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PORTFOLIO
2015/2024

LUZALBA

DANIELA DA SILVA FERREIRA

Luzalba (Daniela S.F. - 1988) is a visual artist and researcher based in Algarve, Portugal. Graduated in Design and PostGraduated in Fine Arts: Sculpture, from 2010 to 2018, she was living in Venice (Italy) where established her artistic career. Through her professional experience, she collaborate with influents artists and institutes as Danh Vo, The Danish Foundation, Lee Ufan, Paulo Bruscky in collaboration with Nara Roesler Gallery, Fondazione Prada and Electa | Mondadori, among others.

Luzalba’s works range from visual art, sculpture or performance to old print techniques. In her work, natural elements, ancient rituals and scientific references are mixed into an unusual vision of art. The multiplicity of characters in her work feeds our lecture, affording mystical senses from other dimensions.

FISH PRINTS

Project

2020 - on going

Fresh fish printed on re-use cotton fabric; black organic ink (from squid or cuttle fish)

Field Notes details and artist signature

Dimensions: at scale of the fish

Since 2020, Luzalba creations have focused on the sea culture, by exploring and catalog the local Portuguese resources.

Printing fish with organic inks or developing natural elements using old print methods, the mission is to pay a special tribute to the Portuguese marine traditions and their (future) communities.

The concept is to reinterpret traditional fishing methods and creating unique art prints also sustainable designs. The function is to raise consciousness about the seas, being part of their conservation and promoting their sustainability.

Trigger Fish serie MARE TV/ NDR, 2022 105 x 55 cm Eu Sea-bream serie II, 2022 110 x 75 cm Eu Sea-bream 2 kg during the process, 2022

NFT-Fish (digital fish preservation)

Digital catalog, 2022 - present

Trigger Fish body details, 2022

87 x 65 cm

NFT

GAMBO

The Primitive

2015

Sculpture, sound installation

Record Recording sounds of deer mating; sound projected through the nostrils/face

Deer horns and self portrait in plaster

100 x 95 x 75 cm

TRANS-ETERNAL

Identidade Transcendental project

2015/2016

Sculpture/installation; performance

Self-portrait in plaster, wooden frame, glass, taxidermy

Series of 3: Urania, Albi (57 x 39 cm) and Elma Minax (62 x 38 cm)

Performance, duration 45’min.

Urania Chrysiridia Rhipheus 60 x 40 cm

HOLLY UNCTION

The Mystery Of Salvation

2016

Sculpture, installation

Lamb horn, cotton pillow, metal bed frame, stone, copper wires, 100 x 75 x 30 cm

75 x 54 x 33 cm / 40 x 30 x 27 cm

Lamb horns and face carved in cotton

INDOMADA I & II

Indomitable project

2016

Performance, photography, video, sculpture/installation

Indomada I

Video hd 4'34'' col. credits: Gabriele S. Buzzanca and Lisa Stefani Remains of green clay used in the performance, full moon November 26, 2016 (Venice,IT)

Indomada II

Video hd 2'47'' col. credits: Maria Elena Fantoni; Horn as a musical instrument, dressed in silk

Digital photography artist series 60 x 50 cm

Green clay (remains of performance) digital photography

20 x 20 x 20 cm / 40 x 30 cm

Cow horn (flute) digital photography 35 x 15 cm / 40 x 30 cm

UMBANDA

La Numina project

2017

Performance, photography, video, sculpture/installation

Performance, duration 8'30''min.

Digital photography

Cotton paper print, 30 x 40 cm

Series of 4 hd videos, col.

Credits: José Torres

50 cm
Photograph (act I), print on cotton paper, author series
60 x

LUZ SANTANA

O’SOL project

2017-218

Performance, photography, video, sculpture/installation

Sculpture in gilded wood and metal Paper collages, gold leaf

Performance, duration 1h’30’’min.

Credits: Electricidade Estética | Noite da Lua Azul, June 2018

Colagens (research process), moment of performance 2018
Performance (Noite de Lua Azul), Parque D.Carlos I, Caldas da Rainha, PT Golden Circle Sculpture 165 cm

MOLEOSOPHY

The Celestial Chart project PRE THE BODY CONSTELLATIONS

2016-2017

Performances, illustration and installation

Performance, duration 16’00’’min., in collaboration with João Desmarques playing the Portuguese guitar

Acupuncture needles, cotton threads

details Credits: Susana Valadas
Performance
Body installation and performance, 2016
The Celestial Chart illustration, mixed media on cotton paper 47 x 37 cm

THE BODY CONSTELLATIONS

Project

2011- on going

Research, development of a new therapeutic method

The Body Constellations is an innovative model of therapy which use the body signs, scars and dots to create a new concept of self representation.

Through the process, our bodies turns into our sky and the marks our stars.

To encounter our unique connections, personal symbologies are required. Escorted by an algorithm based on our characters, this method build unconventional constellations.

Brought from science to astronomy, confronting the existential phenomenology and the psychotherapy methods, this brand expand news dynamics of multiple artistic and feature perspectives.

Body/skin details Illustration starry sky

Digital photomontage

Constellations illustrations and tattoo processo investigação

Research process

Charts, maps and algorithms

Life, death and their mutual celebration

“I grew up with the luxury of knowing how to sacrifice and celebrate the life of an animal. It was food, like potatoes or cabbage: it only died once. It was hard work, everything was dirty, but it fed the whole family (we must appreciate). It was a ritual or just a normal Saturday after bake the bread. I grew up like that and without knowing it, my Art too”.

Self-portrait 2015 Daniela da Silva Ferreira, 2022
CONTACTS https://luzalba.one info@luzalba.one

CV

GRANTS

Mentions

- Fundação Bevilacqua La Masa 2014 - Artist Atelier | Art Collective - Anemoi - Venice, IT

- Private collection 2014 - Ceramics in Contemporary Art, MuseoCarlo Zauli - Faenza, IT

- Superior Academic Collaboration Scholarship | 2013 Academy of Fine Arts Venice, IT

- Artrepreneur - Printmaking 2021 - USA

- Private collection 2023 - EcoSuites Art Residency, Halkidiki, Greece

ART RESIDENCES

+ collaborations

- 2023 EcoSuites Art Residency, Halkidiki, Greece

- 2017 Osservatorio Arturo, Fondazione Lac o Le Mon, San Cesario di Lecce, Puglia, IT

- 2017 Tracce Di Passaggio, Ruffrè-Mendola, Val di Non, Trento, IT

- 2016 Belligerent Eyes | 5K Confinement, performance collaboration Fondazione Prada, Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venezia, IT

- 2015 LIVER, Malga di Vervò, Val di Non, Trentino Alto Adige, IT

- 2014 Artist in Residence at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Atelier S. Cosma e Damiano, Veneza, IT

- 2014 Ceramics in Contemporary Art, Carlo Zauli Museum, Faenza, IT

- 2012 until 2017: Venice Bienal (diverse countries)

- 2016 Venice Film Festival: Mondadori Electa

EXHIBITIONS

Selection

2024 Reinterpretar o Mar - solo exhibition, Natural History Museum of Funchal, Madeira

2023 Ocean’Art - Global Ocean, Marina de Cascais, curated by Alvaro Cardoso

2023 EcoSuites Art Residency Exhibition, Halkidiki, Greece curated by Alex A. Tsolakis

2023/2024 Collective Art Exhibition, Vila do Bispo Municipality

2021/2022 Surf Filmfestival- Art Exhibition, Eiriceira, curated by Annika Von Schütz

2021 Simpósio de Padrão, Ossos do Ofício, Alcobaça, curated by Denize Egger

2020 Promontorium Sacrum, Studio Coração, Vila do Bispo, invented by Chloe

2018 Art and Culture, Boeira Garden Hotel, Vila Nova de Gaia

2017 Tracce di Passaggio, Villa Imperiale, Ruffrè-Mendola, Trentino Alto Adige, curated by Federico Sepi

2016 Aseptanimus, Céu de Vidro, parque D. Carlos I, Caldas da Rainha, curated by Nicola Henriques

2016 27th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, USA, curated by the director of the Chicago Filmmakers, Josh B. Mabe

2015 FluxBooks: “From the Sixties...”, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, curated by Giorgio Maffei and Patrizio Peterlini

2015 L’arte sposa la natura, Casa Marta, Coredo, Trentino Alto-Adige, curated by Luca Marignoni

2014 Atelier Bevilacqua La Masa: Final Residence Exhibition, BLM Foundation Gallery, San Marco, Venice, curated by Rachel D’Osualdo

2014 Panta Rei. Everything changes | Marble vs ceramic, Civic Museum of Marble, Carrara, curated by Federica Forti

2014 Museo Carlo Zauli a Palazzo Ferniani, Ferniani Palace, Faenza, curated by Cristina Casadei and Matteo Zauli

2014 Une Dimanche de la vie, CasaBianca, Bologna, curated by Gino Gianuizzi

2014/2013 #Open 5/ #Open 6, Magazzino Sale Docks, Punta della Dogana, Venice, curated by S.a.L.e Docks committee

PUBLISHED

Selection - 2021 Eco dos Pássaros, Epopeia Books

- 2020 À Volta da Fogueira, Emporium Editora

- 2017 Aseptanimus, Artist Fanzine limited edition of 30 copies

- 2015 Gioco & giochi nella fotografia da metà Ottocento ai giorni nostri, Editora Punto Marte

- 2015 Essência e Memória - Antologia Luso-Brasileira de Fotografia, Chiado Editora

- 2014/2015 Entre o Sono e o Sonho - Antologia de Poesia Contemporânea Vol. V e IV, Chiado Editora

- 2013 Retalhos, 1ª edição, PoesiaFãClube, Corpos Editora

- 2011 Retalhos, Artist Fanzine limited edition of 100 copies

EDUCATION

Superior

- Graduation: Design Ceramic and Glass - 2011 Politécnico de Leiria | ESAD.CR - Escola Superior Artes e Design Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

- Post-Graduation: Sculpture - 2015 Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia Venice, Italy

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