CV
Profile
I Trained in Fashion Design in Brazil before embarking on the MA Costume Design for Performance at LCF – UAL, followed by my move to Barcelona. My work focuses on developing textile through embodiment of peculiar elements in order to tell a story. I have also great interest in garment and performance technology, which tend to become important aspects of my creations and professional endeavours. I have worked in opera, film, theatre and dance productions in Brazil and London and am slowly making my way into the performance field in Barcelona.
Current Projects
Costume Co-Designer, Utopía, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2023-Current Date.
Costume Design for Miquel Barcelona’s new creation, Utopía. This is one of 6 pieces within the company’s bigger project: CONTRACULTURA. Within this Concert/Dance/Text Performance the idea of an Utopian world and its facets is developed and questioned, and a hopeful thinking is to be raised.
Set and Costume Designer, Stream of Thought, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA, 2023-Current Date.
Set and Costume Design and Production Supervision Diseñofor the musical and movement performance created and choreographed by Anamaria Klajnscek. This production is based on the fluid continuity of human thoughts and the four performers involved aim to express such stream musically and via movement: they are 2 dancers and 2 musicians.
Costume Designer and Maker, Manchas, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2022-Current Date.
Design and Makig of costume for the hybrid aesthetic-circus-dance solo performance by Lorena Madurga in her Company Cia. Papaya. The piece takes inspiration from the artwork “The Garden of Earthly Delights” (c. 1480-1505) by Hieronymus Bosch. The artist also discusses maternity and decomposition as secondary themes for the piece.
Costume Designer, CONDENS, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2022-Current Date.
Design of costume for the solo dance performance by Magí Serra, to be premiered in Mercat de Les Flors in October 2023. The piece discusses the different densities of the human body in various spaces an individual can occupy. Working alongside a group of visual developers, the piece uses projection as an important language and all textures involved are to be projected upon as well as tell the story of each density travelled to by Magí’s body.
Costume Co-Designer and Co-Maker, Arabesque, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2021-Current Date.
Proejct developed in partnership with Nashwa Maatouk as the first project presented under the name of the Pack Collective, a collective of design-based performance founded by the two of us. This Costume Perfomance is based on Arabic Architecture and all recreated into a garment that is 3D printed.
Professional Experience
Costume Designer and Maker, Tonos, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2021-2022.
Costume Design, Making and Cosultancy for the Solo Dance Perfomance by Dasha Lavrennikov. This piece is based on the different synnetic feelings of three choreographic propositions by the artist, who studied these accordingly to music, colour and artistic references such as Hélio Oiticica and Kandinsky.
Costume Customization and Styling, Happy Everything, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2022.
Customization and Styling of Costume and Props for the solo dance performance “Happy Everything” by Agnès Sales. The piece discusses cosumerism and its effects on human life and mental health.
Costume Designer and Co-Maker, ONA\SHE, Barcelona-Liubliana, SPAIN - Slovenia, 2021-2022.
Design and co-making of costume for the solo movement and dance performance Ona\She by Anamaria Klajnscek, to premiered in Slovenia in October 2022.This piece takes inspiration for the piece from three main pillars: the women in Anamaria’s family and their archetype of the female powers, Sirens as mythological creatures and Witches as real female entities as well as the Dark Ages’ his-story of classifying women as such in order to gain power on their expense.
Costume Designer, Amoebas, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2021-2023.
Costume Design and Production Supervision for the new Duet Dance performance “Amoebas” by Alex de Vries and Elia Pangaró, inspired by the identity construction of two amoebal bodies based on workers suits.
Costume Designer, “Soy Madera”, Barcelona, Spain, 2022.
Design and Making of costume for Elelei Company’s piece at SOy Madera premiered in Portugal in May 2022. This is a Solo Dance piece performed by Sabrina Gargano, one of teh two founders of Elelei Dance Company.
Costume Designer, Les Passants, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2022.
Costume Design and Making Supervisor for the piece “Les Passants”, a duet performed by Noe Ferrey and Patricia Hastewell Puig and inspired by the everyday encounters in any given Southern Eruopean square. The two dancers embody varried characters the pass by the square and move accordingly.
Costume Designer, “Canto a La Vida” Videoclip by Massa, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2022.
Costume Design, Making and e-textiles programming for the Videoclip releasing Massa’s new single, “Canto a La Vida”. The band is established in Catalonia and is realising their second album, predecessed with this very sigle. For the Videoclip they wear LED illuminated clothes and have their instruments also lit by LEDs programmed by me.
Costume Designer, Sustainable Bodies, Barcelona, SPAIN, 2021.
Design and Making of costumes exploring plastic as a main material in order to communicate the message of water pollution for the choreography created by Anna Katalina Nemeth for a community dance performance called Sustainable Bodies, part of the Global Water Dances 2021.
Costume Designer, GN|MC Guy Nader | Maria Campos, Barcelona, SPAIN. 2020-2021.
Design and partial making of costumes for the choreographer couple’s new creation to be presented in June/July 2021 at the GREC Barcelona Dance Festival, as well as styling and production of its “trailer”.
Costume Designer And Maker, “Stranger At Home, part of 3 Rounds of AMP”, London, UK. 2019.
Design and Making of costume for Amanda Pefkou’s piece at 3 Rounds of AMP, staged at The Place on the 13th of April. The piece is based on the choreographer’s conceptualization of the theme memory through the dance style K.R.U.M.P (Kingdom. Radically. Uplifted. Mighty. Praise.).
TECHstyler LFW A/W 19-20 Crewmember, London, UK. 2019.
Content receiver for Brooke Roberts-Islam’s information channel for lending opinions and sharing interviews from the crossroads of fashion-technology, TECHstyler.
Costume Designer, Simon Brown’s Aerialist Costume, London, UK. 2019.
Design and Making of Simon Ambrose Brown’s my aerial house final performance of aerial circus.
Assistant Costume Designer, Maker and Dresser, EAST WALL, London, UK. 2018.
Project resulting of a partnership between Hofesch Schecter Company, Historic Royal Palaces, LIFT, East London Dance, University of the Arts London and University of East London.
A five-star dance production (The Stage and The Guardian) that consisted of 150 performers storming the Tower of London in a spectacular collision of music and dance in 2018.
Costumer Designer, “O que aconteceu naqueles primeiros dias”, São Paulo, Brazil. 2016-2017.
Short post-apocalyptic film. Part of the long film “Pela primeira Vez”, formed by several other shorts films that follow the thematic of a first time happening, be it in whichever context.
Costume Designer, “Guaraná Antártica Ad”, São Paulo, Brazil. 2016.
Ad for the brand Guaraná Antártica that introduced a youth-targeted approach to this company’s marketing strategies. The ad claimed to the skateboarders lifestyle.
Costume Designer, “AACD Ad”, São Paulo, Brazil. 2016.
Ad for the Children’s Health Institution AACD. The campaign was based on the disabled children’s life dreams and the part of the institution in making them come true.
Costume Designer, “Imaginários”, São Paulo, Brazil. 2015.
Short Film. Emotional depiction of certain psychological dependencies of the child within an adult raised in a violent family background through imaginary friends.
Costume Designer, “Time for Tea”, São Paulo, Brazil. 2015.
Short Film. Awarded 20 times and nominated to over 60 times, this production is based on the development of a very contrasting relationship between a very traditional Chinese immigrant in Brazil and his grandson.
Costume Design Assistant, Theatro Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 2015.
Assisted Lorenzo Merlino in the production of over 300 costumes for the Russian Opera Eugene Onegin at one of the largest theatres in Latin America. The costume Design was rated as 5 star worthy by many Brazilian Theatre Publications.
Fashion Design Intern, Iódice, São Paulo, Brazil. 2014-2015.
Having had the function of Valedemar Iódice’s assistant overall within the company, I was able to learn of most areas in a large Fashion brand and how they function.
Intern, Monica Botelho Jóias, São Paulo, Brazil. 2012.
Having had the opportunity to assist the very few professionals working for this jewellery brand I was patiently taught about the many aspects of making and reforming jewellery pieces and it’s entire administrative process of pricing and marketing.
Books Published
Corpo: Animal em Extinção (Body: Animal in Extinction). 2023, São Paulo, Brazil. Editing by Urutau. Co-author of poetic compilation.
Experimental Practice
Artistic Resident, Body: Animal in Extinction, Alter do Chão, BRAZIL. 2020-2021.
Artistic Residency in the southern part of the Amazon Rainforest, in Alter do Chão, a village near Santarém, Pará, Brazil. I have co-written a poem compilation with all participants of this immersion. It was themed on the instinctive, animal body each person has. I have also begun a project based on the local folcloric myths during my time there which I hope to transform into a Costume Performance.
Artistic Resident, Kaaysá Art Residency, São Paulo, BRASIL. 2019.
Artistic Residency between the Atlantic Ocean and Forest, In São Paulo’s coast, in Brazil.
I began to develop a costume performance base don my experience of the nature surrounding the residency as well as my contact with the local community, especially one eldelry fisherman who taught me how to construct a fishing net.
Costume Design Participant, Creative Lab – Arcade East 2018.
Workshop resulting of a partnership between London College of Fashion – UAL and East London Dance. It is curated by the Fashion Space Gallery and is part of the Arcade East, a space for sustainability and innovation creative practice and discovery.
Creative Lab brings together a select group of costume designers, choreographers and creative technologists to investigate how physical computing, mixed and virtual reality and e-textiles can inform practice when combined with dance and choreography.
Awards
One of the Six finalists as Fashion Designer for the menswear collection “Revolt” at the FAAP MODA contest 2015.
Second Place as Fashion Designer for the menswear collection “WAR” at the FAAP MODA contest 2014.
Awarded best Advertisement creator, alongside her team members, by Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) in the Marketing Project themed “Fashion Products” contest in 2010.
Exhibitions
Masters Final Piece “Mother of Water” was exhibited at the Maker Faire Barcelona, that took place in “Nau Bostik” in October 2019.
Film Unit piece made for masters “Twelfth Night’s Feste” was chosen to be part of the Westminster Reference Library first floor exhibition in February 2018.
Masters Final Piece “Mother of Water” was chosen to be part of the University of the Arts London LCFMA19 – Fashioned Worlds exhibit in March 2019 at the OXO Tower- Bargehouse.
Education
Financial Mentorship, Aflora Life. Online from Barcelona, SPAIN. 2020.
Successful Negotioation: Essential Strategies and Skills, University of Michigan online through Coursera taught by George Siedel. 2020.
Masters Diploma in Fashion Business Management, LCI Barcelona co-titled with Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, ESPAÑA. 2019-2020.
Fabricademy, Fab Lab Barcelona. Barcelona, ESPAÑA. 2019-2020.
Final Piece: Dar À Luz, a costume performance based on the concepts of skin, gestation and movement recreated and intertwined through the possibilities allowed by digital fabrication and biodesign.
MA Costume Design for Performance, London College of Fashion – UAL. London, UK. 2017-2018.
Final Piece: Mother of Water, a performance costume inspired by three Brazilian Folkloric female water entities.
Costume Making Summer Course, Central Saint Martins – UAL. London, UK. 2016.
Fit, Balance and Proportion for Men’s Fashion, Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, USA. 2016.
Wardrobing for Theatre, Film and TV, Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, USA. 2016.
Fashion in Film and Media, Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, USA. 2016.
Successful Styling for Photography: Fashion Biz & Beyond, Fashion Institute of Technology. New York, USA. 2016.
BA Fashion Design, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – FAAP. São Paulo, Brazil. 2013-2016.
Final Piece: Luna Clara and para Apolo Onze anda para Luna Clara, costumes created for the Brazilian children’s book “Luna Clara e Apolo Onze” based on the theme of walking and it’s bodily and conceptual nuances.
Technical Degree in Foreign Trade, Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro – CVPS. São Paulo, Brazil. 2010-2012.
Awarded all the three annual projects during the course, all of which themed after a fashion-related subject applied to the foreign trade environment.
Pre, Elementary, Middle and High School, Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro. São Paulo, Brazil. 1999-2012.
Dance Knowledge
Contemporary Dance Research, development and studies conducted by Marize Piva, Morena Cardoso, Lucila Mantovani the TragantDansa team and Nunart. 2012 - Current Date.
Belly Dance experience with several performances and formation alongside the Sirian Society in São Paulo, Brasil, and Alnouart institute in Barcelona, Spain. 2015 - Current Date.
Senegalese dance and other West African rythms guided by the Singer and Dancer Anna Marie Mbengue in Barcelona, Spain. 2022.
Latin Ballroom (samba, salsa, forró, bolero, rock soltinho) past experience with several performances and formation alongside the Jaime Arôxa school of Ballroom dance in São Paulo, Brasil. 2012-17.
Zumba past experience with formation based at Anacã Studio. São Paulo, Brasil. 2017.
Hip hop and street dance past experience with formation based at Anacã Studio. São Paulo, Brasil. 2017.
Classic Ballet graduate with a degree by Royal Dance Academy with examination led by Siwa Dance School. São Paulo, Brasil. 1998-2011.
Skills
Projection mapping movement planning
3d printing
3D Modelling
Basic Film editing
Content based writing
Technology Experimentation
Crocheting
Hand Knitting
Machine and Hand Stitching
Pattern Cutting
Drawing/Illustration
Archive-based research
Social Media Management
Website design manipulation
Image Editing
Painting
Creative Technology
Customer Service
Wardrobing
Dressing
Fitting
Basic Coding
Biomaterial making
Software
Rhinoceros
Arduino
Skanect
Mesh 3D
Slicer 3D
MakeHuman
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere Pro
Office Package
Interests
Photography
Graphic Design
Dance
Material Experimentation
Textile-Related Crafts
Physical Theatre
Image Assemblage
History
Advertising
VR/AR
Wearable Technology
Storytelling
Curatorship
Teaching
Menswear
History of Fashion
Languages
Portuguese • native
English • native
Spanish • advanced
Italian • intermediate
German • advanced
Catalan • basic