Lucas Faria

Born in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil, Lucas Faria had since his childhood, expressed interest in the arts and communication through drawings and music.

In the year of 2002 he moved to the capital of the state, Belo Horizonte, and joined FUMEC University where he started his BA in Graphic Design. During this period, Lucas worked in the Maison School of fine arts along with Glauco Moraes, great fine artist and gallery curator in Belo Horizonte. Lucas also worked in many freelance and personal projects in collaboration with artists and designers.

Later in 2006, during his final year in University, Lucas decided to move to London to search for new opportunities to learn and develop his interests. During this period Lucas was part of two internship works and have been working as a freelancer graphic designer, collaborating in art projects, including Braziliality during 2009, designing the promotional material and now with his first solo exhibition.

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Que bossa eh essa? (What is this Bossa?)

The Brazilian postcard is marked by the Christ statue, that from above guards the city and its disturbs with spread open arms as if offering protection and care. The same postcard was the cradle for the transformation of the samba`s bohemia into a modest poetry, sang quietly and elaborately written, played by music geniuses, that like the Christ above, full of love to share.

Brazil is a country of strong contrasts, racial, economic, geographic, along with passion and beauty; and the Bossa Nova, apart of its magnificence, was below the heavens, below Cristo Redentor, could never be perfect, it helped all the cariocas, Brazilians, Americans and the rest of the world to forget about the outside margins of ipanema-copacabana singing loving songs for six years. The Tropicalistas arrived to sort the court out, but the charm had already sang, the Yankees has already drooled, there was only the empty stage left to start all over again.

The proposal of the exhibition is an interpretation of the lyrics/poetry from Bossa Nova, in a graphic illustrative format emphasizing political metaphors and sarcasms, with aesthetical characteristics influenced by the Brazilian urban landscape and culture. The interpretations are free and not necessarily related to the original concept of the songs, setting the works out of the translation subject.


Antes do ultimo tango (Before the last tango) Short film


Erick Leite is graduated in Portuguese and Literature in Brazil and he studied film at the Free Cinema School. Erick has taken part in academic research projects studying phonetics, phonology and semiotics and still research the relationship of cinema and Freud psychoanalysis. He worked with the Indigenous Films Show, directed and produced the short documentary “Caminho dos Deuses” ( God's ways) made by the Pataxos tribe screened in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Erick is currently working in the production of two short films and directing and producing his first feature film.

As an English teacher working with the local council, Erick also teaches introduction to film courses to low income kids. Erick is a co-founder of Pingado Filmes production company.


Erick Leite wrote the script and directed the short film “Antes do Ultimo Tango”(Before the last tango) that tells the last encounter of an old tango singer with his family. A farewell through redemption, forgiveness and love. The film was screened in Brazil and Argentina.

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Braziliality is curated by Alicia Bastos
Curator Assistant: Bianca Turner
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