About the artist
Gustavo Balbela (b. Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1997) is an artist, designer and researcher. He currently is a PhD researcher at the Norwich University of the Arts, holds a master in fine arts from UFRGS’s Institute of Arts and works as designer and editor at Austral Edições. Gustavo develops his artistic production through the creation and collection of technical images, presented on installations or publications. His work investigates, from personal perspectives, issues related to globalization, imperialism and authoritarianism.
Peer reviewed papers and conferences
Photography, Montage, and Archive: An atlas of a dictatorship and its landscapes (2023).
Conference: Reframing the Archive: International Conference on Photography & Visual Culture; Archivo Platform.
Illegitimate Landscapes: minimalism, authoritarianism and the Conceição Overpass (2022).
Paper: Valise journal, Porto Alegre (Brazil). ISSN: 2236-1375.
Space and gaze in Mariane Lima’s photography (2022),
Chapter and conference: Gustavo Balbela and Maria Melgarejo. In As As Artes Visuais pelos Artistas: Atas do XIII Congresso CSO 2022 edited by Queiroz, J. P. 495–506. Lisbon (Portugal): Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. ISBN: 978-989-53-8053-4.
Cartas para Ultramares, an audio-photographic installation (2021),
Paper: Gustavo Balbela and Isadora Nocchi Martins. AusArt journal, Bilbao (Spain). ISSN: 2340-8510.
Contact
gustavo_ba@me.com
@gustavo_balbela
+55 (51) 999-331-217