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Berlin Art Residency: Mirela Fioresy at GlogauAir Online Program

Berlin Art Residency: Mirela Fioresy at GlogauAir Online Program

by | Art News, Art Residencies

Brazilian contemporary artist Mirela Fioresy begins a new research phase as part of the GlogauAir Berlin Online Residency Program.

Mirela Fioresy

Online Artist-In-Residency at
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Mirela Fioresy has been selected for the GlogauAir Berlin Online Residency Program, taking place from October to December 2025.

During this residency, she joins artists from eight different countries, engaging in a collective exchange of artistic research and experimentation. The program provides a space for dialogue and development, allowing Mirela Fioresy to expand her practice while connecting with an international network of contemporary artists.

At the end of the program, GlogauAir will host an Open Studio online exhibition, where each artist will present the outcomes of their residency process. Mirela Fioresy’s work will be shared publicly as part of this presentation.

THE PROJECT

'Water and Oil Don't MIX'

‘Water and Oil Don’t Mix’ is both the title and the premise of this project. One of the first rules we learn in painting becomes my starting point; in this project I layer oil and liquid acrylic on the same ground and let their refusal to blend steer the work, as pigments push, repel, and settle into unplanned forms. The collision is both process and meaning, a study of tension, separation, and uneasy coexistence. The outcome is a series of mixed-media paintings and brief process videos, a meditation on contradiction and a fragile truce between opposites.

Mirela Fioresy’s Subways Series Exhibited at Casa 100+ Gramado

Mirela Fioresy’s Subways Series Exhibited at Casa 100+ Gramado

by | Art Exhibitions, Art News

Exhibition

CASA 100+ Gramado

Subway Series Now Exhibiting at Casa 100+ Gramado, RS 🇧🇷

Thrilled to share that ‘[Barcelona] Ways’ and ‘[São Paulo] Ways’, two paintings from my ‘[Subway] Series’, are now part of the current exhibition at Casa 100+, in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

This beautiful space is part of the +100 Gallery project from Porto Alegre – an inspiring initiative connecting contemporary art to new audiences across the region.

In the meantime, if you’re nearby, go check out the show!

And if you’re curious about the series and the stories behind these works, you can explore it here:

View [Sub]Ways Series

📍 And speaking of Porto Alegre: the Mercosul Biennial is lighting up the city right now and I’ll be participating too. More on that very soon ✨

Alive Heart Painting In a Curated Collection on Saatchi Art

Alive Heart Painting In a Curated Collection on Saatchi Art

by | Art News, Curated Collections

 ‘Alive Heart’, from the artist Mirela Fioresy,was featured in a curated collection on Saatchi Art.

This piece reflects the artist’s unique ability to blend emotion, symbolism, and color into a composition that resonates deeply with viewers.

This painting is sold already, but you can explore other Mirela Fioresy’s available artworks in her complete collection on Saatchi Art.

Explore the complete collection here.

Mirela Fioresy’s  Ghana Portraits solo exhibition at Livraria Cultura

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Mirela Fioresy’s ‘Ghana Portraits’ Solo Exhibition at Livraria Cultura

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The exhibition “Ghana Portraits” presents the photographic series resulting from an art residency held in 2013 in the rural village of Abetenim, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. During 25 days, visual artist Mirela Fioresy taught art to students of all ages at a local school, bringing materials and encouraging them to explore nature as a creative tool.

Throughout this process, Mirela captured the community’s daily life and vibrant energy, revealing the simple beauty and depth of human connection within that environment. Her photographs portray gestures, colors, and atmospheres that express both wonder and reflection on the local way of life.

The exhibition at the Livraria Cultura Art Gallery, located in Iguatemi Shopping Mall, São Paulo, in 2015, showcased part of this series, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the sensitivity of the portraits and the cultural nuances of Abetenim. Through a delicate and contemplative gaze, the artist builds a bridge between different worlds, transforming lived experience into visual poetry.

All photographs were presented in limited editions, printed on fine art paper, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

CURATION

Ghana PORTRAITS

Um dos grandes desafios da fotografia realizada em contextos culturais distintos, como a presente série de imagens obtidas numa residência artística realizada em julho de 2013, em uma vila rural na região Ashanti de Gana, com o apoio da NKA Foundation, é que o resultado seja apenas antropológico – e não estético, ou seja, que as figuras reproduzam a atmosfera vivenciada, mas não captem uma percepção de mundo.

Mirela Fioresy não cai nessa armadilha. A maioria de suas representações se caracteriza justamente por conseguir transmitir impressões plásticas da comunidade visitada. Nesse aspecto, ganham destaque as imagens de pessoas sentadas cercadas pela terra e por um ambiente em que o verde predomina, numa atmosfera que evoca, por exemplo, as pinturas de Almeida Junior sobre o universo caipira paulista. 

É claro que as realidades retratadas são distintas, mas o que está em jogo é muito menos o que se vê e muito mais o como isso é mostrado. Nesse aspecto, existe uma forte relação entre a maneira de abordar a temática e o relacionamento com o universo circundante. Mirela consegue fazer um retrato de Gana por meio de sua contemplação.

Há toda uma ambiência que passa pelos recortes feitos, pelas estampas das roupas das mulheres e pelos olhares dos fotografados. É como se a comunidade da pós-África entrasse nos observadores das imagens. Somos transportados a uma humanidade maior ao adentrarmos nessa temática, na qual pouco a pouco nos aproximamos por meio de um olhar sereno e delicado.

Oscar D’Ambrosio
Curador, Crítico de arte, Pós-doutor em Educação, Arte e História da Cultura, e jornalista.