Research Institute for
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Felipe Samir Tavares Damasceno

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I am a visual artist and cultural agent from Pará, currently a Master’s student in Visual Arts at PPGARTES/UFPA. I hold a degree in Visual Arts and Image Technology from UNAMA and I am also pursuing a degree in Museology at UFPA. My artistic practice explores the landscape of the Comércio district in Belém, integrating material recycling practices with questions of gender and sexuality, reflecting the influences and experiences of these contexts of existence. Since 2017, I have collaborated with Associação Fotoativa in the Documentation and Research Center, focusing on the preservation of photographic memory. I have participated in national and international exhibitions, including both solo and group shows, consolidating my presence in the contemporary art scene.

Academic Background

  • 2023–present – Master’s in Arts – Graduate Program in Arts (PPGARTES), Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
  • 2021–present – Bachelor’s in Museology – Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
  • 2013–2018 – Bachelor’s Degree and Teaching Certificate in Visual Arts and Image Technology – University of the Amazon (UNAMA). Collaborative Employment
  • 2017–present – Collaborating Coordinator of the Research and Documentation Center at Associação Fotoativa. Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions
  • 2025 – Sketch of a Mad Desire for You! – Gallery of the Cultural Center of the Electoral Court of Pará, Belém, Brazil;
  • 2023 – Possible Landscapes of a Common Place – Galeria Fotoativa, Associação Fotoativa, Belém, Brazil;
  • 2022 – Possible Landscapes of a Common Place – Galeria Theodoro Braga, Belém, Brazil. Group Exhibitions
  • 2025 – FotoAtiva 40 Years: Web, Flows and Resistance, Galeria FotoAtiva, Associação Fotoativa, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2024 – Gota D’Água – Maré Foto Festival, Complexo Cultural Rampa, Natal, RN, Brazil;
  • 2024–2025 – Tropical Delirium – Pinacoteca do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil;
  • 2024–2025 – 28th Anapolino Art Salon – Galeria Antônio Sibasolly, Anápolis, GO, Brazil;
  • 2024 – Círio – Ateliê da 25, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2024 – Window to the River, Mirror of Memories – Terraço da Assembleia Paraense, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2024 – Fotoativa 40 Years: Web, Flows and Resistance – Sesc Ver-o-Peso, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2022 – Chama: Between the North and the Northeast – Espaço Cultural Candeeiro, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2022 – Instaexquis – Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2021–2022 – Collectif Fotoativa: Une Expérience Photosensible – 7th Edition of the Biennale des Rencontres Photographiques, Arles, French Guiana;
  • 2018 – Everyday Images: Encouragement of Photography in Pará – SESC Boulevard, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2017 – 26th CCBEU Art Salon – First Steps – Galeria de Arte Edgar Contente, Museum of Arts Brazil–United States, Centro Cultural Brasil–Estados Unidos, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2017 – Dois Mercadores – Cultural Center of the Electoral Court of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2017 – Dois Mercadores – Galeria Theodoro Braga, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2016 – Infinite Fullness and Emptiness – UNAMA, Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2015 – MOAV – Visual Arts Course Exhibition at UNAMA – Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2013 – MOAV – Visual Arts Course Exhibition at UNAMA – Belém, PA, Brazil;
  • 2009 – Results of the Drawing Workshop – Curro Velho, Belém, PA, Brazil.

  • Expanded Photography
  • Expanded Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Installation
  • Commercial Centers (formal and informal markets)
  • Poetic Processes in Art
  • Art History
  • History
  • Art + Sustainability + Ecology
  • History of Visual Arts
  • Histories of Exhibitions and Exhibition Design (or Exhibition Installation)

Publications prior to joining the RIFS

  • DAMS, Samir. Between One Errand and Another, a Photograph: Contemporary Photographs of the Belém Marketplace. In: Proceedings of the 33rd National Meeting of ANPAP – Lives, João Pessoa (PB), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), 2024.
  • DAMS, Samir. Possible Landscapes of a Common Place: New Landscape Images of the Marketplace. In: Proceedings of the 33rd National Meeting of ANPAP – Lives, João Pessoa (PB), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), 2024. Deutsch
  • O ChatGPT disse: DAMS, Samir. Zwischen einem Gang und dem nächsten, eine Fotografie: Zeitgenössische Fotografien des Marktplatzes von Belém. In: Tagungsband des 33. Nationalen Treffens der ANPAP – Leben, João Pessoa (PB), Bundesuniversität von Paraíba (UFPB), 2024.
  • DAMS, Samir. Mögliche Landschaften eines gemeinsamen Ortes: Neue Landschaftsbilder des Marktplatzes. In: Tagungsband des 33. Nationalen Treffens der ANPAP – Leben, João Pessoa (PB), Bundesuniversität von Paraíba (UFPB), 2024.

  • DAMS, Samir; ALMEIDA, Irene. Between One Errand and Another, a Photograph. Photographic Café — Associação Fotoativa, Belém, PA, Brazil, Aug. 21, 2025.

  • 2022 – Branco de Melo Award – Promoted by the Cultural Foundation of Pará: Solo exhibition Possible Landscapes of a Common Place at Theodoro Braga Gallery.
  • 2022–2023 – PIBIC-AF Scholarship – Institutional Program for Affirmative Action Scientific Initiation Scholarships, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil.
  • 2024–2025 – CAPES Scholarship – Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, for the Master’s degree.
  • 2025 – Planetary Transitions 2025 – Artistic Residency in Potsdam, organized by the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, the City of Potsdam, and the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS).