Born in 1988, Salvador, Brazil
Lives and works in Salvador, Brazil
He studied architecture and urbanism in Brazil (Universidade Federal da Bahia) and Portugal, (Universidade do Porto), where he initiated his photography studies in 2011. Since then he uses photography to explore issues related to human metaphorical and built environments.
His more recent body of work studies how the contemporary individual relates to oneself and the material world, questioning the perception of reality through the careful use of digital editing and enhancement of visual ambiguity.
Souza’s work has been exhibited in cities of Brazil, Portugal, Italy and Spain.
In 2019 he was one of the finalists of the Mario Cravo Neto Prize, received the second place at the 10º 'Salão de Artistas sem Galeria', and in 2018 he was a finalist at the 12th Arte Laguna Prize, in Venice.
EDUCATION
2014 - Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil, Major in Architecture and Urbanism
2012 - Universidade do Porto, Portugal, exchange program in Architecture, Photography and Drawing
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 - ‘10º Salão de Artistas sem Galeria’, Galeria Orlando Lemos, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019 - ‘10º Salão de Artistas sem Galeria’, Galeria Sancovsky, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 - ‘10º Salão de Artistas sem Galeria’, Galeria Zipper, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 - 12th Arte Laguna Prize, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
2017 - Alchemic Body, Galeria Jorge Jurado, Bogotá, Colombia
2017 - ‘Bienal de Curitiba 2017’, Airez Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
2017 - Elements, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
2016 - ‘Circuito das Artes’, Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2015 - ‘Circuito das Artes’, Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
2015 - Incubarte, Galería 9, Valencia, Spain
2015 - ‘Encontros da Imagem’, Braga, Portugal
2014 - ‘Circuito das Artes’, Galeria ICBA, Salvador, Brazil
2014 - ‘Circuito Triangulações’, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2014 - ‘Circuito Triangulações’, Pinacoteca Universitária UFAL, Maceió, Brazil
2014 - ‘Circuito Triangulações’, Galeria de Arte do MABEU, Belém, Brazil
2014 - ‘Salões de Artes Visuais da Bahia’, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2013 - ‘Circuito das Artes’, Galeria ICBA, Salvador, Brazil
2013 - ‘Salões de Artes Visuais da Bahia’, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
PRIZES
2019 - Finalist - Mario Cravo Neto Prize, IMCN, Salvador, Brazil
2019 - Second place - ‘10º Salão de Artistas sem Galeria’, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 - Finalist - 12th Arte Laguna Prize, Venice, Italy
2014 - Special Prize - ‘Salões de Artes Visuais da Bahia 2014’, Bahia, Brazil
PUBLICATIONS
2013 - Der Greif, n. 7
2013 - 30º-60º - Cuaderno Latino Americano de Arquitectura, n. 38