Heloisa Escudero grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, but relocated with her family to the United States in 1987, where her interest in Fine Arts developed. She obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1998, as well as a Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. She holds American, Italian and Brazilian citizenship. Her most recent art projects focus on art that emphasizes the participation of the viewer. She is interested in conceptually based art that is both tactile and interactive. In 2007 she moved to Sweden where she worked as a full-time artist, creating four successful projects and exhibiting in Sweden as well as in Spain.

 

During this time she built the first three BackPack Gallery Sculpture Units, starting the BackPack Gallery Project. In 2010, she relocated to New York City, where she exhibited in several art festivals including a collaboration with with DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller) in his project Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica. This collaboration was exhibited at the New York Photo Festival 2012, in Brooklyn. One of her recent exhibition was held at the popularurban park, the Highline, elevated above the streets of Manhattan. Most recently, Heloisa has set up her studio in Arlington, Virginia, where she is working on collaborating with local artists in several exhibitions in the Arlington and Washington, DC area. Heloisa’s recent exhibitions/performances was in Philadelphia, PA, at the Porch, exhibitions which have been sponsored by the University City District. She has just finished performing on June 9th, at her first Virgina exhibition in Rosslyn. This performance was part of the Supernova Pink Line Festival 2013

 

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