Multidisciplinary artist and researcher since 2005: digital arts (photogrammetry, 3D modeling, and video animation), installation and photography. Brazilian based in Montreal since 2009. Master’s in visual and media arts at Université du Québec à Montréal - UQAM (2022). Museologist (UdeM, Masters - 2013), graphic designer (2005) and photographer (2002).

Languages: Portuguese, French, English, and notions of Spanish.

EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2025 - (Invitation) Group exhibition. London Museum. London, Canada.

2024 - (Invitation) XeroxObra. Koletivos_Avulsos. Brazil.

2023 - (Invitation) BarroObra. Koletivos_Avulsos. Brazil.

2023 - Group exhibition. PHI Fondation. Montréal, Canada.

2022 - El Barrio, Tu Barrio. Month of the Latin-American heritage. LatinArte. Montréal, Canada.

2022 - ______, un quartier en définitions. Voies culturelles des faubourgs. Montréal, Canada.

2022 - Chaud maintenant IV. Galerie Galerie. Montréal, Canada.

2022 - Feira do Fuga – art fair. Atelier Valéria Pena-Costa. Brazil.

2022 - Dé[faroucher]. Master’s solo exhibition. CDEx. UQAM. Canada.

2021 - Art tout-terrain x 24. Claude Léveillée Cultural Centre. Exterior programming. Canada.

2020 - Pop Pavillon - Performance and Document: Sentience’s Traces. Pop Montréal and AEMAVM. Canada.  

2020 - Maquis Online Festival. UQAM. Canada.

2020 - lanuitnoire. Nuit blanche. CDEx. UQAM. Canada.

2020 - Fête de l’art. UQAM. Canada.

2019 - Maquis Festival. Cœur des sciences de l’UQAM. Canada.

2018 - R, R & R Art Fair. MAI - Montréal arts interculturels. Canada.

2017 - Alternative realities (facts). Pingyao International Photography Festival. China.

2017 - The desire that crosses you. Performative event. Eastern Bloc. Canada.

2017 - Siegen colorem. Exposition solo. Art Gallery Siegen. Siegen. Germany.

2016 - Acervo Fotográfico. Museu de Artes Plásticas de Anápolis. Anápolis. Brazil.

2015 - FURTA COR. Solo exhibition. Espace Projet. Canada.

2014 - Face-to-face. Vhs-photogalerie. Stuttgart. Germany.

2013 - Miniature. Espace Projet. Canada.

2013 - Face-to-face. Galerie Städtische. Iserlohn. Germany.

2012 - Photographers:Network. Thomas Kellner Studio. Siegen. Germany.

2009 - Kaunas Photo Days Festival. Kaunas. Lithuania.

2007 - Foto Arte.  A Ausência de Todas a Cores. Solo exhibition. Brasília. Brazil.

2006 - Time and generations. Solo exhibition. Kaunas Photo Days Festival. Kaunas. Lithuania.

2006 - Hodiernos: Art contemporain en Goiás. Espaço piloto Arte Contemporânea. Brasilia. Brazil.

2005 - 14º Salão de arte contemporânea de Anápolis. Museu de Artes Plásticas de Anápolis. Brazil.

2005 - 24º Salão de arte contemporânea de Jataí. Museu de arte contemporanea de Jataí. Brazil.

RESIDENCE

2022 - MONA x MCCL. Maison Mona et Maison de la culture Claude Léveillée. Montréal, Canada.

EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR

2021 - Traversées. Cécile Comblen Solo exhibition. Galerie Antoine-Aimé Dorion. Canada.

2020 - Pop Pavillon - Performance and document: the trace of sentience. Pop Montréal et AEMAVM. Canada.

2020 - lanuitnoire. Nuit blanche. CDEx. UQAM. Montréal, Canada.

2015-2018 - Trajectoires (co-curator). Montreal Arts Council on tour. Canada.

WORKSHOPS/MEDIATION

2022 - Mediation workshops. MONA x MCCL. Maison Mona et Maison de la culture Claude Léveillée. Canada.

2017 - Cultural Mediator. Rosemont Petite-Patrie art and culture group. Montréal, Canada.

2016 - Workshop for the exhibition Trajectoires - CAM on tour. Montréal, Canada.

2015 - Embroidery on photography workshop. Montréal, Canada.

UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

2019-2021 - Research and teaching assistant (bachelor's and master's level).

Course: 1. The performative: from action art to the creation of situations / 2. Project creation workshop.

School of Visual and Media Arts, UQAM. Montréal, Canada. Professor Romeo Gongora.

2020 - Research and teaching assistant (bachelor's level).

Course: Intermedia: appropriation, intervention, dissemination.

School of Visual and Media Arts, UQAM. Montréal, Canada.Professor Paul Landon.

PUBLICATIONS (selection)

2020 - Photographer’s companion Magazine. China.

2020 - Magazine of the Centre of Art and Research on Cultural Diversity. Montréal, Canada.

2017 - Magazine TicArtToc. Diversité artistique Montréal (DAM). Canada.

2017 - Catalog of the Pingyao International Photography Festival. China.

2012 - Profifoto - Photographers: network 2012. Germany.

AWARDS

2005 - 14º Salão de arte contemporânea de Anápolis. Museu de Artes Plásticas de Anápolis. Brazil.

2005 - 24º Salão de arte contemporânea de Jataí. Museu de arte contemporânea de Jataí. Brazil.

AUCTION

2013 - Musée des maîtres et artisans du Québec. Montréal, Canada.

COLLECTIONS (selection)

2022 - Acquisition. Fernando Bueno Collection. Brazil.

2019 - Acquisition. Bruno Afonseca private Collection. Vancouver, Canada.

2012 - Exchange. Thomas Kellner’s Collection. Photographers:Network. Ziegen, Germany.

2006 - Acquisition. Gilberto Chateaubriand’s Collection. Museu de Arte Moderna. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2006 - Donation. Gallery of the Arts Faculty of the Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiania, Brazil.

2005 - Acquisition award. Museu de artes Plásticas de Anápolis. Brazil.

EDUCATION

2022 - Certificate in Art and Science of digital animation. University Laval. Online. Montréal, Canada.

2022 - Master's degree in Visual and Media Arts. University of Quebec in Montreal. Canada.

2013 - Master's degree in Museology. University of Montreal. Canada.

2011 - Certificate in French as Second Language. University of Montreal. Canada.

2004 - Bachelor’s in Visual Arts. Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiania, Brazil.

FURTHER EDUCATION

2021 - The Great Indoors: An Online Soundscapes Workshop. InterAccess. Online. Canada.

2020 - Introduction to Unity (virtual reality software). Vidéographe. Montréal, Canada.

2015 - Exhibition Design and Curatorship. Node Center. Online. Berlin, Germany.

2013 - Training for Art Start-ups. Mon projet d’affaires. Montréal, Canada.

2002 - Photography. Canopus School of Photography. Goiania, Brazil.                                                                                                                               

SYMPOSIA / CONFERENCES / ACTIVITIES

2021-2022 - Member of the Board of Directors of Ada X Gallery artists' center (Studio XX) - media arts. Montréal, Canada.

2021 - Student representative. Hexagram committee at University of Quebec in Montreal. Canada.

2021 - Portfolio Review. Ada X Artists' center. Participant. Montréal, Canada.

2021 - Memory Work: Conversation Between Aarati Akkapeddi and Zinnia Naqvi. Ada X Artists' center. Canada.

2021 - Forum - online students’ conference from UQAM's Master of Visual and Media Arts. Montréal, Canada.  

2021 - Multi-platform bootcamp. TOPO - Digital Creation Center. Participant. Online. Montréal, Canada.

2020 - International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). Online. Canada.

SCHOLARSHIPS

2021 - AEMAVM Graduates' Exhibition Scholarship. Canada.

2020 - Student Scholarship. Hexagram. Canada.

2017 - Mobility grant (Germany) awarded by LOJIQ. Canada.

2015 - Grant awarded by the démART-mtl program of the Montreal Arts Council (internship).

2012 - Mobility grant (Portugal) awarded by the International House of the UdM. Canada.

2011 - Scholarship awarded by the Master's program in Museology (UdM) due to the quality of the academic record. Canada.

@ ludmila steckelberg, 2022