
Daura Campos
AboutDaura Campos (she/her) is a Brazilian, self-taught, multidisciplinary artist based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Via destruction and care, her process with 35mm film, creates photography, painting, and moving-image works that honor the experiences of sexual and gender minorities.
Her selected awards include the Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize special mention, The Alternative Art School Brandy's Juried Fellowship, the FORGE Fellowship, the CuratorSpace Artist Bursary, and The Heather B. Mattera Opportunity Scholarship. Furthermore, she was a Hemi Convergence Convener for the New York University and the University of Chicago.
Daura has exhibited her photographic work at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada, the Analog Film Photography Association, Orlando, USA, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Spain, among others. Her images were also displayed on billboards in Times Square, Los Angeles, Chicago, USA, and Toronto, Canada.
Her moving-image work was screened in South and North America at the Museum of Art of Pereira, Pereira, Colombia, Cinema Belas Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the Avant Garde Cultural Center, Bogotá, Colombia, at the No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, USA, and others.
Daura Campos
SobreDaura Campos (ela/dela) é uma artista Brasileira, autodidata e multidisciplinar que vive em Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Por meio de destruição e cuidado, seu processo com filme 35mm cria trabalhos de fotografia, pintura e vídeo, afim de gerar discussões sobre questões de gênero.
Seus principais prêmios incluem o Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize (menção honrosa), The Alternative Art School Brandy's Juried Fellowship, a FORGE Fellowship, a CuratorSpace Artist Bursary e a Heather B. Mattera Opportunity Scholarship. Além disso, ela foi um Hemi Convergence Convener para a Universidade de Nova York e a Universidade de Chicago.
Daura expôs seu trabalho fotográfico na Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, Reino Unido, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canadá, Analog Film Photography Association, Orlando, EUA, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canadá, Experimental Photo Festival, Barcelona, Espanha, entre outros. Suas imagens também foram exibidas em outdoors na Times Square, Los Angeles, Chicago, EUA e Toronto, Canadá.
Seu trabalho de imagem em movimento foi exibido na América do Sul e do Norte no Museu de Arte de Pereira, Pereira, Colômbia, Cinema Belas Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, Avant Garde Cultural Center, Bogotá, Colômbia, no No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, EUA, e outros.
Solo and Two-person Exhibitions
2022 In Flux (two-person exhibition with Grace Wang), Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2021 Secret Visibility (solo exhibition), Angelica Kauffman Gallery, Chicago, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Collective Momentum, The Riverdale Hub, Toronto, Canada
2022 Photorama, Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada
Limiares Utópicos, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
I Used to Think… Then I Thought, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Share, Tag or Dye, Atelierele Malmaison, Bucharest, Romania
Annual Analog Film Photography Exhibit, Analog Film Photography Association, Miami, USA
Confined, The House of Smalls, Cotswolds, UK
2021 Revisiting the Avant-Garde, Geis Gallery, Lakewood, USA
Remote Possibility, Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Photo for Non-Majors, Humble Arts Foundation, Online Exhibition
Risk, Roundtable Residency, Online Exhibition
Evanescence, Experimental Photo Festival, Online Exhibition
Selected Screenings
2022 "Tracei Nossa Histórica Com Uma Linha Incerta", Cinema Belas Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2021 "El Último Humano Será Solo Recuerdos", Avant Garde Cultural Center, Bogotá, Colombia
"El Último Humano Será Solo Recuerdos", Museum of Art of Pereira, Pereira, Colombia
"El Último Humano Será Solo Recuerdos", No Nation Art Lab, Chicago, USA
Public Art
2021 Billboard exhibition of "What the Luck" in Chicago and Los Angeles (USA), Drawstring Magazine
Billboard exhibition of "What the Luck" in Toronto (Canada), Make Room
Selected Fellowships, Grants and Awards
2023 Art Vue Foundation Yearly Prize (special mention)
2022 The Alternative Art School Brandy's Juried Fellowship
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery Grant
FORGE Fellowship
Tour de Moon Visual Arts Grant
2021 CuratorSpace Artist Bursary #13
The Heather B. Mattera Opportunity Scholarship, strudelmediaLive
Adolescent Filmmaking Grant
Hemi Convergence Convener for the New York University and the University of Chicago
Adolescent Photography Grant
Residencies
2022 Dear Artists With Anxiety (DAWA) Virtual Residency
2021 Roundtable Remote Residency
Book
"soft core", Published by Rebecca Orr, Oct. 30th, 2022, UK
Selected Press and Publications
the self-determination issue, little living room, Issue #5, May 23rd, 2022, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Dwell Time Special COVID-19 Edition." Dwell Time Press, online issue, Mar. 15th, 2022
"Satellite Colony." Tour de Moon, Issue #5, Feb. 16th, 2022, London, UK
"No. 6." Aeonian Magazine, Issue #6, online issue, Jan. 9th, 2022
"Deep Fried Film." Jumbo Shrimp Press, Issue #2, Oct. 8th, 2021, New Jersey, USA
"Connection." Pace Magazine, Issue #8, Oct. 10th, 2021, Ottawa, Canada
"Chosen Family." Container Love, online issue, Nov. 20th, 2020
"Chosen Family." Curated by Girls, online issue, Jun. 1st, 2020
Selected Public Speaking
In Flux: Artist Talk & Film Soup Workshop, Gallery 44, Online Event (Jun. 25th, 2022)
Film Photography 101, Adolescent, Online Workshop (Oct. 25th, 2021)
Related Experience
Coordinator, Authority Collective, New York City, USA (2022 – current)
Assistant Curator, The Curator Ship, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Curator, Foto Femme United, Paris, France (2020 – 2021)
Languages
Portuguese (Native Speaker)
English (Fluent: Cambridge English Proficiency)
French (Intermediate)