Fernanda Frangetto
Visual Artist Miami - FL US / São Paulo - SP Brasil
“For me sculpting is the art of a three-dimensional brushstroke”
Download ResumeFernanda Frangetto is a Brazilian-born artist living in Florida, working in sculpture, installation, painting, and drawing. She studied at the University Center of Fine Arts and specialized in sculpture at the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, both in São Paulo.
Her works have been featured in art institutions across the US and Brazil, such as NARS Foundation (New York); Marco Island Center for the Arts, Magnetic Pompano (Florida); United Nations House (Brasília), and the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture (São Paulo).
She created sculptures and trophies for the Sao Paulo Association of Art Critics, the Brazil Fashion Miami, and in 2017, City of Doral - Government Center, Florida, invited Frangetto to create sculptures in honor of the national fight against cancer that were gifted to Doral Government Center, the Miami-Dade Commissioner’s Office, and the American Cancer Society.
She won the prestigious Salão Bunkyo Award’s Golden Prize and was a consecutive winner of Focus Brazil’s Visual Arts Press Award. Frangetto has been a speaker in numerous art events and her works are included in collections such as the Consulate General of Brazil’s in Miami, and Fundação Marcos Amaro’s. She is represented by Duo Art Gallery, Miami.
Education
MAC/USP Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP
Interactive Dialogic Perspective using digital resources
2014 – 2014
Interaction Group with advisor Sylvio Coutinho
Caixa Cultural São Paulo
“To Understand the Contemporary Issues Art”
October 5, 2013 – October 6, 2013
Workshop with Enock Sacramento (16 hours)
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
“Contemporary Issues: A Shuttle between Art & Philosophy”
September 14, 2013 – December 7, 2013
Workshop with Thais Rivitti (16 hours)
Fundação Mokiti Okada
Brazilian Visual Arts Evolution Course
August 3, 1998 – December 14, 1998
Prof. Alberto Beuttenmuller (34 hours)
Fundação Mokiti Okada
Mercosul Bienal Course
March 9, 1998 – December 14, 1998
with Professor Alberto Beuttenmuller (68 hours)
Faculdade de Belas Artes de São Paulo
Ungraduated in Painting in Fine Arts College of Sao Paulo
1996
Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MUBE)
Graduated in course of Sculpture ǀ Graduada in curso de Escultura
1992 – 1995
Giulliana Pedrazza & Carlos Garcia Arias Workshop
Course in Fine Arts ǀ Curso en Bellas Artes,
1992 – 1998 • Taller Giulliana Pedrazza y Carlos Garcia Arias, São Paulo, Brazil
Dalton de Luca Course
Development of color perception and imagination drawing,
March to November, 1991 – March to June, 1992
Drawing course using the right side of the brain. The Human Body workshop.
Dalton de Luca Course
Development of Visual Perception through the Observation Drawing
1991 – 1992
Lines, Shades and Texture
Maria Cristina Bittencourt Studio
Painting Course
1991 – 1992
with Márcia Macedo and M. C. Bittencourt
Experience
Exclusive Products
Boca Raton Museum Store
Boca Raton, FL
Guest Jury Invitation
Visual Arts Press Award 2018
January 20 – May 9 • Fort Lauderdale, FL
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
Artist
Duo Art Gallery
December 5, 2017 – Present • Miami, FL
Creating unique sculptural artworks
Exclusive Trophy designer
American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
January 30, 2017 – November 18, 2017
Fringes and Frangetto exhibit was part of a setting
TV Globo
December 10, 2000 Brazil
Fringes and Frangetto exhibit was part of a setting of a popular teenage show “Sandy & Junior” by TV Globo in 12/10/2000
Award Designer
Brazil Fashion 2017
August 13, 2017 – November 3, 2017 • Faena Forum / Miami Beach – FL
COLABORATION PROJECTS
Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA)
2015
Trophy creation for the 60th Anniversary of the entity
Guest Speaker
UN House
June 3, 2015 Brasília, Brazil
World Environment day 2015, participating with the installation Sustainable Art, United Nations in Brasília, Brazil
Design & Production Art Projects Performed
American School of São Paulo
2008 – 2015 • São Paulo, Brazil
Sculptures used in the setting of “A Lua me Disse” Soap Opera
TV Globo
April 18, 2005 – October 1, 2005 • Brazil
Sculptures used in the setting of “A Lua me Disse” Soap Opera broadcasted
Exhibitions
May, 2018 – June 1, 2018
Body + Land = Scape, NARS Foundation - New York, NY (Curated by Tatiane Schilaro)
March 10, 2018 – April 7, 2018
Body + Land = Scape, Art & Art Gallery, Wynwood - Miami, FL (Curated by Tatiane Schilaro)
2017
Group, Doral Heart Brazil, Doral Government Center – City Hall of Doral - Miami, FL
2017
Group, 46º Chapel Art Show, Chapel School - São Paulo, Brazil (Guest Artist)
2017
Group, ArtBrazil, Art Serve - Fort Lauderdale, FL (Guest Artist)
March 6 – March 30, 2017
Group, ArtBrazil Marco Island, Lauritzen & Rush Galleries - Marco Island, FL
March 1 – 29, 2017
Group, Timeless, Duo Art Gallery - Little Havana, Miami – FL
March, 2017
Group, Arte con Vida Art Exhibition, AXS Law - Wynwood, Miami – FL
2017
Group, FABRICA, Magnetic – Citi Centre - Pompano Beach, FL
January 20 – 31, 2017
Group, Pragmatic, Duo Art Gallery - Little Havana, Miami – FL
June 1 – 5, 2015
Solo, Confrontations and Challenges | Confrontaciones y Desafíos, United Nations in Brazil ǀ Naciones Unidas in BR - Brasília, Brazil (UN House)
2014
Group, ArtBrazil, Art Serve - Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
2014
Solo, Meet The Artist, Wynwood Art Group Gallery - Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
2000
Group, “29th Salão Bunkyo”, Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa - São Paulo, Brazil (Guest Artist)
2000
Solo, Fringes and Frangetto ǀ Flecos y Frangetto, Banco Central de Brasil - São Paulo, Brazil (Espaço Cultural Banco Central do Brasil)
1997
Group, “Manhattan Art Show”, The Waldorf Astoria - New York, NY, USA
1995
Group, “24th Salão Bunkyo”, Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa - São Paulo, Brazil (Merit Award)
1995
3a Mostra de Escultura João Turin, Hall do Palácio Iguaçu - Curitiba, PR (Secretaria do Estado da Cultura)
1993
Group, “Art Exhibit of Brazilian Sculpture”, MUBE Museu Brasileiro de Escultura - São Paulo, Brazil
Clients
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS American Cancer Society - Relay for Life City of Doral, FL Commissioners Office of Florida Brazil Fashion 2017 Consulate General of Brazil in Miami Fundação Marcos Amaro Santo Domingos Savio Youth Center PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Skills
Painting Installation Contemporary Object Digital Photo Design Sculpture Authentic Trophy Designer
Awards
2017
First Place for Sculpting, Visual Arts Press Award (US)
2016
1st Place for Installation, Visual Arts Press Award (US)
1999
1STPlace (Big Golden Prize), BUNKYO Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture - São Paulo SP (“28th Bunkyo Plastic Arts Exhibition” – Prize: Two way Ticket to Tokyo)
1994
Merit Award, BUNKYO Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture - São Paulo SP (“23rd Bunkyo Plastic Arts Exhibition”)