Jorge Bischoff, Reinaldo Lourenço, Glória Coelho, Pedro Lourenço, Cavalera to name a few. He currently collaborates with Brazilian, German, and American magazines, and lives in NY with his wife Mariana.

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Alex Korol K o VA s Alex Korolkovas was born in 1969, in São Caetano do Sul (São Paulo - Brazil)

Inspired by architecture, landscaping and artistic and cultural movements, Alex Rocca handcrafts unique and original tapestries. The entire creative process, from inspiration, design and conceptual evolution, is the result of his life experience and training in cinema, scenography and interior design.

2012-2013, postgraduate in Scenography, coordinated by Ismael Scheffler, UTFPR. Curitiba - PR.

2015-2016, postgraduate in Interior Design, European Center. Curitiba - PR.

2006-2009, graduation in Cinema, FAP-PR. Curitiba - PR.

Individual exhibitions include SPARTE “Pele Collection” at Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo (2022), and SP-ARTE “Vazios Collection” online in São Paulo (2021).

Alex r occ A Alois Hun KA

(b. 1982)

(b. 1965)

Although his works are predominantly abstract, his taste for the figurative makes him a permanent scholar in the art of drawing and making sculptures. Eclectic, it uses the most diverse materials such as clay, wood and stone. Deep admirer of female forms, plastically perfect and beautiful, he gladly includes them in his studies. He is a visual artist in a tireless metamorphosis. Hunka has been featured in over twelve exhibitions across Brazil and internationally, and holds four different ateliers in different Brazilian states.

Pele | 2022

Pele collection Cotton. 70 x 50 cm

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Untitled | 2022 Acrylic on canvas 130 x 180 cm

Born in Curitiba, 1979. Graduated in Graphic Design from the Pontificia Catholic University of Paraná and specialized in artistic drawing at the Institut Superior de Disseny y Escola de la Imatge – IDEP, Barcelona. Mendes has been a part of over 11 solo exhibitions and 18 group exhibitions all over Brazil, Europe, and Asia since 2009. He has also participated in three artist residency programs: Tropikos, Hof Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand (2015), Kakiseni International Art Residency, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2012), Jarbas Lopes, Maricá, Brazil (2008). Several of his pieces are displayed in museums, galleries, and institutional collections, such as GRPCOM Gazeta do Povo News, Curitiba, Brazil; Paraná Institute of Oncology, Curitiba, Brazil; Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France; Santa Cruz Hospital, Curitiba, Brazil; Secretary of Culture of Ponta Grossa, Brazil; and Zilda Fraletti Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil.

Andre Mendes

(b. 1979)

Bi A d ori A

(b. 1979)

Plastic artist Bia Doria lives and works in São Paulo.

She has already won several important prizes, participates in several exhibitions, and her works are in some of the most relevant galleries, museums, and places in the world. Bia works with waste from management forest, native trees rescued from fires, deforestation, bottom of rivers, and dams. From the North to the South of Brazil, she runs through, passes through, recovers, polishes, recreates, and takes care of nature. She is an important representative of sustainable contemporary art. She learned to observe nature and visualize works of art in trees, branches, roots of dead trees and other natural elements that were discarded. Her enhancement allowed her creations to expand and her convictions ecological issues echoed with greater amplitude, making the artist an important representative of sustainable contemporary art. She has published three books: Bia Doria Esculturas (2021), Raízes do Brasil, Editora Pit Cult (2014), and Bia Doria (2011).

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Installation Flow #10 | 2020 Installation Flow Series Acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm
98 x 64 x 24 cm
Flores Negras | 2015 Wood

Brazilian artist Carlos Alves’ paintings employ ready-made objects, collage, and assemblage with references to industrialism. He presents a unique characteristic for an artist, lacking the “color-sensitive pigment in the cells of his retina, making him fully color blind”.

Nevertheless, his overwhelmingly colorful works tell a visually rich narrative through pigment, shape, form, and polished textures. For Carlos, the canvas serves as both a mask and a magnifying lens, allowing him to choose when to reveal important elements of himself and of his world.

As Carlos expresses: “When I paint, I am free from the limitations of everyday reality. Restrictions, boundaries, and rules disappear as my colors and sh

apes form images. At the same time, I also demand the highest level of perfection from myself when I utilize all types of materials to create my artwork.”

As of 2020, Carlos Alves has had over 100 exhibits throughout the U.S and abroad.

cA rlos Al V es

(b. 1979)

Mixed Media on wood 122 x 122 cm | 40 x 40 inches

Psychicromie 7-8 | 2016 Screen-printed modules and PVC inserts in an aluminum frame 50 x 50 cm | 127 x 127 inches

cA rlos c ruz d iez

(b. 1923)

French-Venezuelan

Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923 - Paris, 2019) lived and worked in Paris since 1960. A major protagonist in the field of Kinetic and Optical Art, a movement that encourages “an awareness of the instability of reality.” His body of work established him as one of the key 20th century thinkers in the realm of color. Carlos Cruz-Diez’s visual art explores the perception of color as an autonomous reality evolving in space and time, unaided by form or support, in a perpetual present. His artworks are housed in prestigious permanent collections at institutions such as: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne.

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Friends 13 - It’s All About the Queen | 2020 Friends series artist Carlos

Christian Escobar, “Chrispapita” in the art world, is a self-taught artist from Guatemala, is passionate about various contemporary artistic movements. As a child, he showed great interest in drawing; from pencil drawings to acrylic on canvas, he developed his own technique and style. Hyperrealism and realism is what he’s best known for, inspired by the human figure and applying features of urban cultures and their relationship with nature and science. His artistic and life philosophy is the baroque ideal of Memento Mori, which means “Remember that you will die”, which motivates him to create works where the main theme is celebrating life, living in the present, learning from our past and future. He uses chiaroscuro as a tool to generate a correct dramatization in his themes, playing with the duality between light and darkness.

cH risp A pit A

(b. 1979)

Rhen

Acrylic on Canvas

100 x 200 cm. | 39.37 x 78.74 in.

cH rysti A ne c orre A

(b. 1961)

Born in Niterói – Rio de Janeiro, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. education

Bachelors in Social Communications – Universidade Gama Filho; EAV, Parque Lage – João Magalhães

Núcleo de Estudos – João Wesley e Chang Creative Process –Charles Watson, Atelier Novo Mundo, RJ

Davi Cury – Protect me from what i want / Proteja-me do que desejo – Daniela

individual exhibitions

2011 – “O original, é o natural”, CCPCM (Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno) – Niterói/RJ

2003 – Gravatá, Galeria de Artes Visuais Lana Botelho – Rio de Janeiro/RJ

select collective exhibitions

2016 – Confluences in Brazilian Contemporary Art, Art&Design Gallery – Miami/EUA

2015 – JM Castellano Cervilla –Granada/Espanha

2015 – Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea – Paris/ França

2014 – Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea – Paris/ França

Abraxas | 2022

Acrylic on canvas 100 x 127 cm. | 154 x 50 in.

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Brazilian artist born in 1944 in São Paulo, Brazil, who has worked since the 1960s to challenge the political and social culture of Brazil and the world. Through his art he has highlighted the censorship of military dictatorships, the woes of mass media, and the strength of individuals. He participated in the NeoFiguration movement, primarily about issues experienced by Brazilians. Brazil lived under an oppressive dictatorship for years and the NeoFiguration movement worked to question the physical and social conditions of the era. Tozzi’s work has since been shared worldwide as he has gained popularity outside Brazil due to widely understood themes. He is one of the most well known and influential artists in Brazil.

c l A udio t ozzi

(b. 1944)

Untitled II | 2015

Ceramic

140 x 70 cm. | 55.11 x 27.55 in.

Perspective I 2022

Mixed media and paper collage on canvas 99 x 68.58 cm. | 39 x 27 in.

dAB us & tH i B es

Fernanda was born in Santa Maria, Brazil but has lived in the US since 200. Art came into her life first with dance and music, and many years later in psychology and psychoanalysis. Art has helped her explore her emotions and relationships in different colors and energies. The art of exploring new spaces has long been part of who she is. Her admiration for the arts has been there, ever present, until she finally found the courage to translate her life experiences onto canvas.

Cecilia was born in Parana, Brazil. Since Cecilia’s earliest memories, she felt challenged to grasp the essence of art and its various possibilities. After living for a time in Europe, Thibes went back to Brazil and participated in two advanced training programs within the Anthroposophical Artistic field. her atelier has been an active space for work as an Art Therapist, Art Teacher, and Painter. It is also a place where the artist has a permanent collection of her artwork.

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Born in Buenos Aires. Graduated with a BA in advertising from FAECC in 1987. Already interested in art, took a course at the atelier by Luis Felipe Noé in Buenos Aires and art history. Moved to São Paulo in 1990, and a few years later participated in the biennial of Santos. In 2019, he left marketing to dedicate himself to art. Concerned with nature, he makes each tree the center of focus and uses an eye-catching technique: black ballpoint pens on Canson paper 300g.

Exhibitions include the Rizoma Conecta arte, in São Paulo (2021), and his first solo show at Salão de Artes do Clube Paulistano (2022), curated by Sergio Scaff and Bel Lacaz. The exhibition “Perpetuate” consisted of trees, Brazilian animals, and natives that are at risk of extinction. Participated in the Salão de Artes Plásticas from Arceburgo, MG, winning the IHCA trophy, a major award. In Salão de Artes Plásticas Waldemar Belisário, Ilhabela, won bronze in the drawing category. Special guest at the exhibition “Dialogues on Paper” at Paulo Setubal Museum, Tatuí.

dA niel rA sello

d ee lA zzerini

(b. 1977)

Carvalho | 2022

Arvores series

Black ballpoint pen technique on 300g Canson montval paper

75 x 110 cm. | 190.50 x 279.40 in.

Floating Cores | 2022

Needle-like pins, acrylic on polyurethane 55 x 130 x 55 cm. | 21,6 x 51,18 x 21,6 in.

The artist’s work is focused on the creation of layers, fields and membranes, all inspired by microscopic experiments within the biological field. Moreover one could relate to the artwork from an “artificial bodies” perspective, all in different levels and scales. Almost like a new spontaneous generation of living organisms.

education

2023 - Graduation in Visual Arts –Ampli University of São Paulo

2013 - PhD in Biomaterials Engineering - Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)/ University of Strasbourg (France) - College of Metallurgical Engineering

2009 - Masters of Science in Biomaterials Engineering - Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) - College of Metallurgical Engineering

2000 - Bachelor of Dental Surgery - University of Itauna (Brazil)

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(b.1960)

Delson Uchôa (Maceió, Brazil, 1956) is one of the main contemporary artists representative of the so-called “Generation 80”. With an extensive trajectory of exhibitions –such as the Venice, São Paulo, Havana, and Cairo biennials – he has works in collections such as Inhotim (Brumadinho, Brazil), Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (Brazil), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (Brazil), Vogt Collection (Berlin, Germany) and York Stack Collection (Berlin, Germany).

d elson u c H ô A

(b. 1956) Vitruvio

Little Red Ridinghood

Wood, felt, silver, garnet, found animal tooth, pearl, waxed thread Necklace

d inu gAV ris

(b. 1976)

Dinu Gavris is a contemporary artist/jeweler, whose work in different materials explores the relationships of these materials to each other and to the body. These materials and the often incorporation of found objects, are used to relate meaning to the works based on our collective experiences and culture. Gavris’ work has been in several exhibits and publications, including Best of 2016 and 2017 Ohio Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, Keystone Metals Forum Exhibition Touchstone Center for Crafts Farmington PA, Metals 2017 Eastern Michigan University, Nexus: SNAG Juried Student Exhibition New Orleans LA, and Metalsmith Magazine. He was awarded the Bloch-Heskett Award BGSU, and Jane H. Zimmerman Award for Excellence for Body of Work Ohio Designer Craftsmen. Gavris earned his MFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design from Bowling Green State University.

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| 2017 Acrylic on canvas, paper, and resin. 155 x 155 cm. | 61 x 61 in.

Graduated in multimedia production at Senac (2010), he attends open courses, study groups and artistic accompaniments, dedicating himself to visual arts and graphic projects in his studio.

Edu is interested in territorial tensions in social segregation and in identity issues that re-discuss miscegenation, with painting as the main production. From the experience of “being between” he produces works made up of unequally divided chromatic fields, where one color establishes itself as dominant while other colors occupy smaller spaces on the edges of the canvas.

some exhibitions: Solo: [In]Chromatic Fluxes - Centro Adamastor; Self-portrait - Vértice Gallery; Mestizaje - Casagallery; Ruptures - MAB.

Collectives: XXI and XX International Biennial of Cerveira; 25th Salon of Plastic Arts of Praia Grande, 49th and 51st SAC of Piracicaba; Expanded Painting - Virgílio and PIN•CÉU Gallery - Funarte. 2nd place in the 10th edition of the Salão dos Artistas sem Galeria and 1st place in the XXXVII Salão de Artes de Rio Claro.

e du s il VA

(b. 1979)

Mergulho | 2021

Metal Engraving 100 x 200 cm. | 39.37 x 78.74 in.

e l A ine Arrud A

(b. 1985)

Elaine Arruda, 1985, Belém (PA) - Visual artist and teacher. PhD in Arts from ECA-USP, she completed part of her PhD at Université Paris 8. Since 2019, she has been a member of the faculty of the Federal University of Pará. She is currently represented by Galeria Barco (SP) and The House of Arts (Miami).

In her trajectory, she participated in national and international exhibitions, among them: Brésil trois points, at Bateau Lavoir, in Paris. Biennale Internationale de la Gravure, in Sarcelles, France. Estampe Amazonienne, at the Engramme Artistic Center in Québec. In Brazil, the invitation to the show Cheio de Vazio, which took place at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in São Paulo, curated by Paulo Miyada, stands out. In addition to exhibitions at CCSP, Goethe-Institut de Porto Alegre and Salão Arte Pará.

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105 | 2021 Acrylic on linen 150 x 120 x 7 cm. | 59 x 47.30 x 2.80 in.

e lis A Arrud A

(b. 1987)

eni V o

(b. 1986)

Elisa Arruda is a

artist born in Belém do Pará. Holds a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from FAU-USP (2017), lives and works between Belém and São Paulo.

She focuses on the condition of women, memory, bonds,motherhood, housing, and daily life. She uses metal engraving, and counterpoints printed images to the volume obtained by cutting and paper folding. Painting, furniture installations, manipulated and sculptural objects are part of her productions. Nominated for the 2021 PIPA Award. Recently awarded by the 32nd Edital of CCSP (2022), Branco de Melo Award from the Fundação Cultural Tancredo Neves - FCPTN (2022), 1st national engraving prize Marcello Grassman - Graphic Arts (2021) through Edital do Espaco Cultural of Banco da Amazon (2021); participated in the 48th Sacilotto Salon (2020), Itajaí Salon (2018), and received the Casa das Artes do Pará Research and Experimentation Scholarship (2017). Participated in several group and individual exhibitions.

Formica Rubi Plana | 2021

Metal engraving: etching, aquatint and paperless chine-colle 20 x 28.5 cm. | 8 x 11.23 in.

Jacaré Ancestral | 2020

Assemblagem, colagem, acrilica, spray e resina sobre tela 30x40cm | 12x16”

ENIVO has been working with art since he was 12 years old, when he had his first experience with graffiti, in 1998. Since then, he has marked the streets of the city with his materializations of ideas, expression of feelings and questions, through images. The artist has already illustrated advertising campaigns for brands and decorated homes and businesses. Graduated in Fine Arts from Faculdade Paulista de Artes, he is also an art educator and founding partner of A7MA Galeria. ENIVO also acts as a curator and organizer of exhibitions.

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She is a reference in Brazil when it comes to webs. She has been awarded by the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, and participated in several exhibitions in Museums and Galleries in Brazil and abroad.

Participated in the three Textile Art Biennials at MAM-SP Contemporary Textile Art Biennials promoted by the WTA in Mexico, Montevideo and Madrid, as a guest artist.

Latest exhibitions:

“De Fio A Fio” MAB – FAAP – SP 2022 curated and participated

“The Genesis According to Eve”MAS de SP- 2022

“By a Thread” MAJ – SC 2017

“Black Forest” MAB – SP 2016 individual exhibitions curated by Alexandre Sequeira (PA), Vanito Leal (PA), Julia Lima (SP), Renato de Cara (SP), and Yohana Junker (USA).

eVA s o BA n

(b. 1950)

eVA l e cAM pion

(b. 1987)

For Eva Le Campion, the production process of a work is nothing more than painting life. “What I see, what I feel, what revolts me, what I cannot change, I paint life. Drawing is the only skill I have left to express the world around me”, says Le Campion. She suffered two influences in her career: her uncle, and the father of her children, Delson Uchoa. Through him, she started working with acrylic. Graduated in Letters from the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal), Eva, in addition to acting in the field of arts, has always been supportive and fought for various social causes. In 2016, the artist received the 2015/2016 Camões Luso Brasileiro Award for her career spanning more than 30 years in the art world, for her social work and for the Moira exhibition, held at Pinacoteca Universitária, in December 2015.

Floresta Noturna | 2022

Sewing: threads, felt, and wood 188 x 164 cm. | 74 x 64.50 in.

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O Leite Derramado
2022 Acrylic on canvas 140 x 90 cm. | 13.80
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Bachelor in Visual Arts from the University of Brasilia - UnB, 2010 and Master’s student in Visual Poetics at the University of São Paulo - USP. Participated in several exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. Main single exhibitions: “Where the wind turns”, 2022 - Galerie Voss (Germany); “HOTSPOTS - Memória, imaginação e resistência”, 2021Zipper Galeria (Brazil); “Selva-Mata”, 2020 - Reiners Contemporary Art (Spain); “Goliath”, 2017 - Museumsquartier (Austria); “Deitei pra repousar e ele mexeu comigo” , 2016 - CCBB (Brazil); “Muito pelo ao contrario”. Received the Funarte Prize for Contemporary Art in 2012, the A. Marcanton Awardio Vilaça in 2013 and a nomination for the PIPA Prize in 2012. Has works in the collections of Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro - MAM, Museu de Arte do RioMAR, Museu Nacional de Brasília, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Mato Grosso do Sul - MARCO, Kunst Im Tunnel - KIT (Germany) and Stiftung Kleine Kunstdialog West/Ost (Germany), among others.

F AB io B A roli

(b. 1981)

F e tA l AV er A

(b. 1979)

are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. The colorful fantastic beasts which she connects with the “dark side” of her inner self stand for the artist’s cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world. Fefe was brought up as a native half Mexican, half Brazilian in São Paulo where she lives until today. Interested in all kinds of “underground” movements, the unique stylistic freedom of the Street Art and Graffiti scene of her hometown made an important impression on her. Fefe’s raw creative energy thus found much more correspondence in the angled, tribal-like style she developed while working in the streets, than in her studies in fine arts which she finished with a Bachelor at the FAAP in São Paulo.

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[Uberaba, MG, 1981. Lives and works in São Paulo]
Ipê rosa | 2021 Hotspots - Cerrado series Acrylic on cotton 500 x 250 x 300 cm. | 197 x 98.5 x 118 in.
Fe Fefe Talavera’s monster paintings
Untitled | 2021 Beaded collage

Felipe Cama (Porto Alegre, 1970, lives in São Paulo) examines the production, distribution and consumption of images in the contemporary world. He appropriates various types of media from digital images on the Internet to advertising photographs, pictures found in virtual travel albums and reproductions in art history books to compose works in media such as painting, photography, collage and video. His work is included in important institutional collections, such as the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Centro Cultural Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa (Lisbon) and Musashino Art University (Tokyo).

He has held over 15 solo exhibitions across Brazil, the most recent being “Corrupted” – São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil (2020), “You Have Reached Your Destination” – Galeria Zipper – São Paulo, Brazil (2017), “Sul x North” at the Ribeirão Preto Museum of Art, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2016) and at Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil (2015). His work is part of over 9 collections in Brazil, Portugal, and Japan.

Felipe cAMA

(b. 1970)

Fern A nd A Figueiredo

(b. 1978)

Barbaric protopia (Distopia) | 2022

Barbaric protopia series

Acrylic on canvas 170 x 160 cm. | 67 x 63 in.

20170110 | 2017

Você Chegou ao Seu Destino series Oil on canvas 158 x 133 cm. | 62.20 x 52.40 in.

Limeira, São Paulo, 1978. Lives in Berlin.

Fernanda Figueiredo studied Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado in São Paulo. She took part in open calls as SARP in Ribeirão Preto and the Salão de Abril in Fortaleza; exhibited at institutions such as MAM — Rio de Janeiro and MAM — Bahia; Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster; Galerie im Körnerpark and Kunstquartier Bethanien in Berlin; and in commercial galleries as A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro. She has received several awards, including Rede Nacional FUNARTE de Artes Visuais, Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt Stipendium from the Berliner Senate, and from Jakob und Emma Windler Stiftung for an artist residency in Switzerland in 2021. In 2023, the artist will participate in the 4th Industrial Art Biennial in Croatia. Her works are represented in private collections, at São Pedro Museum in Itu and in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.

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Gersony begun her studies in art, when she attended a Communication Design Course at Colégio Carlos de Campos, and immediately identified herself with universe of paintings. Graduated from Visual Arts at Belas Artes University São Paulo, Pedagogy at PUC University, SãoPaulo, and Psychology at São Marcos University, Gersony is also specialized in Art History at MASP, Museum of São Paulo, and Art Education at ECA USP, University of São Paulo, ArtTherapy at Sedes Sapientiae and Art Rehabilitation at AACD, Associação de Assistência à criança Deficiente. Gersony has an extensive academic specialization curriculum, as well as vast experience in Art Education in ateliers, schools, and Art Museums. She has over 25 years of experience as an art, Contemporary Art, and Art History teacher for both children and adults.

As an Art therapist, Gersony researched and published a scientific article on the importance of art in the rehabilitation of special children at AACD.

g ersony s il VA

(b. 1959)

Pigmento, suor e nada mais... V | 2018-19

Digital print on fine art paper 120 x 79 cm. | 47.24 x 31.10 in.

Red River | 2021 Acrylic on wood 130 x 130 cm. | 51 x 51 in.

g il B erto sA l VA dor

(b. 1946)

Painter, draftsman, engraver, architect, teacher.

Gilberto Orcioli Salvador graduated in architecture in 1969 from the College of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São PauloFAU/USP, where he later worked as a professor. Simultaneously, he devoted himself to painting and drawing. He held his first exhibition in 1965 at the Teatro de Arena Art Gallery in São Paulo. He was awarded a gold medal at the Salão de Arte Contemporânea, Campinas, in 1967, and, in the 1969 and 1970 editions, with the acquisition prize. Participated in several editions of the São Paulo International Biennial, and two exhibitions at Masp stand out among his solo shows, in 1985 and 1995. In 1999, the sculpture Vôo de Xangô was installed at the Jardim São Paulo Station of the Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo. His work is characterized by the opposition between gestural and rigid lines, organic and inorganic forms, movement and static. Living forms, men, flowers and animals mix with geometric figures.

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“My style in painting is intersected by the investigation of the memories in my body, in which I question the temptations and intentions in a portrait of the intimate - a memory of records of looks, people and constructions of small shapes, which are filled in image. I like to think of my paintings as a possibility of working an emotional aspect of portraits, using the construction of small shapes to transform them into people who fill themselves in the image. I like to think of my paintings as a possibility to work with one’s emotions in the portrait, creating an image of the body while questioning itself and its spaces.

I think about the inversion of bodies and how their characteristics tread a poem that deals with an invisible path, as a search for traces that are not linked only to race, but also on deeper subjects. A desire to go through the vague, and at the same time habitable, a place where all bodies end up questioning themselves - identity - how much of your body is yours? Where has it become an idealization?” – Heloisa Hariadne

Helois A H A ri A dne (b. 1998)

Untitled | 2021

Acrylic on canvas

170 x 80 cm. | 66.9 x 31.5 in.

Untitled I | 2022

Acrylic on canvas 90 x 100 cm. | 35.43 x 39.37 in.

J AM es Kudo

(b. 1967)

Untitled II | 2022

Acrylic on canvas 90 x 100 cm. | 35.43 x 39.37 in.

Graduated in graphic design from the Faculdade de Belas Artes, São Paulo (1989), and lived in New York (1992-1994), where he studied abstract painting at the Art Student League school. He also worked as a pattern designer at Diamond & Baratta in New York. “Topophilia” is the starting point of his work, emphasizing the memory of a part of his hometown that was flooded for the construction of a hydroelectric plant. Collages and images taken from encyclopedias construct their various realities and experiences. He has works at MAC-Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de SP, Itaú Cultural, Miura Museum Matsuyama and others. Of his individual exhibitions, the following stand out: “Oxímoros” (Zipper Gallery), “Telúrica” (Laura Marsiaj Gallery and MARP - Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto). And the group exhibitions, “Expeditionen in ästhetik und nachhaltigkeit” (Memorial da América Latina - São Paulo),“100 painters of tomorrow” (Beers Contemporary - London - UK and “Vértices” (National Post Office Museum in Brasilia).

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Jacques Jarrige is a French sculptor and designer, born December 1962 in Paris, France, to a family of art collectors and scientists. His work is known for its fluid organic forms which are hand wrought from simple materials. His works have been acquired by the Mobilier National, the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans, Fonds national d’art contemporain. In 1991 he had his first exhibition at the influential avant-garde design Galerie En Attendant les Barbares, soon followed by shows at the Frederic de Luca Gallery and other prominent showcases for artist furniture. From his participation in a group show at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Hamburg in 1994 on to the present, Jarrige’s work has been extensively shown at major European institutions, among them the French National Archive of Visual Arts (CNAP) where his Osselet stool is currently on view as part of the highly acclaimed exhibit “Les Oracles du Design.”

J A cques J A rrige

(b. 1962)

(b. 1979)

Wave (2015)

Hand Hammered Aluminum 180.34 x 68.58 cm. | 71 x 27 in.

Japonismo | 2020

Mixed media using oil and acrylics 160 x 160 cm. | 63 x 63 in.

Stylist and visual artist born in Joinville, Jay started his career as a selftaught artist. With more than 20 years of experience at the forefront of a textile industry and a connoisseur of raw materials, he founded J.BOGGO + and today works at the head of the brand, in addition to taking over the creative direction. All of his experience and personal transformation led him to give lectures at schools and universities, research and creation centers. He is an artist by profession through his works in paintings as well as the head of the clothing and lifestyle brand J.BOGGO +. In addition to being a designer for the brand, he paints pictures and is recognized at fairs and exhibitions in Brazil and abroad.

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J A y Boggo

Jeane Terra researches the subjectivity of memory, the nuances of the transience of cities, and the debris of a time, such as urban erasure, the unbridled growth of cities and environmental issues. The artist’s work develops in painting, sculpture, photography, and video art.

In her works, Jeane uses rubble and the “paint skin”, a technique she developed from mixing acrylic paint and binder, which, made in thin layers, takes on the appearance of skin. The artist uses paint “skins” to produce her paintings, some using the cross-stitch technique, or cut and pasted directly onto the canvas. A kind of body - painting.

Just as, by using rubble from houses and buildings as an object of work and covering them with velvet skins, it generates new meanings to the body-house matter.

The artist has participated in individual and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad.

Je A ne t err A

(b. 1975)

(b. 1980)

Desejo Nº 12 | 2022

Dry painting: pictorial surveys on wall bark 50 x 86 cm. | 19.70 x 33.85 in.

Capsulas

41 x 45 x 15 cm. | 16.14 x 17.71 x 6 in.

“A resident of Planaltina, a historical/colonial city in Goiás and on the outskirts of Brasília, I have dedicated myself to investigating various gestures based on the transit between the rural colonial of Goiás and the urban modernity of Brasília. From mastic trees, bones, red earth to concrete, glass and white marble. Since 2005 I have been regularly exhibiting and receiving awards for my individual production. 1st Edition Global Crypto Art Exhibition - 59th Venice Biennale (2022), 2nd Décio Noviello Visual Arts Prize (2021), Sesc ComVida Prize (2020), Arte Como Respiro – Itaú Cultural (2020), Edital Novas Efervescências – EC Porto Seguro SP (2019), CNI Finalist - Marcantonio Vilaça (2017), awarded in the Directions of Itaú Cultural (2014, 2009 and 2006), Bolsa Funarte de Produção (2011), and Anima Mundi (2009) punctuate part of the trajectory of my work.” – Joao Angelini

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Gota Sertao | 2022 de Memoria series Monotype in blown glass Jo A o Angelini

João Castilho (Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1978) is a visual artist who works with photography, video and sculpture. He is inspired by literature, popular culture, landscapes of the Brazilian cerrado, everyday scenes and current affairs. The artist’s work is present in institutional collections such as the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris; Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo; Pirelli/MASP Photography Collection, São Paulo; and National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro. He won awards from the Conrado Wessel Art Foundation (2014); and the Bolsa de Fotografia, from Instituto Moreira Salles, (2013). He was one of the artists selected for the 19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil and the Mercosul Biennial, in 2015. Main solo exhibitions: Zoo, Bratislava, Slovakia (2016), and Chaos-world, FUNARTE, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2013). Main collective exhibitions: “L’Autre Visage” Embassy of Brazil in Belgium, Brussels (2017); 10th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre (2015); XX International Biennial of Curitiba, Brazil (2014); I Biennial of Photography, MASP, Brazil (2014).

Jo A o cA stil H o (b. 1978)

O Livro dos Dias | 2020

Analog photo collage 35 x 53 cm. | 13.78 x 20.87 in.

Kabuki Azul | 2015

Analog photo collage 80 x 90 cm. | 31.50 x 35.43 in.

(b. 1931)

Born in Kobe, Japan, in 1931, Kazuo Wakabayashi was already a trained artist when he immigrated to São Paulo in 1961. Wakabayashi quickly gained popularity in Brazil, Japan, and the United States. Four years after his arrival in Brazil, he participated in a group exhibition of Japanese-Brazilian artists at the Organization of American States, where he also held his first US solo show in 1969.

In the 1940s and 1950s, while still in Japan, Wakabayashi experimented with figure studies, landscapes, and portraits of the female body. His later work can be divided into two periods. The first can be categorized as “informalist”, while also adhering to geometric principles; marked by thick, textured surfaces and abstract, monochromatic forms. In his second and latest period, beginning in the 1980s, he returned overtly to Japanese tradition, translating characteristics of traditional woodcuts, and specifically Ukiyo-e prints into three-dimensional, large-scale paintings and prints.

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K A zuo W AKABA y A s H i

Laerte Ramos (Brazil/São Paulo, SP, 1978) stands out in the Brazilian contemporary art scene, especially for his production in engraving and ceramic installations. He works with different materials such as woodcuts, serigraphy, painting, sculpture, tapestry, objects, using techniques and materials that challenge him as an artist-researcher. Graduated in visual arts from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado-FAAP in Bachelor (2001) and Licentiate (2002). His works go beyond unitary pieces and cross different languages to modify their understanding and the space in which they are inserted. Since the second half of the 1990s, Laerte Ramos has participated in important group shows and, in the last 26 years, he has held several solo shows, in Brazil and abroad. He has a record of 51 solo exhibitions, 7 participations in artistic residencies, and 32 awards as an artist.As a curator, Laerte has 10 exhibitions and 2 awards, highlighting the Marcantônio Vilaça Award in 2020 with the exhibition “Compreensão do Ar” or (E = M2).

lA erte rAM os

(b. 1978)

Anti-Derrapante Smash Wall | 2015

Ceramic

40 x 37 cm. | 15.75 x 14.57 in.

Saturnalia das Commodities | 2021

Oil and acrylics on canvas 385 x 195 cm. | 151.57 x 76.77 in.

l uiz e sc A nuel A

(b. 1993)

Luiz Escañuela graduated in visual communications, has a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from Centro Universitário de São Paulo, where he attended two years of visual arts. He has been drawing and painting since childhood, and started his professional career at the age of 22, working mainly with painting. He has already had two solo exhibitions, the most recent, entitled “Don’t Forget What is Epic” (2022) and “DISRUPTO” (2021). He participated in several collective exhibitions, international fairs, and gave a workshop in Germany. In 2020 he was elected by Forbes magazine as one of the influential personalities in the arts under 30 years old. He developed a particular method within hyper-realism. In more recent works, exemplified by “Don’t Forget What Is Epic”, he fuses detailed painting with new gestural experiments. The large-scale work reference research of cinema, the Brazilian baroque, creation myths, and the iconoclasm of philosophy, proposing hyper-links between the images and provoking poetic speculation in the spectator.

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Is an Artist that explores forms and colors to bring harmony and elegance to his geometric works. – Lucia de Carvalho Curator of Expoarte Gallery, Brasilia, Brazil

Born in Santos , 1962

1984, Architect and Designer / University FAU Santos Studied with Ruy Othake , Gilberto Salvador , Cristiano Mascaro and Odiléia Toscano.

1986, Studied ARTESCULTURA with Domenico Calabrone and Elvio Becheroni.

1987, Represented Brazil in Faenza Pottery Bienal - Italy 1987, Individual Exhibition Ceramica Oggi in Cultural Center Brazil - Italy , Milan

1989, Starts his Glass Creations in Veneza , Italy

1980 - 2001, Creates Functional Objects for TOKSTOK Stores, Cristais PRADO and O POTE , São Paulo

2017-2018-2019 - Participates in Paralela Design Fair with his Glass Work and VisualArt Works

2021 - Participates in the Contemporary Art Salon, Guarulhos

2022 - Coletive Exibition in Bienal of São Paulo / BOOMDESIGN

SP Lounge Bienal

M A rcelus Fresc H et (b. 1962)

M A rili A s c A r AB ello

(b. 1982)

Noturno III | 2020

Acrylic on canvas

100 x 100 x 5 cm. | 39.37 x 39.37 x 1.98 in.

Tecido Urbano | 2021-2022

Fabric of Chilean thread

180 x 80 x 0.1 cm. | 70.87 x 31.45 x 0.04 in.

A visual artist, she lives and works between Jundiaí and São Paulo. Master in Visual Arts from Unicamp, specialized in Theatrical Scenography by Espaço Cenográfico and graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, she started her artistic production in mid-2013. Her work transits between multiple languages, including frequent procedures of appropriation, with research directed to questions involving the idea of territory and its physical and metaphorical representation.

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Matias Mesquita has been a visual artist since 2009. Graduated in Industrial Design / Visual Communication from PUC-Rio. He attended the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage (2009-2010), and was co-founder of Elefante Centro Cultural, a major space for contemporary art in Brasília.

Among his main exhibitions is “Concrete, Liquid and Gaseous Worlds”, at Casa Albuquerque (Brasília); and the group exhibitions “Conversations: Resistance and Convergence”, at the Casa das Onze Janelas Cultural Center (Belém/Pará) and “TRIANGULAR: Art of this Century”, at the Casa da Cultura da América Latina (Brasília). His production is in the collection of great Brazilian collectors, as well as important museums in Brazil: the National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro); O MAR - Museu de Arte do Rio (Rio de Janeiro); the National Museum of the Republic (Brasília). He is the recipient of ITAÚ CULTURAL - Arte Como Respiro (2020); PIPA Online Award nomination (2016); and IBRAM Feira Art-Rio 2011 Award (2011), among others.

M A ti A s Mesquit A (b. 1976)

Parquinho às manhãs | 2022 Por Um Dia Qualquer series

Oil painting between layers of transparent epoxy resin structured in reinforced concrete. 47 x 47 x 8 cm. | 18.50 x 18.50 x 3.15 in.

(b. 1949)

Untitled Painting in oils, acrylics, and feather-tip 137 cm. | 53.93 cm.

He received several awards throughout most of the national territory and had several individual exhibitions, with works in public entities in Brazil and abroad.

In 2004 he published the book ProfanasScripta, which the following year was released in Portugal with the plastic exhibition of the same title. With his contemporary look, he subverts the order of things. His paintings exchange themes, motifs and techniques with other arts, another time. Sometimes it shows the past, sometimes it is the present that imposes itself.

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Miguel g onti J o Miguel Gontijo is from Santo Antonio do Monte, Minas Gerais, and currently lives in Belo Horizonte. He is a graduate in history and philosophy, and post - graduate in Art and Contemporaneity.

A Brazilian artist born in São Paulo, Mundano is 36 years old and in the last 15 years he has been actively using his art as a tool for social transformation.

Defender of environmental causes and universal human rights, he founded the NGO Pimp My Carroça 10 years ago, with which he developed the Cataki application, aimed at connecting waste generators and collectors of recyclable material.

The result of his artivism opened doors for him to take his actions with waste pickers around the world, traveling through more than 20 countries performing murals, exhibitions, graffiti, lectures, partnerships and integrating global programs such as TED Fellows.

Mund A no

(b. 1986)

Castanheira | 2022 Acrylic paint over wood 33 x 25 x 3.5 cm. | 13 x 9.84 x 1.38 in.

o c r A nio

A blue Indian is the trademark of artist Cranio from Sao Paulo, representing the indigenous people from Brazil. His mediums are acrylic on canvas and spray paint on walls, but he also enjoys creating variations by mixing the two. Cranio, which translates to ‘skull’ in Portuguese, is the pseudonym of Fabio de Oliveira Parnaiba who was born in 1982 and grew up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1998 he began spray painting the walls of his hometown. With inspirations deriving from life, cartoons and legendary artist Salvador Dali; his illustrious ‘moniker’ of sorts, is a native indigenous person of Brazil, painted in blue. Developed out of a representation for the indigenous peoples who have populated his native country, Cranio cites that the Indians find themselves in funny and curious situations, prompting thoughts of more contemporary issues such as consumerism, corruption and the environment.

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Spray
158 x 120 x 4 cm. | 62.20 x 47.24 x 1.57 in.
(b. 1982) Meteoro da Paixao
on canvas

In 2018, the two met when Rodolpho ordered a custom Toy Art from Playmobil from Roberts. And from there, a great friendship and enormous synergy made them think of creating something together. In 2020 they set up R2 Studio, an unpretentious, cool art studio full of childhood references from the 80s. At R2, you can find ToyArt, emblematic phrases, mirrors, neon, but the duo’s DNA is focused in Upcycling, a worldwide movement of creative reuse, where pieces and objects from the past are completely transformed by their unconventional interventions. That is why at R² many works are impossible to be replicated or transformed into a series.

Based in SP, R2 has already spread its works to clients all over the world and Brazil, and has already exhibited their work “Put your Ego in a Box” in Miami and NY, and “Set me Free” which will now be exhibited in Venice.

r 2 s tudio (2018)

r en A to Mezi A t

1952)

Music

Boston, Massachusetts. Upon returning to his native Rio de Janeiro, he dedicated himself full-time to painting and by 1976 began gaining recognition. In 1978, his work was exhibited at the salon Nacional de Artes Plásticas and was chosen for a second showing the following year. The first of several solo exhibitions followed in 1980 at Galeria Ipanema in Rio de Janeiro.

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Friends Roberta Romanelli and Rodolpho Rivolta had the same taste for Pop and Contemporary Art, even before they met. The Blue Monkeys Renato Pereira de Silva Meziat began his artistic career as a musician, training at Berklee College of in
Oil on canvas 90 x 120
| 35.43 x 47.24 in.
(b.
Plastic with Grapes | 2014
cm.

RAG lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Graduate in Mathematics and Social Communication, and postgraduate in Design and Social Innovation. He uses painting, photography, and digital art techniques, bringing to the center of his work the various languages of labeling systems, narratives and beliefs that the productive modes of contemporary life impose on us in our day-to-day lives, mainly from the interference of humans on the planet. Solo Exhibitions: 2013 The White Rectangle at the Joinville Art Museum, Nutopia at the Goiânia Art Museum, 2011 Intervention for SESC Rio at the PUC Theater, Rio de Janeiro, 2010 The Atom and the Void at Zipper Gallery, São Paulo. His works are in public collections at the Museum of Art of Goiânia, Museum of Art of Joinville, Collection of the Secretariat of Culture of Santo André and Collection of the Secretariat of Culture of Praia Grande.

r ic A rdo “ rA g” Agui A r

r os A Ferr A ri

(b. 1970)

PR206PW14PY73PY108 | 2021

Atomo e o Vazio series Acrylic on canvas and wood 123 x 128 cm. | 48.42 x 50.40 in.

Arquitetura dos Sentidos | 2022

Photography print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305 135 x 90 cm. | 54.15 x 35.43 in.

Rosa Ferrari lives and works in Nova Lima - MG. Her degree in Architecture and Urbanism puts her in contact with the visual arts and the enchantment for the natural riches of Minas Gerais brings baggage to her creative process. In experiments and research with raw materials and pigments found in nature, the artist creates sculptures, objects, photographs, installations and constructs conceptual art.

Currently, she has been researching biomes and their riches, covering mainly the diversity of the Brazilian flora, and the various possibilities of human connection with nature. All based on the “sensory organization” that is specific to each society.

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“Sandy Searcy is a contemporary illustrator, abstract, digital artist, and photographer. Her works integrate photography and digital painting to produce lively compositions that convey her worldview. Closely examining Searcy’s artworks reveals that her art is inspired by two of the most famous 20th Century movements - abstract expressionism and pop art. Like Jason Pollock’s abstract expressionism artworks, Searcy’s digital paintings feature colorful and highly expressive line work, combining bold and thin lines to convey the artist’s imagination. Pop art influence is also visible in featuring human subjects. In these, the artist posterizes her subjects to facilitate the addition of colorful overlays. The result is highly elaborate compositions that convey the subjects being animated.”

sA ndy s e A rcy

tH i A go t oes

(b. 1986)

Toes’ production transits between different manifestations, including painting, sculpture and site specific, guiding the viewer to a sensorial space that makes us reflect on our presence and passage through the universe. As he builds his work, origins and births interest him a lot, making him grow as an artist in that time and space. The artist has already exhibited his work in several important spaces, such as the Memorial da América, SESC Belenzinho, Funarte, Casa do Olhar Luiz Sacilotto, and Paço das Artes; in addition to spaces abroad, such as the Kunstmuseum Kulturverein – Wittingen Art Museum in Germany, IK - Projects gallery in Lima, and participation in the Vulica Brasil festival, with a mural in the National Bank of Minsk building, in Belarus. He has also participated in the artistic residency at the 13th International Art Week in Lüben – Germany, and at Kaysaá - Artistic Residency on the north coast of São Paulo. He was awarded an honorable mention by the Salão de Artes de Vinhedo, and by the magazine DasArtes with the GARIMPO award.

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Epilogo | 2021 Oil and acrylics on canvas 140 x 180 cm | 55.11 x 70.87 inches (b. 1961) Joheem | 2022 Digital Illustration 91.44 x 91.44 cm. | 36 x 36 in.

She has a postgraduate degree in Visual Poetics from EMBAP - Belas Artes in Curitiba (2018), degree in Industrial Design from UFPRFederal University of Paraná (1997), training technique in Industrial Design by CEFET-PR, current UTFPR - Federal Center of Education Tecnológica do Paraná (1992).

In her work, Verônica discusses aesthetics through fields of color produced by line and by the fabric. With vast knowledge from manual embroidery to machine sewing mechanical and electronic, focusing on the transformation of fibers. Rich details show her obsession with the technique that results in tactile paintings. Experimentation is also central in her repertoire, from engraving and ink in the final works, even combinations with design pieces such as clothing, furniture, and objects. The mix of art fields reverberates the idea of the transformation that the artist seeks in her process. Currently, she has works in national and international private collections, as well as works in national institutions.

Veronic

(b. 1973)

A Filip AK

Voodo Fe’

(b. 1978)

Conforto Liquido | 2020

Sewing on various dry felted fabrics 139 x 98 cm | 54.72 x 38.60 inches

DMC

Acrylic Paint and Paper on Wood 121.92 x 213.36 cm. | 4 x 7 ft.

Voodo Fé lives an art life. An “art life” is one that has, at its center, art. In this life, art is not strictly or exclusively visual, audible, and tangible creations using materials. Art, like Voodo’s life, is extremely fluid. It has many definitions. It is ever changing. It has no boundaries. Voodo’s art life is the epitome of fluidity, it is inherent in his work, and everything begins with his mantra: Different. Defiant. Free.

The most powerful of the mantra’s elements – Free – began with his and is rooted in his name, Voodo Fé. It honors his mother’s name –Feronié – and is a hat tip to his Haitian heritage.

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y uli g eszti

(b. 1953)

(b. 1984)

Yuli Geszti was born in 1953 and grew up during the 1970s and was influenced by the artistic atmosphere of the time. Conceptualism is often perceived as a response to Minimalism, and the leading art movement of the 1970s, challenging the boundaries of art with its revolutionary features. About the concepts of her work, she says, “my work is motivated by a challenge: to create the illusion of three-dimensional volumes on the flat surface of the canvas using only brushes and ink. These volumes are configurations of unusual objects arising from a planar support.” Sem Titulo |

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Zevi G, born in 1984, is a prolific and steadfast artist who uses his studio to bring unanticipated creations to life. In a world where love, unity and kindness have become a scarce commodity Zevi is determined to make a change using his art and many compelling characters to spread a powerful message.

Zevi’s work can be found in many private collections, especially those of celebrities that recognize and relate to creative talent. One of Zevi’s bestsellers has been Mr. Moneybags, saddled with two big bags of money, it brings a dialogue about helping each other and the positive things we can do with financial resources.

Zevi’s work has been shown in galleries from coast to coast, in NYC, San Francisco and Miami as well as New Jersey, and in his studio on private tours by appointment only.

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Messenger Fiberglass Mold 121.30 x 121.30 x 121.30 cm. | 4 x 4 x 4 feet.
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