Nina Pandolfo (Brazil)
Born in Tupã, São Paulo, Nina Pandolfo is internationally celebrated as one of Brazil’s most exciting and emerging contemporary fine artists. Her work depicts an expansive, colorful landscape populated with sassy wide-eyed girls, their playthings, and their animal friends. These intriguing characters and the activities in which they engage embody the themes of adult introspection, childhood dreams and fears, and simple, unabashed escapism that Pandolfo confronts and explores.
Pandolfo’s perspective of the world is enhanced by opulently employed symbolism, allowing for multiple readings of each piece. While not directly inspired by Asian art, certain stylistic features of her work and the technical expertise with which she executes them position her alongside the best practitioners of the Kaikai Kiki school. Pandolfo’s local and international success serves as an inspiration to the generations of young female painters who seek to follow in her footsteps. She continues to live and work in São Paulo.
