Raquel Fornasaro Works

Artist Statement 

"Born in São Paulo, Brazil.  Living in Boston, Massachusetts.

After having earned a BA in Advertising and Media from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Fornasaro moved to the US where she attended the Fine Arts program at the Corcoran School of Art+Design in Washington, DC. Working with oils and image manipulation, Fornasaro creates narratives that questions the social understanding of our relationship with the space we inhabit, drawing the viewers through an humorous inquiry into the prospects of life. Fornasaro’s work has been shown in multiple venues including selected museums, the Boston City Hall, Boston University, Harvard’s Crossing Gallery, and MIT Media Lab."

Education 

2000 - BA in Advertising and Media - PUC - São Paulo, Brazil.

2006 - Fine Art program at the Corcoran School of Art+Design - Washington, DC.

Selected Group Exhibtions

2018 - Waging Peace! - Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, FL

2018 - Here Be Dragons, Oceanographic Symposium - MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA

2018 - Representing Feminism(s) - Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, NH

2018 - Lives in Limbo: Refugees at the Gates of Europe - Beacon Gallery, Boston, MA

2017 - STEM at the Library - Honan-Allston library, Boston, MA

2017 - The Calm Before the Storm - Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

2017 - Line, National Juried Exhibition - Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

2017 - Exhibition: Sky - Tioga History Museum, Owego, NY

2016 - Brazilian Week - Healey Library, UMass Boston

2016 - Girls in Science - Liberty Hotel, Boston, MA

2016 - Changing Allston - Harvard Ed Portal's Crossings Gallery

2016 - Projections! Art on the Brewery Walls - JP Arts Council, Boston, MA

2016 - National Prize Show - Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

2016 - Grounded - Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA

2016 - CIC Arts Week - Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, MA

2016 - Northeast Clean Energy Council Summit - Worcester CleanTech Incubator, MA

2016 - Change Agents: Personal Art as Political Tactic - Lamont Gallery, NH

2016 - Art of Astrophysics - Boston University, MA

2015 - Fay Chandler Emerging Artists Exhibition - Boston City Hall, MA

2010 - Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Opening Night of the New American Wing, MA

Solo Exhibtions 

2015 - “Out of this World” - Honan-Allston library, Boston, MA.

2012 - Honan-Allston library, Boston, MA

Awards 

2017 - Line,  Juror’s Award - Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA

2017 - Sky,  Juror’s Award - Tioga History Museum, Owego, NY

2016 - Fan Favorite and Community Competition - Art of Astrophysics, Boston University

2008 - Lolo Sarnoff Prize - outstanding achievement in sculpture

2008 - Dean's Scholarship A -  2016   ward - outstanding artistic accomplishment

2007 - Dr. William A. Newman Award - outstanding Painting

2007 - Mae W. Jurow Scholarship - student most likely to succeed as visual artist

2006 - President’s Award - artistic talent and ability

Publication 

2017 - Biennial edition of Peripheral ARTeries