

BIOGRAPHY
Fernanda Rodante was born
on the 27th of September 1975
in São Paulo, Brazil.
She began to paint at the age of 21,
during the psychology university.
In the same month she graduated,
she held her first individual exhibition.
The success of that exhibition changed her destiny forever.
After a year of solitary painting,
she sought out her first teacher,
the Argentine João Carlos Pensa,
with whom she studied for three years
and deepened her knowledge of realistic painting.
Her second teacher was Jorge Branco,
with whom she studied for a year
and deepened her knowledge of expressionist art.
The third teacher, with whom she studied for two years,
was Chen Kong FANG, a Chinese grandmaster based in Brazil.
With him Fernanda found her brushstroke, her painting style
that accompanies her to this day.


According to Chen Kong FANG:
“Fernanda Rodante is one of the most authentic artists of the new generation in Brazil, as she has a constant doctrine, a unique imagination and an unusual talent.
Always firm in her language, she presents a serenity in her works that is essential for these troubled times.”
According to Emanuel von Lauenstein Massarani:
"Without renouncing figurative and drawing principles, Fernanda Rodante's painting opens up to a broad sense of breath, not only in terms of conception but also in the richness of light, the layering of colors, the plasticity of rhythm, and above all, a completely modern skill in compositions and overlays. The material in her works contributes to the overall effect, giving the whole a particular value. They are landscapes, figures, and still lifes where color, blended into the material, also achieves intense and precious gradients."


EXHIBITIONS
She held ten solo exhibitions.
Of these, stand out:
"From Stage to Canvas",
Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, 2012
"Flag Exhibition" (Exposição Bandeiras)
Conjunto Nacional Cultural Space, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009
"Winds"
My Guest Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 2002
Fernanda participated in numerous group exhibitions,
among them, stand out:
"Montreux Art Gallery", Switzerland, 2012
"Artbox Project", Zürich, 2019
"ArtCircle", Slovenia, 2022
"Reaching Beyond", Poland, 2023
Fernanda also contributed to the film "Dreams"
by Walther Neto, with her drawings,
which received an award at Cannes in 2023
7th Art Award, Canes, France.
Stop motion Mother Mutter, 2024
7th Art Award, Canes, France
The Painter, by Walther Neto



MEANING
Art has its noblest purpose in inspiring and uplifting the human soul.
For me, painting is celebrating life, it is recording my passage through this peculiar planet,
in a search for conscience and in defense of vulnerable beings.






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