FAAP in the MAM Collection: The Formation of the Artist

An independently trained artist, he studied drawing and painting in artists' studios and attended the free lithography course at FAAP. In the 1980s, he also graduated from the Piolin Academy of Circus Arts and joined the Picadeiro Circus School, an experience that profoundly marked his visual imagination. He has worked as an art educator in institutions such as... MAM Sao Paulo, where she taught metal engraving. Her work focuses primarily on painting, in addition to drawing, engraving, and watercolor, exploring dense narrative compositions that combine references from literature, medieval iconography, surrealism, and mass culture, especially comic books. Fantastic figures, circus characters, and imaginary architectures appear in scenes full of details and graphic textures. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of Pinacoteca of São Paulo, MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Rio Art Museum e Cartier Foundation pour l'art contemporain, France.

He worked between kitsch and pop art references, using various techniques, notably screen printing, graffiti, and set design, to represent, with critical humor, elements of Brazilian mass culture from the second half of the 20th century. He held his first solo exhibition at the Association of Friends of the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (1970) and, the following year, graduated in Visual Communication from [institution name missing]. FAAPwhere he began teaching drawing. He appropriated playful and everyday elements, such as consumer goods, urban characters, and the world of the circus, as well as more political symbols in mural works that criticized the harshness of the then-current military regime, such as the iconic installation The Roast Chicken Queen's Festival (1985), presented at 18th Bienal de São Pauloin which the overlapping of objects, graffiti, and screen prints simulated the interior of a middle-class house filled with icons of consumer society. He died prematurely from HIV-related complications on March 27, 1987, a date later established as National Graffiti Day in his honor. In 2013, the MAM Sao Paulo organized Alex Vallauri: São Paulo and New York as support, the largest retrospective ever dedicated to the artist.

He began his training in School of Fine Arts of UFMG and later transferred to the Fine Arts degree program at FAAP (1981), where she taught drawing between 1982 and 1984. One of the leading names in contemporary installation art in Brazil, she develops research focused on the relationship between art, architecture, and design, critically investigating the canon of modern Brazilian architecture and the forms of organization of the national urban space. Her works frequently incorporate materials and devices linked to the architectural universe and furniture, proposing situations that reflect on the experience of the body, circulation, and permanence in built environments. Since 1993, she has been a professor at School of Communications and Arts of USPAmong his recent exhibitions, the following stand out. Lost landscapes (for Lina Bo Bardi) (Glass House, São Paulo, 2025) fractured field (SOS), for the MAM São Paulo Wall Project (2021), and the retrospective In the same place: an anthology by Ana Maria Tavares, at the Pinacoteca of São Paulo (2016).

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2000) and throughout her career has developed a practice focused primarily on sculpture and installation. His work critically investigates the relationships between power, urban space, and social conflicts, taking as its starting point discarded materials and elements found in the streets, such as rubble, construction debris, and everyday objects. By reorganizing these fragments into structures that frequently evoke architectural forms or situations of instability and tension, the artist questions the modes of organization of urban space and the inequalities inscribed in contemporary life. Among his institutional solo exhibitions, the following stand out. Long night, in the Octagon of the Pinacoteca of São Paulo (2021) Casual order, at the Futurdome, in Milan, Italy (2018), and Alaskans, at the São Paulo Cultural Center (2006). Her works are part of the collections of important international institutions such as the Tate Modern, in London, England; and the MoMA, in New York, United States.

assumes vivid astro focus (avaf), a collective of artists founded in 2001, can take on different formations, depending on the different projects in which they are involved. avaf works in a wide range of media, including installations, painting, tapestry, neon, wallpaper, music, etc. It often confronts deep-rooted cultural codes, issues of gender and politics, through an overabundance of colors and shapes. The pseudonym is a fundamental part of his process of working “collectively”: the central intention of his projects is always the creation of a Gesamtkunstwerk [“total work of art”], in which the viewer becomes one with the work of art. Being inclusive is key to carrying out your work. avaf uses color as a universal language, with the intention of ensuring the viewer's participation and commitment. The public is always the centerpiece in all of his projects.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1988), where he was a student of Evandro Carlos Jardim and Nelson Leirner, and also attended the printmaking workshops at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in the 1980s. A painter and printmaker, he develops a production marked by intense chromatic research and a recurring dialogue with the history of art. Throughout his career, he appropriates images from books, encyclopedias, and other visual sources, investigating processes of reproduction, circulation, and transformation of images in contemporary culture. His paintings frequently revisit references from the European pictorial tradition and Brazilian modern art, reworked through decorative patterns, geometric structures, and dense chromatic fields. Among his institutional solo exhibitions, highlights include shows at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2007), at MAM Rio (2007), and at Tomie Ohtake Institute (2003) and at MAM São Paulo (2003). Her career was compiled in the book The neighbor's delightful garden, organized by critic and curator Paulo Herkenhoff and published by Cobogó (2016).

She graduated in Visual Communication from FAAP (1989) and specialized in Photography at the Darmstadt University of Arts, Germany (1991). She works primarily with photography, focusing on human action upon the surrounding reality, whether in nature or in built spaces. Her images feature compositions with strong chromatic appeal, exploring forms, textures, and spatial relationships that create dreamlike atmospheres of suspension and estrangement. Themes such as the relationship between urban architecture and neighboring tropical forests, as well as the conflicts between nature and the development of large cities, are recurrent in her work. Her work engages with the tradition of traveling painters and photographers who worked in Brazil in the 19th century, such as Marc Ferrez. Among her institutional solo exhibitions, the following stand out. Altamira, at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, and Parede, for the Wall Project at MAM São Paulo (2009). Published the books It seems true. (Cosac Naify, 2010) and Hidden water (BEĨ, 2015).

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP (2004). Her practice encompasses performance, drawing, sculpture, and video, with the body as a central element of investigation. In her work, drawing does not appear as preparation or a sketch, but rather as the vestige of an action, a trace produced by the encounter between gesture, material, and space. Thus, the artist frequently explores processes of formal reduction and repetition of gestures, in which the body acts directly on different supports, leaving marks that record the presence and time of the action. Among her participations in recent exhibitions, the following stand out. Suspension, Buenos Aires Contemporary Art Museum, Argentina (2025), dance stories, MASP (2020) and Wave collapseBanco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro (2013).

She works as a visual artist, curator, and writer. She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1995) and holds a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2004). Her work addresses themes such as institutional critique, cultural displacement, symbolic iconoclasm, language, and memory, using and recontextualizing archives, documents, and historical narratives. She works with drawing, installation, text, and video. She has held solo exhibitions. Chain reaction with variable effect at MUSAC, León, Spain (2010), and Elements of beauty: a tea set is never just a tea set, at MASP (2019). Participated in ª 28 e 34th Bienal de São Paulo — in this last one as a guest curator.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1969). In 1981, she obtained her master's degree and, in 1987, her doctorate, both from the School of Communication and Arts at USP, under the guidance of the renowned curator Walter Zanini. Considered one of the most relevant artists in the contemporary Brazilian scene, she develops a production that encompasses drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and installation. In her early works, between the 1960s and 1980s, she investigated technical and material aspects of the artistic process itself, exploring reproduction processes, language, and image construction. From the 1990s onwards, she began to carry out large-scale interventions and installations in urban spaces, proposing critical reflections on architecture, the history of cities, and their social and political dimensions. By working directly in the city and in dialogue with its flows and structures, her work investigates the relationship between art, public space, and collective experience. In addition to her work as an artist, Gross She was also a professor at the School of Communications and Arts of USP For over forty years (1972–2015), he was involved in the training of several generations of artists and researchers. Among his recent institutional exhibitions, the following stand out. Almost circus, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo (2024); mouth of hell, Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre (2024); and stamps, Institute of Contemporary Art, São Paulo (2023).

She graduated in Fine Arts from the School of Communications and Arts at USP (University of São Paulo), specializing in Printmaking (1993), where she also obtained her master's (2001) and doctoral (2013) degrees in Arts. From the beginning of her career, her research has problematized the photographic medium, questioning the boundaries between photography, drawing, and printmaking. The artist constructs landscapes through the juxtaposition of photographic images and incisions made directly on the film, in which drawing emerges as a material intervention on the photographic medium. She has taught at the university level since the 2000s, currently as a faculty member of [Institution Name - missing from original text]. FAAP and University Center of Fine ArtsSince the opening of Moreira Salles Paulista InstituteIn 2017, she worked as a teacher and curator of the institution's photography workshop program. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, and... MASP, from MAC USP and the Pinacoteca of São Paulo.

She graduated in Industrial Design from FAAP (1982), a background that influenced her rigorous approach to painting. She develops a body of work marked by geometric abstraction, in which she investigates the relationships between color, figure, and pictorial space. Her compositions are organized from fields of color, rectangular planes, and subtle gestures, constructing surfaces that oscillate between geometric structure and sensitive atmosphere, exploring the expressive possibilities of abstract painting. Her work is part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, the Padre Anchieta Foundation in São Paulo, and the Brazilian Art Museum of FAAP.

He graduated in Fine Arts from School of Communications and Arts of USP (1982), where he also defended his doctorate (1998). His work is marked by the investigation of the languages ​​of printmaking and the technical possibilities of printing. Working with procedures such as metal engraving, woodcut, lithography, monotype, photography, and digital manipulation, he frequently combines different processes on the same matrix to explore the material complexities of the printed image. His work frequently features themes such as representations of the human body and references to the history of printmaking. In addition to being an artist, he has a strong presence as a university professor. Between 1985 and 2000, he taught printmaking at FAAP and coordinated the Free Printmaking Workshop at [institution name missing]. Lasar Segall Museum (1989–2000). He has been a professor of drawing and printmaking at ECA-USP since 2004, where he became a Full Professor of Drawing (2019).

She holds a degree in Art Education from FAAP (1987) and a doctorate in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2005), with a post-doctorate in Philosophy from the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at USP (2012). A multimedia artist, she has been developing a body of work since the 1980s that encompasses painting, video, photography, performance, and film. Her work primarily reflects on the theme of violence and its relationship to gender, sexuality, and institutional critique, frequently exploring the aggression present in the image itself as a formal procedure. Among her recent institutional exhibitions, the following stand out. Minas Gerais (2022), and The police go, the police come (2017), both at the São Paulo Cultural Center, and The disasters of war, at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2017). She is a professor at ECA-USP, where she teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs in Visual Arts. Her works are part of collections such as those of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, MASP, and the Instituto Moreira Salles.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1984). He works as a sculptor, developing a production marked by the investigation of corporeality and the exploration of three-dimensionality. His works frequently present forms that allude to the human body in an ambiguous way, evoking traces or indications of bodily presences, such as tables and chairs that seem to gain a life of their own. Beginning in the early 1980s, his artistic practice was one of the first in the Brazilian scene to engage with issues related to homosexuality. Among his institutional exhibitions, the following stand out. The volute and other works, at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2004), Edgard de Souza, at the São Paulo Cultural Center (2015), and Edgard de Souza, at the Figueiredo Ferraz Institute, Ribeirão Preto (2016).

She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from FAAP (1980). She works as an artist, illustrator, and educator, frequently blurring the boundaries between these three occupations, developing a body of work primarily focused on drawing and installation. In her work, she investigates drawing as an autonomous practice, often expanding into space and the realm of words, bridging visual arts and literature. She also works as an author of art theory and children's books, as well as an illustrator for publications, having published several books aimed at children and reflecting on drawing, such as... Ways of thinking about design. (2007) Sewing thread (2010) and Between being one and being a thousand: the book as an object and its poetics. (2015).

She studied photography at the Focus School (1991–1992) and graduated in Film from... FAAP (1998), a training that influenced his practice of studying the limits of representing movement in still images. From the mid-1990s onwards, he began to develop research focused on the relationship between body, light, and representation. Using technical resources of photography, such as long exposure times and manipulation of lighting during recording, he creates works in which the body appears diluted in luminous trails and diffuse chromatic fields, as if dancing in the image. These procedures produce dreamlike and fantastic atmospheres that question photography as a direct representation of reality, bringing it closer to a field more akin to drawing and performance. Among his solo exhibitions, the following stand out. A fugitive body, at Sesc Vila Mariana (2010), and Study of human figures / tribute to Francis Bacon, at the Brazilian British Centre, São Paulo (2010).

She holds a degree in Fine Arts from FAAP (1987). She began her production in the late 1980s with printmaking, later expanding her practice to sculpture, drawing, and installation. Her work investigates the relationships between form, matter, and space, exploring the plastic limits of materials such as wood, metal, and fabric, often in large-scale structures and installations. Since 1989 she has also worked as an educator, having taught drawing and printmaking at FAAP. In 2001 she founded, with Ana Cristina Cintra, the Achaia Institute, dedicated to socio-educational projects that offer carpentry, drawing, and engraving workshops for young people in Vila Leopoldina, São Paulo, and in 2019, co-founded the Çarê Institute, focused on the preservation of collections and the implementation of cultural and educational projects. Among its institutional exhibitions, the following stand out. Full stop, no pauses., Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (2011) and Elisa Bracher: living forms, at the Pinacoteca of São Paulo (2023).

He graduated in Fine Arts from the School of Fine Arts of São Paulo (1957) and, in the late 1950s, attended Lívio Abramo's studio in Praça Roosevelt. He works primarily as a printmaker and university professor. He has built a vast body of work marked by metal engraving, with a style strongly based on economy of lines and a predominance of black and white compositions. His work frequently features themes such as the urban landscapes of São Paulo; elements of nature (such as birds, trees, and shells); and representations of literary classics, in visual interpretations of works such as... Macunaima e The divine ComedyHe taught printmaking at FAAP, and in 1972 he joined the Department of Visual Arts at ECA-USP as a professor of drawing and printmaking, where he completed his master's degree under the guidance of Aracy Amaral (1980) and his doctorate under the guidance of Walter Zanini (1989). His works are part of collections such as those of MoMA, New York, MAM São Paulo, MASP and MAC USP.

She graduated in Social Communication from FAAP (1992). She works with video, performance, sculpture, and installations, often conceived as structures or situations governed by their own rules of interaction. Her work frequently draws on references from art history and symbolic elements linked to Brazilian cultural formation, exploring duration, play, and participation as working procedures. Her works are part of collections such as those of the MAM in São Paulo, the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, and the Pinacoteca in São Paulo.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2001). He works as an artist, writer, and researcher, moving between exhibition and publishing spaces, investigating the relationships between visuality and language. His work explores the materiality and spatiality of writing in media such as artist's books, publications, installations, and texts, bridging literary practices and visual arts. He holds a Master's degree in Visual Arts from UDESC, with the dissertation... Site Specific (2013), and holds a doctorate from the same institution, with the thesis Graphic Writing (2020), research focused on writing as a form and procedure in the field of art. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and the Museum of the Portuguese Language, in addition to being present in several collections of artist's books, such as the library of MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States), Tate Library and Archive (London, England) and Bibliothèque Kandinsky Centre Pompidou (Paris, France).

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP and holds a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP, under the guidance of Cláudio Mubarac. He is a co-founder of the Jatobá Cultural Association (AJA) and the Ateliê Espaço Coringa, a collective that, between 1998 and 2009, held exhibitions, publications, videos, and artistic residencies. His work focuses on printmaking, especially woodcuts and large-scale painted reliefs. Working from wooden matrices and large plywood sheets, he develops compositions structured by color fields, layers of printing, and relationships between figure and background, exploring the physical and chromatic dimensions of the print. His works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, the Municipal Secretariat of Culture of Santos, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He received the Arthur Luiz Piza Artistic Residency Award (2015).

He holds a bachelor's degree in Communication from the School of Communications and Arts at USP (1992). He founded the Studio Bed and was a co-founder of the carnival group and cultural association. Lower Augusta AcademicsHis work draws from photography and painting to investigate the ways images circulate in art history. In many pieces, he recreates photographs and paintings using digital prints on reticulated surfaces, bringing the image closer to the logic of graphic printing and highlighting its mediated nature. He also develops sculptures and objects related to image presentation, exploring exhibition supports, frames, and reproduction devices. His works are part of public collections such as those of MAC USP, MAM São Paulo, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, and Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul.

She graduated in Drawing and Sculpture from FAAP (2000). She develops sculptures and objects that investigate relationships between form, matter, and balance, frequently combining noble industrial materials and everyday elements. Her work engages with recurring issues in art history, reinterpreting traditional genres and signs through precise formal constructions and spatial arrangements that produce paradoxical situations between the elements. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, MAM São Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio, and Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto.

Holding a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from FAAP, she also has a postgraduate degree in Photography from the same institution, a Master's degree in Visual Poetics from USP, and a PhD from the Institute of Arts at UNICAMP. Her work focuses on photography and installation, characterized by the creation of scenes set in historical buildings and public spaces. many jobs He occupies listed buildings with helium balloons, carousels, and other elements associated with childhood imagery, producing images that bring together memory, fantasy, and architectural heritage. His interventions temporarily transform these spaces and are subsequently recorded in photographs. His works are part of public collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, MIS São Paulo, MAB FAAP, and the Museum of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1996) and obtained a master's degree (2009) and a doctorate (2016) in Visual Poetics from the School of Communications and Arts at USP. An artist, critic, researcher, and educator, he works at the intersection of art, writing, and critical thought. He is a professor of History, Theory, and Criticism of Art at Escola da Cidade, in the Architecture and Urbanism course, where he coordinates the Spatial Practices Platform and develops curatorial projects such as... The Imaginary Garden at the Ema Klabin Foundation. In the editorial and research field, he is the editor of the electronic journal. Permanent Periodical (Permanent Forum) and author or organizer of publications such as Monometry (2009) Art Today Museum (2011) and Counterconducts: a political-pedagogical action (2016).

They graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1999), where they met and began their collaboration in 1997. They develop a joint practice that moves between video, photography, and installation, frequently exploring constructive systems and technical devices. Their works investigate the mechanisms of image production, often through artificial structures and constructions that produce optical or spatial effects. Their works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto Inhotim, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Museu Nacional da República, and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP. She develops works that move between video, performance, installation and film, frequently structured from actions that highlight the physical effort, sound, electricity or movement necessary for the work to happen. Her works often explore processes of repetition, wear and tear and transformation, creating devices and situations in which the very attempt to make something work or sustain itself becomes a central part of the work. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo and the Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, as well as the Konex collection in Buenos Aires.

He graduated in Architecture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of São Paulo (1984) and obtained a master's degree from Goldsmiths College, London, after receiving a British Council Fellowship (1993). He earned a doctorate in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2004). His work focuses on sculpture, but also extends to drawing, printmaking, photography, and video, investigating the possibilities of three-dimensionality and its relationship to art history. He was a professor of sculpture at FAAP for over two decades (1995–2023). His works are part of public collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from FAAP (1986), an MBA in Master Technology Education from the same institution (2004), and a Master's degree in Communication and Media Culture from UNIP (2020). Her work focuses on printmaking, as well as drawing, illustration, and graphic design, frequently exploring images related to the sea and the aquatic world. Since 1987, she has worked as a professor at FAAP, where she teaches courses related to printmaking, design, and audiovisual media, including animation. She is also a researcher at GEAA – Grupo de Estudos Arte Ásia (Asian Art Studies Group), affiliated with UNIFESP and USP.

A graduate in Fine Arts from FAAP (1977), he was instrumental in the use of xerox as an artistic medium in Brazil. His work, deeply marked by this technique, articulates themes such as self-representation, homoeroticism, and institutional critique. He founded the 3NÓS3 collective (1979-1982), known for its transgressive actions in public spaces during the military dictatorship. He worked at the Pinacoteca de São Paulo as an art educator and curator, in addition to coordinating the Xerography Center (1975–1981). At the same institution, he had his major retrospective and panoramic exhibition Explícito (2020). He also participated in the 16th and 18th São Paulo Biennials (1981, 1985), the 3rd Mercosul Biennial (2001), and the Panoramas of Brazilian Art (1980 and 1984).

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from FAAP (1986). Her work focuses on drawing, sculpture, and installation, investigating the relationships between visual perception, object, and space. Her work often starts with everyday objects, reinterpreted with strong formal precision and in dialogue with the vocabulary of industrial design. Economy of means, appropriation of objects and displacement from their original context of use, and chromatic reduction, frequently based on white, gray, and black, are recurring elements in her research. Her works are part of national institutional collections such as MASP, MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and Instituto Inhotim, as well as international collections such as the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), Argentina; and MoMA, New York, United States.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1984), an institution where she taught between 1987 and 1989. Her work is characterized by the collection, accumulation, and reorganization of everyday objects, frequently linked to the world of consumption, such as banknotes, cigarette packs, plastic bags, and other banal materials. These elements are grouped and reconfigured into sculptures, installations, and series that explore relationships of repetition, color, typology, and seriality. By displacing these objects from their original function, the artist investigates the systems of value, circulation, and classification that organize daily life, establishing dialogues with conceptual art, minimal art, and the tradition of Marcel Duchamp's ready-made. Her works are part of important national and international collections, such as MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, MoMA, New York, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

She holds a degree in Fine Arts from FAAP (1995) and a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2007). Her work focuses on sculpture, often derived from drawing, using everyday objects and structures, such as furniture, games, or architectural elements, to investigate relationships between form, function, and representation. Her works often transform these familiar references into strange or unusable objects, exploring ambiguities between image and object. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio, Museu de Arte de Santo André, and the CCSP City Art Collection.

He studied Fine Arts at FAAP (1981). He was one of the central figures of the so-called Generation 80, developing a body of work marked by a strong autobiographical dimension that spans drawing, painting, embroidery, weaving, and installation. His works frequently combine words, symbols, and delicate forms to construct intimate and poetic narratives about affection, desire, and vulnerability. Themes related to the experience of homosexuality, love, and illness are central to his work, especially in the late 1980s, in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, which led to his premature death. His memory and collection are preserved by [the institution/organization - context needed]. Leonilson Project, dedicated to the research, preservation, and dissemination of its archive and work. Recent institutional exhibitions include Leonilson: Now, what about the opportunities?, MASP (2024), Leonilson: protective mountains and in the distance, volcanoes, rivers, hurricanes, seas, abysses and friendships., Pinacoteca do Ceará (2024) and Leonilson: Truth, Fiction, Pinacoteca de São Paulo (2014).

He graduated in painting from the National School of Fine Arts (1941). Early in his career he worked as an assistant to Candido Portinari, also participating in the execution of the iconic panel from the Church of Saint Francis of AssisiBorn in Belo Horizonte (1945). In 1967 he began teaching painting at FAAP. He developed an entirely figurative production, dedicated mainly to painting, as well as engraving and sculpture. His recurring themes include still lifes, human figures, portraits and landscapes, treated with strong attention to the structure of the composition and the modulation of color. His painting dialogues with traditions of 20th-century modern art, especially with the legacy of Cézanne, articulating volumes and planes in solid compositions. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MoMA, New York; MAM São Paulo, MASP and Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1983), an institution where she also taught in the late 1980s. Her work spans drawing, sculpture, and installation, with a strong focus on the relationship between the artwork, architecture, and public space. Many of her works operate as spatial interventions that explore verticality and horizontality, creating situations of displacement and estrangement in the viewer's perception. Using diverse materials and large-scale structures, her installations frequently engage in dialogue with the architectural and urban environment. In 2003, she co-founded, along with other artists, the teaching and research space Oficina Virgílio in São Paulo. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, Centro Cultural São Paulo, and Itaú Cultural.

He was a multimedia artist, researcher, and professor. He settled in Brazil in the late 1960s and developed a body of work focused on the relationships between art, visual communication, and emerging technologies of the period. His work engages with concrete poetry and investigates the articulation between text, image, and space in media such as artist's books, mail art, videotext, fax, holography, and digital computing, being one of the pioneers in the country in the artistic exploration of these media. He was intensely active in academia, teaching at the School of Communication and Arts at USP (University of São Paulo), where he participated in the creation of the specialization in Multimedia and Intermedia and the postgraduate program in Visual Arts. He had extensive joint collaborations on projects and research with the artist Regina Silveira, to whom he was married. He also taught at FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado), PUC-SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo), and Unicamp (University of Campinas), contributing to the training of generations of artists interested in the relationships between art and technology. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo (Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo), MAC USP (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo), Pinacoteca de São Paulo (São Paulo Art Gallery), and MAB FAAP (Museum of Brazilian Art of the University of São Paulo).

Karola Braga graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2015) and holds a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2021). She develops a body of work centered on the investigation of smell as a language in the visual arts, being one of the pioneers in Brazil in artistic and theoretical research on olfactory experiences. Her works explore the relationship between smell, memory, and perception, creating installations and devices that activate individual and collective memories through sensory stimuli. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAB FAAP, and the Eva Klabin Museum.

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP (1996). Her work spans various media, frequently exploring the image as a three-dimensional object. Self-portraiture is a recurring theme in her work, often presented in real scale or articulated with structures and objects that bring the body closer to playful or mechanical devices. Her works investigate relationships between identity, representation, and staging, creating situations that combine elements of the children's universe with references to adult daily life. Her works are part of public collections such as that of the MAM São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (1982), where she also completed her master's and doctoral degrees in Visual Poetics (2003). A printmaker, sculptor, and professor, she develops a body of work marked by the investigation of the processes and materials of metal engraving, frequently shifting the metal matrix from its traditional printing function to treat it as a three-dimensional object and structure. Her research articulates classical techniques of this language with industrial procedures and experimentation with materials such as brass and polymers, bringing printmaking and sculpture closer together. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAC USP, MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1984). She is recognized as one of the most important artists in contemporary Brazilian art. Her early work engages with the pop art universe and the appropriation of images from everyday visual culture, using existing prints and figures as a starting point for paintings that comment on the massive circulation of images. From the late 1980s onwards, her work began to incorporate fabrics and household materials as supports, such as quilts, towels, flannels, and curtains, creating works situated between painting and sculpture. In this process, the artist explores the tactile and structural qualities of these materials, an investigation that forms the basis of her seminal doctoral thesis at the School of Communication and Arts of USP. The poetics of softness (2003), dedicated to the study of softened forms and padded surfaces in art. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MASP, MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo and Instituto Inhotim.

She studied Architecture and Urbanism at UFRGS and graduated in Cinema from FAAP (2007). Her work spans photography, video, and installation, characterized by the creation of optical apparatuses and experimental image capture devices. Instead of using conventional equipment, the artist frequently builds her own machines, investigating the material conditions of photography and movement. Her work engages with the history of photography and experimental cinema, employing techniques such as cyanotype and microfilm, and combining scientific observation and creative imagination. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, CCSP, Instituto Moreira Salles, and Itaú Cultural.

She graduated in Art Education from FAAP (1997). Her work focuses on metal engraving, as well as drawing and installation, characterized by the recombination of small matrices and the construction of image sequences. Her works frequently articulate text and image in intimate compositions, akin to a visual diary, where gestures, memories, and everyday situations are reorganized into fragmented narratives. Her work also investigates the overlapping of manual and graphic processes, combining formal rigor and technical experimentation. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2003). Her work spans performance, photography, video, drawing, and installation, with the body as the central axis of investigation. In many works, the artist uses her own body as an instrument to explore tensions between nature and culture, placing it in direct relation to the city, the landscape, and everyday objects. Her actions and records investigate how this presence adapts and reacts to the stimuli of urban space and the transformations of the natural environment, highlighting the contradictions between these fields. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Museu de Arte do Rio, and Instituto Inhotim.

Lives and works in Berlin. Graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP and studied at the Art Students League in New York. Her work spans installation, photography, video, and drawing, frequently investigating relationships between architecture, landscape, and human presence. She has participated in important international group exhibitions, such as the 25th São Paulo Biennial (2002), as well as the Gwangju Biennial in China and the Havana Biennial in Cuba, where she presented site-specific installations.

She graduated in Social Communication from UFMG (1994) and completed a master's degree at the University of Plymouth, England (2006). In 2019, she completed her doctorate in Architecture and Urbanism at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of USP, with the thesis... From the invisible to the surroundings: art and informational spaceDevelops a production Focused on the relationships between art, technology, and urban space, working with video, installation, film, and experimental audiovisual projects. Since the late 1980s, he has critically investigated the ways in which digital devices, networks, and information systems permeate daily life and public spaces. He also works as a professor at FAAP and as a researcher in the field of art and new media. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and Associação Cultural Videobrasil.

She graduated in Fine Arts from UFRGS (1989), where she also completed a master's degree in Visual Arts (2000). In 2008, she obtained a doctorate in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP, under the guidance of Carlos Fajardo, with the thesis... altered states of place, a theoretical synthesis of the main points of her work. Her production develops in dialogue with architecture and with modes of spatial perception, investigating above all the incidence of light, its chromatic variations and its effects on the experience of the environment. Through interventions in windows, facades and translucent surfaces, she visually reorganizes existing spaces and creates new relationships between interior and exterior. She was one of the founders of the Arte Construtora group, and also co-founded collective projects such as JAMAC and there:eastShe works as a teacher and researcher, having taught at institutions such as UFRGS and FAAP, and is currently a member of the Department of Visual Arts at ECA USP. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio, and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from FAAP (1985). Her work spans painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and installation, although painting occupies a central role in her trajectory. Her work is characterized by figurative images of strong technical elaboration, with a focus on landscape representations, constructed from the dialogue between painting and photography. The observation of light and the effects of focus and blur constitutes a fundamental element of her process, exploring relationships between presence, memory, and the perception of the moment. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo and MAB FAAP.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1980). At the beginning of his career, he was part of the so-called Generation 80, participating in the resurgence of painting in the Brazilian art scene after the period of predominance of conceptual languages. His production ranges from painting, monotype, sculpture, photography, video, and installation, although pictorial investigation remains at the center of his trajectory. With a vibrant and luminous palette, he develops dense compositions that combine figuration, abstraction, and geometric elements. Foliage, landscapes, and plant patterns frequently appear in his paintings and monotypes, revealing an interest in observing nature and studying organic textures and patterns. In more recent works, the artist also dedicates himself to critical revisions of art history, especially the tradition of painting in Brazil. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MASP, MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Itaú Cultural, and Instituto Inhotim.

A graduate in Fine Arts from FAAP (1973), she moved to New York the following year, where she studied at the Pratt Graphics Center and the Creative Artists Public Service Program. Since the 1970s, she has investigated spatial perception through geometric abstraction and materiality, creating ingenious compositions with threads, acrylic paint, and industrial materials that suggest three-dimensionality in dialogue with the exhibition architecture. Her work articulates painting, installation, and sculpture with conceptual and formal rigor. She participated in several editions of the São Paulo Biennial throughout the 1970s, and her work is part of the collections of prestigious national institutions, such as MAM São Paulo, and international institutions, such as MoMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both in New York, United States, and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1996). He began his career in photography in the second half of the 1980s, working as an assistant in advertising studios and participating in courses and exhibitions dedicated to photographic language. His work critically investigates the nature of the photographic image, exploring technical procedures that shift photography from the field of recording to a territory closer to experimentation. By subjecting images to successive reproductions, his works question the relationships between objectivity, invention, and visual memory. He currently works through Foto Fósforo Estúdio, founded by the artist in 1994. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MASP, and MIS São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2002). Her work straddles the boundaries of installation and sculpture, frequently through the appropriation and displacement of materials and signs from urban space. Using elements such as concrete, metal, glass, and spray paint, her works investigate the relationships between architecture, city, and power, addressing themes such as violence, segregation, and control in public space. By mobilizing references from modern architecture and urbanism, she constructs a critical reflection on the ideals of modernization in Brazil and its social contradictions. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MASP, Tate Modern, and Museo Tamayo.

He graduated with a degree in Design from FAAP (1969). He began his career as a printmaker and soon dedicated himself to painting, approaching pop art and the graphic language of comic books, with works marked by humor, irony, and a strong presence of visual elements from urban culture. From the 1960s onwards, he also began to explore industrial materials and unconventional formats, developing sculptures and large-scale projects. Throughout his career, he has worked in painting, sculpture, experimental film, and intermedia. His works are part of museum collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and the Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Visual Communication from FAAP (1989). Her work begins with photography and explores landscape, horizon, and architecture, often using optical devices, light boxes, and structures that alter image perception. In her work, she utilizes lenses, mirrors, and water refraction to produce visual distortions and displacements, exploring the boundaries between recording and constructing the image. She began her career in the 1990s with series of photographic self-portraits and later expanded her research to formal investigations of light, vision, and spatiality. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, MAC Ribeirão Preto, and the Société Générale d'Art Contemporain, France.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Art Education from FAAP (1997). His work spans installation, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video, with the central focus being the investigation of space and perception. Using minimal procedures and everyday objects, the artist reorganizes architectural elements and simple materials to produce situations of perceptual displacement, often resorting to optical effects. In his works, color, measurement, and spatial arrangement are mobilized to question the stability of objects and ways of seeing. His works are part of public collections such as those of MASP, MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, and Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1984) and completed a master's degree in Drawing and Art History from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2001). Her work focuses primarily on drawing, in addition to painting, exploring themes such as the human figure, still life, and landscape based on everyday scenes. Since the 1990s, she has worked as a drawing teacher at FAAP. In 1998, she received the Jabuti Prize in the children's and young adult category for the graphic design of her book. Maria Martins: Mystery of Forms, by Katia Canton. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and the Wifredo Lam Cultural Center, Cuba.

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP (2006), where she also earned a master's degree. She is considered one of the leading names of the new generation of artists in the Brazilian contemporary art scene. Her work focuses primarily on painting, with large-scale canvases mainly dedicated to landscape. Beginning her career with more figurative works, her research progressively shifts towards abstraction, maintaining references to horizons, mountains, and natural formations dissolved into fields of color and marked pictorial gestures. With a strong emphasis on the materiality of paint and the construction of the surface, her work is characterized by a profoundly pictorial investigation. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of the Centre Georges Pompidou, France, Instituto Inhotim, MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, and Instituto Itaú Cultural.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1982). Her work focuses primarily on painting, in addition to drawing, characterized by large-format canvases where the overlapping layers of paint create dense surfaces and plays of concealment and revelation of form. Her compositions frequently evoke elements of the landscape, such as clouds and natural phenomena, exploring the material and chromatic possibilities of pictorial language. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo and the MAM São Paulo.

He graduated in Design from FAAP (1968). He is one of the great exponents of conceptual art in Brazil, with a prolific career that spans various languages ​​and media, including painting, drawing, mail art, xerography, and artist's books, among others. Since the late 1960s, he has developed works with a strong political dimension, incorporating images from mass culture, slogans, and graphic procedures to discuss censorship, violence, and forms of social control. He was a pioneer in the use of alternative media as means of production and circulation of artwork, exploring techniques of large-scale reproduction and communication. He also worked as a teacher, lecturing at FAAP, the School of Communication and Arts at USP, and São Judas Tadeu University. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, MAB FAAP, and the Japanese Immigration Memorial.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1999). Her work focuses primarily on painting, initially marked by faceless human figures represented through visual codes such as clothing and gestures, in open scenes that suggest reflections on identity and recognition. Throughout her career, these images have been gradually replaced by everyday elements, plants, and still lifes, in compositions that progressively tend towards abstraction. A retrospective book organized by critic and professor Marcos Moraes was published by Editora Cobogó (2015). Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, MAM Bahia, Salvador; Museu de Arte do Rio and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto.

He graduated in Cinema from FAAP (1993). He is one of the leading photographers in the contemporary Brazilian scene, developing since the late 1980s a production made exclusively with analog photography. Almost always using high-sensitivity black and white film, he produces grainy images that explore relationships between memory, time, and urban experience. His photographs frequently address modern Brazilian architecture, landscapes and everyday scenes of large cities, as well as political events and moments of public life, often recorded from peripheral or silent perspectives. Throughout his career, he has built a vast archive of images that investigates the boundaries between document, memory, and visual narrative. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MoMA, Tate Modern, SFMOMA, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Instituto Inhotim, MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and Instituto Moreira Salles.

She graduated in Advertising and Public Relations from FAAP (1982) and holds a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (2016). Her work spans painting, drawing, and multimedia, exploring the relationships between language, city, memory, and abstraction. In various series, she incorporates fragments of texts and writing systems into her compositions, connecting her research to reflections on communication and contemporary thought, in dialogue with authors such as the philosopher Vilém Flusser. She also works as a teacher and researcher, having taught at FAAP since the early 1990s and developing art and drawing training activities in various open courses. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAB FAAP, MAC Paraná, Espaço Cultural dos Correios, Rio de Janeiro, and the Flusser Archive, Germany.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1983). She began her career as a painter and printmaker, but from the 1990s onwards, she directed her practice towards social interventions in urban spaces, especially in neighborhoods far from major centers. She developed mural painting projects in cities in the interior of São Paulo and, later, in the outskirts of the capital, involving residents in the creation of paintings on facades using techniques such as stenciling. In 2004, she founded the Jardim Miriam Arte Clube (JAMAC), in the southern zone of São Paulo, which became an international reference in collective artistic practices, articulating painting, cultural training, and actions of education and citizenship. Her work highlights the potential of art as a tool for social transformation. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

She graduated in Architecture and Urbanism from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at USP (1992) and holds a master's degree in Printmaking from the Royal College of Art, London (1999). Her work spans screen printing, printmaking, design, and other graphic practices, frequently combining artisanal and industrial processes. In her projects, she investigates the possibilities of circulating printed images and their relationship with public space, also carrying out actions in urban spaces and printing workshops. She works as a teacher and researcher, having taught screen printing, printmaking, and visual arts at various educational institutions and cultural projects throughout the country. Her work is part of the collection of the MAM São Paulo (Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo).

Son of the sculptor Felicia Leirner Born to businessman and collector Isaí Leirner, both involved in the founding of MAM São Paulo, he grew up in an environment close to the artistic milieu. He developed a prolific career marked by institutional critique and an ironic, restless, and sarcastic stance towards the art system. He worked with painting, drawing, printmaking, installation, happenings, and objects, frequently appropriating images and materials from mass culture. In many works, he reorganizes these elements into cumulative and ironic compositions that question market values, authorship, and the very notion of a work of art. In 1966, he co-founded, along with other artists, the Rex Group, which created the Rex Gallery & Sons and the Rex Time newspaper as alternatives to traditional institutions. In the 1970s and 1980s, he deepened his conceptual work, encouraging public participation and reflection on art circuits. From the 1980s onwards, he also taught at FAAP and the School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MASP, MAC USP and Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

He began his artistic training in Athens and later studied sculpture in Paris, at the Académie de La Grande Chaumière with Ossip Zadkine, and at the Académie du Feu with László Szabó. He settled in São Paulo in 1961 and developed a body of work dedicated primarily to sculpture, moving between figuration and abstraction in investigations of rhythm, plane, and spatial structure. He worked with different materials and scales, especially metal and brass, creating compositions that articulate organic and geometric forms. Alongside his artistic production, he taught at FAAP, where he lectured on three-dimensional expression for several decades. His works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo and MAC USP.

He began his training in the drawing teacher training course at FAAP (1954) and at the Atelier-Abstração, of Samson FlexorIn 1957, he founded the Douchez-Nicola Atelier with Jacques Douchez, dedicated to the production of tapestries, which operated until 1980 and played a central role in the renewal of modern tapestry in Brazil. Recognized as one of the leading names in this art form in the country, he developed works that span various media, with a focus on tapestries and "woven forms," ​​often three-dimensional, made with diverse materials such as wool, sisal, plant fibers, roots, feathers, and vines. From the 1970s onwards, he also became a collector and researcher of indigenous feather art, organizing the exhibition Feather Art in Brazil at MAM São Paulo (1980). In 2021, the museum held the exhibition The firebirds will take flight again: the woven forms of Jacques Douchez and Norberto Nicola., dedicated to its production.

She graduated in Fine Arts from the School of Communication and Arts at USP (1983). Her work focuses on painting and drawing, characterized by a rigorous investigation of color, light, and the structure of pictorial space. Throughout her career, her painting has transitioned from compositions that still suggested figurative elements to an increasingly radical abstraction, structured by defined chromatic fields and the geometric organization of vertical and horizontal planes and lines. With precise palettes, she explores subtle tonal variations and balanced relationships between color and form, constructing images of a strong contemplative character. Alongside her artistic production, she has been intensely involved in teaching, lecturing at institutions such as FASM and FAAP, as well as giving courses in museums and cultural centers. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, and MAC USP.

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP (1999). Her work articulates art, city, and urban mobility, frequently influenced by her experience as a paraplegic. She works with sculpture, installation, urban intervention, drawing, and landscape design, investigating forms of circulation, permanence, and exclusion in public spaces. Her research also incorporates elements of landscape and botany in projects that bring together art, architecture, and the environment. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, MAM Bahia, and the SESC Collection of Brazilian Art.

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP and holds a master's and doctorate in Visual Arts from the School of Communication and Arts, USP, with postdoctoral studies at UNESP. Her work spans installation, video, photography, and drawing, investigating the relationships between image, space, and memory, frequently in dialogue with territories, displacements, and processes of symbolic construction of the landscape. Alongside her artistic production, she works as a teacher and researcher, having taught at institutions such as FAAP and UNICAMP and currently being part of the Department of Arts at UFRN. Her works are part of institutional collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, the National Museum of Fine Arts, MAC Paraná, MAC Ceará, and MARP.

She graduated in Painting from the Institute of Arts at UFRGS (1959), where the guidance she received as a student from Iberê Camargo was decisive for her understanding of technique as an instrument for investigating the image. She is one of the leading names in Brazilian contemporary art, with a prolific career spanning more than five decades and multiple languages. Her work investigates regimes of visual representation, exploring issues such as distortions of perspective, shadow projections, and shifts in perception in relation to architectural space. In many works, she creates illusory images that seem to expand or alter the architecture of the environments, blurring the lines between reality and representation. She works with diverse media, such as printmaking, screen printing, installation, video, projections, cut vinyl, and site-specific interventions, frequently articulating appropriated images and graphic operations that question power, politics, and visual culture. She has been a teacher and researcher at the School of Communication and Arts at USP since 1974, where she played a central role in the training of several generations of artists. His works are part of collections such as MoMA, New York, MAM São Paulo, MASP, Pinacoteca de São Paulo and MAC USP.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2001). Her work spans installation, video, photography, and sound, exploring the relationships between light, color, and space. In many pieces, she uses light projections, digital resources, and sound elements to transform the perception of the environment, creating chromatic atmospheres that envelop the viewer's body. Her works frequently explore the physical phenomena of light and void, organizing spatial experience as a kind of sensory composition. Her work is part of the collection of MAM São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP. Her work focuses on photography, dedicated to investigating the urban landscape and the transformations of the contemporary city. Her works frequently address themes such as urban mobility, infrastructure, and the construction and demolition processes that shape metropolises. Using analog cameras and large-format prints, she creates images of strong scale and monumentality, in which tunnels, construction sites, and transforming terrains reveal rarely seen dimensions of the city. She has participated in urban photography exhibitions at various national and international institutions. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAM Rio, and MAM Bahia.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP, where she also completed her teaching degree (1997). Her work focuses primarily on printmaking, as well as drawing and photography, investigating the image as a construction and a process of transformation. In many works, she starts with photographs of landscapes that are subsequently altered through graphic procedures, scraping, and interventions. Her research revolves around the memory of the landscape, exploring printmaking as a field of subtraction and visual reconstruction. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, the Instituto Peruano Norteamericano (ICPNA), and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

She graduated in Art Education from the Teresa d'Ávila Integrated Faculties (Fatea) in 1990. Her work spans painting, drawing, and installation. Her pieces frequently construct imaginary landscapes marked by the recurrence of clouds, horizons, and vast atmospheric fields, explored through detailed and immersive compositions. The recurring use of blue and white is also noteworthy; these colors structure dreamlike environments and suggest reflections on nature, time, and the experience of space. In many works, her images expand to an architectural scale, involving the viewer in contemplative installations. Her works are part of collections such as those of the MAM São Paulo, MASP, and the Pampulha Art Museum.

His work focuses primarily on woodcut engraving, as well as drawing, painting, and objects. His research stems from observation and memory of the landscape of the interior of Piauí, highlighting representations of the Caatinga flora, bromeliads, and other plant species, often presented on a large scale. Using techniques typical of woodcut engraving, such as incisions, cutouts, and matrix fittings, he constructs images of simple lines and masses of flat color, often on a white background, which emphasize the vitality and richness of the plants and the landscape. His works also include landscapes of the Northeastern region, organized by chromatic planes and broad horizons. In 2024, the MAM São Paulo held a solo exhibition for him. Santídio Pereira: fertile landscapes and added to its collection a work donated by the artist.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1980) and later completed a master's degree (1999) and a doctorate (2002) in Arts from the School of Communication and Arts at USP. Her work spans sculpture, painting, and drawing, with a focus on figurative sculptures made from dense, monochromatic masses of color, molded manually. In many works, everyday objects such as cars, musical instruments, or motorcycles appear as compact and vibrant volumes, in which color acts as a structuring element of form. Her painting maintains a dialogue with this research, exploring thick brushstrokes and figurative compositions with a strong chromatic presence. Alongside her artistic production, she works as a teacher and researcher in the field of sculpture, having taught at institutions such as FAAP, Faculdade Santa Marcelina, and UNESP. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, MAC USP, and MARP.

She graduated in Visual Arts from FAAP. She developed a body of work dedicated to reflecting on racial and social relations in Brazil, highlighting the experience and subjectivity of the Black body in history and contemporary life. She worked primarily with figurative painting and drawing, frequently representing Black bodies in dense and symbolic compositions that articulate historical memory, social critique, and self-representation. In sculptures and installations, she also used the appropriation of everyday objects, often transposed into materials such as bronze or marble, questioning symbolic hierarchies and values ​​of the art system and society. Her production constitutes one of the most forceful contributions of contemporary Brazilian art to racial issues. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo, Museu Afro Brasil, and Pinacoteca de São Paulo.

He graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (2002). He develops a body of work that spans visual arts, illustration, and comics, exploring the relationship between graphic narrative and artistic image. In his work, he frequently combines techniques from the visual arts with the language of comics, creating compositions that articulate drawing, sequencing, and narrative construction. He also works as an illustrator and comic book artist, collaborating with publications such as Piauí, Folha de S.Paulo, and various publishers specializing in comics.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from USP and a Master's degree in Visual Poetics from Unicamp (2018). Her work investigates issues related to architecture, urbanism, and the transformations of urban space, addressing its political, social, and historical dimensions. She works with different languages ​​and scales, ranging from delicate drawings and watercolors to large-scale interventions and installations that directly engage with the built environment. Her works are part of collections such as that of the MAM São Paulo.

She graduated in Visual Arts from UNESP (2000) and completed her master's (2006) and doctoral (2011) degrees in Visual Arts at USP. She develops an intermedial production that crosses different languages, with emphasis on installations constructed from the appropriation and accumulation of objects. Her works investigate themes such as the Minas Gerais Baroque, religiosity, work, and art education, articulating used materials and everyday elements that reveal layers of intertemporality. Through juxtapositions and montages, her works bring together distinct historical and cultural references, proposing readings on memory, the circulation of images, and artistic production processes. Alongside her artistic practice, she teaches in the Visual Arts course at FAAP. Her works are part of collections such as those of MASP, MAB FAAP, MAR, MAC USP, and MAM São Paulo.

She graduated in Fine Arts from FAAP (1999) and holds a master's degree in Visual Arts from the School of Communication and Arts at USP. Her work focuses primarily on woodcut, but also explores metal engraving, painting, objects, and illustration. Her work pays special attention to the observation of nature, frequently featuring birds, trees, houses, and animals, organized into compositions that are often arranged in series. Her research also relates to the landscape of the Serra do Mar and Serra da Cantareira mountain ranges, near her studio. In 2023, her work was compiled in a monographic publication organized by the Instituto Çarê, edited by Luiz Cláudio Mubarac. Her works are part of collections such as those of MAM São Paulo and MACRS.

She studied advertising at FAAP and, in 1983, moved to New York, where she lives and works. After starting out in sculpture, she dedicated herself to drawing and especially photography. Her work investigates the processes of formation, circulation, and recognition of images, frequently recreating figures from art history and visual culture using unconventional materials such as sugar, chocolate, cotton, or waste. Her works are part of important international collections, such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, France; Tate, England; and MoMA, United States.

She graduated in Social Communication from FAAP (1988). Since the late 1990s, she has developed a body of work that spans sculpture, objects, photography, video, performance, and urban intervention. Her works frequently investigate relationships between body, matter, and elements of nature, such as light, moving air, and temperature. She was a finalist for the PIPA Prize (2014). Her works are part of collections such as MAM Rio, MAR Rio, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, and Museu Bispo do Rosário.