Flávia Berindoague is an artist who lives and works in Brazil. Berindoague’s art is strongly influenced by the history and social instability of her home country and addresses collective memory, violence and oblivion. The artist creates objects that construct a metaphysical narrative as a way to visualize the tensions of postmodern society.

Berindoague constructs sculptural installations that are made of yarn, institutional blankets and found objects. Memorial for Missing Children features wound and sewn textiles the form of colorful dreadlocks. The different visual rythms and overall tension reflects the interconnected memory of missing people. The artist’s photographs also appear as empty templates of lives once lived. Through her investigations of violent and traumatic events that have occurred in Brazil, Berindoague lends the feeling of trauma through the representation of figurative absence.

Flávia Berindoague received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Escola Guignard in Brazil. She also received a Post Baccalaureate in Contemporary Art from the Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais in Brazil and then received her Master in Fine Arts degree from Montclair State University. In 2012 Berindoague received the Individual Artist Grant from Lei Municipal de Incentivo a Cultura in Brazil.