RIO DE JANEIRO.- A Gentil Carioca announced the representation of Sallisa Rosa.

Born in Goiás, he currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. She works with art as a path based on intuitive experiences linked to fiction, territory and nature. She focuses on images related to themes such as memory and oblivion and strategies for creating the future. In her trajectory, Sallisa explores different supports and the commitment to practices aimed at participatory constructions is central to her work, in the sense of unfolding works in conversations and knowledge sharing.

In 2022, she participated in the group shows “Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil” in Austin, Texas, “Histórias Brasileiras” at MASP, São Paulo and “Summer Exhibition” at the Royal Academy, London. In 2021, she opened her first solo exhibition “América” at MAM in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, her work was highlighted at the SESC Triennale in Sorocaba. In 2019, she was part of the group shows “VAIVEM” at CCBB Rio de Janeiro and “Estratégias do Feminino” at Farol Santander, Porto Alegre. In 2017, her work participated in the exhibition “Dja Guata Porã: Indigenous Rio de Janeiro at the Museu de Arte do Rio” at MAR, Rio de Janeiro.

Sallisa Rosa was nominated for the PIPA Prize in 2022 and 2020. She was part of the jury of the Prize for Women in the Arts from Instituto Tomie Ohtake and of the ZUM Photography Scholarship from Instituto Moreira Salles. She participated in residencies at Documenta XV, in Kassel, Germany and at the Théâtre de L'Usine, Geneva, Switzerland. In 2021, she was awarded by the Prince Claus Seeds Awards. Her work is in the collection of MASP, in São Paulo.