“There's the real world, and then there's my studio – they are separate. It's another world for me. It's a sacred space.”
Landscapes from a parallel universe
If Marina Perez Simão paints landscapes, then they’re landscapes from another world. Soft curves morph into impossible forms – like a sun sandwiched between two vertical mountains, or a sky full of waves. In fact, many of Perez Simão’s otherworldly environments are inspired by Brazil where “it doesn’t only rain, but it pours and it feels like the world is going to end”. Her paintings are an expression of the way a landscape can make you feel. By attempting to capture the sublime, Perez Simão shows how the world is transformed by our perception just as much as it is by the sun and rain.
Early on...
Bio
Marina Perez Simão (she/her) was born in 1980 in Vitoria, Brazil. She lives and works in São Paulo.
Education
Encouraged by her father, Perez Simão went to art school and law school at the same time.
In their words
“The learning will never stop, I have this impression that until the day I die I will never stop learning. It's infinite.”
