Sonia Dias de Souza1964, Nice - France. Lives and works in São Paulo, BrazilVisual artist, she lives and works in São Paulo. Her work develops through the creation of images presented in installations and videos carried out both in nature...
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1964, Nice - France. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Visual artist, she lives and works in São Paulo. Her work develops through the creation of images presented in installations and videos carried out both in nature and in the urban environment. Photography is used as the medium for this expression.
Her poetics engage with a subjective vision of our existence as part and phenomenon of the complex structure that sustains the great mystery of life. Her focus is on human beings seen from the place they occupy within the vital network of the Planet or in the face of the contingencies and conflicts of their life in contemporary society.
She holds a Law degree from USP and studied at the Escola Panamericana de Artes in 2015. She took part in the group of Continuous Studies on Image and Contemporary Art, directed by Carlos Fajardo and Fabiana Bruno, as well as the Advanced Photography Studies group with Eder Chiodetto. She studied sculpture at MUBE with Israel Kirlansky. She has experience with contact with diverse materials.
In 2021, the artist held the solo exhibition “Radical”, curated by Agnaldo Farias, at the MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer. In addition, she was awarded the FUNARTE RespirArte prize and the 3rd International Chelsea Photography Prize in New York. The artist is featured in the book História da Fotografia Autoral e a Pintura Moderna by Cláudio Edinger; in 2019 she participated in APhF:19 – Athens Photo Festival, LACDA Top 40 – California and ESPY Photo Festival in Wales. In 2018, she was selected for the 9th Salão de Artistas Sem Galeria. She has exhibited at numerous institutions and events, including Centro Universitário Maria Antônia-USP, Centro Brasileiro Britânico in São Paulo, the fairs SP-Arte and SP-Arte/Foto, 46th Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luiz Sacilotto, 25th Salão Curitibano de Artes Visuais, 26th Salão de Artes Plásticas de Praia Grande, 50th SAC at Pinacoteca de Piracicaba, and 17th Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Jataí, MAC-Goiás. In 2017, she received the Acquisition Prize at the 49th SAC at Pinacoteca de Piracicaba, participated in the Prêmio Nacional de Fotografia Pierre Verger at MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto and also took part in the exhibition “Quimeras, Apólogos e Algumas Fábulas”, curated by Eder Chiodetto at DOC Galeria.
