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First Name	Ana Júlia
Last Name	Vilela
Username	anajuliav
Bio	Ana Júlia Vilela was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Holding an MFA in Visual Arts from Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), she unfolds her poetics primarily into paintings and drawings. Her work alternates from graphical to pictorial as she sees the canvas both as a surface and as a window. Employing the instantized expression of social media into a personal iconography, full of fluid shapes and nonlinear narratives that merge humor and pop culture, she develops a particular atmosphere through a wide array of potential themes.
Country of residence	Italy

Statement

So, I guess I am part of the GEN Z painters generation, which means I make a lot of diverse things. Let’s call it non-linear narrative. I work with abstraction and figuration within painting, and lately I’ve been playing with the idea of objects in paintings. I think I ended up developing an iconography that is heavily based on the digital code system. Generational evil is inevitable. It would be great to just be an abstract painter, but I can’t avoid a direct statement. It would be great to just do direct statements and texts, but I couldn’t bear to go into an exhibition with just that. Could you?

So I must be a chronic painter. Real, imaginary and abstract experiences enter my scope of work. Good or bad. Sometimes very feminist and sometimes too cynical. To be quite honest, I think I can open up research like this because my final subject will always be the end, – the inevitable impermanence- the death of things – both within art and in real life.

Exhibitions

formação acadêmica (academic education)
2018 / bacharelado em artes visuais (b.f.a. – bachelor of fine arts) – ufpel – pelotas, brasil

exposições individuais (solo shows)
2023 / hoje eu acordei linda – central galeria – são paulo, brasil
2023 / sem sinal de chuva – galeria casa + tachotte & co – brasília, brasil
2021 / o romance morreu – galeria ecarta – porto alegre, brasil
2021 / todas as festas de amanhã – central galeria – são paulo, brasil
2019 / a morte de uma festa – museu de arte de ribeirão preto – marp – ribeirão preto, brasil
2012 / o som dos olhos – org. dani gonçalves, keila kois – museu municipal casa da memória – cajamar, brasil

exposições coletivas (group shows)

2023 /now (open studio) – org. giulio verago – via farini – milan, italy

/pedacinho’s island – funarte sp – sao paulo, brazil

2022 /tubarões sabem da existência de camelos – org. vicente lima, arthur palhano – pelotas, brasil
/bad girls – curadoria (curatorship) simon watson – speak artsy – new york, usa

2021 / esperança – curadoria (curatorship) simon watson – museu de arte sacra de são paulo – são paulo, brasil
/ a construção de minimundos – org. pedro gandra – referência galeria – brasília, brasil
2019 / suave coisa nenhuma – curadoria (curatorship) thierry freitas – oma galeria – são bernardo, brasil
2018 / distensões e distinções na gravura contemporânea – curadoria (curatorship) kelly wendt – galeria brahma – pelotas, brasil / museu de história e arte – chapecó, brasil
/ a última vez – curadoria (curatorship) chico soll – galeria prego – porto alegre, brasil
/ 43o sarp – curadoria (curatorship) josé augusto ribeiro, carla chaim, nilton campos – salão de arte de @ribeirão preto nacional contemporâneo – ribeirão preto, brasil
/ te dou a minha palavra – galpão 03 – pelotas, brasil
/ problemas de pintura – org. clóvis vergara – galeria a sala – pelotas, brasil
/ bienal sesc df – sesc df – brasília, brasil
/ arte londrina 6 – curadoria (curatorship) felipe scovino, danillo villa – londrina, brasil

2017 / mostra 20×20 – org. andré venzon – fundação chico lisboa – porto alegre, brasil /novas poéticas – curadoria (curatorship) bruno brito, leandro muniz, yuli yamagata – salvador, brasil

2016 / feia 17 – festival do instituto de artes de campinas – instituto de artes da unicamp – campinas, brasil

prêmios e bolsas (awards and grants)

2023 /residência via farini – milan, italy
2018 /menção honrosa da bienal sesc df – brasília, brasil

2018 /prêmio cidade ribeirão pelo marp – 43º sarp – ribeirão preto, brasil

coleções públicas (public collections)
/via farini – milan, italy

/museu de arte contemporânea do rio grande do sul – porto alegre, brasil
/museu de arte de ribeirão pelo marp – ribeirão preto, brasil

Interests	Ceramics, Collage, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture
Painting medias	Gouache, Oil
Drawing medias	Gouache, Ink, Pastel, Tempera
Sculpture medias	Plaster, Clay

Ana Júlia Vilela