Q U I N H A    M U K A I     F A R I A

Quinha Mukai Faria (b. 1988, Campinas, Brazil) is an artist working across painting, sculpture, and installation. Her years at the hospital bedside inform an ongoing inquiry into the connections that emerge within and between bodily, material, and social systems. Drawing on backgrounds in human physiology, critical care nursing, and custom tailoring, Faria works with personal keepsakes, expired medical supplies, provisional building materials, and natural fibers to examine processes of care, maintenance, and adaptation.

She received an MFA from Bard College and holds a BS in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Human Physiology from the University of Oregon. Her work has been exhibited at Kiang Malingue (New York), Art Basel (Hong Kong), Asian Arts Initiative, Vox Populi, Mural Arts (Philadelphia), and Carnation Contemporary (Portland).