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Automatica is a production and publishing company dedicated to cultural projects.

Automatica works with the development, production, management, coordination, research, publishing, dissemination and consulting of cultural projects. These are specially connected to the visual world. Working with artists, curators, art critics, art historians, cultural institutions, public and private sponsors.

Rua Gal. Dionísio, 53 – Humaitá
22271-050 – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brazil
T +55 21 3283.1558
F +55 21 2527.9496
contato@automatica.art.br

Luiza Mello

Main Director

Luiza Mello has graduate degrees in History from USP (University of São Paulo) and in the History of Art from the Sorbonne (Paris I). She has a postgraduate degree in the History of Art and Architecture from PUC-Rio (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) in Brazil. Since 2000, she has worked as an executive producer of contemporary art exhibitions. In 2006 she founded the production company Automatica and since then she has worked as the company’s Project Coordinator and Managing Director. In 2018 she curated the exhibitions Dreaming Awake at Marres, House for Contemporary Culture in Maastricht, Holland; Mufa Caos, by the artist Barrão, at Jacarandá, Rio de Janeiro; and Perspectives on Contemporary Brazilian Art, at Art Berlin, Germany.

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Marisa S. Mello

Planning Director

She has a graduate degree in History from the Federal Fluminense University (UFF) (2002), and a master’s degree (2005) and doctorate (2012) in History from the same institution. From 2013 to 2018, she was a student on the Post-Graduation Program in Culture and Territorialities (PPCult), at UFF, where she worked as a teacher, advisor and researcher, studying reading practices in the libraries of Rio de Janeiro. She also works with the following subjects: cultural policies; cultural management; history and literature; culture, intellectuals, and reading. She specializes in the creation, elaboration, planning, coordination and management of cultural and educational projects; and production in the field of the plastic arts. She has also worked as a coordinator and editorial producer of publications, including books and catalogues, since 2008.

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Mariana Schicariol de Mello

Producer

A History of Art graduate from UERJ, she took a technical course in graphic design with SENAI RJ. She worked as an assistant to the plastic artist Miguel Rio Branco, between 2002 and 2008. She has organized and produced exhibitions including Dislecsia (Casa America, Madrid, Spain), Out of Nowhere (Groninger Museum, Groninger, Holland), Plaisir La Douleur (Maison Européenne de La Photographie, Paris, France) and Câmaras de Luz (Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro). She has worked as a graphic design assistant on numerous publications, notably Notes on the Tides, Plaisir La Douleur and the booklet for the CD A Foreign Sound, by Caetano Veloso. Having worked at Automatica since 2009, she coordinates production on the projects.

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Lucas Alberto

Produtor

Lucas Alberto is a researcher, curator and producer of initiatives of different formats in the field of art. He holds a degree in Arts from UFF and in Psychology, and holds a master’s degree and a doctorate from the Postgraduate Program in Contemporary Studies of the Arts (PPGCA-UFF), where he studies the critical modes of autobiographical making in contemporary Brazilian art. He works in a transdisciplinary manner in the institutional, commercial, academic and independent artistic fields. He has been part of the production and projects team at Automatica since 2022.

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Rebeca Souza

Assistente de produção

Rebeca Souza is a graduate student in Arts from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), she produced exhibitions and events at the GAIA art gallery of the Institute of Arts and Social Communication (IACS). With a degree in Cultural Production from the Brazilian Theater Institute (ITB-PTAC), she was an intern in the production of exhibitions at the Rio’s Museum of Art (MAR), assisting in projects such as Radical Ideas About Love and Brígida Baltar: Scores. She has worked as a coordinator and production assistant in audiovisual projects and editorial processes for art journals.

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Amauri Souza

Communication

Amauri is an artist and researcher. Master in Art, Experience and Language from UERJ. Graduate in Arts from Federal Fluminense University (UFF). Worked in production and communication teams for independent and institutional projects since 2019, with emphasis on SomaRumor (Sound-Based Art in Latin America) at Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), PEGA and Ateliê Pandêmica (UFF). He has exhibited in independent institutions and spaces such as the Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center, Correios Cultural Center, Paço Imperial, Galeria Refresco and Casa da Escada Colorida since 2018. Works with Automatica in various projects since 2022.

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Geane Lino

Finance department

She has a graduate degree in History from Augusto Motta University Center. She is a qualified accountant and has an MBA in Project Management from Estácio de Sá University. As a teacher at FIRJAN – SESI RJ, on the Basic Education Management course, she trained young people from 14 to 24 years of age in Citizenship, Ethics and Tourism to work as civic guides during the Pan American Games held in the city of Rio de Janeiro (2006-2007). She worked as a production assistant at the 1^st Literary Festival of Paquetá – FLIPA (2017). At the City of Arts Foundation (2013 – 2019), she participated in the conception and realization of the institution’s Reading Room and has acted as an art educator at exhibitions, cultural events, literary fairs, workshops and on courses.

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Paulino Costa Neto

Administrative department

Trained in Interior Design by SENAC, he worked for some time as an interior designer developing small residential projects. For five years he was part of the team of Vista Nova Productions working on the production of projects for the Museum of Image and Sound, the Roberto Marinho Foundation, the Guggenheim Fundation, GNT, BBC and Paramount. In 2003, at the Consequência de Animação Gráfica 3D studio, he occupied the position of Administrative Assistant and was responsible for the documents, media and equipment archive. In 2014, he was invited to join the Automatica production team, where he works not only on bureaucratic and organizational matters, but also assists in the accounting sector and in production itself.

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