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Daura Campos

About

Daura 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

Sobre

Daura 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)