Catia Goffinet

My artistic practice is a listening to the invisible. I investigate the interweaving of light and shadow, time and form, presence and silence. Painting, for me, is not mere representation but a field of subtle energy—a space where matter organizes itself to reveal what cannot be seen. I work in layers: overlays of color, gesture, and pause. Each surface is built slowly, as if it were breathing. I am drawn to what vibrates in the interval, in restraint, in the silent geometry that points toward parallel worlds, inner times, and their own rhythms. I seek an art of reconnection—with the body, the cosmos, and the present moment. An invitation to listen to time not as it runs, but as it expands. My works are born in silence, among transparent and deliberate layers. I value minimalism as an open field of perception, where every form carries a kind of listening. My palette is minimal yet deeply sensorial, aiming for the synthesis between matter, the universe, and the subtle vibration of forms. My process is attentive to gesture, matter, and pause—through them I build surfaces that suggest coexisting realities. There is an inner time that governs the gesture and expands the space between lines and forms. Here, time is not chronological—i...

Additional Education and Training

Mentorship with Julie Belfer Sarian, Arte Contemporânea Vírgula, 2024 – ongoing, São Paulo
Oil Painting Techniques with Professor Mauricio Suzuki, Arte Contemporânea Vírgula, São Paulo
Creative Triggers for Production with Julie Belfer Sarian, Arte Contemporânea Vírgula, São Paulo
The Professional Artist’s Practice with Julie Belfer Sarian, Arte Contemporânea Vírgula, São Paulo
Inside Contemporary Art with Marcelo Rocha, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
6x6 Program – Galeria Tato, São Paulo
Casa Tato 11, São Paulo
Creative Triggers for Production with Julie Belfer, Arte Contemporânea Vírgula, São Paulo
Artist Conversations with Bruno Miguel, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
Techniques in Painting, Drawing, and Creativity, CeresArt Gallery, 2018–2019, São Paulo
Acrylic Painting Techniques Development with Ro Gonçalves, Galeria Paulista de Arte, 2017–2018, São Paulo
Professional Photography Course, 2018, Full Frame, São Paulo
The Artist and the Contemporary Gaze, with Ro Gonçalves, 2012–2016, MUBE – São Paulo
Pan-American School of Art, 2011–2014, São Paulo
Cozinha da Pintura (The Painting Kitchen), 2012–2014, São Paulo
Life Drawing, 2008, SENAC, São Paulo
Oil Painting, 1997–2003, Artist Studios, São Paulo

2025, Exhibition in Funarte, São Paulo - Brazil
2025 – Exhibition Cycle, Tato Gallery, curated by Claudinei Roberto da Silva and Lucas de Lacerda, São Paulo - Brazil
2024 – Correios Musuem, Brasília - Brazil
2024 – Tato Gallery, curated by Claudinei Roberto da Silva, São Paulo - Brazil
2024 – Sulear: Global South, Funarte, São Paulo - Brazil
2016 – Forms and Colors, Bank of Uruguai, São Paulo - Brazil
2016 – Respirarte, Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo - Brazil
2015 – Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo - Brazil
2013 – Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo - Brazil