Adriana de Barros facts for kids
Adriana Aleixo Pereira de Barros, born in 1976, is a talented artist from Portugal and Canada. She is an illustrator, a web designer, and a poet.
Since 1999, Adriana has created special "visual poems." These poems mix different art forms like writing, drawing, and even sound editing. She uses new media and computer programs like Flash to make them. Her visual poems have been shown at festivals in America, like Flashbang! and The. ME.Project. Her work has also appeared in art books and on websites. People say she makes poetry more exciting and easy to understand. Adriana wants her creations to be enjoyed visually, even by those who might not usually like poetry.
Adriana designs and illustrates at her own studio, called Breathewords. She also started and edits Scene 360, which is an online magazine about film and art. Since 2000, this magazine has shared many interesting interviews with top web designers, artists, and filmmakers.
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About Adriana de Barros
Early Life and Interests
Adriana de Barros was born in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. When she was three years old, her family moved to Toronto, Canada. As a child, she mostly enjoyed sports. It wasn't until she was twelve that she discovered her love for drawing. When she was fifteen, her family moved back to Portugal. This move brought new challenges for Adriana with her education and lifestyle.
Education and Career Path
In high school, Adriana chose to study art and design. She later decided to study cinema in college. However, she felt that the film schools and industry in Portugal were not what she hoped for. She believes Toronto would have been a better place to study filmmaking. She still hopes to study filmmaking in North America one day. After high school, she started working for her family's clothing business. This led to a full-time job as a fashion and advertising designer. She also helped run a copy center that had a design section.
Finding Her Place Online
In 1999, Adriana began learning web design and programming. She felt she finally found her true calling online. She could combine many different art forms into each project. The internet allowed her to create English language projects easily, without being limited by location. She started by making Flash visual poems. Later, she founded Scene 360, her online film and arts magazine. There, she writes about film and art, and features creative people.
Adriana is self taught and does not have a formal degree. Today, she still runs her copy center and designs in her studio. She is the main creative director of Breathewords.com. Her work includes many types of media. She creates hand-painted magazine covers, e-commerce websites, and fun Flash sites for poets.
Adriana's Creative Works
Visual Poetry and Interactive Stories
Adriana de Barros creates interactive stories and poems. These have been shown at design and Flash festivals. They have also been featured on websites like poemsthatgo, where "Winter City Sleeps" and "Blinding Lights" were shown in 2001. Her work "Freedom of Expression in the Copyright Era" was featured on the design website K10k in 2004. Her piece "Invisible" was shown at the online art gallery Lumen Eclipse in 2007.
Illustration Style and Inspiration
Adriana's art often explores everyday life, human feelings, and colors. She also creates imaginary and surrealist scenes. She enjoys painting portraits of people with unique facial expressions. You might often see hands, angel wings, butterflies, and animals in her artwork.
A special part of Adriana's style is that she sometimes leaves parts of her art unfinished. This gives her pieces a unique look. She loves mixing old styles with modern life. She gets ideas from the Golden Age of Cinema and the Renaissance. For example, she is inspired by the unfinished sketches of Leonardo da Vinci. She also adds a Pop Art touch to her work. This includes paintings of kids in animal masks, Disney characters, and tattoo-like outlines with bright backgrounds. Her creative process often starts with writing, inspired by a theme, song, or daily life. Then, she turns these ideas into a visual piece.
Adriana uses acrylic paints. She also uses mixed media with watercolor, color pencils, spray paint, and collage in her paintings.
Web Design and Multimedia Achievements
Adriana de Barros's web designs have been recognized for their excellence. Her work, both in Flash and static media (CSS and HTML), has been featured in many publications. These include "HOW's Top Ten Links" in 2003 and Web Designing in Japan in 2003. Her designs were also in Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites in 2003 and STEP Inside Design in 2004.
She has won a Portuguese Multimedia II Award in 2005. She also received two SXSW Web Awards nominations in 2003 and 2004. In 2004, she was nominated for the 17th Stuttgart Filmwinter New Media Award. The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA, Cincinnati) gave her a Top Design Site Award. MSN.com named her work a Site of the Week, and Yahoo! gave her a New and Notable mention.
Adriana is also involved in the design industry. She has given talks and workshops about how she creates her visual poems and films. One notable event was at the OFFF04 convention in Spain. She continues to give lectures about web design at universities in Portugal.
Interviews
- Poetry from Portugal - H2O Magazine
- Web Gurus Interviews - Erudition[Usurped!]
See also
In Spanish: Adriana de Barros para niños
