Suzana Mara Sacchi Padovano

Was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She also studied in Switzerland (Geneva), England (London), United States (Providence) and Italy (Milan). Due to these international studies she speaks fluently Portuguese, English, Italian, French and Spanish.

She graduated in Industrial Design at Mackenzie University in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Obtained a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design (MID) at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), in Providence, RI, USA, with a special lightweight aluminum wheelchair as her thesis project. In Brazil she worked as a designer at Equiphos – Sarah Kubitschek an Hospital Center for Development of Hospital Equipment. She also worked at Cauduro/ Martino Architects, a famous Sao Paulo design firm.

In 1981 she opened her own firm with her husband Bruno Roberto Padovano – Sacchi Padovano Associados SC Ltda. - which became, in 1986, Sacchi Designers Associados Ltda., primarily working with industrial and graphic design. She taught industrial design since 1981 in different universities and was the Coordinator of the School of Industrial Design and Fashion Design at FAAP – Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado until 2006.

Currently she is the general manager of the firm e-DAU. She is a member of BUDS - Brazilian Urb...

HIGHER EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree In Industrial Design and Visual Communication
Faculdade de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade Mackenzie,
São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 1974

Master in Industrial Design (M.I.D.)
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA., 1975/1977

Doctor in Urban Environmental Structures,
School of Architecture and Urbanism from the University of Sao Paulo FAU/USP, 1999 forward
Obtaining full credits. Course Interrupted.

SPECIALISATION COURSES

DOMUS ACADEMY
II Internacional Seminar of Design
Lectures with Italian Designers
Milan, Italy, 2001

ISTITUTO EUROPEO DI DESIGN
Fashion Design Course
Accessories/ Shoes and Bags
Milan, Italy, 2004

PAINTING AND DRAWING COURSES

ATUAÇÃO ARTÍSTICA
Has been working out, since young age, an artistic work
(painting and drawing) in canvas, paper, silk and other medias.

Drawing and Painting Free Course
FAAP - Foundation Alvares Penteado
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1966/1967

Private Painting Course - with painter Sanson Flexor,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1968 até 1969

Painting Course - Escola Brasil -
Professors Baravelli, Fajardo, Resende and Nasser,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
1969/1970

Photography Course
Rhode Island School of Design...

Main PAINTING EXHIBITIONS

WOODS GERRY GALLERY
Paintings and Drawings, Providence, Ri, USA.,1974

CLUB MÉDITERRANÉE - ITAPARICA ISLAND
Individual Painting Exhibition
Salvador, Ba., Brazil, 1986

SADALLA GALERIA DE ARTE, SÃO PAULO
Painting Exhibition - Carnival,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1987

CASTELLO SFORZESCO
Itinerary exhibition with Brazilian painters
Milan, Italy,1993

Carried out, all her life, painting and drawing activities and courses on canvas, paper and silk