Samy Sfoggia

Samy Sfoggia (Porto Alegre/RS,1984) shoots with film cameras and works primarily with 35mm black and white film. Her negatives are scanned at high quality and the images are digitally altered: assemblages; color inversion; drawings on the tablet. After that, the images are printed and then Samy draws on paper with a knife and oil paint. The images are scanned again and reprinted. On Samy’s creative process, photography is used as work material, but her artwork is not limited to this medium. She tries to represent the subconscious mind by creating fantastic imagery and by juxtaposing elements that seem to contradict each other. Her pictures are like frames of an unconscious deliberately incoherent and illogical. She tries to create the nightmare aesthetics. Samy has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Brazil and other countries. Her work has been published on several websites and international magazines (Lost At E Minor; International Times; Kaltblut Magazine, etc).

Samy Sfoggia has a bachelor’s degree in History from Faculdade Porto-Alegrense (2007), in Art from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2014) and studied Art, Body and Education at the same University (2009).

Solo Exhibitions

2017-2018 - Exposição itinerante Drømmer om Skov - Galeria Trapiche Santo Ângelo, São Luís/MA; Salão Angelim - FURB, Blumenau/SC; Galeria de Artes da SECULT, Campina Grande/PB; Pinacoteca da UFV, Viçosa/MG; Centro de Artes UFF, Niterói/RJ; Salão das Ilusões, Fortaleza/CE
2016 - Axxon N. - Acervo Independente, Porto Alegre/RS
2015 - Needles & pins - Centro Cultural Kavlin, Punta del Este/Maldonado - Uruguai
2014 - Jest sztuka absurdu - Galeria Ecarta, Porto Alegre/RS
2013 - Verboten - Galeria do 4º andar da Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre/RS
2012 - R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Movement) - Estúdio Galeria Mamute, Porto Alegre/RS

Group Exhibitions

2019 - De andar por aí! - Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo, Porto Alegre/RS
- TIMELINE:BH #5 - Cinema do Sesc Palladium, Belo Horizonte/MG
- ENEAGRAMA Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental 2019 - Centro Cultural Casa de Pepino, Córdoba/Argentina
- Eu estou aqui agora - Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Viamão/RS
- 10ª Edição do Catálogo Iberoamérica Ilustra - Fundación SM, Madri/Espanha
- II Muestra de Video Arte Faenza 2019 - Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño, Bogotá/Colômbia
- Exposição Techne Porto Alegre-Brasil e Berlim-Alemanha - Pinacoteca Aldo ...