Bria

Dedicated scholar with 20 years of curatorial experience. Scientifically examines Brazilian Modern and Contemporary Arts, with investments in Visual Anthropology and Anthropology of Race— currently a last-year Ph.D. candidate in Art History at Rice University in Houston, Texas.

She is researching and writing her dissertation in São Paulo, Brazil, where she is an International Exchange Student and Assistant Professor at Unicamp (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) and at USP (Universidade Estadual de São Paulo).

Advisor: Fabiola López-Durán

Research Areas

Major: Brazilian Modern and Contemporary Art; Minor: Environmental Anthropology and Anthropology of Race

Education

IULM University, BA, Economics of Cultural Heritage and Communication

IULM University, MA, Art, Valorisation and Market

Università degli Studi di Pavia, BA, Sciences of Cultural Heritage

Honors & Awards

2022-2023, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Fellowship

2022, Rice University Art History Graduate Exhibition Travel Award

2022, Rice University Dean's Funds for the Humanities Award

2022, Rice University Art History Graduate Summer Research Travel Award

2021, Rice University Art History Graduate Summer Research Award

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