LEO SERAFIM
Léo always enjoyed drawing, creating new worlds, new perspectives, but he gave up drawing almost at the same time he dropped out of school. After a while, around the age of 30, he returned to studying extensively as a self-taught artist and embraced his identity. His dyslexia was "discovered" shortly afterward, and he understands that it has an extremely positive influence on his work.
@LEOSERAFIMART
2023
RIVER
The proposed image of Rio de Janeiro is different. The forms bring a stylization that leads to thinking about the city in new ways. Christ the Redeemer and other recognizable icons are there, but above all, there is a spirit of visual freedom. Everything is permitted in art. This constitutes the fascination of creating. It allows everything. Plastically, the woman alone by the beach is the great moment. It offers the ability to think about how, ultimately, everyone is, in some way, isolated on the journey of existence.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2024
BETWEEN US
The visual and sensory interplay between two types of "knots" (the first-person plural personal pronoun and the interlacing of lines) transforms the image into a universe to be unveiled by the attentive observer. The children, the cat, and the bird connect, but the proposed visuality is also based on other ways of establishing aesthetic dynamics, as seen in the movement suggested by the curves on the walls, where there is a hopeful sun. The environment is further bathed in light that enters through the window, harmoniously connecting the characters with the outside world.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
2025
NAIL IN THE SANDAL
The concept of using a nail in the strap of a flip-flop so that it can continue to be used belongs to the universe commonly called "the aesthetics of improvisation," something very Brazilian in the sense that it is a form of creative expression that arises from the need to find improvised and inventive solutions in the face of a lack of resources or standardized alternatives. It is, therefore, a valuing of adaptation, the recombination of materials, and the unconventional solution of problems, which connects with how neurodivergent people can engage with the world.
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Oscar D'Ambrosio
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VISUAL ARTS
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LEO
I love what I do and I'm very happy to know that there are people who are dyslexic and work in this field of communication and awareness, and in all other fields. Dyslexia was only a problem for me when I didn't know it existed. But being dyslexic didn't stop me from learning what I love; I even think it helped me.
