My practice is deeply connected to contexts of intimacy, learning through proximity, and the longing for tactile connection that defines my daily existence and moments of displacement. I’ve created a small and open Brazilian school inside a big private American university, traded paintings for handwritten letters, offered pieces of thick small oil-painted panels as cakes, and asked people in a video and participatory installation in New York “How to taste as an American”. I’m interested in the nuances of places, people, time, and subtle atmospheres as I explore the concepts and tangible experiences of substance, fragment, repetition, accumulation, and affection. I like words, lists, seemingly random images, and composing through free association. To me, meaning is a fluid, subjective, and collective construction, ever-changing depending on its context.

Currently, I spend most of my time painting, but I also create videos, site-specific installations, and participatory projects to engage with and articulate my emotional, psychological, and philosophical perspectives.

Once completed, my pieces act as dynamic agents in service, activating spaces and igniting engagement. In my daily practice, I abstract elements from my internal state and immediate surroundings in the present. 

Questioning and exploring interpersonal and micro-intercultural contexts and spaces lie at the core of my practice. Echoes of my personal and social past will always, in one way or another, be present behind every choice and gesture I make, paying attention to what unfolds in the present moment.