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Silvana Mello was born in Porto Alegre, the Brazilian's southest metropolis. Today , she lives in São Paulo.
She hadn't a formal education in fine arts, she learned to paint, to draw and to use a lot of technics and materials from her own experiences.
In Silvana Mello’s work, the technics are used to communicate feelings. She can chose enamel painting on tiles to express the comfort of home or to carves a skateboard (deck) and make woodprints to express the aggressiveness of urban life. In the same way, she can do embroidered canvas or silk, sew dolls, does assemblages, collages, video installations or a simple painted canvas in conservative style.
Her imagery is influenced by retro 50’s advertisement and she explores the irony of that fake happiness.
Other influences: Frank Kozik; Arthur Bispo do Rosário, Mexican and Portuguese tiles, 50's magazines illustrations.
&xhiBitiOns:
2007 Cor Da Rua (street colour) O Contemporary Brighton UK
2007 second solo show at Choque Cultural
2007 Tribute to Andy Warhol at Escola São Paulo
2006 solo exhibition at Choque Cultural
2006 at Casa da Xiclet
2005 video/animation show at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
2005 video/animation show at Resfest São Paulo
2005 video/animation show at MTV USA
CoMisSioNs:
Animations for MTV Brasil,Animation for Instituto Itaú Cultural
bRaziliaN pUbliCations:
Marie Claire, Bravo, Revista da MTV, Trip, Simples, Capricho, 100% Skateboard, Vista Skateboard
ColLectiOns:
Collectors like Miguel Chaia, Vik Muniz, Flávia Soares, Titi & Suzi Civita, Suzana Leirner, Anna Butler, Dora Longo Bahia, Marcia Fortes, Juliette Lewis,Tristan Manco, Zeca Camargo, Joana Mazuchelli, Césio Lima e Ana Surane.
