Sonia Gomes

Sonia Gomes features approximately 100 images of the artist's works, along with essays by curators Ricardo Sardenberg and Solange Farkas. It also includes a text-work by artist Paulo Nazareth, created especially for Sonia. The book reveals the trajectory of this artist who, through the transformation of found and donated materials, constructs and sews sculptures full of identity and memory. Born in Caetanópolis, MG, a city with a significant textile industry, Sonia grew up amidst fabric factories and the strong presence of her grandmother - a black woman, healer, and midwife, who taught her all the rudiments of sewing. For artist Sonia Gomes, sewing is an act that extends to the traditions in which she is immersed - the craftswoman who discovers herself as an artist and expands the reach of her creations.