Drift installation by Valeria Nascimento @JIG Studio
To mark its first anniversary, JIG Studio brings together artists Valeria Nascimento and Lucas Ferreira – mother and son – in a landmark first joint exhibition
Terracotta Fade Circles by Lucas Ferreira @JIG Studio
JIG Studio Soho presents ORIGINS, a new exhibition introducing large-scale works from Valeria Nascimento and Lucas Ferreira, never exhibited in the UK. ORIGINS also marks a significant moment for the Brazilian gallery, JIG Studio, celebrating its first year. By bringing together two generations of the same Brazilian family for the first time, the exhibition reflects the studio’s interest in how shared Brazilian origins inform two independent practices developed in the UK within its role as a platform for contemporary Brazilian art and design. The exhibition will launch 21 October through to December.
Grey Fade by Lucas Ferreira
Rooted in the artists’ shared origins in Brazil, ORIGINS explores the enduring relationship between people and the land that shapes them. Earth, soil and landscape become both subject and starting point, providing a framework through which Nascimento and Ferreira consider resilience, belonging, inheritance and transformation.
The exhibition brings two distinct artistic languages into dialogue. Nascimento draws from the organic complexity of the natural world, creating intricate repeated forms inspired by plants and landscapes of the Brazilian rainforest. Her warm terracotta tones evoke the colours, textures and warmth of the earth of her homeland, while her porcelain forms reflect the rhythms of regeneration and renewal.
Works by Valeria Nascimento
“As a child in Brazil, I enjoyed playing barefoot beneath mango and guava trees, gathering seeds scattered across the soil and discovering beauty in repetition, a quiet rhythm that has remained a constant in all my work.” Valéria Nascimento
“Exhibiting alongside my mother for the first time is a conversation in clay. My work builds the rigid, urban structures, while hers breathes life into the gaps—together, we are bringing the textures and spirit of our native Brazil into the heart of London.” Lucas Ferreira
Resilience: Collaborative work by Lucas Ferreira and Valeria Nascemento
ORIGINS: Valéria Nascimento & Lucas Ferreira
A duo exhibition presented by JIG Studio featuring over 12 large-scale works never exhibited in the UK. The first exhibition bringing mother and son Valéria Nascimento and Lucas Ferreira together.
JIG Studio Soho
25 Lexington Street, London W1F 9AG
10am – 6pm Monday to Saturday
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