Alina d'Alva

I am a Brazilian visual artist currently live and work in Tunisia with a background in architecture and fine arts. 

I work with several medias: drawing, painting, video installations and performance. Drawing is a technique that I enjoy very much. I think the special language of drawing can touch things that have meaning in life. This emotional moment captured can play deep into the soul of the viewer.

My drawings are not representations of situations existing in reality. They reflect a mental and emotional process. They are extremely specific and concise and contain what is strictly necessary to manifest themselves. The drawings are always displayed in groups. Depending on their arrangement new relationships occur, creating an open and ever-evolving disjointed narrative as pieces are added and taken away.

2009-2011            Master of Fine Arts at Alanus University of Art and Social Sciences, Alfter, Germany

2007-08                Bachelor of fine Arts at Alanus University of Art and Social Sciences, Alfter, Germany

2001-03                Posgraduation in Urban Development. University of Ceará (UFC) Fortaleza, Ceara/ Brazil

                               Master   Degree.

1991-96            B.A. in Architecture and Urban Planning. University of São Paulo (USP) - Sao Paulo/ Brazil.

Exhibitions

2012            Printemps dês Arts Tunis,  Palais Abdellia, Tunis - Tunisia

2012            À dire d’Elles,, National Library of Tunísia, Tunis - Tunisi

2011            No Sky, No Earth – Snow falls ceaselessly,  Dar Mima, Tunis - Tunisia

2010            Von dort nach hier, Verein Von Kunst und Kultur, Bad Honnef

2009            Artistic Ritual Healing with Coriander tea, Alanus Hochschule, Bonn

2009            Bongos und Tunbas: Klänge der Welt, Deutsch-Brasilianisches Kulturzentrum, Bonn

2008            Formless Art, Guest Haus Alanus Hochschule, Bonn

2008             Großfeldgrafik, Brückenforum, Bonn-Beul

2008              Zwichen Räume, Deutsch-Brasilianisches Kulturzentrum, Bonn

2006             A Flor de Ouro, Kunstvídeo, MAMAM - Museum of Contemporary Art in Recife, Brasilien

2005             Opposition, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Okland, Califórnia

Curatorial Projects

2011             No Sky, No Earth – Snow falls ceaselessly,  Dar Mima, Tunis - Tunisia

2009            Bongos und Tunbas: Klänge der Welt, Deutsch-Brasilianisches Kulturzentrum, Bonn

2005            Let’s Print the City, Olinda Pernambuco – Brasil