Felipe Braga
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Visual artist born in 1986 in Duque de Caxias, on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Felipe Braga encapsulates a Latin American imaginary through his research, drawing on his experiences as a queer and nomadic individual. His body of work navigates the intersection of the profane and the sacred, breathing new meaning into discarded urban waste to question a society saturated with sensory hyperstimulation. Braga is a journalism graduate from PUC-Rio and has furthered his craft through studies in photography at EFTI (Madrid, Spain) and collage at the School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). His practice traverses sculpture, collage, photography and performance, assimilating both contemporary and popular art languages. He lives and works between
Brazil and Colombia.
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EDUCATION
2023 - 2024. School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2011. Professional Photography, EFTI, Madrid - Spain
2009. Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando - USA
2005 - 2008. Bachelor in Journalism, PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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WORK​
2022. Mask design for Flores del Otro Patio, short film by Jorge Cadena, Barranquilla - Colombia
2022. Art direction and production for El Desacato, Barranquilla´s Carnival - Colombia
2019. Set design for La Puntica No Ma´,Barranquilla´s Carnival - Colombia
2016 - 2018. Art direction and production for Sereias da Guanabara, Rio de Janeiro´s Carnival - Brazil
2016. Set design for El Cuento de Antonia, short film by Jorge Cadena, Barranquilla - Colombia
2014 - 2018. Art collective És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2011 - 2012. Photographer, TV Globo, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2005 - 2006. Journalist, Rádio BandNews FM, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. Corações à Desmedida, Casa do Povo, São Paulo - Brazil
2024. De lo recochero en el arte, La Puntica No Ma´, Barranquilla - Colombia
2024. Entrudo III, O Lugar Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2023. Corações à Desmedida, Solar dos Abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2023. Imagética Contemporânea, LZ Arte, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2023. Festival Carioca de Fotografia Analógica, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2023. Ocupação EAV, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2023. Rebrota, Universidade de Brasília - Brazil
2019. Seita 33, Edificio García, Barranquilla - Colombia
2018. LAK - Lenguajes artísticos kombinados, Casa Moreau, Barranquilla - Colombia
2017. Seita Mantras, Casa Tropicália, Barranquilla - Colombia
2017. Efêmero IV, Barranquilla - Colombia
2016. Ocupa Maluca, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2016. Efêmero III, La Casa Verde, Barranquilla - Colombia
2016. Seita Luus, La Casa Verde, Barranquilla - Colombia
2015. Seita Natura Chaos, És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2015. Seita Bestial, És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2015. Seita Zero Absoluto, És Uma Maluca, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2013. Efêmero II, Galeria Wall, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2013. Efêmero I, Barranquilla - Colombia