Piscina #1 - A primeira revista de arte do Brasil com foco em mulheres artistas.

The first art magazine in Brazil focusing on women artists

With the collaboration of 75 artists, curators and researchers, Piscina #1 seeks to reflect and envision possibilities for a future from different starting points through a visual narrative and an extensive selection of texts. The publication also includes records and texts from the two exhibitions held by the platform last year. Edited by Paula Plee, founder and creative director of the platform, and co-edited by curator Ana Roman, the 248-page publication has a graphic design by designer Karime Zaher.

SP-ARTE Fair 2024 with Via Thorey Art Gallery - São Paulo Brazil

The Aga Khan Academies have released the teacher's guide, a Well-Being unit : Evolving Identities and Navigating Cultures, featuring the artwork Islands as a source of reflection for a better understanding of our identities (origins) involving art and language (from page 36)

"This Well-Being Unit on identity draws on resources developed through the work of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the collection and exhibitions at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto. It encourages students to reflect on the extent to which human experience is shaped by a range of encounters and experiences, that in turn shape identity (...)"

Take a look! Artist profile selected to be part of Association Françoise pour l’œuvre contemporaine

Fondée en juin 2015, l’association Françoise pour l’œuvre contemporaine est basée à Feigneux, dans l’Oise. Elle entend défendre le statut des productions artistiques contemporaines en tant que créations originales, mais aussi soutenir les artistes tout au long de leur carrière, notamment en favorisant leur intégration au sein de la société. 

Group exhibition Costura Poética (Poetic Sewing) with Via Thorey Art Gallery

From 23 to 25/03/2023
Espaço Taller Zaragoza
Rua Amauri, 62. Itaim. São Paulo Brazil.

Save the date! February 16 Cultural Conversations: Expanding on Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From

Join us for a series of virtual conversations with our current exhibiting artists of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, led by Associate Curator of Adult Programs and Outreach Colleen O’Neill. We will dive deeper into the artists’ work in the exhibition as well as their body of work in relation to their experiences as second and third-generational migrants. Each conversation will be shared as a YouTube video and exhibited on January 26, February 16, and March 9. Participants can register for one, two, or for all three. FREE, registration required.

February 16: “Also the Other” – We talk about what it is like to be both an insider and outsider at the same time and the growth in perspective that arises from this experience.

Artists: Shinpei Takeda, Daniela Edburg, and Erica Kaminishi

Texto de Michiko Okano: A Construção das Relações: Seis Artistas Nipo-brasileiras, publicado em Novos Orientalismos e Micropolíticas Anticoloniais

Resumo: Estudo sobre a arte nipobrasileira (ou nikkei) como uma conexão dialógica entre duas diferentes e distantes espacialidades, o país de origem e o de deslocamento. A interação das relações desenvolvidas (GLISSANT, 2021), considerando-se também a inter-relação de homens e espaços, (KAUFFMAN, 2004), sempre processuais. A reflexão sobre o orientalismo é desenvolvida em diálogo com as vidas e obras de seis artistas mulheres nipo-brasileiras: Tomie Ohtake (1913-2015) e Alina Okinaka (1920-1991), ambas imigrantes pré-guerra; Sachiko Koshikoku (1937-2019) e Shoko Suzuki (1929- ), imigrantes pós-guerra; Erica Kaminishi (1979- ) e Yukie Hori (1979- ), descendentes de japoneses nascidas e criadas no Brasil.

"Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From” is currently on view at Orlando Museum of Art.

The exhibition closes March 20, 2023.

The exhibition, jointly created by Luciano Benetton's Fondazione Imago Mundi and Aga Khan Museum explores the impact of migration on second-generation immigrant artists. The museum worked closely with the Ismaili Council of Florida for over three years to bring this collection of vibrant works to Orlando.
The project features works by 15 artists, representing 25 countries. “Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From” goes beyond simply understanding, coming at a specific historical time, it seeks to challenge nationalism, racism, and exclusionary identity politics. This challenge comes through the celebration of the ability of post-migrant artists to act as cultural mediators, and of diversity not only as an undeniable part of 21st-century social fabric but also as a crucial element for continued artistic production. The representation of reality and the enhancement of its beauty become radical and powerful actions that oppose prejudices.
When one’s identity sits between worlds and is constantly questioned or defined by others, telling personal stories and making oneself visible are political acts. By following the intertwining paths and themes, the viewer is encouraged to consider their own background and the journeys that brought them to where they are today. After all, what does it really mean to be “from” somewhere?

Artist residency during Summer 2022 (from 18/07 to 20/09/2022)

Solo exhibition À Fleur de Mots (from 23/09 to 23/10/2022)

66 Rue d’Estienne d’Orves
91370 VERRIÈRES-LE-BUISSON FRANCE