BIOGRAPHY

Bruna Fernandes is a Brazilian visual artist born in Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina. After studying Psychology and Performing Arts, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, she began her independent research in Art History and Expressionism in 2017.
Her artistic development has been shaped by extensive cultural experiences in cities such as London, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, São Paulo, Geneva. A self-taught painter, Bruna draws particular inspiration from Willem de Kooning, whose expressive gestures and approach to painting have strongly influenced her visual language. Working primarily with oil on canvas, she creates dynamic compositions characterized by vibrant, distinctive palettes, organic movement, and expressive layers of color.

Bruna’s practice explores the relationship between life, emotion, nature, and the immaterial. Influenced by Tibetan Buddhist philosophy, her work draws upon the five elements, earth, water, fire, air, and space, as conceptual foundations for investigating impermanence, perception, and the invisible dimensions of human experience.
Through Abstract Expressionism, she seeks to translate dreams, memories, music, and emotional landscapes into visual compositions. Her paintings are not intended to provide answers, but to provoke questions and invite individual interpretations. The viewer becomes an essential part of the work, bringing their own experiences, memories, and unconscious associations into the encounter with the canvas.
A dedicated researcher of color, Bruna develops distinctive oil paint tones, exploring the relationship between light and shadow, intensity and delicacy. Her process seeks to materialize the immaterial, transforming dreamlike visions and subjective experiences into new visual worlds.

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