LIVIA BESSA

Livia Bessa is a visual artist, art teacher, and author-illustrator of children's books. Her interest in children's literature began with the theme of Brazilian folklore, but she has since expanded her creative horizons and is currently working on new publications with universal themes.

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EDUCATION

• Advanced Master's in Painting, Arts² in partnership with the Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2015

• Research Master's in Visual Arts, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, 2014

• Degree in Painting from the School of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro – EBA–UFRJ, 2012

• Erasmus exchange at the Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD – Genève), 2009–2010

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Publications

2024   Caipora and the animals of the forest [Author and illustrator].

2014   Participation in the publication by Mélanie Poirier, Quand la poésie épouse l’art : Illusions décolorées. Québec : Éditions MP Tresart.
2013   Two double-page spreads about me in the publication Le Contre-Annuaire 2. Paris : 11-13 Éditions.
2012   Two double-page spreads about me in the publication Le Contre-Annuaire. Paris : 11-13 Editions.

2010   Participation in the book Terça converso no café : 4016 dias de poesia. Rio de Janeiro: Galo Branco, organized by the group Poesia Simplesmente.

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Solo Exhibitions

2011   Metade/ metade, Macunaíma Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro , Brasil

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Group Exhibitions

2016   Do sonho ao espectro de realidade, Art Hostel Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil [Exhibition Curator]

2013   Hivernales de Paris-Est Montreuil, Palais des Congrès de Paris-Est Montreuil, France

2013   Grafias Urbanas, Maria Teresa Vieira Art Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil [Exhibition Curator]
2013   Jovens Expressões, Leila Diniz Cultural Center, Niterói, Brésil [Exhibition Curator]
2013   1st Latin American Autumn Salon, Alliance Française of Brooklin, São Paulo, Brésil
2013   Corpos Partidos, ICG, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2012   Hivernales of Paris-Est Montreuil, Palais des Congrès of Paris-Est Montreuil, France
2012   Cabaret Exhibition (Sem Nome Collective), Leila Diniz Cultural Center, Niterói, Brasil [Exhibition Coordinator]
2012   Sobre o papel, Macunaíma Traveling Gallery - EBA, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2011   1er Miniprint OM, Original Múltiple - Arte Grabado (Original Multiple – Printmaking Art), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011   Salon d'Automne (Autumn Art Salon), Champs Elysées, Paris, France [delegation of brazilian painters]
2011   The Second Cairo Biennale of Art and Literature, Egypte
2011   Drink & Drama, Ernani Art and Culture Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2011   Ponta Grossa Arts Salon, Cultural Center of the city of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brésil
2010   A Cara da EBA, EBA 7, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2010   Fine Arts Salon at the Teresina Cultural Center, Piauí, Brésil
2009   Fine Arts Salon at the Teresina Cultural Center, Piauí, Brésil
2008   Conservation and Restoration Exhibition, EBA, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2007   Exhibition in honor of Adir Botelho and Oscar Niemeyer, EBA, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2007   Open Art Exhibition/ Mola, Circo Voador, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil

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Award

2011   Honorable Mention at the 8th Salon of the Brazilian Academy of the Environment, Forte de Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro - Brésil

 

Residencies

2016   Casa Rio, Artist residency affiliated with the Secretaria da Cultura of the State of Rio de Janeiro, managed by the Brazilian NGO People's Palace Projects.