Beatriz Monteiro

Is a Brazilian visual artist whose investigative work focuses on the duality of photography as a medium of memory and oblivion. Her archaeological approach leads her to examine historical and familial traces, exploring places, objects, and ancient images. She revisits photographic archives and visits locations significant to her family's history, collecting fragments and evidence that serve as the foundation for her work.

In parallel, Beatriz also dedicates herself to studying nature, not as a traditional landscape element but as a field for deep contemplation and emotion. Her ethereal representations of nature seem to float in time and space, creating a dialogue between her archaeological findings and natural observations.

She manipulates photographs through interventions such as reframing, overlaying, and juxtaposition, seeking to transcend the original images and explore new visual narratives. Monteiro's work evokes visual poetry that contemplates universal themes such as life, death, and disillusionment, revealing the depth of human feelings and their capacity to connect the past with contemporary reflections.