About The Artist

My work is based on social identities. For me, it's about the fragmentation of human individuality in the face of a social system of belonging. Being different is a non-negotiable right, particularly in multicultural societies like Brazil. However, these differences should not be used to take away rights, discriminate or make people socially invisible.Through the collage of discarded magazines, I develop an investigation into the hidden histories of these different identities. I like to say that reuse is not second-rate or inferior, but a reflection of human subtlety. Perceiving and producing cut-outs of these subtleties is a process that requires something that modern societies no longer have: time. My collages converge in the amalgam of social connection principles of upcycling. They are made analogically and entirely committed to the handmade. Thousands of pieces of paper are cut geometrically and glued together, one by one, in a physically demanding process that takes months to complete. Through it, I intend to highlight the social interactions of group, ethnicity, religion and gender in a great metaphor of social identities: A meticulous look at the inverse and the interaction of our different personas in this journey of self-gnosis.