Amélia Sampaio. A visual artist, Amélia Sampaio was born in 1973 and grew up in the working-class suburbs of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She now lives in Santa Teresa (Rio de Janeiro) and Avignon (France).

Her work as an artist is nourished by her personal experiences. A poor (but happy) childhood, her work as a teacher in schools located in favelas and prisons, the daily racism that people of colour and Indians have to face in Brazil, and the machismo of a Brazilian society that was built up at the time of colonisation and slavery suggest to her, almost compel her, to create work in which the social dimension is omnipresent.

Doctoral student at the CRAE/Université Picardie Jules Verne Amiens, France year 2023, and Master in Arts at the Program Pos graduation ARTES University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the field of concentration Art and contemporary culture, with a scholarship from CAPES.