Processa is honored to present Rafaella Braga’s first NYC solo exhibition, “The Sky Made Me a Reality,” curated by Kiara Cristina Ventura. Viewing the sky as a place to find comfort wherever she is in the world, Braga is meshing the dream and fantasy world with that of reality in her paintings. Braga approaches her painting process like a spiritual ritual —at times lighting candles and making flower offerings in front of her work. She then applies a variety of mediums often using paints mixed with water and a large broom that adds action and performative brush strokes to the canvas. Amoungst the dripping paints and layers of texture lie poems and language that reveal Braga intuition and intention behind each piece. Hence the title of the exhibition “The Sky Made Me a Reality,” Braga is nodding to how the sky serves as an imaginative place to dream and express herself, and thus making her who she is today…a reality.  

SCHEDULE & PROGRAMS

Opening Reception

Thursday March 10th 6-10pm

Artist and Curator Talk - Live recording for AW Classroom Podcast - Wednesday March 16th 6-8pm

Join us for an intimate talk between artist Rafaella Braga & curator and owner of Processa, Kiara Cristina Ventura on Wednesday evening.

CÉU DA BOCA: A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY RAFAELLA BRAGA AND DUENDITA

Saturday, March 19th 5-9pm

Join us for a live intimate art performance by Rafaella Braga and duendita on the evening of March 19th along with complimentary drinks.

GALLERY HOURS

Friday, March 11 - 12-7pm

Saturday, March 12 - 12-6pm

Sunday, March 13 - 12-6pm

Monday, March 14 - *By Appointment Only*

Tuesday, March 15 - *By Appointment Only*

Wednesday, March 16 - *By Appointment Only*

Thursday, March 17- 12-7pm

Friday, March 18 - 12-7pm

Saturday, March 19 - 12-6pm

Address:

563 Decatur St. #1A

Ridgewood, Queens

*Right off the L train Halsey Stop*

For private appointments + inquires, email artsywindow@gmail.com

ABOUT RAFAELLA BRAGA

Rafaella Braga (b.1998, Goiânia, Brasil) began tracing her own path in arts through graffiti and later finding herself in painting, exploring it freely and without any pre-conception. Throughout her life starting from her teenage years, she has painted graffiti works across the globe from her hometown in Goiânia to Brasília, São Paulo, Berlin, and Barcelona. She materializes her ideas mostly on large scale canvases that take up entire walls, revealing a physically intense working method. She breathes new life onto raw canvas and experiments with ways textiles can exist in a space. Using a spectrum mediums such as acrylics, gouache, latex, charcoal, oil sticks, spray painting and fabrics, Braga tells an honest story as these mediums are intertwined with poetic words spilling on the fabric. Braga is also activating her work via installation, performance and sculpture. 

Using the canvas as a diary, her practice has the body as primer matter, investigating the self outlined by her vulnerabilities and secrets, and revolves around the interplay between reality and fantasy, identity and time, offering a dreamlike alternative to reality.

Rafaella Braga is currently based in Berlin.