Bio_
I was born in Rio de Janeiro. I spent a lot of time backstage at theaters and on movie sets, listening to Brazilian music, drawing and painting at home on a semi-daily basis. My mother, a librarian at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio, and my father, a movie and theater producer, awakened my taste for the arts at an early age. That’s how I came to study Industrial Design at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro before moving on to the Istituto d’Árte Lorenzo De’ Médici in Florence and the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. After returning to Brazil I settled in the city of São Paulo, where I have lived ever since. From there, I built a career as a commercial photographer in parallel to my work as a visual artist.
My journey as an artist was born of the passion shared for professors of Art History who crossed my path. Today, in my projects, I try to observe society based on what is close to me, from the ordinary particulars of daily life, almost like a chronicler of myself. Whether it’s the person sleeping by my side, the neighbors I observe from the window, the people stuck with me in traffic or sitting in the same movie theater, the planes that fly over my head, the maternity hospital where my daughter was born, or the environments that surrounds my commercial work. Observing society through the individual causes me to reflect on contemporary themes such as surveillance, privacy, forgetting, polarization and encounters, as well as the social issues that I find troubling.
To all who have come here today, I hope you have a great visit, enjoy and connect with the art that has been with me throughout the course of my life. Warm regards!
Awards and Nominations_
Selected for the São Paulo Cultural Center (CCSP) Exhibition Program
2018 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Agnaldo Farias, Lizette Lagnado e Luiza Proença
Nominated for Best Photography Book of the Year by IMS / ZUM Magazine
2017 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curator: Rosely Nakagawa
Winner of the Brazil Photography Award
2016 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Ronaldo Entler, Ana Maria Beluzzo, Cristiano Mascaro, Cildo Oliveira e Lucia Py
Finalist of the XIII Conrado Wessel Foundation Award for Photography
2015 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Rúbens Fernandes, Daigo Oliva, Gilvan Barreto e Ronaldo Entler
Finalist of the XII Conrado Wessel Foundation Award for Photography
2014 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Rúbens Fernandes, Helouise Costa, Cláudia Sanz, Mariano Klautau, Pedro David e Ronaldo Entler
Portfolio Reading Scholarship for Houston Fotofest
2014 – Houston, USA
Curators: Ricardo Resende, Eder Chiodetto, Rúbens Fernandes, Iatã Cannabrava e Claudi Carreras
Nomination for the Descubrimientos PHoto España Award
2013 – Madrid, Spain
Curator: Emily Adams
Abril Journalism Photographic Award in Behavior Category
2005 – São Paulo, Brazil
Acquisition Award of the 14th National Art Salon of Itajaí
2018 – Itajaí (SC), Brazil
Curator: Célia Barros
Winner of the I Gávea Photography Award
2016 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Curators: Mariano Klautau, Diógenes Moura, Flávia Pedras, Isabel Amado e Ana Stewart
Nomination for the Descubrimientos PHoto España Award
2015 – Madrid, Spain
Curator: Emily Adams
Finalist at the 39th Contemporary Art Salon of Ribeirão Preto Nacional
2014 – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Curators: Gilberto Mariotti, João Loureiro, Nilton Campos e Rejane Cintrão
Finalist of the V Daily Contemporary Photography Award
2014 – Belém, Brazil
Curators: Mariano Klautau. Rúbens Fernandes e Alexandre Santos
Nomination for the PHoto España Transatlántica Award AECID
2013 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Eder Chiodetto, Thyago Nogueira, Paul Wombell
Bronze Lion Cannes International Advertising Festival
2009 – Cannes, France
Art Exhibitions_
Constructed Landscapes – Oscar Niemeyer Museum
2018 – Curitiba, Brazil
Curator: Agnaldo Farias
Utopic Urbanism - Gávea Gallery
2018 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Curator: Leno Veras
Antilogies – São Paulo State Art Gallery (Pinacoteca)
2017 – São Paulo, Brasil
Curator: Mariano Klautau Filho
Caixa Biennial New Artists
2015 – São Paulo, Brasil
Curator: Rosemeire Odahara Graça
39th Contemporary National Art Salon of Ribeirão Preto
2014 – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Curators: Gilberto Mariotti, João Loureiro, Nilton Campos e Rejane Cintrão
Latent Element - Sesc Santana
2014 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curator: Emily Adams
Post-landscape - Art Londrina UEL
2013 – Londrina, Brazil
Curators: Ricardo Resende e Danillo Villa
15th Photography Week in Ribeirão Preto
2012 – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Curators: Paulo Myiada, Ricardo Resende e Nilton Campos
Selected for the Exhibition Program Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto (MARP)
2004 – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Curator: Nílton Campos
3rd Floor School - ``All Photos from the Third Floor``
1999 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curator: Eduardo Brandão
28th Edition of the São Paulo Cultural Center Exhibition Program - CCSP
2018 – São Paulo, Brazil
Curators: Agnaldo Farias, Lisette Lagnado, Luíza Proença
14th National Art Salon of Itajaí
2018 – Itajaí (SC), Brazil
Curator: Célia Barros
Brazil Photography Award (Porto Seguro)
2015 – São Paulo Brasil
Curators: Ronaldo Entler, Ana Maria Beluzzo, Cristiano Mascaro, Cildo Oliveira e Lucia Py
VIII Porto Alegre International Photography Festival
2015 – Porto Alegre, Brasil
Curator: Carlos Carvalho
V Daily Contemporary Photography Award
2014 – Belém, Brazil
Curators: Mariano Klautau. Rúbens Fernandes e Alexandre Santos
Latent Element - Casa das Américas PHoto España
2014 – Madrid, Spain
Curator: Emily Adams
While Time - Oswald de Andrade Cultural Workshop
2012 – São Paulo, Brasil
Curator: Galciane Neves
The Image of The Sound: Chico Buarque at the Imperial Palace
2000 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Public And Private Collections_
São Paulo State Art Gallery (Pinacoteca)
São Paulo, Brazil
Itajaí Cultural Foundation
Santa Catarina, Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer Museum - MON
Paraná, Brazil
Brazil Photography Award Collection (Porto Seguro)
São Paulo, Brazil