Migration
Visual Artist | Leonor Alvim Brazão
Exhibition | Order and Chaos
Curators | Eduarda Oliveira and Elizabeth Casqueiro
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The Work
A triptych features six textured birds moving across the three panels. The birds symbolize the human migration journey. Each canvas includes a circle representing the sun, a planet, or a star—guiding the birds throughout their passage. The background textures illustrate the challenges encountered along the way.
Touch the canvas and follow the birds’ flight. Let your fingers trace their wings as they rise, searching for a place beyond the horizon.
Surrounding them is the sun, a star or a planet—a constant light that guides their path across vast skies, a symbol of hope, direction, and the rhythm of nature.
These designs represent the hardships along their path: uncertain skies, unfamiliar lands, and the fragile balance between instinct and survival.
The Artist
Leonor Alvim Brazão was born in Portugal, but spent her youth in Brazil where she studied visual arts, music, and dance. She obtained degrees in Visual Communication and Arts Education. Upon her return to Lisbon, Leonor started a career in advertising where she worked as an art director for several creative agencies. Currently, she lives in the US where she exhibits her artwork regularly. Brazão is the Curriculum Director of an art education company.
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