Mariana Porto’s work (São Paulo, 1974) has fabric as its main support. Its panels use textile materials of vegetable or animal origin, organized in overlays of paintings, drawings and seams.
There are also objects like glass beads, branches, shells and stones that endow her work with three-dimensionality and the memory of the paths taken by the artist in nature. In addition to a search for colors and combination of materials, Mariana Porto’s works investigate the limits between art and object, and often deal with a mythical space based on universal symbol.
Atelier 284
Mariana Porto conceived and directed initiatives such as Objeto Design, a studio that created utilitarian products in cast aluminum, reforestation wood and blown glass, and Jade Handmade, a textile development laboratory that helped her choose fabric as an artistic language. Graduated in plastic arts from Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Mariana had her work exhibited at Espaço Galpão (São Paulo, Brazil), at Sesc Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and at the Museo Nacional de la Acuarela (Mexico City, Mexico). In 2019 she founded Atelier 284, an exhibition and cultural space in São Paulo.
Exhibitions
2019
Seasons and the Lord of time. Atelier 284, São Paulo, Brazil
FORMATION
2018
Patrons III. INSET. Galpão Space , São Paulo, Brazil – Project in partnership with jewelry designer Vera Cortez
EXPERIENCE PATRONS I. Galpão space, São Paulo, Brazil – Project in partnership with jewelry designer Vera Cortez
2015
Tree of Life. Jade Handmade space, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
Brazilian Design. Anhembi Design and Industry Space, São Paulo, Brazil
1997
Formats. Santa Marcelina College, São Paulo, Brazil
1996
University Hall. Santa Marcelina College, São Paulo, Brazil (award-winning artist)
1st Engraving Salon. Sesc Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Acuarela Brasil. Museo Nacional de La Acuarela, Mexico City, Mexico
1995
Engraving Salon. Printmaking Workshop at the Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
1994
University Hall. Santa Marcelina College, São Paulo.
Additional training
2018
Biofashion Workshop: biodesign with microbiology with Breno Abreu. São Paulo Brazil
2014
Natural dyeing. Atelier Etno Botânica, São Paulo, Brazil
2014-2016
Manual dyeing. Atelier Susana Uribarri, Fortaleza, Brazil
2000
History of clothing with João Braga. Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
1999
Costume workshop with Liana Bloise. Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
1998
Art history with Margarida Sant’Anna. Brazilian Sculpture Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
1997
Plaster modeling. SENAI, São Paulo, Brazil
1996-1998
Hand weaving with Eva Soban. São Paulo Brazil
1996-1997
Ceramics and high temperature firing with Célia Cymbalista. São Paulo Brazil
1996
Contemporaneity with Ronaldo Brito. Senac, São Paulo, Brazil
1995-1996
Metal engraving with Laurita Salles. São Paulo Brazil
1994
Metal engraving with Márcio Périgo. São Paulo Brazil
1993
Execution and casting in jewelry with Karin Zimmerman. São Paulo Brazil
1990
Drawing and painting with Gilda Vogt. São Paulo Brazil
1989
Gemology with Erich Otto Blaich. São Paulo Brazil
Plastic Arts at Faculdade Santa Marcelina.
Projects
2019
Atelier 284 – cultural space
2017-2018
Mariana Porto + and Jade Handmade – authorial work and partnership with designers and artists
2015-2016
Hand Made Jade, textile development and special projects
2000-2012
Object Design, utility products in cast aluminum, reforestation wood and blown glass
1996
Studio Algarismo, research of new materials in the textile area
1995
Cose di Legno, joinery
Sovay – Brasilplast, assistant to artists Luiz Hermano, Leda Catunda, Sérgio Romagnolo, Nelson Screnci and Nuno Ramos
1994
22nd Bienal de São Paulo, assistant to artist Orshi Drozdik
Atelier Raposo, bookbinding assistant
1993
Camphill Stonehouse (England), hand weaving assistant for special teenagers.
Workshops and courses given
1998
Atelier clothes as scenery, Fashion Moldes Exhibition, Sesc São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
1997
Atelier clothes as scenery, Fashion moldes Exibition , Sesc Santos, Santos, Brazil
