Lisboa International Contemporary Exhibition 23 - Official catalog

DanielaGuerreiroisaPortugueseartist,bornin199 2inFaro.Todayheliv esinLisbon
wherehefindsmostofhisinspiration.HestudiedVisualArtsatthe Faculty ofAlgarve
from 2013 to201 4,andthenpaintingfrom 2014 to 2016 ,attheBelasArtesdeLisboa.
Danielaisafigurativepainterwhosemaininten ti onofherworkistoshowreality,naked
andraw,thatis ,hervisionofthe world.Paintingallowsyoutocaptureind iv id ualand
collec tiveexperiencesinamoreexplicitconcept.Eachofthemembodiestheconceptof
socialexclusion,shame,depression,ins ecurity ,violence,etc.,namely feelings thatare
li tt leheardandtalkedab outbysociety.Whileoilpaintingsind iv id ual izesociety,murals
and street paintings aim to cover a broader, collective environment. The use of
unconventionalmodelsallowsyoutoconveyahiddenbeauty betweeneachofthem,
whereyoulookforahiddenandrawbeautyofeachcharacter,workingoncolorandthe
interacti onbetweenlightanddarkness.Apersonalandglobaljourneyinsearchofhealth
andbodilyconnectionishermaingoalasavisualartist.
“Weneeddiversityintheexamplesaroundus.Andweallneedahealthierrelationship
withourbodiesandwithourimage,torelatetotheworld.”

Daniela Guerreiro