Andressa Furletti is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist based in New York. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Group Dot BR, NY's only Brazilian theater company. She has a diverse background with degrees in Biology, Filmmaking, and acting from the Stella Adler Studio NY. She has also participated in the Watermill Center's summer program coordinated by Robert Wilson on two occasions. Her work includes stage and film acting, performance art, installation, and other artistic expressions. She uses various media to portray subtleties that our eyes cannot always see, such as patterns and the micro and macro universes that surround us. Through her art, she reflects on important issues related to society, politics, and the environment and aims to engage the audience and inspire them to think about these issues in new ways. Her propositional works are designed to be experienced through the senses, inviting the spectator to fully immerse themselves and consider its implications for their consciousness and understanding of the world. Andressa creates unique and thought-provoking works that challenge the viewer to think beyond the boundaries of traditional art.
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Andressa received several awards including Best Multimedia Show at the United Solo Festival in New York for her debut solo theater show free•dom - a solo of many people, the Outstanding Community Service Award from the Brazilian Community Heritage Foundation, 5 awards in international film festivals for Separation Sonnet, nine nominations for her performances and artistic creations, the Best Actress Award (2017) from the Brazilian International Press Awards and second place in the American Art Award for the photograph of Yes, All Women. Since launching her NFT collections, her works have been in over 20 physical and virtual exhibitions.
Andressa's recent works include the play Inside the Wild Heart, an immersive theatrical experience based on the works of Clarice Lispector that premiered in NYC in 2016, had a second run in 2018, and was available for streaming online in 2020/21. She also created the performance Yes, All Women, which explores the alarming number of women who have suffered sexual assault and is now being presented as an NFT. In addition, she performed the piece #TakeASelfieOnMe in 9 different cities, including Paris, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, and Rio de Janeiro, and at Burning Man. She has also worked on the films That Smell of Roasted Pork by Modesto Lacén and Vislumbres by Regina Miranda, the play Metanóia, which was presented as part of the Downtown Live festival in New York in 2021, co-directing the play The Passion According to Janair (May 2023), assisted directed the play Backlash to Brazilian Happiness (November 2023), and the video art collection Gaia Viva, which is being sold as NFTs and is planned to become an immersive installation along with other digital art collections.
Theater (Partial)
As Plebéias
Linha Cruzada (Skit)
Terrorismo
Kin (Neutral Mask)
Consumption (Physical Theater)
As You Like It
Angels in America – Part II
The Way of The World
[The] Ophelia Landscape (Physical Theater)
The Serpent (Physical Theater)
free•dom – a solo of many people (Physical Theater)
Infinite While It Lasts (Physical Theater)
Apple Of My Eye
Yes, Yes, Always
Inside the Wild Heart
Inside the Wild Heart
Metanóia
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Supporting
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Adam/Audrey
Hannah, Ethel (et al)
Mrs. Fainall
Ensemble cast
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Solo
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Supporting
Supporting
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Co-Lead
Patricia Carvalho - Brazil
Fábio Porchat - Brazil
Roberto Alvim - Brazil
Regina Gibson/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Jena Necrason/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Mike Grenhan/Stella Adler Studio - NY
Jenny Lord/Stella Adler Studio -NY
Steve Cook/Stella Adler Studio -NY
Naum Panovski/Mark Morris Studio - NY
Debora Balardini/Teatro LaTea - NY
Steve Cook/Theater Row - NY
Debora Balardini/Nublu - NY
Debora Balardini/Teatro Circulo – NY/
Shaun Irons and Lauren Petty/ Abrons Center - NY
Regina Miranda/Immersive Gallery - NY
Linda Wise/Aich Studio - NY
Jonathan Hart/Site Specific for Downtown Live - NY
Film and Video (Partial)
Maria, Ana Maria, Mariana
Diálogo
Nunca Mais Vi Érica
It Takes Two
Come Home
Knight and She
Bye
The Inmate
That Smell of Pork Roast
Proibido Proibir (Forbidden to Forbid)
Desiquilibrium (Movement Film)
That Smell of Rosted Pork
Vislumbres
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Lead
Lead
Supporting
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Supporting
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Lead
Co-Star
Alice -Supporting
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Co-Star
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Paulo Halm
Marcio Mattos
Lizandro Nunes
Ljiliana Novakovich
Jonathan Clarke
Sarah Murad
Jaime Puerta
Jaime Puerta
Modesto Lacen
Jorge Duran
Livia Sá
Modesto Lacén
Regina Miranda
Performance Art
Insert Control Deck
Relative
You Felt It – Part One
You Felt It – Part Two
#TakeASelfieOnMe
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Ferrum
Yes, All Women
Banho de Descarrego ​- an Antisfascit Performance
By Outspoken Bean
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
By Andressa Furletti
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By Shandoah Goldman
By Andressa Furletti
By Marcelo Denny and Marcos Bulhões
Watermill Center – NY - 2011
Watermill Center – NY - 2012
Gallery 151 – NY 2012
Spring Break LIC – performance event
USA, Germany, France, Netherlads, Iceland, and Brazil
Pioneer Works - NY
Street performance - NY
Street performance - NY
Exhibitions
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Stratosphere - NFT Art International
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BrazucasNFT
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Kalamint Times Square exhibition
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SearchLight & Group.BR NFT NYC Kickoff Brunch
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Mask Ephemera
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The Mint Flowers
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WAGMIAMI - NFT Art Show
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OneOf Hic Et Nunc exhibition
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Domance - 360 immersive NFT Dome exhibition
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FigureGlyphs
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Cr3ative X NYC
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NFT SP
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CADAF 2022
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Sound & Vision Vol.1
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CURATOR
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Sabet, Stratosphere DAO and Neal Digital Gallery
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The Philosopher and Ghini
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Kalamint.io
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Searchlight
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Searchlight
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Rebecca Rose
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Lena Viddo and Trippy Labs
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OneOf
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Searchlight + Vortex Community Circle
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Searchlight
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Searchlight
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NFT SP
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Searchlight
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Searchlight
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ONBD
WORK EXHIBITED
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Gaia Viva #04
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Gaia Viva #06
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Resilience Flower in White
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Gaia Viva #04, #06, #07 and #09
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#TakeASelfieOnMe
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Resilience Flower in White
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Gaia Viva Collection
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Gaia Viva #06
Speaker at Hic et Nunc Panel
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Resilience Flowers Collection
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Yes, All Women 1
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Yes, All Women 2
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Yes, All Women 1
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Resilience Flowers Collection
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Yes, All Women 1 + Live
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Mangroove Drop
DATE AND PLACE
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July 24 - Aug 2, 2021 - Cathay View Art Zone, Beijing, China
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Sep 7 - 30, 2021 - Cryptovoxels
Nov 3rd, 20021
Times Square, New York USA
Oct 31, 2021
Brooklyn, NY USA
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November, 2021
New York, NY and Decentraland Pranksy Gallery (metaverse)
November, 2021
The Mint Gallery - NY, NY USA
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December, 2021 - Miami, FL USA
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December, 2021 - Miami, FL USA
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Feb 13 - Mar 28, 2022
Spatial.io and AltSpaceVR (metaverses)
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June 21 - 22, 2022
The Edition - New York, NY
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Aug - Dec, 2022
Spatial.io (metaverse)
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Sep 24, 2022
Planetario de Bogotá, Colombia
Nov 11th - 12th - Web3NYCGallery New York, NY
Nov 22nd
EmpireDAO New York, NY
Education
Biology Bachelors at UFMG – Brazil 2001
Filmmaking School UGF/RJ - Brazil 2004
Stella Adler Studio Conservatory - NY 2009
Theater Mitu Physical Theater Intensive - Thailand 2008
Physical Theater Intensive at Stella Adler - NY 2008
Ron Burrus Acting for Film Intensive - LA 2009
Labyrinth Master Class - NY 2011
Butoh with Akira Kasai – NY 2011
International Summer Program at Watermill Center - NY 2011 and 2012
Choreographic Theater with Enrique Pardo and Linda Weiss – NY 2012 and Paris 2014
Master Class with Mario Biagini from the The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski – 2015
Physical theater Master Class with Thi Mai Nguyen from Compagnie du Hanneton – 2015
Butoh Master Class with Semimaru from Sankai Juku – 2015
Arts Administration Certificate at NYU (ongoing)
Special Skills: Bachelor in Biology (Genetics), video editing, filmmaking, drive stick shift and automatic, Horseback Riding, Horse Jumping, Brazilian dances, neutral mask, snow board, ski, singing, Portuguese (fluent), English (fluent), Brazilian accent, durational performance, intermediate hula hoop, basic energy healing, basic sewing skills, pandeiro (Brazilian frame drum) and movement meditation facilitator.
I use different types of media to express my ideas such as film, theatre, performance art, photography, and visual arts. As an artist, I’m interested in things our eyes can’t see; patterns, feelings, hidden messages, micro and macro universes. I look for a way of making them visible by using symbols and metaphors instead of telling a realistic story.
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In Brazil, I started to develop works that are independent of words to convey an idea using body movement as a form of language. The transition to performance art was inevitable after being a two times participant of the Watermill Summer Program coordinated by the multi-artist Robert Wilson.
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Because of my strong background in Theatre and Film, my work has a dramatic element to it and often includes multimedia and because of my Biology degree, my creative process usually starts from a biological point of view, from instinct and animal behaviors to molecular biology. I also draw inspiration from Eastern concepts, mythology, and psychology.
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My work usually responds to contemporary social issues. I try to go to the core aspects of those issues and present them as a form of discussion. I like to offer the facts so the audience can formulate their questions and think about the answers. I don’t want to fill the gaps, I want the audience to fill them with whatever resonates with them.
Based in New York
ARTISTS
www.compagnieduhanneton.com/EN
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www.pina-bausch.de/en/index.php
nefdesfous.free.fr/
http://lacaserne.net/index2.php/exmachina/
https://batsheva.co.il/en/home
http://www.ndt.nl/en/home.html
http://www.dimitrispapaioannou.com/en/
https://www.peepingtom.be/en/home/#r
PLACES
ACTING SCHOOLS
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