Jeane Terra
Bio
She lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. The artist dedicates herself to painting, sculpture, photography and video art. Her research is linked to memory and its subjectivities, as she investigates fragments and nuances of transience and the debris of a time. Among the exhibitions where her work has been shown, the highlights are a solo one entitled “Inventário” (Cidade das Artes, RJ, 2018) and the following group exhibitions held in 2019: “Me Two”, “Brasil! Obras da coleção de Ernesto Esposito” (Ettore Fico Museum, Turin, Italy); “O Ovo e a Galinha” (Simone Cadinelli Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro) and “Abre Alas” (A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro); in 2013, she was in “Projeto Montra”, in Lisbon; in 2011, in “Nova Escultura Brasileira – Herança e Diversidade” (Caixa Cultural, RJ); and, in 2010, in the Biwako Biennial, in Japan. Her work is part of Museu de Arte do Rio’s collection.
Statement
In her works, Jeane uses debris and “paint skin”, a technique that she developed by mixing acrylic paint with binder and making thin layers out of that concoction, so that they resemble the human skin. The artist uses “paint skins” to make her paintings, which may be sewn – some with the cross-stitch technique - or may be cut and pasted directly on the canvas. It’s a kind of body-painting. Likewise, when she uses rubble from houses and buildings as work material and covers it with velvet skins, she creates new meanings for the body-home matter.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
