Artist Talk | Fava da Silva

2 Março 2019 18h00

ARTIST TALK | Fava da Silva

"Artist Talks" is a monthly opportunity to meet the artists-in-residence at Zaratan and to gain insight into the creative process. On March 2nd at 6 pm, Fava da Silva (BH) will be giving a short introduction about her artistic practice and will discuss her latest project. The entrance is free and the presentations will be held in english. Questions and discussion are encouraged.


BIO:
Fava da Silva is a Brazilian visual artist based in Belo Horizonte. She studied arts at SVA (NY), at Parque Lage (RJ), and received a bachelor's and master's degree in cinema. She participated in several individual and collective exhibitions in different venues, such as: Galeria NYC (NY), Casa Azeitona (BH), Centro Cultural dos Correios (Juiz de Fora and Niterói), Greenpoint Gallery (NY). In 2014, her engravings were published in the Belgian magazine Actuel. Her work explores the images that populate her memories and imaginary, related to her childhood and trajectory as a woman and artist, in addition to the questions concerning the relations between body, politics and feminism. Her residency in Zaratan is carried out with resources of the Lei Municipal de Incentivo à Cultura of Belo Horizonte. You can follow the development of her project through the page:
https://www.facebook.com/favadasilvaemresidencia/