Jeanine Brito had a childhood filled with arts. As a kid, she took dance classes, joined theater groups, learned how to play piano, and was particularly invested in drawing. She recalls that she used to be so obsessed with princesses that she would always draw them and that her family would sew princess costumes for her to wear.
The artist became involved with fashion and design at an early age. She learned how to make an online magazine for teen girls when she was 12 years old, and built another at the age of 15 with a focus on fashion. When she was in college, she completed a semester abroad at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute for a minor in independent fashion magazines. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer, and built another online fashion magazine on the side, this time with a feminist eye. During that period she would go back to painting whenever she craved creativity, although it would sometimes take her a month to complete a painting.
Painting was not the primary medium of Brito until the 2020 lockdown provided her with plenty of time to practice. With each painting, she became closer to what she wanted to create and figured out what she wanted to accomplish with her paintings. The artist experimented with food and fashion figures until she felt good enough to ditch references and start painting imaginary settings and self-portraiture. She explains that her experience as a graphic designer helped her with her paintings in terms of composition and color, while her habitual perfectionism was a trait that she had to get rid of.
Her solo exhibition “August And Other Stories” consists of recollections of her August memories that are strengthened during the lockdown. Associated with the end of summer and the melancholy that the endings bring, the artist thought of the fragility of memories, and of how they turn into merely a feeling when the details fade.
As a matter of fact, the artist’s paintings are often inspired by her memories, but they revive on the canvases with a theatrical and surreal touch. Her painting “The Parting Gift” depicts a woman holding a bouquet of flowers with a fish placed in between them. Brito explains that the painting is based upon a joke that she and her friends told each other, that if someone had broken their hearts, they would have sent fish as comebacks.
As her inspiration, Brito lists the Russian-French artist Marc Chagall, whose paintings are emotive as Brito states, and reminds her that paintings can be free of conventionality. In addition to Chagall, the artist is influenced by the movies “Romeo + Juliet” directed by Baz Luhrmann, “The Witches of Eastwick” directed by George Miller, and “Sissi” starring Romy Schneider, while her ‘forever icon’ is the Canadian experimental singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
You can learn more about Jeanine Brito and her upcoming exhibitions on her Instagram @jeaninebrito and her website. Don’t forget to share your views with us in our comment section below!
About Jeanine Brito
Jeanine Brito is a painter and designer, who was born in Mainz, Germany in 1993 to a German mother and a Brazilian father. The artist graduated with honors in Fashion Communication from Ryerson University in 2015. Her artworks have been included in many group shows, displayed in various gallery spaces, including Eve Leibe Gallery in London, La Causa Gallery in Madrid, Delphian Gallery in London, and PRIOR Art Space in Berlin and Barcelona. Her first solo show “August And Other Stories” was exhibited virtually at Artistellar in 2021. Currently, two of her paintings are being exhibited as part of the group exhibition “Power of Femininity” at Kutlesa Gallery in Goldau, Switzerland. Brito lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
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Memories Of Jeanine Brito Turn Into Delightful Tangibles On Her Canvases
Jeanine Brito had a childhood filled with arts. As a kid, she took dance classes, joined theater groups, learned how to play piano, and was particularly invested in drawing. She recalls that she used to be so obsessed with princesses that she would always draw them and that her family would sew princess costumes for her to wear.
The artist became involved with fashion and design at an early age. She learned how to make an online magazine for teen girls when she was 12 years old, and built another at the age of 15 with a focus on fashion. When she was in college, she completed a semester abroad at the Amsterdam Fashion Institute for a minor in independent fashion magazines. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer, and built another online fashion magazine on the side, this time with a feminist eye. During that period she would go back to painting whenever she craved creativity, although it would sometimes take her a month to complete a painting.
Painting was not the primary medium of Brito until the 2020 lockdown provided her with plenty of time to practice. With each painting, she became closer to what she wanted to create and figured out what she wanted to accomplish with her paintings. The artist experimented with food and fashion figures until she felt good enough to ditch references and start painting imaginary settings and self-portraiture. She explains that her experience as a graphic designer helped her with her paintings in terms of composition and color, while her habitual perfectionism was a trait that she had to get rid of.
Her solo exhibition “August And Other Stories” consists of recollections of her August memories that are strengthened during the lockdown. Associated with the end of summer and the melancholy that the endings bring, the artist thought of the fragility of memories, and of how they turn into merely a feeling when the details fade.
As a matter of fact, the artist’s paintings are often inspired by her memories, but they revive on the canvases with a theatrical and surreal touch. Her painting “The Parting Gift” depicts a woman holding a bouquet of flowers with a fish placed in between them. Brito explains that the painting is based upon a joke that she and her friends told each other, that if someone had broken their hearts, they would have sent fish as comebacks.
As her inspiration, Brito lists the Russian-French artist Marc Chagall, whose paintings are emotive as Brito states, and reminds her that paintings can be free of conventionality. In addition to Chagall, the artist is influenced by the movies “Romeo + Juliet” directed by Baz Luhrmann, “The Witches of Eastwick” directed by George Miller, and “Sissi” starring Romy Schneider, while her ‘forever icon’ is the Canadian experimental singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell.
You can learn more about Jeanine Brito and her upcoming exhibitions on her Instagram @jeaninebrito and her website. Don’t forget to share your views with us in our comment section below!
About Jeanine Brito
Jeanine Brito is a painter and designer, who was born in Mainz, Germany in 1993 to a German mother and a Brazilian father. The artist graduated with honors in Fashion Communication from Ryerson University in 2015. Her artworks have been included in many group shows, displayed in various gallery spaces, including Eve Leibe Gallery in London, La Causa Gallery in Madrid, Delphian Gallery in London, and PRIOR Art Space in Berlin and Barcelona. Her first solo show “August And Other Stories” was exhibited virtually at Artistellar in 2021. Currently, two of her paintings are being exhibited as part of the group exhibition “Power of Femininity” at Kutlesa Gallery in Goldau, Switzerland. Brito lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
Images: Jeanine Brito’s Instagram and website
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