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Fernanda Porto

As a multidisciplinary visual artist, Fernanda Porto transits different mediums, such as painting, installation, performance, and foremost collage. The artist was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where she started to paint at 14 years of age and later studied fine arts at the university. She now resides and works in Berlin, Germany and is cofounder of Berlin Collage Platform were she also curated Zine Identity and Zine De-reconstruction. She participated in artist residencies in Spain and Germany and presented her works in individual and collective exhibitions in Brazil and Europe. Her work can be seen in art books and is also part of private art collections. One of her outstanding individual exhibitions with a big public success was Excess of Contemporary Life, presented at Galería Lunara - Cultural Center Usina do Gasômetro in Porto Alegre. Her last individual exhibition in 2021 at Kastanien Gallery, Berlin, showcased collage works exclusively. Independently of the used technique, her artistic projects are interconnected through a recurring topic: the impact of cellphone and internet use in our contemporary society, and the effects of technology on our lifestyles.