Visual artist, curator, modern and contemporary art critic, researcher, and founder of BraSA.Art
Working between Brazil and Italy
Languages: Portuguese — native; English — fluent; Italian — currently studying.
PROFILE
Analize Nicolini is a Brazilian visual artist, curator, modern and contemporary art critic, and researcher. Her practice brings together image, language, body, matter, and space to investigate the regimes through which bodies, narratives, and artworks become visible, legible, and able to circulate — or are refused by those systems. She works with photography, video, performance, installation, sound, sculpture, and text, incorporating documentation, mediation, circulation, and exhibition protocols into the very structure of her works.
From her situated position as an intersex woman, she addresses self-representation, narrative sovereignty, normativity, memory, residue, systems of value, and the politics of the gaze. In her curatorial practice, she conceives exhibitions, public programs, and research structures that place artworks, artists, institutions, and publics in relation, with particular attention to the circulation and legitimation of art produced in and from South America.
Her trajectory combines a background in Economics and Marketing with experience in publishing, cultural management, exhibition production, public programming, and institution-building. In 2019, she founded BraSA.Art, an independent platform through which she develops artistic and curatorial projects, residencies, publications, transnational exchanges, and circulation structures for contemporary South American practices.
INDEPENDENT PLATFORM AND LEADERSHIP
2019–present
Founder and director of BraSA.Art
Independent platform dedicated to art, criticism, curating, research, public programming, and the circulation of contemporary South American artists and practices. Its activities include the conception and realization of exhibitions, curatorial projects, residencies, publications, public programs, cultural mediation, transnational exchange, and the development of institutional structures.
ACADEMIC EDUCATION AND UNIVERSITY STUDIES
2026 — admission confirmed; expected start September 2026
Master’s Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (EGArt)
English-language curriculum: Economics and Administration of Arts and Culture; class LM-76 R
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
July 6–17, 2026
Summer@SIE — Contemporary Art & Curatorship
6 ECTS; final grade 30/30
Ca’ Foscari School for International Education, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
Academic year 2025/2026 — in progress
Single Course FT0230 — Storia dell’Arte Contemporanea I
6 ECTS/CFU; exam pending
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
2021–2022
University studies in Environmental Humanities
Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
1998
Postgraduate studies in Marketing Management
Instituto de Ciências Sociais do Paraná — ICSP/FESP (now Faculdade de Educação Superior do Paraná), Curitiba, Brazil
1996 — diploma issued in 1997
Bachelor’s Degree in Economics
Instituto de Ciências Sociais do Paraná — ICSP/FESP (now Faculdade de Educação Superior do Paraná), Curitiba, Brazil
CURATORIAL, CRITICAL, AND CONTEMPORARY ART EDUCATION
2022–2023
Inclusive Curatorial Practices: Accessibility, Representation and Diversity
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2022
Developing Art and Ecology Projects
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Art, Activism & Environment: Practical Approaches to Contemporary Ecologies
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Towards a New Definition of Museums: Curatorial Theory and Practice
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Decolonizing Curatorial and Artistic Practices
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Curating on the Web: Exhibiting Internet-based Art
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Launching an Independent Art Space: Conceptual and Practical Skills
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2021
Ethics of Practice
Workshop with Marysia Lewandowska and Aurora Fonda
School for Curatorial Studies Venice, Venice, Italy / online
2020
Curating in Art, Science & Technology: Potentials and Pitfalls
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2020
Creative Art Criticism and Writing
Node Center for Curatorial Studies Online, Berlin, Germany / online
2018–2019
Summer School in Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Arts
School for Curatorial Studies Venice / Galleria A plus A, Venice, Italy; 500 hours
2018–2020
Postgraduate-level studies in Modern and Contemporary Art Criticism and Curating
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage / IUPERJ–Universidade Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coursework completed. Final monograph submitted in April 2026; final certification status to be confirmed.
Monograph: Da formação do crítico-curador à formulação de uma plataforma curatorial transnacional: estudo de caso do projeto #CONTEÚDO+ / #CONTENT+.
2018
Processos Criativos, with Charles Watson
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
Laboratório de pesquisa e prática do texto em arte, with Fernanda Lopes
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016–2017
Questões fundamentais da pintura, with Luiz Ernesto
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
Teorias da arte, with Fernando Cocchiarale
Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
Workshop 75: Curating Contemporary Art Exhibitions
University of the Arts London / Central Saint Martins, London, United Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL, EDITORIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018–2021
R&P Books / Ruth & Pedrina Cult — editorial and cultural projects
Publication of Solteira no Século 21 — Ode ao Amor sem dono (2018) and Luzes do Leblon (2019); production of the exhibition project braZil: um Retrato de uma Nação.
2011–2012
Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing — Ahom Educação
Work in institutional development, editorial strategy, marketing, and educational projects, Curitiba, Brazil.
2007–2009
Marketing Consultant — Editora Aymará
Work in marketing strategy and institutional positioning in the publishing and education sectors, Curitiba, Brazil.
ARTISTIC-CURATORIAL PROJECTS AND OCCUPATIONS
2026–ongoing
Insistir em Existir: Protocolos de um Estúdio Privado
Independent artistic and curatorial residency and ongoing process-based exhibition, Curitiba, Brazil. Developed in the artist’s residence and workspace through installation, research, archive, encounters, visits, documentation, and the continuous activation of works and traces.
June 2025–May 2026
Insistir em Existir / Existir em Insistir — uma sala para
Artistic and curatorial occupation conceived and led by Analize Nicolini, SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba, Brazil. It operated as a living studio, exhibition program, and critical-affective agenda, bringing together artistic production, curatorial experimentation, public programming, institutional dialogue, and the circulation of artworks and research.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
February 15–May 10, 2026
Insistir em Existir: Protocolos de um Ateliê Público
Solo exhibition and process-based exhibition; critical text by Kamilla Nunes; SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba, Brazil. The exhibition formed part of the artistic-curatorial occupation at the institution and brought together the complete body of Minha História Deixa Que Eu Conto, in four acts, alongside works and processes from different periods of the artist’s practice.
August 16–September 17, 2022
Nos Resta Ser Feliz
Solo exhibition; produced by BraSA.Art and SOMA Galeria; SOMA Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil.
May 28, 2019
Luzes do Leblon
Solo project and site-specific performance, Leblon Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS — AS ARTIST
December 13, 2025
Estar aqui de paisagem
Exhibition-event by the Impossibilidade de Esgotamento research group; curatorial coordination by Kamilla Nunes; Joaquina Beach, Florianópolis, Brazil.
August 2–29, 2025
Deixar (de) nos mentir
Group exhibition by the Impossibilidade de Esgotamento research group; curated by Kamilla Nunes; Galeria do Jardim Botânico, Florianópolis, Brazil.
July 22–September 30, 2025
AQUI ONDE ESTOU — resto, risco, ruína e rastro
Participating artist and curator; produced by BraSA.Art; SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba, Brazil.
August 29–September 10, 2022
Daqui de Onde Estou
Group exhibition; participating artist, co-curator with Fernanda Andrade, and producer through BraSA.Art; produced by BraSA.Art and SOMA Galeria; We Exhibit, Venice, Italy.
2019–2020
D’Água
Group exhibition, Espaço de Fotografia Judith Munk, Araras, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
July 22–September 30, 2025
AQUI ONDE ESTOU — resto, risco, ruína e rastro
Group exhibition conceived and curated by Analize Nicolini; produced by BraSA.Art; SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba, Brazil.
August 29–September 10, 2022
Daqui de Onde Estou
Group exhibition; participating artist, co-curator with Fernanda Andrade, and producer through BraSA.Art; produced by BraSA.Art and SOMA Galeria; We Exhibit, Venice, Italy. Analize Nicolini invited Fernanda Andrade to co-write the curatorial text with her, signed by both.
2019
Anedotas sobre Origem
Group exhibition and curatorial project developed in the context of the Summer School in Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Arts; collectively co-curated by 19 participants from 15 countries; Galleria A plus A / School for Curatorial Studies Venice, Venice, Italy.
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, MEDIATION, AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
April 12–13, 2026
Jonathas de Andrade em Curitiba
Free public program organized and produced by Analize Nicolini / BraSA.Art, including a continuous six-hour screening of Jangadeiros e Canoeiros, a conversation with the artist, and a public lecture; SOMA – People & Culture and Auditório Brasílio Itiberê, Curitiba, Brazil. Moderated by Analize Nicolini and, for the lecture, by Analize Nicolini and Felipe Prando. Support: SOMA – People & Culture and Secretaria de Estado da Cultura do Paraná.
2025
Laboratório de Curadoria em Processo
Workshop-laboratory open to the public during the final installation of AQUI ONDE ESTOU — resto, risco, ruína e rastro; conceived and led by Analize Nicolini; SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba, Brazil.
ARTWORKS AND BODIES OF WORK
2024–ongoing
Minha História Deixa Que Eu Conto
Body of work structured in four acts: textual intervention on mirror, suspended spatial installation, video performance, and sculptural body cast. The complete body of work was presented in Insistir em Existir: Protocolos de um Ateliê Público, at SOMA – People & Culture, in 2026. Act III (2026–) is a video performance based on the public reading of the 37 Yogyakarta Principles, presented on a vertical monitor with an applied mirror and audio; the work remains in formal and conceptual expansion.
2026
Insistir em Existir
Installation composed of a modular cement column, smaller cement artifacts with embedded gloves, a punching bag, and a suspended tatami mat; variable dimensions.
2025
Pequenos Grandes Traumas
Participatory installation composed of traversable vertical modules, screen, plastic strip curtain, modular structure, and activation by the public.
2024; reactivated in 2026
If You Need Art To Act
Live performance with acrylic paint on garbage bins, initially performed at Largo do Carmo, Lisbon; subsequently developed as a multimedia installation with photographs and video and presented at SOMA – People & Culture.
2023
Anular — Transições Luminares
Photographic work structured as a triptych based on chromatic and atmospheric variations.
2022
Nas Feridas Que Eu Alcanço
Public performance with sound, photographic, and video documentation; subsequently developed into a multimedia installation. Biodegradable polyamide garment developed in collaboration with Fernando Cozendey.
2022
Por Uma Nova Ordem Mundial
Sculpture minted in recycled silver that shifts monetary systems and regimes of value into the field of art.
2022
Xingamentos
Single-channel sound installation, 5’26”.
2021–ongoing
Projeto Neon
Ongoing project based on the archiving and materialization in neon of phrases derived from observation, research, reflection, and exchanges. Includes Aqui Nos Resta Ser Feliz, Aqui Todos Nos Lamberemos, and A Vida Não é Só o Agora, Beleza?.
2021
O QUE ME RODEIA
Photographic series.
2020–ongoing
Destroços de uma Intimidade
Photographic series developed from the domestic space, isolation, memory, and unstable relationships between presence and absence. Includes, among other works, Companhia I and Companhia II (2024), presented in Insistir em Existir: Protocolos de um Ateliê Público.
2019–ongoing
Ending In Venice
Project bringing together performance, posters, installation, and public circulation. Includes the triptych Ato I — Invasão.
2018–2019
Luzes do Leblon
Photographic series, site-specific performance, and artist book developed from the systematic observation of the sky and sea in Rio de Janeiro over the course of one year.
2016
Pinturas
Body of acrylic-on-canvas works, including Ode ao Amor Sem Dono (Vênus em Aquário, na Casa de Hades) and Rizoma (ou Gênesis).
2005–2009
Cidades e Intimidade
Photographic series developed from urban observation and intimate spatial relationships.
APPROVED OR CONCEIVED CULTURAL AND CURATORIAL PROJECTS — NOT REALIZED
2021
YaYaYa / The Clitoris Museum
Digital curatorial project, platform, and open-call prototype addressing bodily autonomy, gender-based violence, legitimacy, and visibility. Conceived and not realized.
2020–2023
#CONTEÚDO+ / #CONTENT+ / #CONTENIDO+
Curatorial project by Analize Nicolini conceived as an open call and group exhibition between Brazil, South America, Canada, and India, focusing on lens-based practices, integrated digital media, and technologies. Approved under Brazil’s Federal Law for Cultural Incentives / PRONAC 200521; not realized in its original configuration due to lack of funding.
2019–2021
braZil: um Retrato de uma Nação
Exhibition project featuring photographs by Olaf Heine; conceived and curated by Analize Nicolini; produced by Ruth & Pedrina Cult; proposed for Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Approved under Brazil’s Federal Law for Cultural Incentives / PRONAC 190066; not realized due to lack of funding.
RESIDENCIES
2026–ongoing
Insistir em Existir: Protocolos de um Estúdio Privado
Independent artistic and curatorial residency and process-based exhibition, Curitiba, Brazil.
2021–2023
BraSA.Art Artistic Residency
Research in Environmental Humanities, Venice, Italy.
2018–2019
Ruth&PedrinaCULT Artistic Residency
Development of the photographic research and the project Luzes do Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PUBLICATIONS AND CURATORIAL WRITING
2025
Nicolini, Analize. AQUI ONDE ESTOU — resto, risco, ruína e rastro. Curatorial text for the exhibition of the same title. SOMA – People & Culture, Curitiba.
2022
Nicolini, Analize; Andrade, Fernanda. Daqui de Onde Estou. Curatorial text for the exhibition of the same title, jointly written. We Exhibit, Venice.
2019
Nicolini, Analize. Luzes do Leblon. Rio de Janeiro: R&P Books.
2018
Nicolini, Analize. Solteira no Século 21 — Ode ao Amor sem dono. Rio de Janeiro: R&P Books.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EDITORIAL WORK
2012
Prêmio Jabuti — 1st place, Didactic and Para-Didactic category
Mundo Leitor — linhas da vida: caderno do orientador, Ahom Educação. Distinction awarded to the publishing company; Analize Nicolini served as co-founder and Vice President of Marketing.
2009
Prêmio Jabuti — 2nd place, Didactic or Para-Didactic category for Primary and Secondary Education
Coleção Cidade Educadora — Diário de Bordo do Aluno 1 — Volume Amarelo, Aymará Edições e Tecnologia Ltda. Distinction awarded to the publishing company; Analize Nicolini served as Marketing Consultant.
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE AREAS
Contemporary art; curating; art criticism; representation and self-representation; dissident bodies; narrative sovereignty; normativity; ecologies of visibility; memory; residue and discard; systems of value; institutional critique; exhibition protocols; lens-based practices; integrated digital media; South American art; cultural circulation and legitimation.