Ana Carolina Oliveira Gouvea Dos Santos

I am a mixed-media artist whose practice explores materiality, memory, and transformation through collage and painting. My work combines acrylic and oil paint with found and repurposed materials—such as magazine fragments, packaging, netting, salt textures, and everyday objects—creating layered compositions that investigate sustainability, symbolism, and visual archaeology.

I am particularly interested in how discarded materials carry cultural residue and emotional weight. By recontextualizing these elements, I aim to challenge traditional boundaries between fine art and everyday matter, inviting viewers to engage with themes of time, identity, and impermanence. Each work is conceived as a tactile narrative, where texture and surface play a central role in the storytelling process.

My practice embraces experimentation and intuitive construction, resulting in pieces that balance raw material presence with poetic tension.

I am a contemporary mixed media artist whose practice explores material transformation, memory, and sustainability through collage and textured surfaces. My work combines acrylic and oil paint with found and repurposed materials such as magazine fragments, netting, paper, and organic textures, creating layered compositions that invite close observation.