1976

Rebecca Sharp (São Paulo, 1976) lives and works between the UK and Brazil. In her poetic-spiritual process, she combines pictorial and meditative practices. Her work explores a variety of astral and mundane planes and, currently, their meeting with each other: unusual worlds covered by abyss in vivid hues that live together in vibrant ways. The canvas works as coded messages, coming from her soul's inner space. Her delicate, surreal compositions appear almost instinctively once the initial theme is revealed. According to Rebecca, "What I realize today is that the artist's job is to create and intervene in invisible universes. Long before the painting is ready, the creation and dissolution of a galaxy have already occurred. The work itself is the condensed mantra, a visible and tactile result of what cannot be explained. It is a logbook, an earthly document, an ignition key." Rebecca graduated in theater and dramatic arts from Goldsmiths, University of London. In 2018, she took part in the 33rd edition of Bienal de São Paulo, Afinidades Afetivas, in the session curated by Sofia Borges. In 2019, she was in residence at the renowned California Institute of Arts. In 2021, she held the solo exhibition Tools for the Wonderland (Mendes Wood, Brussels) and, in 2020, she held her first solo exhibition at Sé, Trago a mensagem do destino, curated by Tiago de Abreu Pinto.