Gisele Camargo has a degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts at UFRJ, a degree she completed in parallel with her philosophy studies. While living in Rio de Janeiro, her work presented landscapes that referred to the urban universe, with a restricted palette, such as the series “Panavison” 2009, “33 triptychs” 2010 and “Falsa Espera” 2012. The latter was recorded in a book.
In March 2017, the artist moved to Serra do Cipó, a change that was reflected in her work when the rudiments of an organic landscape opened the color palette and added symbolic elements to the paintings. These characteristics can be observed in the development of the series “Brutos” 2016, “Paisagens Gráficas” 2017, “Erosões” 2018, “Construção” 2018, “Tabuleiro” 2020.
Some of the solo exhibitions she has recently held: “Board”, Carbono Gallery (São Paulo, SP, 2021); “Erosions”, Central Gallery (São Paulo, SP, 2019); “Construction”, Carbono Gallery (São Paulo, SP, 2018); “Moons, Brutes and Suns”, Luciana Caravello Contemporary Art (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2018); “Moons, Brutes and Suns”,
Periscope Contemporary Art (Belo Horizonte, MG, 2018); “Capsules and Moons”, Paço Imperial (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2015) and “American Night or Invisible Moons”, Galeria Luciana Caravello (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2014).
Recent group exhibitions include: “Postmodern Brazilianness”, curated by Tereza de Arruda, Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (Brasilia, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, 2022, Rio de Janeiro 2021); “Biomas”, with Adriana Vignoli, Matias Brotas Gallery, curated by Ananda Carvalho (Vitória, ES, 2022); “Grisaille”, curated by Michael Goodson, Wexner Center of the Arts, (Columbus, USA, 2017); “the light that veils the body is the same that reveals the screen”, Caixa Econômica (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2017); “A restlessness”, Estação Gallery (São Paulo, SP, 2016); “The wall: rethinking the course”, Central Galeria (São Paulo, SP, 2016); “Visual Artists in magazines”, (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2016); “Crossroads”, Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, USA, 2014).
Some awards and scholarships: “Art and Heritage Award” – Honor to merit – National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage, (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2013); “Support and research scholarship in artistic creation”, Secretariat of Culture of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2012); “IBRAM Award for Contemporary Art”, Brazilian Institute of Museums (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2011); “Projectiles Award for Contemporary Art”, National Arts Foundation – FUNARTE (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2006); “Projectiles Award for Contemporary Art”, National Arts Foundation – FUNARTE (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2003).