Education

Honours Bachelors of Crafts and Design: Textile Design | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON Canada| 2021

Visual & Creative Arts | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON Canada | 2016-2017

Graphic Design |Estacio de Sa, Rio de Janeiro Brazil | 2011

Bachelor in Tourism and Hospitality | PUC , Brazil

Awards & Scholarships

2021 | Excellence in Surface Design Award | Anu Raina, Oakville, Canada

2021 | Awarded 2nd place Print Category for Virginia Jackson Design Competition

International Textile Alliance | North Carolina, US

2019 | Creative Use of Linen Award | Telio & Cie, Oakville, Canada

2018 | Materials Award | Textile Studio , Oakville Canada

Art Retreats

2026| May & September - Fleur de Lys Retreats, Avignon, France

Exhibitions, Shows, & Events

2026| Artist Project Toronto, ON, Canada

2025| Artist Project Toronto, ON, Canada

2024| Artist Project Toronto, ON, Canada

2023| One of a Kind | Winter Show | Toronto, ON, Canada

2023| Group Exhibition | Blue Crow Gallery| Toronto, ON, Canada

2023| Toronto Outdoor Art Fair | Toronto, ON, Canada

2023 | Artist Project | Toronto, ON Canada

2022 | Casa do Alentejo | Toronto, ON Canada

2022 | Group Exhibition |Leslie Grove Gallery | Toronto, ON Canada

2022 | Brazilian Expo | Oakville ON Canada

2022 | Toronto Outdoor Art Fair | Toronto ON Canada

2021 | Ideas & Objects 21 | Online Exhibition

2020 | Fibre Art Studio Gallery | Fibre Studio| Huntsville, ON Canada

2020 | Textiles Gallery | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON Canada

2019 | Brazilian Expo | | Oakville, ON Canada

2018 | Textiles Gallery | Sheridan College | Oakville, ON Canada

Press

2024 | Flow Magazine France - Issue 68

Collections

Richardson Wealth, Toronto, ON, Canada

Teaching Experience

2026 | France, Fleur de Lys Retreats, Provence , France - Designed, and led international immersive 7-days art retreat focused on watercolour, mixed media, and hand embroidery on paper. Provided 14 hours+ of guided instruction through demonstrations, hands-on exercises, and individual coaching. Designed and delivered a curriculum for various skill levels for mixed-age adult group. Worked with an international group of participantes from North America, Europe and Asia.

2022-2024 -Private one-on-one and small group instruction in watercolour, mixed media, paper embroidery, and artistic hand bookbinding.

2021| Bookbinding workshop | Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada | Artistic Hand bookbinding, book cloth, pamphlet stitch, buttonhole Stitch.

2009 | 2021 - Ana Falceta | Creative Hand book binding, design binding, emphasis on book structure and exploration of materials, introductory , intermediate and advanced bookbinding workshops, Case Bound Book, Coptic Binding, Long Stitch, Buttonhole stitch, Accordion book variations, Pamphlet, Secret Belgium Binding . Online and in person classes.

2011 | Bookbinding workshop, Brazil | Hand Bookbinding , Altered Books emphasis on stitches and structure

2008| Bookbinding workshop | Atelier Maria Flor, Brazil | Paper, craft and bookbinding Instructor | Altered Books with emphasis on stitches and structure

2007| Bookbinding workshop | Brazil | Bookbinding Instructor | Hand Bookbinding, Unusual books for Oficina do Papel Company

| Bookbinding workshop, Brasil | Paper art Instructor | Bookbinding structure and techniques

2006 | Bookbinding workshop, Atelier do Scrap - Brazil | Bookbinding structures and techniques, Altered Books

| Workshop Instructor Brazil Art Show, Alternative book structures, accordion variations, pop-up books, memory books

| Bookbinding workshop Brazil Art Show, Scrap Sampa | Alternative book structures

2005 | 2009 Workshop coordinator and bookbinding instructor, Workshops Online Scrapbook Brasil, Brazil | Online Introductory and intermediate Hand bookbinding workshops, Altered Books, Unusual Books