ARTIST NAME
Deb Achak is a visual artist and storyteller whose large-scale photographs explore the metaphysical and emotional link between the human and natural world. After stepping away from a 15-year career as a mental health social worker, Achak began her photography practice, employing a visual medium to continue her exploration of the interior lives of herself and others. Curious to examine the notion of our internal selves, she leans into the elasticity of photography by employing several genres within the medium. Achak’s practice includes swimming with her camera throughout the world, personal narratives created near her home, and painterly abstract florals inspired by baroque paintings. Each body of work is made with the singular ideal, to wrestle with what is under the surface in each of us.
Deb Achak’s work has been exhibited widely national and internationally, in institutions such as The National Museum of Anthropology in Tabasco, Mexico, The Lishui Museum of Art in Lishui, China, and The Sofia Photography Festival in Sophia, Bulgaria, The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, the Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville SC, among many others. Her work has been featured in publications including Fraction, All About Photo, Lenscratch, Destig, Luxe Interiors, Dodho, and Domino.
June 4th - July 17th, 2026
Winston Wächter Fine Art is pleased to present Entangled, an exhibition featuring works by Carolina Ponte, Dinorá Justice and Livia Mourao. In this group exhibition, the artists have come together to present a kaleidoscopic perspective of the ways in which the natural systems that we live in are enmeshed.
Carolina Ponte works in a variety of mediums, including painting, watercolor, ceramics, and crochet. Her work is centered on the idea of ornamentation embedded in everyday life and the enduring presence of traditional handcraft practices. Fascinated by the transformation of materials, Ponte uses yarn and clay, transforming them into installations and sculptures that pull each material out of their everyday context, placing them prominently in the realm of fine art. As a result, the works suggest a sense of uncontrolled growth, with accumulations of color and pattern that, at first, may appear unreadable. However, upon closer inspection, the viewer may begin to recognize references drawn from natural forms.
Working with acrylic on canvas, Livia Mourao builds her paintings through densely layered application of color. Rather than recreating a specific place in each piece, her goal is to evoke a sense of it—something more intuitive than descriptive. Blending imagined and remembered landscapes, her paintings suggest fragments of forests, though not entirely real ones, enmeshing environments, human experience, and sensory impressions—each shaping and influencing the other rather than existing in isolation. These paintings are inspired by places including Rio de Janeiro, Florianopolis and Parati, and reflect how natural systems are deeply interconnected, not just ecologically but through memory, place, and perception.
ARTIST NAME
e Dinorá Justice’s paintings emerge from a base layer of hand-marbled designs in organic patterns reminiscent of foliage, veins, and cellular structures. Figures and landscape intermingle, outlined by textiles and plants, in a visual language that embraces the entanglements of natural systems. Drawing from art historical references, Justice explores the works of male artists to create connections with contemporary issues. For the works included in Entangled, Justice was influenced by a recent residency in Vienna studying Gustav Klimt’s work. The artist finds parallels between Klimt’s decorative, organic style and her own, transformed into a vision of nature not as something to control or idealize but as a dynamic, interwoven force central to our histories, identities, and shared future.
Deb Achak is a visual artist and storyteller whose large-scale photographs explore the metaphysical and emotional link between the human and natural world. After stepping away from a 15-year career as a mental health social worker, Achak began her photography practice, employing a visual medium to continue her exploration of the interior lives of herself and others. Curious to examine the notion of our internal selves, she leans into the elasticity of photography by employing several genres within the medium. Achak’s practice includes swimming with her camera throughout the world, personal narratives created near her home, and painterly abstract florals inspired by baroque paintings. Each body of work is made with the singular ideal, to wrestle with what is under the surface in each of us.
In Entangled, Ponte, Mourao and Justice unite to reflect on the ways in which tradition, materiality and art history inform our presence in the world. Through different techniques and influences, each artist transforms materials, landscapes and figures, emphasizing the fluidity of the human experience, natural systems, and how we are, inevitably, entangled.
Deb Achak’s work has been exhibited widely national and internationally, in institutions such as The National Museum of Anthropology in Tabasco, Mexico, The Lishui Museum of Art in Lishui, China, and The Sofia Photography Festival in Sophia, Bulgaria, The Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, the Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville SC, among many others. Her work has been featured in publications including Fraction, All About Photo, Lenscratch, Destig, Luxe Interiors, Dodho, and Domino.
Carolina Ponte
Interweaving 1
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
25 x 29 inches
Carolina Ponte
Interweaving 2
Watercolor and acrylic on paper
25 x 28.5 inches
Carolina Ponte
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
61 1/2 x 55 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches
Carolina Ponte
Untitled
Acrylic on canvas
68 x 56 x 1 1/4 inches
Carolina Ponte
Coluna Mandacaru (Mandacaru Column)
Ceramic and crochet
36 x 23 x 15 inches
Carolina Ponte
Cachoeira Carambola (Carambola Waterfall)
Crochet
50 x 41 inches (dimensions variable)
79
Carolina Ponte
Untitled
Crochet, knitting and needlepoint tapestry
1/2 x 48 inches (dimensions variable)
Carolina Ponte
Untitled
Crochet and needle point tapestry
95 x 65 x 54 inches (dimensions variable)
Livia Mourao Rio de Janeiro, 2026
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 50 inches
Livia Mourao Primavera (Spring), 2025
Acrylic on canvas
40 x 52 inches
Livia Mourao
Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Rainforest), 2026
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 50 inches
Livia Mourao
Casarao Amarelo (Big Yellow House), 2024
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 72 inches
Dinora Justice
Portrait 110 (Death and Life), after Klimt, 2026
Oil and acrylic on canvas
48 x 54 x 1.5 inches
Dinora Justice
Portrait 111 (The Bride) after Klimt, 2026
Oil and acrylic on canvas
42 x 36 x 1.5 inches
Dinora Justice
Portrait 112 (The Maiden) after Klimt, 2026
Oil and acrylic on canvas
34 x 36 x 1.5 inches
Dinora Justice
Portrait 109, (Life) after Klimt, 2026
Oil and acrylic on Arches oil paper
16 x 12 inches
Dinora Justice
Portrait 108, (The Bride) after Klimt, 2026
Oil and acrylic on Arches oil paper
16 x 12 inches
CAROLINA PONTE
1981 Born in Salvador, Brazil
EDUCATION
2006
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Festival de Inverno (Davide Grassi, Mário Ramiro, Leda
Catunda, Isaura Penna). Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais, Diamantina, Brazil
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Adornando el Absurdo, Galería Enrique Guerrero, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Adornando o Absurdo, Artwall, Shopping Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
Caleidoscópio, Dot Art Galeria, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2018
Balangandã, Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
E o silêncio?, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico city, Mexico
MDM Gallery, Paris, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2025
Memórias Moldadas, Estação Jaqueira, Petrópolis, Brazil
Ensaio sobre a beleza, Galeria Movimento, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023
Enredado, Carolina ponte and Pedro Varela, Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, Denmark
Paragone: What´s with mediums today? Lisbon, Portugual
2022
Espelho Labirinto- CCBB Brasília, Brazil
2021
Loose ends, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York, USA
2020 Galeria Enrique Guerrero- Todos Santos, Mexico
2019
Da linha, o fio, Espaço Cultural do BNDES, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tecer Mundos, SESC Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Brazil
Líneas en el Espacio, Museo de la Cancillerïa, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
2018
Arte pra Sentir, Caixa Cultural Brasilia, Brazil
Arte pra Sentir, Caixa Cultural São Paulo, Brazil
Intercâmbio- Tempos Cruzados, Sesc Petrópolis, Brazil
2017
Constelar, Casa Pró-Saber, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tender Constructions, Carolina Ponte and Pedro Varela, Cité Internationale des Arts
Galleries, Paris, France
2016
Opening nuevo espacio, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City, Mexico
Aquilo que nos une, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
LIVIA MOURAO
1982 Born in Brazil
EDUCATION
2013
Continued Education in Philosophy, School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York, NY
2013
B.A. in Visual Arts with specialization in Painting, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG), Brazil
Color Fields, Maison 10 (M10), New York, NY
2022
Censored – Pride Art Show, New York, NY
Flying Solo Art Exhibition, Flying Solo SoHo, New York, NY
NYC SYEP Mural Project, Creative Art Works, Harlem, NY
2021
Online Collective Exhibition, Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
FIREPLACE, LGBTQIA Street Fashion Summer Project, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
PRIDE Juried Exhibition, Arlington Museum of Art, TX
Brazilian Artists in Big Apple, documentary directed by Greg Hajdarowicz and Dominika Koczo
2024–2025
The Brooklyn Artist’s Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2023
Public Art / Murals at the Ramps, NJ Transit, Elizabeth, NJ
Mi Parque, Mi Tierra, Arsenal Gallery / NYC Parks Department, NY
Talisman, Monica King Projects, New York, NY
2020
Group Exhibition, Savassi Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
Alumni Collective Exhibition, UEMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2018
Temporal Escape, 326 Gallery, New York, NY
Artwork in Television Series, Instinct, CBS, United States
Liberty Plaza / Urban Art Project, Brazil
2017-Present
Artwork Commissions & Staging Projects, OAD Interiors, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Artwork in Television Series, #Fashionvictim, E! Network, United States
Art + Design Benefit Auction, Design Trust for Public Space, New York, NY
Field of Vision, Shoestring Studio, Brooklyn, NY
2016
BEYOND SECRETARY, Mark Borghi Fine Art and Keyes
Art Consulting, New York, NY
DINORÁ JUSTICE
1969 Born in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
EDUCATION
2014
MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Tufts University, Boston, MA
2001
BFA at The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
1999
Graphic Design Certificate at SMFA Boston, Tufts University, MA
1988
Associate Degree in Footwear Design and Manufacture, Escola do Calcado SENAI, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil
2023-24
The Lay of the Land, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2023
Mother/Nature, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2019
Come to Me She Said, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2018
She Speaks in Gusts and Cyclones, Dana Hall Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Entwined, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Seeing As We Are, The Allen Center, Newton, MA
Ohne Titel, SOON Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBTIONS
2025
Smalls, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
Oak Spring: Seeding Artists, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2024
We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, NY
Re/Pose, Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University, KS
Oak Spring: A Place to Grow, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, Upperville, VA
2023
Art Miami, Gallery NAGA, Miami, FL
2022
Art Miami, Gallery NAGA, Miami, FL
2021
Night Vision: Nocturnal Musings by NAGA Artists, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2020
Awaken: Conjuring Our Tomorrow, Salem State University, MA
Holiday Pop-Up Exhibition, SoWa, Boston, MA
Virtual Summer Camp: New Work by NAGA Artists, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2019
House-trained: Contemporary Depictions of Dogs, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA
2018
Violence Transformed: Stand Together, Tufts University
Art Galleries, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Fantastical, Political, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
Crossing Borders, Parker Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Art Elevated, Garment District Alliance, New York, NY
2017
Mortal Coil, Manhattan Art and Antiques Center, New York, NY
Violence Transformed: Under Siege, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Viridian Artists 28th National Competition, New York, NY
Up/Rooted, National Juried Exhibition, Brookline Arts Center, MA
Inaugural Alumni Show, SMFA Boston, MA
Picture Social Justice and Human Rights, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, MA
2016
Danforth Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA
Insider/Outsider Nation, Resnikoff Gallery at the Media Arts Center, Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA
Patterns, National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, MA
On the Periphery: the Edge of Sight, UForge Gallery, Boston, MA
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