Giovana Tows

Giovana (b. 1995, Curitiba, Brazil) is a painter creating fractured, fluid compositions that defy easy reading. Figures are bisected, fading between foreground and background, and structures melt into abstract brushwork. Blurred and uncanny, each picture demands a second look from any viewer hoping to grasp the depth of their dreamlike unreality.

Her most recent works emerge from collages assembled from printed magazines — fragments of landscapes, architecture, human figures, and objects are combined into surreal, dreamlike scenes that feel strangely familiar, like half-remembered memories. These collages serve not as references to be copied, but as maps: loose frameworks from which paintings emerge unpredictably through experimentation with paint.

Working primarily in acrylics, Töws embraces the medium's demand for quick decisions — scraping, washing, and excavating layers, letting the process leave its marks openly. Masking tape introduces sharp architectural edges, creating tension between control and chance. The result is work that sits at the boundary between figuration and abstraction, where some forms dissolve into atmosphere while others hold their ground.

Inspired by Adrian Ghenie, Peter Doig, Gerhard Richter, David Hoc...

Giovana Töws completed her studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp in June 2026. With a background in graphic and product design, she brings a keen sensitivity to composition and process to her painting practice.

Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp — Bachelor in Fine Arts, Painting — Belgium, 2026

Federal University of Technology, Paraná — Technology in Graphic Design — Brazil, 2018

2026 — Group Exhibition The House Remains, by Yves Michael — Castle Hof ter Schrieck, Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium

2026 — Group Exhibition 卌卌卌 (3rd Year Bachelor in Painting) — Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

2025 — Solo Exhibition Transitional Spaces — De Lange Zaal, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium

2021 — Group Exhibition — Âmbar, Curitiba, Brazil