Contact: hello@fernandaliberti.com
Fernanda Liberti is a Brazilian artist working with photography and video. In 2013 she moved to London to pursue her degree in Photography at London College of Communication (UAL). Having graduated with honours, and a Best in show award for her series 'FFF', Fernanda has continued her education at Royal College of Art where she got her MA in Photography in 2022, focusing her research on the Tupinambá capes. In 2022, she was selected as one of Dior's Laureates, won the British Journal of Photography International Photo Award and Portrait of Humanity. In 2023, she won the Deloitte Photo Grant to pursue her currently in progress project, Dust From Home. She is an associate lecturer in Photography at the University of the Arts London.
Growing up in Rio, she was surrounded by the rain forest and the beach whilst also living within a chaotic metropolitan city; this contrast between the natural and man-made world is a recurring theme that she explores in her work. Her photographs, videos, and collages invite the viewer to immerse themselves in the realities that they offer.
From forests and waterfalls to human bodies and surreal settings: her work is an attempt to understand our relationship to the ever-shifting environments in which we live. A study to explore post-colonial roles and experiences of people of colour, women and LGBTQ+ people in the twenty-first century.
Awards
Void Futures, shortlisted, 2025
Deloitte Photogrant, project winner, 2023
British Journal of Photography Portrait of Humanity, Series Winner, 2023
British Journal of Photography International Photography Awards, Single Image Winner, 2022
IPA International Photo Awards 2017 Honourable Mention Fine Art: Landscape
The Muse at 269 Artist in Residency Competition 2017, Finalist
Photographer’s Forum 37th Annual Spring Photography Contest 2017, Finalist
FIX Photo Festival Awards 2017 - Shortlisted in the community section for the image 'Juntos'
'Best in Show' at the LCC Foundation Degree Show, 2014, for the Fuck For Forest series
Exhibitions
Solo:
Dust from home,
MUDEC Museo delle Culture, Milan, 8 November-15 December 2024
Mutações,
Galeria Refresco, Rio de Janeiro, November 2022
Feather by Feather,
Sheriff Gallery, Paris, September 2022
Group:
Complexo Brasil, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisbon, Portugual, November 2025 - February 2025
Creators - People and their works, Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland, 10 April 2025 - 25 January 2026
Assojaba Tupinambá Umbeumbesàwa, Sesc Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brasil, 09 April - 26 October 2025
MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy, 20-23 March, 2025
Den resande manteln, Kin Museum, Kiruna, Sweden, 13 February - 11 May 2025
Newvision Photo Festa, Korean Energy Agency Exhibition Hall, Ulsan, South Korea, 04-20 November 2024
Inbetween event at the V&A East, 28 September 2024
Rio: A medida da Terra, Flexa Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, May 12, 2024
KYOTOGRAPHIE Photography Festival, Kyoto, Japan, 13 April - 12 May 2024
Indian Photography Festival, State Gallery of Art, Madhapur, November 2023 - January 2024
Deloitte Photogrant Show, MUDEC Museo delle Culture, Milan, December 2023
Belfast Exposed Photography Festival, August-September 2023
Ulsan International Environmental Photography Festival, South Korea, June 2023
Trânsito-Tecido, Galpão 556, São Paulo, June-July 2023
Haus der Kulturen der Welt Museum, Berlin, June 2023
British Journal of Photography International Award Exhibition, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London, 18-27 November 2022
Atos de Revolta, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro, 15 September - 26 February 2022
INPA, Bosque da Ciência, Manaus, October - 27 November 2022
São Paulo Fashion Week In+Pactos Exhibition, November 2022
Les Rescontres d'Arles, The Art of Color Dior Exhibition, Luma Arts Centre, Arles, France, July-September 2022
RCA Degree show, Royal College of Art, London, 25-30 June 2022
Casa X, UK Mexican Arts Society, London, March 2022
Haight Two Year Campaigns Exhibition, Haight Store São Paulo, December 2021
A grande volta do manto tupinambá (Kwá yapé turusú yuriri assojaba tupinambá)
Fayga Ostrower Gallery, Funarte Brasília, September 2021, Casa da Lenha, Funarte Porto Seguro, October 2021
Royal College of Art - WIP show, Online exhibition, January 2021
36th Annual Open Exhibition, Southwark Park Galleries, December 2020
Curando, Online exhibition, December 2020
Sp-Arte, Foto viewing room, November 2020
Wrong House, Studio Bahama, Berlin, April 2019
Eco, 2018
Archivo Maguey, Oaxaca, Mexico, September 2018
Galería SGR, Bogotá, Colombia, August 2018
Persona, Four Corners Gallery, London, September 2017
Staging Intimacy, Carmel by Green, London, September 2017
AiR Summer Show, The Muse at 269, London, July 2017
LCC BA Photography Degree show, London College of Communication, London, May 2017
Interim Show, Bussey Building, London, May 2017
FIX Photo Festival, Bargehourse, OXO Tower, London, May 2017
SCHOOL OF DOODLE WORKSHOP, The Villain, Williamsburg, NYC, 2016
Apostissimo, Turin, Italy, November 2016
RØtlos Festival and Wire Festival, 2015
RØTLOS Festival, Oslo 2015 and Wire Festival 2015, Rome
VOY Exhibition, London College of Fashion 2015, London
Sarau Eletronico II, COMUNA August 2014, Rio de Janeiro
LCC Foundation Show, London College of Communication May 2014, London
All Eyes On Me, 2013
BFI Flare, London, March 2014
London Fields Film Festival, London, October 2014
Gaze LGBT Film Festival, Dublin, July 2014
aGLIFF International Film Festival, Texas, September 2014
KUir Festival, Istanbul, January 2015
Talks and Workshops
Artist talk with Glicéria Tupinambá, Museum der Kulturen Basel, Switzerland, July 2025
Artist talk, Les Franciscaines Museum, Deauville, France, April 2025
Artist talk, Latinxs Takeover, V&A East, London, UK, September 2024
Watermark Workshop, Madad Art Foundation, Damascus, Syria, July 2024
Artist talk, Ulsan Photo Festival, Ulsan, South Korea, June 2023
Corpas Livres Workshop, IMS Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brasil, 2022
Publications and Mentions
2025
2024
2023
British Journal of Photography: Portrait Edition issue 79
Vogue Brasil February
ELLE Brasil April
2022
Dior - The Art of Color Book 2022
Die Zeit
Le Figaro
Vogue November
Kwá yapé turusú yuriri assojaba tupinambá Exhibition Catalogue
Queer Utopia, AnOther Magazine
2020
Quarantune Book
Marie Claire October
Noize Magazine
2019
2018
2017
Photographer's Forum Best of Photography book
2016
2014
Diva Magazine
