FERNANDA FIGUEIREDO
Born in Brazil and based in Berlin since 2015, Fernanda Figueiredo develops an artistic practice centered on painting and appropriation. Her research investigates the formation of Brazilian cultural identity, examining the relationships between European and Brazilian modernisms and their reverberations in contemporary political and social contexts.
Her career includes artistic residencies in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland, as well as solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Croatia. Her work has been presented in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Galerie im Körnerpark in Berlin, and Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster.
Her works are part of major public collections, including the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, as well as the CICA Museum in South Korea. Among the awards and recognitions she has received are the FUNARTE National Visual Arts Network, the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt grant from the Berlin Senate, and an artistic residency at the Jakob und Emma Windler Foundation in Switzerland. In 2025, she was nominated for the Neuköllner Kunstpreis in Berlin.
Born in Brazil and based in Berlin since 2015, Fernanda Figueiredo develops an artistic practice centered on painting and appropriation. Her research investigates the formation of Brazilian cultural identity, examining the relationships between European and Brazilian modernisms and their reverberations in contemporary political and social contexts.
Her career includes artistic residencies in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland, as well as solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Croatia. Her work has been presented in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Galerie im Körnerpark in Berlin, and Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster.
Her works are part of major public collections, including the National Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, as well as the CICA Museum in South Korea. Among the awards and recognitions she has received are the FUNARTE National Visual Arts Network, the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt grant from the Berlin Senate, and an artistic residency at the Jakob und Emma Windler Foundation in Switzerland. In 2025, she was nominated for the Neuköllner Kunstpreis in Berlin.
When discussing the iconification of works by different names of the time, Figueiredo also makes his canvases a dive into the history of Brazilian art – it is necessary to look for such references to recognize them in the production. These allusions appear deconstructed, multiplied, recomposed and often wrapped in the exuberant nature that she recreates and that takes us back to Brazil, even mentioning the emblematic landscaping of Burle Marx."
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Fernanda Figueiredo
Limeira, Sao Paulo, 1978. Lives and work in Berlin.
Born in Brazil and based in Berlin since 2015, Fernanda Figueiredo develops an artistic practice centered on painting and appropriation. Her research investigates the formation of Brazilian cultural identity, examining the relationships between European and Brazilian modernisms and their reverberations in contemporary political and social contexts. Her career includes artistic residencies in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland, as well as solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Croatia. Her work has been presented in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Galerie im Körnerpark in Berlin, and Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster.
Limeira, Sao Paulo, 1978. Lives and work in Berlin.
Born in Brazil and based in Berlin since 2015, Fernanda Figueiredo develops an artistic practice centered on painting and appropriation. Her research investigates the formation of Brazilian cultural identity, examining the relationships between European and Brazilian modernisms and their reverberations in contemporary political and social contexts. Her career includes artistic residencies in Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland, as well as solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, Switzerland, the United States, and Croatia. Her work has been presented in institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Galerie im Körnerpark in Berlin, and Kunsthaus Kannen in Münster.