Selva de Carvalho Opens Solo Exhibition “LEVEEIAT” at Galeria Karla Osorio’s São Paulo Branch
Galeria Karla Osorio is proud to present the solo exhibition “LEVEEIAT” by artist Selva de Carvalho in São Paulo, featuring new works and curated by Ana Carolina Ralston. The show opens on September 3, 2025, with a cocktail event from 6 to 10pm, and remains on view until November 8, 2025, at the Vila Mariana gallery.RELEASE-expo-03-GaKO-SP-ind.-art.-SELVA-DE-CARVALHO-2av.IF-27.08.25.docx
About the Exhibition
Selva de Carvalho’s artistic practice is rooted in embroidery and drawing. Her work explores the materiality, expressiveness, and transformation of fabrics, lines, papers, words, and bodies — both visible and invisible, human and non-human — as well as the organic, symbolic, and fantastical relationships among them. She also draws from performance arts. Inspired by the mythical figure of Leviathan, the exhibition creates an immersive atmosphere of light and shadow, symbols, unique forms, and new materials, such as wood, which appear in her work for the first time alongside textile pieces that reference ritualistic body gestures.
The Viewer’s Experience
Visitors are invited into an experimental journey in which wings and mouths blend within a scenographic interplay of darkness and light, echoing the artist’s unique cosmology and creative freedom present throughout her research. The exhibition suggests a poetic and singular perspective, fed by multiple mythologies and the dreamlike universe of the artist.
About Selva de Carvalho
Selva de Carvalho, the artistic name of Stephanie de Carvalho Klabin, holds a degree from FAAP and is featured in both public and private collections. She has participated in major international art fairs such as ARTRio, SPArte, and India Art Fair, and recently held a residency in Vienna. Her work investigates the structural and symbolic relationships between drawing, embroidery, performance, and dance, building bridges between visual arts and corporeal gestures. Career Highlights:
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Works in MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio
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Presence at ARTRio, SPArte, India Art Fair, SPARK Vienna
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Residencies at Escola Botânica and Galeria Krinzinger
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Engaged in educational, sustainability, and collective archive projects
General Details
Exhibition: LEVEEIAT, Selva de Carvalho
Curator: Ana Carolina Ralston
Opening: September 3, 6–10pm
Dates: September 3 to November 8, 2025
Hours: Monday to Friday, 10am–7pm; Saturdays, 10am–5pm
Location: Rua França Pinto, 1100, suite 1, Vila Mariana, São Paulo – SP
Booking: by phone, email, Instagram DM or WhatsApp
Admission: free
