Galeria Leme presents “Desafiando Sonhos” (Defying Dreams) a solo show by Nina Pandolfo. One of the pioneers of “street art” in Sao Paulo, the artist started doing graffiti in 1992, and is part of a group that brought graffiti to museums and art galleries.
In her second solo exhibition at the gallery, the artist has started a new phase in her work that recovers paintings produced with a brush but that still preserve graffiti in details done with spray.
There will be new canvases and an installation. The artist used new techniques such as led lamps on one of the works.
Nina Pandolfo´s most recent production, presents more mature and serene characters: the environment, colours and shapes no longer allude to a childlike universe, reflecting the maturation of the artist herself.
The title “Desafiando Sonhos” (Defying Dreams) refers to the action of the artist of representing on this exhibition oniric images and situations. For the first time, Nina does an installation in Brazil, the work, with movement and light, illustrates the idea of the title, a situation that we would never see in real life.
Nina Pandolfo has participated of several national and international exhibitions, among them: Life´s Flavour, Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (2010); Re-Criation II, Ogilvy & Mather New York, USA (2010); Graffiti Gone Global, Miami Beach, USA (2009); Between Us, Gallery Maskara, Mumbai, India (2008); The graffiti Project – painting at the facade of the Kelburn Castle, Glasgow, Scotland (2007), among others. Nina Pandolfo was born in Tupa, Sao Paulo in 1977. Lives and works in Sao Paulo.