Elian
Almeida
Elian Almeida
Oct - Nov 2025
/ Past resident
Elian Almeida (b. 1994) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, photography, video, and installation. Through a decolonial lens, Almeida explores the experience and performativity of the Black body in contemporary Brazilian culture, situating him within a new generation of artists foregrounding voices and bodies historically marginalized in both society and art history. Almeida often recuperates images, narratives, and characters from the past, reactivating them in the present as a means of empowerment and of expanding Afro-Brazilian historiography. By weaving together historical memory with contemporary realities, Almeida creates spaces for visibility and agency.
"My work is an archaeology of historical memory. I investigate the scars and fractures left by colonialism in Brazil, thinking of painting as a support that seeks another dimension. Absence, of memory, identity, self-representation, permeates my practice. The historical erasure imposed by colonialism still reverberates, and painting emerges as an evocation of the absent monument. It is an urgent call to revisit history and to recognize our complexities."
Elian Almeida
Elian Almeida
Elian Almeida
Oct - Nov 2025
/ Past resident
Elian Almeida (b. 1994) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, photography, video, and installation. Through a decolonial lens, Almeida explores the experience and performativity of the Black body in contemporary Brazilian culture, situating him within a new generation of artists foregrounding voices and bodies historically marginalized in both society and art history. Almeida often recuperates images, narratives, and characters from the past, reactivating them in the present as a means of empowerment and of expanding Afro-Brazilian historiography. By weaving together historical memory with contemporary realities, Almeida creates spaces for visibility and agency.
"My work is an archaeology of historical memory. I investigate the scars and fractures left by colonialism in Brazil, thinking of painting as a support that seeks another dimension. Absence, of memory, identity, self-representation, permeates my practice. The historical erasure imposed by colonialism still reverberates, and painting emerges as an evocation of the absent monument. It is an urgent call to revisit history and to recognize our complexities."
Elian Almeida
Elian
Almeida
Elian Almeida
Oct - Nov 2025
/ Past resident
Elian Almeida (b. 1994) lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. His multidisciplinary practice spans painting, photography, video, and installation. Through a decolonial lens, Almeida explores the experience and performativity of the Black body in contemporary Brazilian culture, situating him within a new generation of artists foregrounding voices and bodies historically marginalized in both society and art history. Almeida often recuperates images, narratives, and characters from the past, reactivating them in the present as a means of empowerment and of expanding Afro-Brazilian historiography. By weaving together historical memory with contemporary realities, Almeida creates spaces for visibility and agency.
"My work is an archaeology of historical memory. I investigate the scars and fractures left by colonialism in Brazil, thinking of painting as a support that seeks another dimension. Absence, of memory, identity, self-representation, permeates my practice. The historical erasure imposed by colonialism still reverberates, and painting emerges as an evocation of the absent monument. It is an urgent call to revisit history and to recognize our complexities."