Artist Resume
Tainá Del Negri
Photographer | Visual Artist | Filmmaker
Based in Northern California
contact: tainadelnegri@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Associate of Arts, Fine Arts & Psychology (2024–Present)
College of the Redwoods — Eureka, CA
Bachelor of Social Communication (Public Relations) (2000–2007)
State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Environmental Education (2008)
SENAI-EAD — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
2026, 2025 - Floyd Bettiga Gallery (juried Student Art Exhibition, College of the Redwoods, CA)
2025 - Morris Graves Museum of Art (“Images of Water" - juried Photography Exhibition, Eureka, CA)
2022 - The Arcata Gallery, CA
2016 - 13ª Bienal Naïfs do Brasil (Invited resident artist, Photography & Film, São Paulo, Brazil)
2006-2007- Igatu, Caminhos de Pedra (Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ, and University of Campinas (São Paulo State University)
AWARDS & HONORS
Floyd Bettiga Gallery Art Scholarship (2026)
Dennis Gabbert Memorial Scholarship (2026)
Redwood At Association Scholarship (2026)
Star Awards Cumbre Humboldt (2025)
13a Biennial Naif Arts (Brazil, 2016), Invited Resident Artist
5th FestCine Amazônia Environmental Film and Video Festival, 2007 (Best Environmental Report: Igatu, Caminhos de Pedra, 2006)
ART PROJECTS and COLLABS
Oníriko (2018- current): a black and white photography series that represent a reflection of northern California’s dreamlike essence. This work in progress is captured while hiking in the woods, at the beach, walking on the streets and country roads.
Project Phoenix (2019): a large-scale collaborative installation created by artist Laura-Helene Lash in Petrolia, California. The project involved the construction of a monumental phoenix sculpture made from yarn, wire, driftwood, and bamboo, symbolizing transformation and collective renewal. Del Negri’s photography and videos captured both the intricate creative process and the emotional “Phoenix Rising” ceremony. You can see the film, made by the talented Cosmo Free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRBzQTIUq2Y
Passupreto Imageria (2013 – 2018): a creative documentary project that combined cycling with visual storytelling to explore Brazilian culture. Through traveling by bicycle, me and artist Bruno Navarro documented everyday life, landscapes, and cultural expressions across different regions of Brazil. The project allowed us to move at a slower, more intimate pace, creating space for observation, encounters, and reflection. By blending photography and film, Passupreto Imageria seeks to preserve and share the richness of Brazilian cultural identity, while also highlighting the personal and human connections formed along the journey. (www.passupretoimageria.wordpress.com)
O Galpão (2013): is a documentary directed and produced by me that explores the social and cultural dynamics of a shared warehouse space (galpão), where creativity, work, and everyday life intersect. The film observes the people who inhabit and use this space, highlighting their routines, relationships, and forms of expression. Through an intimate and observational approach, the documentary reflects on themes of community, labor, and resilience, revealing how informal spaces can become centers of artistic and human connection (www.ocupart.wordpress).
Igatu Caminhos de Pedra (25", 2005), directed by Mariana Campos, is a documentary project developed at State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), that explores the historic village of Igatu in Chapada Diamantina. Through images of its stone houses, landscapes, and local residents, the film reflects on the memory of the diamond-mining era and the preservation of the community’s cultural identity.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH
2005-2007, co-author in the academic article "Comunicando o INvisível: a fotografia como coisa mental”. Alongside professor Fernando do Nascimento Gonçalves and Carlos Romário Tavares, at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), the research examined contemporary photography and the work of Brazilian artist Rosângela Rennó, focusing on memory, archives, and the communicative possibilities of “image-less photography” in contemporary visual art.