1996, lives and works at Salvador, Bahia

Born in Palmeiras, Bahia, Geovana Côrtes lives and works in Salvador. She holds a degree in Social Communication from UFBA (2018) and a Master’s degree in Visual Arts, focusing on Artistic Creation Processes (EBA-UFBA). She also completed a complementary training program through the International Artistic Practices Program at Uncool Artist (2020).

Côrtes has participated in both national and international exhibitions, including the solo show bicho metamorfoseante at A Galeria (Salvador, 2024), and group exhibitions such as Do write [right] to me in New York (2021), and Casa de Mulheres at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (2024). Her work has been featured in publications such as Desvio magazine (Rio de Janeiro, 2024) and REVISTA ABOIO #1 (São Paulo, 2022). She has also taken part in collective projects and artist residencies including CAB (2023) and ZONA FLUXOS (Salvador, 2022).

Through clay—whether in sculpture or paintings made with collected earthy pigments—her recent practice explores the relationship between body and territory, with a particular interest in multispecies beings that inhabit these spaces. Her works become affective alliances, in constant becoming, between her own body and the multispecies entities that surround the river running through her hometown in the Chapada Diamantina. This can be seen in works such as Ser-Morro (2023), Ser-Fruto/Urucum (2024), Cartas ao Vento, and Mil Silêncios e Nenhum Vazio (2023).