Azeite de Leos ©

The relationship between drawing and writing forms the basis of his artistic research, while his visual work focuses on processes such as printmaking (monotype), collage, *décollage*, and image construction. His pieces investigate the symbolism of walls and their manifestations within the urban environment—traces of the passage of time such as "sedimentary memory," weathering, fragility, soot, lacerations, oxidation, and the accumulation of debris. The wall itself becomes both the support and the material for his compositions.
Visual artist, illustrator, and educator. He holds a Master’s degree in Visual Poetics from FASM (Faculdade Santa Marcelina) and completed both his Bachelor’s and teaching degree programs at FAAP (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado). He participated in the Cité Internationale des Arts residency program in Paris, organized by FAAP in partnership with the Cité Internationale des Arts.
He has held solo exhibitions such as "MUR/MUROS" and "Tempos que Habitam em Mim" (Times That Dwell Within Me) at CasaGaleria and the Loly Demercian art studio, as well as "Entre Processos" (Between Processes) at Galeria Jaqueline Martins. He has participated in numerous exhibitions, including: "Um livro sobre a morte" (A Book About Death) at the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture (MUBE); ABERTO 10 in Uberlândia (MG); the "Centro Cultural São Paulo Exhibition Program" (SP); "Revisitando Leila Reinert" at FUNARTE (SP); the "Salão Luiz Sacilotto de Santo André" (Acquisition Award); the "34th FAAP Annual Art Exhibition"; the Portfolio Review Award at the SAC Contemporary Art Salon of Piracicaba; the "4th Americana Salon" (Emerging Artist Award); and the "21st Praia Grande Visual Arts Salon" (Acquisition Award). He has illustrated magazines and children's books, such as Fernando Bonassi’s *Declaração Universal do Moleque Invocado* and Ruth Rocha’s *Historinhas Malcriadas*. He has worked in the educational departments of museums and on temporary exhibitions—including at SESC-SP and MAB-FAAP—and has served as a supervisor and tutor for a distance-learning teacher training course in contemporary art offered by the São Paulo Biennial Foundation. He also provided supervision and support to educators for the São Paulo Biennial Foundation’s educational program during the 30th São Paulo Art Biennial. Currently, he is an art teacher for elementary school (grades 1–5) at Escola Bakhita.

