Manaus, Brazil, 1985.
Lives and works in Manaus, Brazil.
Visual Artist and Filmmaker. Understanding the street as an exhibition space, creating audiovisual installations that show films, photos and video art. Artist who uses photography and audiovisual as a tool to propose self-esteem and question black people’s erasures; currently, she uses her body as a protagonist in the construction of her narratives. Recognizing the urban space as a crossroads of great possibilities for new narratives. Nominated for the 2021 Pipa Prize, artistic resident Artlab x Amplify D.A.I (Brazil – Argentina) 2022, artist participating in the NAVE Rock In Rio 2022 Projects, invited to the 40th Arte Pará (PA), “Um Século de Agora” – Itaú Cultural ( SP) , “Mulheres Que Mudaram 200 Anos” – Caixa Cultural, Festival MUTEK (Argentina and Montreal), selected for the 32nd Exhibition Program of Centro Cultural São Paulo and Artistic Director of the “Direito à Memória” Project.
Manager of Grupo Picolé da Massa – Davàrzea das Artes, member of APAN (Association of Black and National Audiovisual Professionals Trovoa).
“ AQUI”, 2014. Duration 4’00”
“ ANCESTRALIDADE TERRA E PLANTA”, 2021. Duration 5’15”
“ ANCESTRALIDADE TERRA E PLANTA”, 2018. Duration 11’32”
“ SEM NOME _ SEM (CEM) MORTOS”, 2019. Duration 3’16”
CREATIVE PRODUCTION
– 2022-2023 / Óculos de Okoto – OI Futuro Exhibition (RJ) 2022 / 40th Art Pará (PA) 2022/ Um século de agora – Itaú Cultural ( SP) 2022-2023 / Contra-Flecha Program of Galeria Almeida & Dale 2023
– 2022 / Presente das Presenças – The contact and interaction performance “Presente das Presenças” is the result of the Artlab x Amplify D.A.I (Brazil – Argentina) Artistic Residency and the meeting between visual artist Keila Serruya Sankofa and sound artist Fernanda Flores. The project brings experience about food, memory and affectivities. Fiction and truth complemented by fish, pepper and flour / NAVE Project Rock In Rio 2022 / MUTEK Festival ( Argentina and Montreal)
– 2022 / Alexandrina – A flash of lightning – Short film and installation
– 21st Goiânia Mostra Curtas – 2022 / 26th Cine PE – 2022 / 21st Jihlava Documentary Film Festival – Czech Republic / 32nd CINE Ceará / 32nd Exhibition Program of Centro Cultural São Paulo ( Film and installation) / 32nd Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema 2022
– 2022 – 2021 / Right to Memory – Direction and conception – Transmedia project that claims the memory of black people from Amazon. www.direitoamemoria.com
– 2021 / Abebé – direction and conception – Video and photo performance about curly hair, partnership Encrespa Geral Manaus and Grupo Picolé da Massa – DaVárzea das Artes / Elas Show – TO / Mulheres que mudaram 200 anos – Caixa Cultural
– 2020 / Direito à Memória – Direction and conception – Transmedia project that claims the memory of black Amazonian people. Website www.rightamemoria.com
– 2018-2021 / Ancestry of earth and plants / Performance video and performance photos SESC Amazônia das Artes / Stage 2 and 3 of the Obínrin project Barroquinha Cultural Space – Salvador – BA / Inside Brazil Exhibition Cabe o Mundo – Winter Festival Rio de Janeiro 2018 / Encrespa Geral, Manaus Edition 2018 / 2nd Riot Circuit of Urban Art and Cultural Connections / Black Latinities 2021 – BRS / Perfidia – Festival of Performances and New Media 2021 / / CUIR Film and Experiment – Latin America 2021.
– 2020 / RAIZ E PATCHULI – Photo series in self-portraits SP Arte 2020, National stand Trovoa / Itaú Cultural Collective Exhibition Arte como Respiro / Revista Observatório do Itaú Cultural / SP Arte São Paulo International Art Festival
– 2020 / Vestígio de Fogo – Photo series in self-portraits and audiovisual experiment about the process Instituto Tomie Ohtake Projeto Experiências Negras – Publication Revista Experiências Negras / Funarte RespirArte Award
– 2019 / Sem Nome – Sem ( Cem ) Mortos – Video performance Exhibition “Atlas Momosyne” Cultural Center Palacete Provincial – AM / Black Brazil Art Biennale – Porto RS / Black Film Festival Zelia Amador de Deus – PA / EGBÉ – Black Film Exhibition in Sergipe 2020 / II Exhibition of Black Women in the Audiovisual / V Mato Grosso Black Cinema Exhibition / CUIR – Film and Experiment – Latin America
– 2017 / Direção da obra audiovisual De GIRA E MATO / Direction of the audiovisual work Amazônia Mapping 2017, SSA Mapping que aconteceu na Praça Municipal – Salvador (BA) 2018 / Virada Cultural de São Paulo 2019.
– 2016 / A CARA DO CÃO / video art SSA Mapping that took place at Praça Municipal – Salvador (BA) 2017 / EXPOCUIR – Corpos Transcendentes 2018 (AM)
– 2013 / ASSIM / Ficcional / 15 min. / Direção Mostra Competitiva de Cineastas e Produtoras Negras Adélia Sampaio: Quando Mulheres Fazem Cinema – São Paulo Brasil / 11a Mostra Produção Independente – Cenários / Mostra Lugar de Mulher é no Cinema Salvador – BA 2017 | Mostra Diretoras Negras no Cinema Brasileiro na Caixa Cultural Brasília | 11o For Rainbow – Festival de Cinema e Cultura da Diversidade Sexual – 2017 / 2018 Expocuir – Casa das Artes Amazonas / Plataforma Hysteria 2018 / IFFR | International Film Festival Rotterdam – Mostra Alma no Olho: o legado de Zózimo BulBul e o Cinema Negro Brasileiro Contemporâneo 2019.
– 2013 / ASSIM AQUI / Installation Video – Urban Intervention
“ #NaVaranda com Renata Felinto | Capturas do mundo pelas lentes da manauara Keila Serruya”, 2020. Duração 11’59”
“ Vestígio de fogo – Processo”, 2020. Duration 5’05”
