Artist | Janaina Medeiros | Resides | Brazil |
Website | janaina.net | Medium | Digital painting Mixed Media Ink Watercolor Colored Pencil Gold Leaf |
Print Shop | janiana.net/store | [email protected] | |
Follow the Artist | Themes | Fairy tale Folklore Mythology Magical Realism Fantasy Symbolism Esotericism Illustration Romance |
About the artist
Janaina Medeiros is a Brazilian artist and illustrator. She creates lush and dreamy images with delicate lines, using traditional, digital and mixed media techniques. Her work has been featured in books, comics, magazines, oracles and exhibited in art galleries.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Most of Janaina Medeiros’ inspiration comes from fairy tales, folktales and mythologies, as they are old and mysterious stories that have sparked her imagination since childhood. Moons, stars and other esoteric symbols are elements present in her work, which are part of her aesthetic influenced by Art Nouveau, Pre-Raphaelites, and Japanese anime and manga.
Press
Janaina Medeiros’ artworks have been featured in notable magazine, books and online sources including Cozy Witch Tarot Deck and Guidebook, DC Comics Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #8 and Wonder Woman: Black and Gold #3, Editora Wish, Luna Station Quarterly, ImagineFX, Infected By Art, Women Are Some Kind of Magic, and DPI Magazine Taiwan.
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Education
2019 Bachelor of Visual Arts, FURB – University of Blumenau, SC, Brazil
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
P.S. – The 8th Annual Postcard Show, Nucleus Portland, Portland, United States.
020
Draw Me Like One of Your Final Girls, Spoke Art, San Francisco, United States.
Silent Transmissions, WOW x WOW Gallery (online).
MicroVisions 3, WOW x WOW Gallery (online).
Power In Numbers 5, Nucleus Portland, Portland, United States.
2018
Small Art For A Big Cause, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, United States.
2017
TOBEYOU, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, United States.