Carla Santana
1995 | São Gonçalo – RJ
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She lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Carla Santana’s work also crosses her own body as a social body, looking at the historical, material and cultural layers that make it up. By understanding the earth in its different material and sensitive layers, the artist organizes compositions permeated by the notions of home, shelter and communal space. In this sense, matter becomes a space for tactile investigation of thought. By occupying the performative space, Santana affirms her body as a fundamental device of expressiveness and relationship for practices of alterity with the territories she articulates in her research.
Her solo exhibitions include dwelling, food and self-theory, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Pores and accumulations, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2022) and I go around myselfCentro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil (2019). He also took part in the group shows O ouro e a madeira, Quadra, São Paulo (2025); Entre Corpos, MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (2025); A conspiração dos ícones, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); A Guanabara story, Inclusartiz Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); Lucid nature, MECA Institute, Niterói, Brazil (2024); Emoção de lidar, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Small formats, Auroras, São Paulo, Brazil (2022) and Engraved into the bodyTanya Bonakdar, New York, USA/ Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021). Santana is part of the Pinacoteca’s collection with the series everything you see on the way, São Paulo, Brazil (2023).
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Training
2022 Graduation in Arts, UFF
2018 Scenes for other languages, EAV Parque Lage
2017 The Manipulative Actor, AMOK
2013 Theatrical Experimentation Expressive Body, CENARTE
2012 Technician Initial Training for Actors and Character Creation, RJ
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Poros e acúmulos, Carpintaria
2019 Vou ao redor de mim, Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno
Group Exhibitions
2022 Small formats, Auroras
2022 Dismantle, Undo, SP Court
2022 HU: My joy crossed the sea, MAC Niterói
2022 Some version of what happened, Casa bicho
2022 Submersiva – Act II, Quadra Rio
2022 Pixinguinha, A baton master, Rio Art Museum
2022 The shortest distance between two points is a risk, Oasis
2021 REBU, Parque Lage and Galeria 5 Bocas
2021 Submersive – Act I, Auroras
2021 Carioca chronicles, Rio Art Museum
2021 Engraved into the body, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NY
2021 Mostra Poéticas Femininas na Periferia, Paço Imperial
2021 Presence, Online exhibition
2020 Ceramic palace, Online exhibition, MAC NIterói
2020 Written on the body, Carpentry
2019 Margem, Sesc Madureira
2019 Under the Power of Presence, Museum of the Republic
2019 Corpura, UFF Arts Center
2019 Sin vienen por a mañana, Interior 2.1 – Mexico
2019 Image use, Ateliê da Imagem
2019 Travessia #2, Selina
Manjar: Para Habitar LIberdades, Solar dos Abacaxis
2019 Quinta Black, Sesc São Gonçalo
2019 Galaxies, UFF Arts Center
2019 Collective Type, Typography
2019 Evening Experience n20, MESA
2019 Night, Helio Oiticica Municipal Art Center
2018 II PEGA, Helio Oiticica Municipal Art Center
2018 in.CORPO.rar, UFF Arts Center
2018 Collective, Auroras
2018 Encruzilhadas Segundo Ato, Galpão Bela Maré
2018 VALONGO International Image Festival, Santos SP
2018 Vesicle, BREU Space
2018 Crossroads, PENCE
2018 Emergency Landing, Black Box
2018 Inconformations, Orgânico Ateliê
2018 Corpos Intrânsito exhibition, Galpão Bela Maré
2018 Chimeras, Atelier 2018 Trovoa, Helio Oiticica Municipal Art Center
Residencies
2020 Immersion Ceramic Palace, Espaço Mirá
2019 Trovoa Residency, Helio Oiticica Municipal Art Center
2019 NAMI Network’s Contemporary Art Accompaniment Group, Capacete
