Simone Fonseca was born in Sete Lagoas, MG, but lives and works in São Paulo. She graduated in Education from FAAP/SP, was a drawing and art education teacher, and today dedicates herself to her artistic production. She attends the Instituto Tomie Ohtake studio, under the guidance of Paulo Pasta, and is also a member of the Grupo Pigmento.
Following the natural flow of her artistic career, she has exhibited in various spaces and institutions. Notable exhibitions include her participation at the Casa Cultural do Butantã (SP), the Ateliê PIPA group show, and the IV Rome Biennale. Additionally, she was awarded at the 28th Salão de Artes Plásticas de Embu das Artes, among others.
On March 14, at Casagaleria e Oficina de Arte Loly Demercian, she presented new work resulting from an intensive investigation into space and forms, creating 73 possible correlations that approach abstraction. The eye moves in search of an archaeology of loose, fragmented, and colorful forms, which, sometimes together and other times isolated, are cast into a material space.
In her paintings, the forms are never closed, creating situations of transience, of fleeting forms, awaiting something else. The figures of life are diagrammed in collages, paints, and colors. Her work begins with fragmented collages, arranging colors, forms, and landscapes drawn from her memory. As she herself emphasizes, [...] the collages are merely the starting point for the paintings, as once the work begins, it evolves with the freedom and autonomy of painting, moving away from the model and retaining only the structure that generated the choice. Using neutral tones, latex, and acrylic paint, her paintings acquire a life of their own; by shaping them with color masses and free brushstrokes, she maintains disproportionate elements. They are memories captured in space, with fragmented and scattered touches on the canvas, without attachment to the landscape.
It is fitting to state, in this context, that Simone’s imaginary landscapes are Metalandscapes, a deep dive into painting, emphasizing the surface. However, at the
same time—and paradoxically—much remains beneath it. The transient nature of things cannot exist and cannot be reduced to a single form, as it awaits different and multiple creative dimensions.
