Rosana Paulino

Rosana Paulino (born 1967, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian contemporary artist, curator, and researcher. Paulino holds a doctorate in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo, School of Communications and Arts and a specialization in printmaking from London Print Studio. Paulino engages with mediums including drawing, embroidery, engraving, printmaking, collage, and sculpture, often to engage with archetypes, memory, familial legacies, histories of racial violence and slavery in Brazil and to explore, what she describes as, Black female psychology. Her works have been displayed in multiple exhibtitions in the UK, France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, USA, Mexico, and Brazil. She has had solo exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, and Brazil and in public spaces such as The High Line in New York City. Paulino is one of two artists, alongside Adriana Varejão, selected to represent Brazil in the 61st Biennale di Venezia. Paulino's work is featured permanent collections including Centre Pompidou, MoMA, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Harvard Art Museums,Tate, Studio Museum in Harlem, University of New Mexico Art Museum, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.