Clara Fialho

Clara Fialho (American, b. Brazil, 1984) is a New York-based artist. She received her BFA from the Cooper Union on a full merit scholarship and had her first solo exhibition in Chelsea at age 22. Since then, she has been exhibiting extensively throughout the country and abroad. Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including the New York Times, and the cover of New York Spaces Magazine. "My work is intended to take the viewer away from the worlf of thought. Most of the time it is process oriented, sometimes containing elements from dreams. It reveals universal forms, which are believed to be innately present in every human being. I feel the need to show these elements in order to bring them about. They are often the product of a personal disenchantment with the material world around me.  Art, being a reaction to society, has the potential to serve as its mirror, and at the same time, point towards what is behind it, towards what is needed: happiness, unity, freedom, love... Hopefully, depending on one's willingness and aptitude to be guided by their sensations, my work will take one away from what is present in their short-term memories, beyond reason and the frustrations that come from our senseless desire to become independent of each other. Most importantly, it should leave them with something positive"