Vol. 18 No. 37 (2022): Tensões Mundiais - Edição Temática: Nação, militares e a democracia no Brasil

Artist of this edition

Sandra Montenegro, born in Fortaleza, graduated in Psychology at the Federal University of Ceará, MBA postgraduate – Human Resource Management at the Estácio University of Ceará, and with a specialisation in Work and Organisational Psychology from the Regional Council of Psychology. At 13 years-old, she won the 1st Salão dos Novos award from the Fortaleza municipality, an occasion which consequently marks 2022 as Sandra’s 50th anniversary in her field. She is part of the “In-Grafika Collective” since 2016, with five other artists from Ceará that have in common: production, discussion, and the discovery of new outlooks on engraving (wood engraving, linocut, chalcography, and lithography). Her themes focus nature and the human figure. During her artistic education, she worked with several mentors and artists from the Ceará artistic landscape: João Maria Siqueira, Mariza Viana, Descarte Gadelha, Válber Benevides, Eduardo Eloy, Sebastião de Paula, among others. She has been participating in several individual and collective expositions, as well as national and international galleries (Uguguay, Portugal, Poland, Mexico, Romenia, Switzerland, Republic of Macedonia, etc.)