ARTIST 04
GRAFFITI / CALLIGRAFFITI
IBITINGA · SÃO PAULO · LGBTQIA+ ARTIST
A multidisciplinary Brazilian artist pulling letters apart, rebuilding them through color and leaving the imagination to finish the sentence.
Mari Monteiro is an LGBTQIA+ artist from Ibitinga, São Paulo, who graduated in Performing Arts.
After moving to Bauru, she discovered graffiti in 2015, opening a new path between performance, public space and visual expression.
Today, Mari works as an art educator, visual artist and graffiti artist.
Her practice moves between making, teaching and creating space for other people to experiment with their own visual language.
Mari currently works with calligraffiti, combining abstract forms and vibrant color across her compositions.
Letters and words are taken apart, stretched, layered and reframed until language becomes shape and the viewer is invited to complete the meaning.
READ IT. OR DON’T.
Mari has participated in festivals across several Brazilian states, including Tocantins, Acre, Paraná, Espírito Santo, São Paulo and Pernambuco.
Beyond Brazil, she has also painted in Chile and Peru, carrying her visual language across borders, walls and different communities.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Mari moves between walls, wood, glass and found objects.
She enjoys exploring unfamiliar materials and reframing them, allowing each surface to change the work instead of simply holding it.
KNOWN TO PAINT ON
The letters start the conversation.
YOUR IMAGINATION FINISHES IT.
SHOP