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Grazielle Portella (b. 1989, Brazil) is a visual designer and art researcher. She is currently a PhD student in Contemporary Drawing at the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon (funded by the Foundation of Science and Technology - FCT) and Associate Professor at EINA Escola d’Art i Disseny de Barcelona (UAB). She holds a Master's in Technology Intelligence & Digital Design (PUC-SP, 2016) and Bachelor's in Visual Design (UFRGS, 2012). Previously Visiting Researcher at Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB, 2022).
Informed by philosophy, neuroscience, and aesthetics, she develops the concept of Slow Drawing, investigating contemplative, ethical, and affective practices in contemporary art. Has been selected at residencies such as L'AiR Arts Paris and Joya: AIR arte + ecología and exhibited her work in Lisbon, Barcelona, and Paris. Previously worked for Google (São Paulo, 2011-2017), Flaner (Paris/Lisbon), K Solutions (Paris), Actar Publishers, and Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona).
︎ grazielleportella@gmail.com
︎ /grazielleportella
︎ View full CV
︎Research Gate
Research & Publications
Coordination of online event 5 Minutes of Drawing, monthly since 2020. Led interviews with artists: Dipali Dupta, João Catarino, Aline Basso, Anna Chan, Sam Winston, Cecília Corujo, Juan Cavia, Carolina Correia, Carol Prusa, Gary Embury, Gaia Alari, Kiah Kiean, Rita Sabler, Susana Chasse, sunWorks. Check more at 5md.belasartes.ulisboa.pt︎︎︎
Caminar, memòria i natura: Metodologia pedagògica de disseny especulatiu per explorar futures temporalitats. In: Jornades Imaginar mundos posibles - Potencialidades, límites y fricciones de la ficción especulativa en la investigación y la educación. Jan 19, 2023.
Portella, Grazielle Bruscato. (2022). "Conversando com Sam Winston: O desenho como linguagem na ausência de luz" In Queiroz, João Paulo (Ed.). (2022). As Artes Visuais pelos Artistas: Atas do XIII Congresso CSO 2022. Lisboa: Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. ISBN 978-989-53805-3-4. PP. 473-485. Link︎︎︎
Slow drawing as a methodology to inhabit, represent and reimagine nature. In: Colóquio Expressão Múltipla V : teoria e prática do desenho : atas das conferências. Dec 15-17, 2021. Link︎︎︎
5 Minutes of Drawing: Instagram for scientific, pedagogical and artistic communications in the Covid-19 era. In: Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital - Sigradi 2021. Nov 10-12, 2021, pp. 365-376. Link︎︎︎
Contemporary Drawing and Ancient Philosophy: the artistic creation as a practice of “care of the Self”. In: Thomas Project: a border Journal for utopian thoughts. 5(1), pp. 137-157, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Text︎︎︎
Connected objects: a gaze into usability and design of tangible interfaces. Master Dissertation. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: São Paulo, 2016. Link︎︎︎
Presence + Perception = print. Guide of visual representational techniques applied on print support. Final Graduation Project Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, 2011. Link︎︎︎
An instantaneous look into the world: Invisible cities // Una mirada instantánea del mundo: Ciudades visibles. In: Arquitecturas del Sur, ISSN 0716-2677, ISSN-e 0719-6466, Vol. 27, Nº. 35 (Agosto) (Ejemplar dedicado a: RESTAURACIÓN Y RECICLAJE), 2009, pp. 26-27. Link︎︎︎
Exhibits & Residencies
Collective Exhibit “73 Barcelonas - MODEL Festival d’Arquitectures de Barcelona” at Museu del Disseny. Barcelona, April 21-30, 2023. Link ︎︎︎
Solo Exhibit “Slow Drawing: desenho, ação, atenção” at Atelier da Graça. Lisbon, April 2023.
International Drawing Research Residency at L’AiR Arts. Paris-France, October 2021. Link︎︎︎
Collective exhibit “Fragile Power of Drawing”. Atelier 11, Paris. Also available online. October, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Artwork︎︎︎
Drawings created for exhibit “Les autòmates: prototips sentimentals“ by the artist Joana Burd, Casa del Mig, Barcelona. September, 2021. Link︎︎︎
Art Residency at Joya:AiR arte+ecología. Almería-Spain. September, 2021. Link︎︎︎
Collective exhibit “O símbolo de uma pandemia”. Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa. May, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Drawing︎︎︎
Art Residency at Atelier da Graça. Lisboa-Portugal. May-July, 2020. Link︎︎︎
Talks & Interviews
Speaker at Webinar Drawing Us In: A Conversation about Contemporary Drawing. Miami, 2020. Link︎︎︎
Participation & interview to podcast “Desver”, Brazil, 2022. Link︎︎︎
Harmonizing user experience in tech companies. Talk at Cubo Summit, São Paulo, March 2017. Link︎︎︎
Interview given to Zero Hora, a newspaper from Brazil. Da UFRGS para o Google: a jovem que conquistou seu lugar na 5ª empresa mais valiosa do mundo. Porto Alegre, 2014. Link︎︎︎
Grazielle Portella (b. 1989, Brazil) is a visual designer and art researcher. She is currently a PhD student in Contemporary Drawing at the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon (funded by the Foundation of Science and Technology - FCT) and Associate Professor at EINA Escola d’Art i Disseny de Barcelona (UAB). She holds a Master's in Technology Intelligence & Digital Design (PUC-SP, 2016) and Bachelor's in Visual Design (UFRGS, 2012). Previously Visiting Researcher at Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB, 2022).
Informed by philosophy, neuroscience, and aesthetics, she develops the concept of Slow Drawing, investigating contemplative, ethical, and affective practices in contemporary art. Has been selected at residencies such as L'AiR Arts Paris and Joya: AIR arte + ecología and exhibited her work in Lisbon, Barcelona, and Paris. Previously worked for Google (São Paulo, 2011-2017), Flaner (Paris/Lisbon), K Solutions (Paris), Actar Publishers, and Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona).
︎ grazielleportella@gmail.com
︎ /grazielleportella
︎ View full CV
︎Research Gate
Research & Publications
Coordination of online event 5 Minutes of Drawing, monthly since 2020. Led interviews with artists: Dipali Dupta, João Catarino, Aline Basso, Anna Chan, Sam Winston, Cecília Corujo, Juan Cavia, Carolina Correia, Carol Prusa, Gary Embury, Gaia Alari, Kiah Kiean, Rita Sabler, Susana Chasse, sunWorks. Check more at 5md.belasartes.ulisboa.pt︎︎︎
Caminar, memòria i natura: Metodologia pedagògica de disseny especulatiu per explorar futures temporalitats. In: Jornades Imaginar mundos posibles - Potencialidades, límites y fricciones de la ficción especulativa en la investigación y la educación. Jan 19, 2023.
Portella, Grazielle Bruscato. (2022). "Conversando com Sam Winston: O desenho como linguagem na ausência de luz" In Queiroz, João Paulo (Ed.). (2022). As Artes Visuais pelos Artistas: Atas do XIII Congresso CSO 2022. Lisboa: Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes. ISBN 978-989-53805-3-4. PP. 473-485. Link︎︎︎
Slow drawing as a methodology to inhabit, represent and reimagine nature. In: Colóquio Expressão Múltipla V : teoria e prática do desenho : atas das conferências. Dec 15-17, 2021. Link︎︎︎
5 Minutes of Drawing: Instagram for scientific, pedagogical and artistic communications in the Covid-19 era. In: Sociedad Iberoamericana de Gráfica Digital - Sigradi 2021. Nov 10-12, 2021, pp. 365-376. Link︎︎︎
Contemporary Drawing and Ancient Philosophy: the artistic creation as a practice of “care of the Self”. In: Thomas Project: a border Journal for utopian thoughts. 5(1), pp. 137-157, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Text︎︎︎
Connected objects: a gaze into usability and design of tangible interfaces. Master Dissertation. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo: São Paulo, 2016. Link︎︎︎
Presence + Perception = print. Guide of visual representational techniques applied on print support. Final Graduation Project Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: Porto Alegre, 2011. Link︎︎︎
An instantaneous look into the world: Invisible cities // Una mirada instantánea del mundo: Ciudades visibles. In: Arquitecturas del Sur, ISSN 0716-2677, ISSN-e 0719-6466, Vol. 27, Nº. 35 (Agosto) (Ejemplar dedicado a: RESTAURACIÓN Y RECICLAJE), 2009, pp. 26-27. Link︎︎︎
Exhibits & Residencies
Collective Exhibit “73 Barcelonas - MODEL Festival d’Arquitectures de Barcelona” at Museu del Disseny. Barcelona, April 21-30, 2023. Link ︎︎︎
Solo Exhibit “Slow Drawing: desenho, ação, atenção” at Atelier da Graça. Lisbon, April 2023.
International Drawing Research Residency at L’AiR Arts. Paris-France, October 2021. Link︎︎︎
Collective exhibit “Fragile Power of Drawing”. Atelier 11, Paris. Also available online. October, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Artwork︎︎︎
Drawings created for exhibit “Les autòmates: prototips sentimentals“ by the artist Joana Burd, Casa del Mig, Barcelona. September, 2021. Link︎︎︎
Art Residency at Joya:AiR arte+ecología. Almería-Spain. September, 2021. Link︎︎︎
Collective exhibit “O símbolo de uma pandemia”. Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade de Lisboa. May, 2021. Link︎︎︎ Drawing︎︎︎
Art Residency at Atelier da Graça. Lisboa-Portugal. May-July, 2020. Link︎︎︎
Talks & Interviews
Speaker at Webinar Drawing Us In: A Conversation about Contemporary Drawing. Miami, 2020. Link︎︎︎
Participation & interview to podcast “Desver”, Brazil, 2022. Link︎︎︎
Harmonizing user experience in tech companies. Talk at Cubo Summit, São Paulo, March 2017. Link︎︎︎
Interview given to Zero Hora, a newspaper from Brazil. Da UFRGS para o Google: a jovem que conquistou seu lugar na 5ª empresa mais valiosa do mundo. Porto Alegre, 2014. Link︎︎︎
