Stopme Art Project

Artistic Statement

Mutable Identity and Thermal Alchemy
My practice explores transformation—of materials, symbols and the self. Growing up in Brazil, I learned that art can be a language for those whose voices are suppressed. As a queer immigrant and survivor of domestic violence, I felt my own identity melt and re‑solidify under external pressures.
In my studio I orchestrate heat, gravity and time to turn crayons—humble tools from my childhood—into fluid landscapes. Wax becomes a political agent when I apply it to national flags, asking what happens to rigid symbols when subjected to real heat. .
My oil paintings and mixed media works translate emotional outbursts into colour and texture, while macro photography reveals hidden universes inside pipes, bottles and droplets, reminding us that multiple realities coexist in overlooked object.
The performance project Sujeito Oculto transformed pandemic masks into survival strategies and interventions, unmasking the social grammar that keeps domestic violence victims invisible.
Across these media runs a commitment to controlled chaos: I invite materials to misbehave beautifully, using thermal dynamics as both technique and metaphor.
By exposing processes normally hidden—melting, waiting, re‑solidifying—I ask viewers to consider how identities are formed, dissolved and reformed in response to cultural and personal pressures.
My work is a testament of transformation —of crayons, of flags, of self— where deconstruction organize mayhem and chaos, towards the journey of evolution.