ADRIANA MARTINEZ MONTANHEIRO
Adriana Martinez is a visual artist, fashion illustrator, and stylist. She is a tenured professor in the Bachelor of Fashion Design program at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), and coordinator and creator of the Modarte Extension Program, also at UDESC. Her work spans visual arts, blends with fashion, and extends to stage costume design and object design.
For Adriana, what motivates her as an artist is "the possibility of expressing myself, translating my thoughts, images that attract me, my dreams, questions, the parts of my life story that bring me anguish, as well as joy."
@ADRIANA_MONTANHEIRO_ARTS
2020
TODAY IS MARIA'S DAY
Today is Maria's Day (2012) was the name given to a collection of shirts inspired by the costumes of the miniseries Today is Maria's Day (2004), by Luis Fernando Carvalho. Aiming to create connections between fashion and the arts, through costumes and outfits focusing on Wearable Art and Living Art, ten men's shirts were unstitched and reconstructed as women's shirts. Furthermore, they were dyed with natural raw materials, such as coffee and different types of tea, and adorned with buttons, trimmings, fabric scraps, and repurposed lace. Each shirt represents a character from the series, which in turn alludes to the issues present in the female universe.
This project was developed for the Modarte Extension Program at UDESC, and is also part of Adriana's master's dissertation and doctoral thesis.
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Luisa Venturelli
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FASHION
2021
PEELS
The works in Adriana Martinez's "Cascas" series, made of fabric and paint, are wearable. They are therefore "wearable art" entitled "Amazon in Ashes," "Living Amazon," and "Amazon in Metamorphosis," inspired by the trees of the rainforest. They lead to a reflection on how the region feels when burned, how it is possible to be reborn, and the potential for transformation, because, ultimately, that is what life is about: a sequence of constant changes, rarely in the same direction. A visual artist and university professor, Adriana has great difficulty memorizing numbers and performing mathematical equations, among other characteristics. She creates works in the areas of painting, wearable art (as in this case), drawing, and illustration, and also develops research on costume design.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2024
VARAIS
The works are part of the "Clotheslines" collection from 1996, which presents diverse possibilities for interpretation. One of them is the relationship between the everyday act of hanging and taking down clothes and the female existential journey. These actions have repercussions in the relationships established, as a woman, in the various roles she plays in society. In this way, the "I" becomes a "we" through the dialogue between the fragments of clothing – whether or not they are on the clothesline – analogous to the existential condition of constantly rearranging one's own life.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
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ADRIANA
I've always had a lot of trouble with math; I can't memorize numbers at all and I have difficulty retaining what I read; I'm terrible at remembering names and I get super confused with technology. However, I have a good visual memory, so I've always used colors and drawings to memorize what I need.
My imagination has always been my best refuge; I never stop creating. Sometimes it even overwhelms me: when I was little, they said I was lazy… I couldn't concentrate, I was only interested in drawing and painting. I also really liked history.
