Depicted in black and white dreamscapes, Isabella's (b. 1996, Brazil) work unfolds as a reflection on belonging and identity. Rather than portraying literal scenes, her work evokes atmospheres - spaces suspended between the real and the imagined, the present and the past.Recurring motifs and textures reveal an ongoing dialogue between familiarity and distance: forms that feel intimate yet slightly displaced, oscillating between warmth and strangeness.Every mark on paper or a canvas (and any piece of art work) is a transformation of one's momentary truth into a new truth that can be seen and shared by all, and thus admired or despised for its worth.

Sardinia, 2025

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Monotype paint mixed with oil, printed on paper

My cousin whose name i can't record, 2024

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Monotype paint mixed with oil, printed on paper

Cowdog, 2024

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Monotype paint mixed with oil, printed on paper

Stone Woman, 2023

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Monotype paint mixed with oil, printed on paper

Brother and Sister, 2025

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Monotype paint mixed with oil, printed on paper

ABOUT

Isabella Aleluia was born in 1996 in the capital of Brazil. Her early years, shaped by rural and urban life, continue to inform her practice. She moved to Portugal in 2018, where she now lives and works.
Through a minimalist color palette Isabella seeks to uncover the beauty of simplicity and duality in the world and within herself. Her black and white world is coloured with texture, with heavy, round brushwork that results in a certain type of unsettling calmness.
With nature being a recurring subject of observation, landscapes and fragments of memories carry expressionist and impressionist tendencies.All works are monoprints, which consists of monotypes painted on a silicone and gel plate, using printing ink mixed with oil and printed on paper.Works were first ehxibited in a collective show in Lisbon in 2024.