b. Curitiba, Brazil Lives and works in New York, NY
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2022 Adams Street branch of Boston Library, Boston, Massachusetts (forthcoming; 2025)
2022 “Dreamscapes of the West” OGX (Ogden Express) BRT (Bus Rapid Transit), Odgen, Utah, USA
2021 “Mother Birds” University Health Women’s & Children’s Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2021 “Animals at Play” Colorado State University, Animal Health Complex at National Western Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
2019 “Along Woodhaven Boulevard”, Permanent Public Art commissioned by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program and DOT, Queens, New York, USA
2019 “Cycles of Life” Metropolitan Hospital Center, Permanent Public Art Mural commissioned by NY Health + Hospitals, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, and the Mayor’s Fund, New York, NY, USA
2017 “Crossing Paths”, Valley Metro, Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Forthcoming, 2023)
2016 “Urban Nature”, P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers, commissioned by Public Art for Public Schools, Bronx, New York, USA
2015 “Bronx: Heart, Homeland”, MTA for the Arts and Design, Castle Hill subway station, Bronx, New York, USA
2012 “Mountain Everest” Kolor Kathmandu, Mural Arts Project, Kathmandu, Nepal
2012 “Trabajadores De Sueños“ Puebla: Ciudad Mural Project, Puebla, Mexico
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Artium- Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria, Spain
Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Arts For Transit, New York City
Department of Education, Public Art for Public Schools and School of Construction Authority, New York City
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), Percent for Art Program
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
Department of Transportation, New York City
University Health Women’s & Children’s Hospital, San Antonio, Texas
Colorado State University, Denver, Colorado
Utah Transit Authority, Odgen, Utah, USA
Lower East Side Printshop, New York City
Siddhartha Art Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal
Valley Metro Inc. Light Transit, Phoenix, Arizona
AWARDS
2008 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
2011 Lower East Side Keyholder Residency Award, New York, NY
2011 Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
2010 Sculpture Space Fellowship, Utica, NY
2010 Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY
2010 Pace University, Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY
2009 Jamaica Center for the Arts & Learning, Workspace Program, Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY
2009 Queens Community Arts Fund Grant (QCAF), Queens, New York
2008 Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Emerge 10 Fellowship program
2008 New York Foundation for the Arts, Immigrant Artist Outreach Initiative Program
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 “Before Now”, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, New York
2012 “Slick”, Russell/Project, Richmond, VA
2010 “(In)visible Cities”, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica, NY
2010 "Out of Nothing", 64bis Gallerie, Paris, France (Catalog)
2010 "No One's Land", Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY
2009 “Passageways”, The Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 “Face to Place” Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Exhibition, New York, NY
2013 "Grey Flag" Artium- Basque Museum of Contemporary Art, Vitoria, Spain
2013 “Pangea” Curated by David Terry, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn, New York.
2012
“Earth, Body, Mind” Nepal Art Council, Second Kathmandu International Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal. (Catalog)
“Divergence” Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
"Purple" Causey Contemporary Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Vista: Maps and Landscapes" University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD (Catalog)
"Under the Influence: The Comics and Contemporary Art" Lehman College Art Gallery/ CUNY, Bronx, New York
2011
"Vista" Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
“The (S) Files”, El Barrio Museum Biennial, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY (Catalog)
“Brooklyn is Calling”, Bronx Museum Biennial, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (Catalog)
”Wonderstruck”, Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY
2010
"Ain't I a woman”, Mocada - Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, Brooklyn, NY
"Pinta Art fair”, Praxis International Art Gallery, London, UK
"Art Paris”, The Grand Palais Art Fair, 64bs Gallerie, Paris, France
"Pulse Art Fair”, Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY
"Sky Was Yellow”, Sun Was Blue" Russell/Project, Richmond, Richmond, VA
2009
"Pinta Art fair”, Praxis International Art Gallery, New York, NY
"Emerge 10”, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
“Making It”, Selections from the 2008 NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY, (Catalog)
“Postcards From the Edge”, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
2007
"99 Cents”, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, N.J.
"Town & Country: urban, suburban”, and rural communities, Project Diversity, New York
“Loaded", M.Y. Art Prospects, New York, NY,
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley 1999
City College of San Francisco 1996
The Art Students League of New York
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts - Law School for Visual Artists
VISITING ARTISTS & PANELS
2023 Queens Council of Arts Panelist for Visual Arts
2021 Public Art for Public Schools (PAPS) and School of Construction Authority (SCA), Panelist for Public School 169 Adition Queens, New York
2019 NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Panelist for High School Cardozo Annex Q, New York
2019 Public Art for Public Schools (PAPS) and School of Construction Authority (SCA), Panelist for Public School (PS 33 X Annex), Bronx, New York
2018 NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Panelist for St. Robert Bellarmine School, New York
2016 Public Art for Public Schools (PAPS) and School of Construction Authority (SCA), Panelist, Bronx, New York
2015 MTA for the Arts and Design, Panelist, New York, NY
2013 Queen Museum of Art, teaching artist-mural projects with children. Leonardo Di Vinci School, IS 061, Queens, New York
2012 Lehman College The City University of New York, Artist talk-in collaboration with The City and Humanities Program Priscila de Carvalho, Michael Ferris Jr and Sean McCarthy, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York
2010 Sculpture Space - Artist talk with artists Joseph Esser, Carmelo Midili, and Bundith Phunsombatlert
2010 The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), Artist talk with Theresa Barbado at The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn New York.
2008 Queens Council of Arts Panelist for visual arts and film
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2014 New York's Underground Art Museum MTA Arts and Design. Written by Sandra Bloodworth, and William Ayres, Foreword by Stanley Tucci, Preface by Thomas F. Prendergast by The Monacelli Press
2013 El Pais. Un paisaje urbano de Priscila de Carvalho sobre la fachada, May 7
2012 Hallie, Sekoff. The Huffington Post ArtRio 2012. “The Second Annual Fair Reflects Brazil's Growing Presence In The Contemporary Art World”, September 04
2012 Kurchi, Dasgupta. Hyperallergic. “Painting is Alive and Kicking at the Kathmandu International Art Festival", December 20
2012 Jessica, Allen. CBS New York, 5 NYC Street Art Murals To See Right Now, July 2
2011 Holland, Cotter. “The New York Times: Artists Whose Vitality Flows From the Streets”, June 16
2009 Benjamin, Genocchio. The New York Times: "A Decade of Emergence", Review, August 28
2009 Carvalho, Denise. Art Nexus, Jersey City Museum, Art Nexus 74, Review, Sep - Nov 2009
2009 Art Forum, Pollock and Krasner Grant Foundation Grants for 2009/2008 announced, September 25
2009 Blanca, De La Torre. Art Aldía International: "Passageways", Jersey City Museum, Review, Issue 127
2009 Deutsche Bank Art Mag., Selections from the 2008 NYFA Mentorship Program for Immigrant Artists, "Making It", New York, NY
2009 Eric, Whalen.The Gothic Times, "Passageways" Jersey City Museum. Jersey City, NJ, April 28
2009 American Towns Magazine, "Passageways" Jersey City, NJ, March 7