Rosane Dias

      Rosane Dias is a visual artist with a bachelor’s degree in Painting from the School of Fine Arts at UFMG, and further studies in Visual Arts and Contemporaneity at UEMG.

      Her education includes numerous courses focused on experimentation, critical reflection, and professional development, taken at the UFMG Winter Festivals, as well as workshops in drawing, printmaking, performance, video art, heritage education, and art education.

      Rosane works across different artistic genres, with painting as the central axis of her production. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and has received important awards. In 1999, her work was highlighted in the Projeto Portas Abertas, held by the Thomas Cohn Gallery (São Paulo) and the Kolams Gallery (Belo Horizonte), and she received an Honorable Mention at the 1st USIMINAS Visual Arts Salon.

      In 2001, she took part in the exhibitions 7 Award-Winning Artists from the Vale do Aço, in Ipatinga, and a group exhibition at the Sandra Resende Gallery in Vitória, Espírito Santo. That same year, she held solo exhibitions at the Telemar Art Gallery in Belo Horizonte and at Palácio das Artes. In 2005, she received the USIMINAS Visual Arts Award. In 2008, she was awarded the Children’s Literature Illustration Prize by the Brazilian Academy of Letters (Rio de Janeiro).

      In 2009, she exhibited at the Zélia Olguin Theater Gallery and participated in the International Circuit of Brazilian Art at the Pablo Neruda Museum in Santiago, Chile. In 2014, she held a solo exhibition at the Sandra Resende Gallery in Vitória, Espírito Santo. In 2022, she participated in the exhibition Visual Arts in the Vale do Aço, a group show with 15 selected artists, at the Hideo Kobayashi Gallery in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais. In 2023, she was part of the exhibition Visual Arts in the Vale do Aço – Continuity, a group show held at the Museu Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. In 2024, she participated in the AVVA Collective exhibition Modes of Veracity at the Hideo Kobayashi Gallery in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais. In 2025, she held the solo exhibition Vestiges of the Earth at Casa de Metal Espaço Cultural in São Paulo.

      Since 2016, the artist has been developing a project whose raw material consists of residues from the steel and mining industries, such as steelmaking aggregate—a coproduct generated during steel production, sourced from a steel plant in Ipatinga. Based on an авторial research process into this material, Rosane developed paints for the creation of paintings, produced three-dimensional objects, and began exploring the residue in its raw form as well. This investigation gave rise to the project Agregando Arte (Adding Art), which brings together art, sustainability, and the creative economy. The initiative consists of a course aimed at a group of women and, in addition to producing sustainable handcrafted pieces, seeks to promote technical training, professional positioning, and the generation of work and income.

      Rosane Dias is a member of the AVVA Collective, a group formed by artists from the Vale do Aço that brings together a multiplicity of languages, including painting, illustration, photography, video art, and performance. She also leads painting workshops using sustainable paints in the projects Histórias do Aço (Stories of Steel) in Ipatinga, Minas Gerais, and Histórias da Mineração (Stories of Mining) in Itatiaiuçu, Minas Gerais, in addition to working on other cultural projects and events.

      Curriculum

      Education
      • 1992–1996 – Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, School of Fine Arts, UFMG – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • 2001 – Visual Arts and Contemporaneity, UEMG – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      Main Exhibitions and Awards
      • 2025 – Vestiges of the Earth – Casa de Metal Espaço Cultural – São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
      • 2024 – Modes of Veracity – AVVA Collective – Usiminas Cultural Center – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2023 – Visual Arts in the Vale do Aço – Continuity – Group exhibition with 15 selected artists from the Vale do Aço – Museu Mineiro – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • 2022 – Visual Arts in the Vale do Aço – Continuity – Group exhibition with 15 selected artists from the Vale do Aço – Hideo Kobayashi Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2021 – AVVA Collective Exhibition – Blasfematório – Virtual exhibition on the Art Steps cyber gallery.
      • 2014 – Solo Exhibition – Artificial Paradises – Dayse Resende Art Office – Vitória, ES, Brazil.
      • 2009 – 16th International Circuit of Brazilian Art – Pablo Neruda Museum – Santiago, Chile.
      • 2009 – Solo Exhibition (Selected Artist) – Zélia Olguin Theater Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2009 – Group Exhibition of Selected Artists – Zélia Olguin Theater Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2008 – Maria Alice de Lucas Award (Children’s Literature – Illustration) for the work Jenipapo – Brazilian Writers’ Union / Brazilian Academy of Letters – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
      • 2005 – Usiminas Visual Arts Award – Usiminas Cultural Center – Hideo Kobayashi Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2001 – Solo Exhibition – Palácio das Artes – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • 2001 – Group Exhibition – Telemar Art Gallery – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • 2001 – Group Exhibition – Sandra Resende Art Gallery – Vitória, ES, Brazil.
      • 2001 – 7 Award-Winning Artists from the Vale do Aço – Usiminas Cultural Center – Hideo Kobayashi Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2000 – Study Grant Award (2001 Edition) – 32nd UFMG Winter Festival Exhibition – UFMG Cultural Center – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • 1999 – Honorable Mention – Open Doors Project – Kolans Gallery (MG) and Thomas Cohn Gallery (SP), Brazil.
      • 1999 – Honorable Mention – 1st Usiminas Visual Arts Salon – Usiminas Cultural Center – Hideo Kobayashi Gallery – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 1995 – Award – 7th Integrarte – UFMG Cultural Center – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      Additional Courses and Training
      • Mar/2022 – Regeneration of Urban Spaces: the Memory of Places and the Places of Memory, by Alexandre Salles and Nara Grossi (1.5 hours) – Casa Fiat de Cultura – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • Jul/2019 – Selected for portfolio review and mentoring by invited professors in the Visual Arts in the Vale project at Instituto Usiminas, which resulted in the Visual Arts in the Vale do Aço Catalogue, published in 2020.
      • Dec/2018 – Photography Workshop “Every Home Has a Bit of a Museum”, by Alexandre Sequeira (20 hours), and “Did You See It? Observe the City”, by Nilmar Lage (20 hours) – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Mar/2018 – Workshop “Portinari – The Painter of Peace”, by Suely Avellar – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Sep/2017 – Workshop “Listening, Telling”, by Carolina Dellamore (8 hours) – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Oct/2016 – Heritage Education Workshop “Affective Inventories”, by Andréia De Bernardi and Carolina Dellamore (16 hours) – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Jul/2016 – Art History Course, by Ronan Cardozo Couto (70 hours) – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Mar/2009 – Workshop “Video Self-Portrait” (20 hours), by Éder Santos – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • 2006 – 1st Contemporary Art Seminar, by Ronan Cardozo Couto – Instituto Cultural Usiminas – Ipatinga, MG, Brazil.
      • Sep/2001 – International Lecture Series “The Visible and the Invisible in Contemporary Art” (44 hours), by Marco Paulo Rolla, Marcos Hill, and Lúcia Gouvêa Pimentel – CEIA, School of Fine Arts/UFMG – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
      • Jul/2001 – 33rd UFMG Winter Festival – Workshop “Two-Dimensional Experimentation – Drawing/Painting”, by Paulo Whitaker (72 hours) – Diamantina, MG, Brazil.
      • Sep/2000 – “Progressive Drawing”, by Márcio Sampaio (20 hours) – Department of Culture, Fundação Acesita – Timóteo, MG, Brazil.
      • Jul/2000 – 32nd UFMG Winter Festival – Workshop “Two-Dimensional Creation: Development of Individual Projects – Experimentation and Reflection”, by José Alberto Nemer and Marco Túlio Rezende (97 hours) – Diamantina, MG, Brazil.
      • May/2000 – “Understanding Contemporary Art”, by Márcio Sampaio (15 hours) – Department of Culture, Fundação Acesita – Timóteo, MG, Brazil.
      • Jul/1999 – 31st UFMG Winter Festival – Workshop “Printed Image” – Module 1: Monotype, by Clébio Maduro; Module 2: Painting and Collage, by Fernando Velloso (40 hours) – Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil.
      • Apr/1996 – “Painting in Brazil: A Discussion on Genres and Themes” (8 hours) – Instituto Cultural Itaú – Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

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