Vanessa Dutra

Vanessa Dutra was born and lives in São Paulo. The beginning in the art was through dance, at the age of four she began to practice classical ballet. Training as a dancer has had a great influence on her life and is part of who she is. Led the artist to acquire discipline and the repetition habit, develop her artistic side, and encourage her creativity and imagination. The passion for music and movement have always been present. As a dancer, she participated in many dance performances and was awarded in several national competitions.

On choosing photography as the medium to produce her work, she said: “I chose photography because it is a portrait of reality, and it is a challenge for me to be able to transform that reality with my action of capturing. Photography is unquestionable as a record, true, instantaneous and perpetual at the same time. A test, but one that can be modified and gain other meanings with the eyes of the other. Working with other media and formats is not out of the question, expression is interesting to me in many ways, but this is the medium I've used the most so far. ”

The artist constantly wants to raise issues that are of personal importance, and share with those who observe the work, offering the pub...

Royal Academy of Dancing - Classical Ballet

Escuela Nacional de Ballet de La República de Cuba - Classical Ballet

FAAP - Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado - Graduation in Advertising

Panamerican School of Art - training in Photography

About Women – group exhibition - curated by Ivana Panizzi - Verve Galeria, São Paulo – April/2016

Image Festival Amman – curated by Linda Al Khoury and Darat Al Tasweer – Foresight32 Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan – April/2016

JF Foto 2016 - group exhibition About Women – Bernardo Mascarenhas Cultural Center, Juiz de Fora, MG – September/ 2016

Respira São Paulo 2017 – Sports in the City – group exhibition – curated by Mariana Seber and Valkiria Iacocca - Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo – October/ 2017

Ita Vita Project – participation in the project by Giselle Bohnen – Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo – February/ 2018

Breathe São Paulo 2018 – Conjunto Nacional 60 x 60 on Avenida Paulista – group exhibition – curated by Juan Esteves and Mariana Seber and Valkiria Iacocca - Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo – October/ 2018

Ita Vita Project – participation in the project by Giselle Bohnen – Casa das Rosas, São Paulo – December/ 2018

Portfolio – group exhibition – curated by Francisco Rosa – Art Lab Gallery, São Paulo – January/ 2019

Contínua - group exhibition - Luis Maluf Art Gallery - March / 2022