CURRICULUM VITAE

Citizenship
Brazil and United States of America

Education
California College of the Arts, MFA Fine Arts
Masters of Fine Arts | 2016

Corcoran College of Art + Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts | 2014

Solo Exhibitions and Performances

Inorganic Meets Organic – Performance for Habitat For Artists | 2012
Collaboration with Edwina Chen
Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Washington, DC

Objects and Its Environments | 2012
National Aquatic Gardens;
Washington, DC

Selected Exhibitions

Limp Wrist | 2019.
Timber. Curated by Lesley Lundgren.
Mansion at Strathmore;
North Bethesda, MD

Brazilian Woman: See You On the Other Side | 2019
Overlooked. Curated by GRACE Associate Curator Erica Harrison and Executive Director and Curator Lily Siegel.
Greater Reston Arts Center;
Reston, VA

Three Love Poems and a Song of Dismay | 2019
Performance presented by Rated Art 2019 at Arlington Arts Center. With Giselle Ruzany, Yacine Tilala and Ashley Young.
Arlington Arts Center;
Arlington, VA

Caminhada no Bom Jardim (A Walk in Good Garden) | 2018
Transient Identity: Figure & Form Exhibition curated by Dr. Jason Kuo PhD.
Brentwood Arts Center;
Brentwood, MD

Untitled (Zipper) and Untitled (Limp Wrist) | 2018
Intimate Gathering. Curated by Leslie Holt.
WAS Gallery;
Bethesda, MD

The Ways to See Water Move | 2017
Performance collaboration with Edwina Chen. With Maida Withers, Giselle Ruzany and Rex Delafkaran.
Hillyer Arts Space;
Washington, DC

Box of Strings | 2017
Performance collaboration with Giselle Ruzany and Rex Delafkaran. Choreography by Giselle Ruzany and music by Jon Modell.
The Textile Museum;
Washington, DC

Waiting Room For Your Last Meal | 2017
Arlington Arts Center;
Arlington, VA

Back and Over, Back and Over Untangles the Thread | 2017
CHM Sculpture Park;
Baltimore, MD

As Minhas Vozes São… | 2016
Performance presented by ArtSoiree.
The Newseum;
Washington, DC

The Harbinger | 2016
The 19th Annual National Queer Arts Festival, SOMArts Cultural Center;
San Francisco, CA

Lights Out | 2016
San Francisco International Arts Festival
A collaboration with Marissa Katarina-Bergman. Presented by Embark Gallery;
San Francisco, CA

Todo Santo é Bicha (All of the Above) | 2016
Minnesota Street Project;
San Francisco, CA

The Subversive Stitches |  2016
CCA Textile Show, College Avenue Galleries;
Oakland, CA

Amongst Giants | 2015
CCA Textile Show, College Avenue Galleries;
Oakland, CA

Berlin As an Image | 2015
CCA Berlin Class Show, California College of the Arts Galleries;
San Francisco, CA

Rooted | 2014
Performance at the FOR-SITE Foundation;
Nevada City, CA

Academy 2014 – The Harbinger | 2014
Invitational, curated group exhibition of regional 2014 BFA/MFA recipients
Curator: Jamie Smith, Ph.D. CONNERSMITH; Washington, DC

That Which is Seen and That Which is Unseen (slave of desire) | 2014
Solo thesis performance for NEXT—BFA candidate group exhibition
Corcoran Gallery of Art/Corcoran School of Art + Design;
Washington, DC

Next to Last | 2014
Capitol Skyline Hotel Lounge;
Washington, DC

The Harbinger | 2014
Corcoran College of Art + Design;
Washington, DC

Orixá | 2014
Fools! Kings, Clowns and Revolutionaries. Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Washington, DC

Extra Relish. Are We What We Eat? | 2013
San Carpoforo Gallery;
Milan, Italy

Strike Work | 2013
Performance collaboration with US English Group. (e)merge DC.
Capitol Skyline Hotel;
Washington, DC

Travels in the Orient and Occident | 2013
Performance collaboration with Edwina Chen.
Waddell Art Gallery;
Sterling, VA

The Burning of Visibility: From Reality to Dream | 2013
Performance collaboration with Photographer Anne-Lise Large.
Organization of American States; Washington, DC

This Is Not a Chair | 2013
Texture & Tone. Metropolitan Art Project;
Fairfax, VA

Ideal Forms | 2013
Catalyst. Metropolitan Art Project;
Fairfax, VA

Chimera II | 2012
Enviro Film Festival;
Washington, DC

Elephant In the Room | 2012
Civilian Art Projects,
Washington, DC

Chimera | 2012
(e)merge DC. Collaboration with Jeremiah Holland.
Capitol Skyline Hotel;
Washington, DC

Inorganic Meets Organic – 5 x 5 Habitat For Artists |  2012
Collaboration with Edwina Chen. Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Washington, DC.

Chimera I | 2012
Wear, Strut, Occupy. THEARC Gallery;
Washington, DC

Midsummer Night’s Dream | 2012
Art Soirée. Georgetown Harbor;
Washington, DC

Soul of Italy | 2012
Ronald Reagan Center;
Washington, DC

Metamorphosis | 2012
Corcoran Ball. Corcoran Gallery of Art;
Washington, DC

Metamorphosis – Art Soirée | 2012
Georgetown Harbor;
Washington, DC

Nude Figure | 2010
Human Rights Campaign Dinner. Washington Hilton Hotel;
Washington, DC

Professional Experience

Fabrication Workshop Manager | 2016 –Present
The Catholic University of America;
Washington, DC

Program Director | 2017 - 2019
NonStop Art Maker Space;
Washington, DC

Director of Philosophy Seminar | 2014 -2017
Designed and directed weekly seminar-style discussions on philosophy, relating assigned readings to artworks and art practice
Red Dirt Studio; Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Set Designer for DIGG, Maida Withers Dance Construction | 2018
Dance Place
Washington, DC

Painting and Drawing Teacher | 2017
The Corcoran School of Art at The George Washington University;
Washington, DC

Artist in Residence | 2016 - 2018
Red Dirt Studio; Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Project Assistant, Gleaning the Rains | 2014
Assisted artists J.J. McCracken, Margaret Boozer, and Patrick McDonough with building a stormwater management kiosk, an artwork commissioned by the Gateway Community Development Corporation, Brentwood, Maryland

Curator, Fools! Kings, Clowns and Revolutionaries | 2014
Group exhibition featuring works by Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, David Page,
Jessika Tarr, Ellen Durkan, and the Wear, Strut, Occupy Class of 2014
Gallery 31; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Bahia Productions, LLC | 2006-2010
Founder and co-owner of party-planning company, also head of creative production and marketing, set and costume designer
Washington, DC and São Paulo, Brazil

Competitive Figure Skater | 1990-2001
Washington, DC

Awards & Scholarships

CCA AICAD Post-Graduate Fellow Nominee | 2016
California College of Art
San Francisco, CA

The Coldstream Homestead Montebello Sculpture Park and Fellowship | 2016-2017
Baltimore, MD

Finalist in the Barclay Simpson Award | 2016
California College of Art
San Francisco, CA

California College of the Arts Diversity Scholarship | 2014
California College of Art
San Francisco, CA

Ann Nelson Memorial Prize for Artistic Excellence | 2014
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washington, DC

Ethel Lorraine Bernstein Memorial Award | 2014
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washington, DC

Outstanding Achievement Award | 2013
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washington, DC

Italian Cultural Institute Award for Artistic Excellence | 2013
Corcoran College of Art + Design'
Washington, DC

Lolo Sarnoff Prize in Sculpture | 2012
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washington, DC

Emerging Leader Award | 2012
Corcoran College of Art + Design
Washington, DC

Sally Wolfe Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement | 2011
Corcoran College of Art + Design, BFA Program
Washington, DC

Bibliography

‘These are not walls, these are wounds.’ By Janet Rems / Special to The Fairfax County Times. Aug 9, 2019

In the galleries: Three local artists explore the transient nature of identity, The Washington Post. 2018

East City Art Reviews: Transient Identity: Figure & Form at Brentwood Arts Exchange. 2018

East City Art Reviews: INTIMATE Gathering at WAS Gallery. 2018

Exhibition Catalogue for Arlington Arts Center. 2017

Baltimore Magazine by Michelle Harris

Bmore Art by Cara Ober

Interview by Jay Hendrick on February 7, 2017

Art review: ‘Next’ at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Michael O’Sullivan, The Washington Post.

Academy 2014 @ CONNERSMITH.

Washington Project for the Arts

Fairfax City News

Hamilton College News

Period Magazine

Gleaning the Rains. J.J. McCracken & Margaret Boozer/ Red Dirt Studio

Washington Project for the Arts » Blog Archive » Next to Last

Artists Use Small Temporary Studios to Engage Community. Arts Observer