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Alessandra Simões Paiva is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds, in England. She holds a PhD in Latin American Studies and a Master's degree in Art History from the University of São Paulo (USP). She is a professor at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB) in Brazil, teaching interdisciplinary arts and cultural studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Alessandra is a member of the European Network of Brazilianists Working in Cultural Analysis (REBRAC), the Brazilian Association of Art Critics (ABCA), and the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Her research focuses on gender, ethnicity, ecology, technologies, and geopolitics in contemporary Latin American art. Alessandra has authored over two hundred texts, including academic articles and art reviews in both mainstream and specialized media. She serves on the editorial board of the ABCA Journal Arte & Crítica (São Paulo) and has been a regular contributor of art reviews for ArtNexus Magazine (Bogota) since 2015. In 2012, she received the AICA Incentive Prize for Young Critics.
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Dr. Simões Paiva has a Master's in Art History, Theory and Criticism and a Ph.D. in Latin American Studies, both from the University of São Paulo (USP). Currently, she is a professor at the Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB), Brazil, where she teaches interdisciplinary arts and critical race studies. She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Art Critics (ABCA) and the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Her research focuses on relations of gender, race, ethnicity, and geopolitics in contemporary Latin American art, a theme that also crosses her practical work in painting and images made with reproducible techniques, such as stencils, stamps, and prints.


Decolonial Era (Acrylic paintings 2019-2021)

paintings

Isolation wishes (drawing 2019)



Las capuchas (acrylic and marker 2021)
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Engraving (2018-2021)


The Civilization of Barbarism (drawing and Collage, 2020)







The Mermaid (urban art, 2018)





Land of Women (Oily Chalk on paper, 2015-2016)





“ The with people sleep a lot but don't know how to dream”.
Inspired by the reading of the indigenous book A Queda do Céu (The Sky's Fall) by Davi Kopenawa Yanomami and Bruce Albert. This work resulted in a large installation in the main hall of the UFSB with fabrics, embroidery, video, and other objects (2019).



Reflecting upon the history of violence and resistance, I visited the Cururupe River, once the site of the Battle of the Swimmers led by Mem de Sá in 1559 against the Tupinambá people.
CLICK HERE: https://files.cargocollective.com/c1096496/cururupe1.mp4



Las capuchas (acrylic)