Fernanda Frangetto

Sculptor - Visual Artist / Mixed-Media Artist, Miami - FL US

"For me, sculpting is the art of a three-dimensional brushstroke."

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Fernanda Frangetto (1976) is a Brazilian-born artist residing in Florida, specializing in sculpture, installation, painting, and drawing. She studied at the University Center of Fine Arts and pursued a specialization in sculpture at the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture in São Paulo.

Her artworks have been showcased in prominent art institutions in the US and Brazil, including 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).

Frangetto has crafted sculptures and trophies for the São Paulo Association of Art Critics, Brazil Fashion Miami, and, in 2017, was invited by the City of Doral - Government Center, Florida, to create sculptures honoring the national fight against cancer. These pieces were presented to the Doral Government Center, the Miami-Dade Commissioner’s Office, and the American Cancer Society.

She earned the prestigious Salão Bunkyo Award’s Golden Prize and received consecutive honors at Focus Brazil’s Visual Arts Press Award. Frangetto has also served as a speaker at numerous art events, and her works are part of collections such as the Consulate General of Brazil in Miami and Fundação Marcos Amaro’s.


Education

Interactive Dialogic Perspective using digital resources at MAC/USP Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP
2014 – 2014
“To Understand the Contemporary Issues Art” at Caixa Cultural São Paulo
October 5, 2013 – October 6, 2013
“Contemporary Issues: A Shuttle between Art & Philosophy” at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
September 14, 2013 – December 7, 2013
Brazilian Visual Arts Evolution Course at Fundação Mokiti Okada
August 3, 1998 – December 14, 1998
Mercosul Bienal Course at Fundação Mokiti Okada
March 9, 1998 – December 14, 1998
Ungraduated in Painting in Fine Arts College of Sao Paulo at Faculdade de Belas Artes de São Paulo
1996
Graduated in course of Sculpture ǀ Graduada in curso de Escultura at Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MUBE)
1992 – 1995
Course in Fine Arts ǀ Curso en Bellas Artes, at Giulliana Pedrazza & Carlos Garcia Arias Workshop
1992 – 1998 Taller Giulliana Pedrazza y Carlos Garcia Arias, São Paulo, Brazil
Development of color perception and imagination drawing, at Dalton de Luca Course
March to November, 1991 – March to June, 1992
Development of Visual Perception through the Observation Drawing at Dalton de Luca Course
1991 – 1992
Painting Course at Maria Cristina Bittencourt Studio
1991 – 1992

Experience

Exclusive Products at Boca Raton Museum Store
Boca Raton, FL
Guest Jury Invitation at Visual Arts Press Award 2018
January 20 – May 9 Fort Lauderdale, FL
Artist at Duo Art Gallery
December 5, 2017 – Present Miami, FL
Exclusive Trophy designer at American Cancer Society – Relay for Life
January 30, 2017 – November 18, 2017
Fringes and Frangetto exhibit was part of a setting at TV Globo
December 10, 2000 Brazil
Award Designer at Brazil Fashion 2017
August 13, 2017 – November 3, 2017 Faena Forum / Miami Beach – FL
COLABORATION PROJECTS at Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA)
2015
Guest Speaker at UN House
June 3, 2015 Brasília, Brazil
Design & Production Art Projects Performed at American School of São Paulo
2008 – 2015 São Paulo, Brazil
Sculptures used in the setting of “A Lua me Disse” Soap Opera at TV Globo
April 18, 2005 – October 1, 2005 Brazil

Exhibitions

May, 2018 – June 1, 2018
Body + Land = Scape at NARS Foundation, New York, NY
March 10, 2018 – April 7, 2018
Body + Land = Scape at Art & Art Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL
2017
Doral Heart Brazil at Doral Government Center – City Hall of Doral, Miami, FL
2017
46º Chapel Art Show at Chapel School, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
ArtBrazil at Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale, FL
March 6 – March 30, 2017
ArtBrazil Marco Island at Lauritzen & Rush Galleries, Marco Island, FL
March 1 – 29, 2017
Timeless at Duo Art Gallery, Little Havana, Miami – FL
March, 2017
Arte con Vida Art Exhibition at AXS Law, Wynwood, Miami – FL
2017
FABRICA at Magnetic – Citi Centre, Pompano Beach, FL
January 20 – 31, 2017
Pragmatic at Duo Art Gallery, Little Havana, Miami – FL
June 1 – 5, 2015
Confrontations and Challenges | Confrontaciones y Desafíos at United Nations in Brazil ǀ Naciones Unidas in BR, Brasília, Brazil
2014
ArtBrazil at Art Serve, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
2014
Meet The Artist at Wynwood Art Group Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA
2000
“29th Salão Bunkyo” at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa, São Paulo, Brazil
2000
Fringes and Frangetto ǀ Flecos y Frangetto at Banco Central de Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
1997
“Manhattan Art Show” at The Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY, USA
1995
“24th Salão Bunkyo” at Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa, São Paulo, Brazil
1995
3a Mostra de Escultura João Turin at Hall do Palácio Iguaçu, Curitiba, PR
1993
“Art Exhibit of Brazilian Sculpture” at 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

  • Sculpture
  • Contemporary Object
  • Painting
  • Installation
  • Digital Photo Design
  • Authentic Trophy Designer

Awards

2017
First Place for Sculpting, Visual Arts Press Award
2016
1st Place for Installation, Visual Arts Press Award
1999
1STPlace (Big Golden Prize), BUNKYO Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture - São Paulo SP
1994
Merit Award, BUNKYO Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture - São Paulo SP