Noara Quintana

Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil and Los Angeles, USA

Artist statement

Noara Quintana is a Brazilian visual artist based between São Paulo and Los Angeles. Known for her experimental use of rubber, aluminum, and organic fabrics, her research-driven practice focuses on the materiality of everyday objects, reimagining architectural forms, histories of displacement, and technological futures.

Artwork

• Amber Skeleton Satellite, 2024. Fossil Future series. Aluminum, pure silk organza, graphite, rubber and phosphorescent pigment
• Semiotical Apocalypso in Blues #3, 2025. Industrial rubber, graphite, pure silk, fluorescent pigment and aluminum
• Gaping Maw of Fire (Dreams in the Age of Fire), 2024. Polyurethane rubber, resin, phosphorescent pigment, chrome enamel, LED panel and aluminum.
• Tying the Plow to a Star, 2025. Sculpture-drawing. Rubber, graphite, cotton fabric, pigments, LED lighting, and metal.
• Water Screen, 2025. Painting-drawing. Rubber, graphite, cotton fabric, and pigments
• Moonflower (Flor da Lua) #2, 2024. Acrylic, phosphorescent pigment, pure silk organza, rubber and aluminum.
• Series Future Fossil, 2023. industrial rubber, graphite, pure silk, fluorescent pigment and aluminum
• Amber Skeleton (Series Future Fossil), 2023. industrial rubber, graphite, pure silk, fluorescent pigment and aluminum
• Blue Fire #1 (Series Future Fossil), 2023. industrial rubber, graphite, pure silk, fluorescent pigment and aluminum
• Blue Fire #2 (Series Future Fossil), 2023. industrial rubber, graphite, pure silk, fluorescent pigment and aluminum
• Semiotical apocalypso in Blue , 2023. Latex (natural rubber), pure silk organza, graphite, urethane rubber, aluminium and steel cables.
• Rubber Thief (Series Serpentine Traces), 2023. Coloured latex (natural rubber), acrylic paint, silk organza and aluminium tube.
• Visions at low tide, 2022. Sculpture. Rubber, ceramic and wood
• Belle époque of the Tropics, 2021. Installation. Natural rubber (latex), ceramic, silk, metal and LED light
• Evenings of water, 2021. Sculpture. Natural rubber (latex), silk, cotton, acrylic paint, resin, metal, and LED lights
• Dense-Forest [Mata-Cerrada], 2021. Drawing. Natural rubber (latex), silk and graphite
• Evenings of water, 2021. Installation. Natural rubber (latex), silk, cotton, acrylic paint, resin, metal and LED lights.
• Bacuri, cobogó, tracajá, 2022. Painting. Watercolour on cotton cover by rubber.
• Dense Forest for Hector Guimard: Sucuri, Cacau, Guambé and Tamba-Tajá, 2022. Panting. Acrylic on silk