Ayune Maisano Namur is an Italian-Brazilian artist based in Italy, working with printmaking (xylography, chalcography and lithography), photography, and video. She is a freelance curator, with a degree in Art Education from UNICAMP (Brazil) and in Fine Art Printmaking from the Accademia di Brera (Italy). She also holds a specialization in cultural management and audiovisual techniques.

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Her artistic work explores themes related to nature, belonging, memory, and the environment. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Brazil, Italy, and France.

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Her fiction short film "Radice" won the award for Best Film at the Filmworks Film Festival in 2014 and was screened at various festivals in Brazil, along with other short films where she participated as producer or art director. She has held three solo exhibitions in Brazil, where she won an artistic circulation grant in 2017. Ayune was also one of the winners of the Paris Art Expo Award in 2021.

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A versatile artist, Ayune has over ten years of experience in the educational, cultural, and artistic fields. She has taught art in high schools and worked on projects with at-risk youth in Brazil. In the audiovisual field, she has been involved in several projects, including fiction, documentaries, advertising, storytelling, video courses, interviews, and events. As a curator, she works primarily in Venice and collaborates with the Venice Art and Design Association.

Exhibitions she participated:

• 2010 - Gramatura 32 - Campinas Museum of Contemporary Art - (collective exhibition) - Campinas, São Paulo – Brazil

• 2017 – Walking on the World - Jequié Cultural Center - (solo exhibition) - Jequié, Bahia – Brazil

• 2017 - Walking on the World - Ilhéus Municipal Theater - (solo exhibition) - Ilhéus, Bahia – Brazil

• 2017 - Walking on the World - Cultural Center The House of Music - solo exhibition) - Salvador, Bahia – Brazil

• 2018 - Eixo 45 - Ilhéus Popular Theater - (collective exhibition) Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil

• 2018 - Between the Pants - Armonds Gallery - ( collective exhibition) - Itacaré, Bahia, Brazil

• 2020 - Silent Space (Spazialità Silenziose) - Santa Eufemia Gallery - (collective exhibition) - Venice, Italy

• 2020 - Paris Art Expo - Thuillier Gallery - (collective exhibition) - Paris, France

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Exhibition she curated:

• 2020 - Silent Spatiality - Santa Eufemia Gallery

• 2021 - Wonderland - Santa Eufemia Gallery

• 2021 - Emerald - Santa Eufemia Gallery

• 2024 - Untouchable - Lo Verso Studio (work in progress)