BIOGRAPHY:
Born in 1971,in the city of Belem, an exotic gateway to the Amazon in the state of Para (Brazil) to a Syrian father and a Brazilian mother and currently living and working in Miami, Florida, USA.
EDUCATION:
BFA - Academy of Fine Arts - School Of Visual Arts - USEP Sao Paulo Brazil 1990- 1995
Major: Painting and Drawing
The Printing Academy at Parque Lage - Rio de Janeiro 1995 - 1997
Lithography, Etching,Printing
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
VIP magazine: Miami,Fl 2005
Irreversible Magazine: Art Basel edition 2008 Miami,Fl 2008
Jornal do Brasil ,July 2009
SELECTED REVIEWS:
http://www.jaunted.com/maps/Art-Galleries-in-New-York/2007/11/18/221551/83/travel/Art+Galleries+In+New+York:+Agora
http://davidleewilson.blogspot.com/2007/11/bar-da-boa.html
http://www.wahcenter.net/exhibits/2008/salon/
http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/the-latest-williamsburg-salon-art-club-show/
http://dart.fine-art.com/m.asp?im=103954
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2004-12-02/culture/art-basel-events
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
BB Museum of Contemporary Emerging Art Award
Blue Rose Foundation for Women Artists 2002
CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION:
Brazilian Cultural Empowerment 2006
Miami Dade County Sister Cities - 2008
SHORT ARTIST STATEMENT:
For me, the practice of the Artist is an expression of the edges of experience - the foggy areas of our awareness. Through exploration, the fog clears, the edges recede, and these areas become the domain of science.
I started painting at age of 8, time when my favorite artistic practice was tracing images of top models faces from magazines like Marie Claire, I would transfer these images to a regular white letter paper and then color it with my mom's make up, the figures were somewhat exaggerated, most definitely not your regular child's drawing where houses sing to happy smiling little clouds, and through the growing years of increasing awareness of beauty and power depicting my own images, this paradox has not only persisted but acquired a new lease in my painting as my experience reaches the clarity, the fogginess is finally gone.
My latest work is a recent examination of fashion and beauty with a strong female lead. I make use of turbulent colors and amorphous forms entwining in an french baroque environment that moves around the graceful yet strong female warriors, their birds, and their flowers; the Magnolias and wild Roses. I layer the shapes that shifts and morphs throughout time and space, using in abundance colors like turquoise and pinks. Through experience, I have prioritized the artistic resources that I think is imperative for painting the human figure. I don't tend to use models or photographs, always working from my imagination. I feel very confident in representing the human figure - redeeming the values of classical art from a contemporary perspective, being always open to change, and I am influenced by everything that moves me.
SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO SHOWS:
2010 - Williamsburg Museum Brooklyn NY
2009 - Climate Gallery - Long island City NY
2009 - Amarin Cafe - WAH Center, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn August 2009
2008 - Perry Milou Gallery August/September 2008
2008 - WAH Center, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn,NY
2007- Agora Gallery, Chelsea,NY
2007- Mi Arte Gallery, Coral Gables
2006 - Agora Gallery, Chelsea,NY
2006 - The Art Corporation, Design District, Miami
2006 - Art Basel/Design District, Miami
2005 - Art Basel/Design District Miami
2004 - Serious Studios/ Miami
2004 - Tony Winn/Design District /Miami
2003 - PIAG Museum/ Coral Gables
2003- Lawyers of America Festival/Coral Gables
2002 - PIAG Museum/ Coral Gables
2001- Jacques Mournier gallery, Nice, France
1998 - Green Garden expo/Belem, Brazil
1997 - National Art presentation/ Campinas,Brazil
1996 -Juliano Belsque Art Salon/ Sao Paulo Brazil