Simone

I am a contemporary Brazilian sculptor and multi-media artist, working primarily in glass, ceramic, metal and photography.

I use these media to create works of art that exist somewhere between reality and fantasy.

My goal is to suspend disbelief, even if only for a brief moment, so as to explore the psychological and emotional depths of humanity.
I use beauty and lightness to encourage people to face their relationships with love, life, fear of death, sadness, betrayal, greed and ambition.
I use fragile materials when sturdiness is expected to remind people that we don't always know what is resilient until it is put under pressure.
Poppy Field and all my other garden installations celebrate nature through flowers made of ceramics and fused and kiln-formed glass. Every flower is unique in its design, and some of the differences can only be observed through close examination.
I like to think of people smiling at the blooming flowers in the early days of Spring, when the darkness of winter has worn most of us down.
My flowers bring this joy year-round to everyone, and especially to those worn down by darkness.
These flowers never wilt and enhance the beauty of live flowers once those bloom.

Those who allow their attention to drift away from worries and towards the fields of flowers will become immersed in the intricacies and particular beauty of each individual flower.
Warriors are sculptures made entirely of kiln-formed glass, attached to a metal or stone stand. These standing glass sculptures may not look resistant to the elements, which is exactly why they are beautiful and surprising additions to outdoor spaces. We have been reminded repeatedly in recent years that warriors are defined by resilience and strength in battle. The warriors we exult outlast their challenges, and don't dwell on the failures. My Warriors are intended to inspire the same grit, so people walk away from these sculptures feeling confident. The different Warriors embody different types of strength and together they show that individuals are strongest when they accept their vulnerability and turn it into strength.
InVisible comprises 28 pieces made of ceramics, glass and metal, and depicts the way in which human emotions can sometimes seem almost supernatural—occasionally demonic—in how they manifest themselves. InVisible focuses on what happens to those who have locked away or shut out their emotions. The pieces in InVisible capture the barriers we manufacture to protect our bodies and souls and portray the ways in which unhealed wounds continue to manifest themselves long after the moment of hurt. My goal in InVisible was to encourage viewers to face the faulty structures that contain or restrain our emotions, so that repairing old wounds grow easier and healing from trauma may become more bearable.
Cantigas is composed of eleven installations of suspended girls’ dresses, molded in real size and involved by the sound of children songs. The meaning of each of these works is given by a children's ditty of Brazilian folk songs. The beauty and childlikeness of this work forces the viewer to reflect on the vulnerable situation of children, and especially girls all over the globe. The different installations capture issues such lack of freedom, destitution, overprotection, even the sexual traffic. My goal with Cantigas is to create a sense of solidarity and political desire. As in my other work, I rely on ceramics and glass to capture both stability and fragility. If my materials can be both strong and breakable, then what makes us break can be the reason we are resilient.