About DANIELA
Daniela Alves work is best described as a visual journey that transcends conventional photography, entering a realm where imagination and reality blur. Her aesthetic is marked by meticulous attention to detail, particularly her masterful use of light and shadow, creating images that often carry a dreamlike atmosphere, with dark and intensely emotional undertones. Her compositions explore themes of human fragility and discomfort, bringing to light issues of identity, alienation, and transformation.
Daniela also excels in the use of symbolism and theatricality, frequently incorporating elements of fashion and design as extensions of her creative universe. Her experimental photography and film work exhibit a boldness that destabilizes the viewer, forcing them to engage with a visual narrative that oscillates between the beautiful and the unsettling. Her series NIHILITY, for example, with its international exhibitions, demonstrates Daniela’s ability to evoke both avant-garde aesthetics and deep emotional content, inviting the audience to reflect on their own emotions and perceptions of the world.
In essence, Daniela Alves' work can be described as a fusion of visual art and emotional psychology, constantly challenging the boundaries between the viewer and the subject in a continuous dance between the surreal and the tangible.
Key areas of work:
Photography | Post-Production | Experimentalism | Film | Multimedia | Visual Arts | Creative Direction | Production | Social Media Content & Copywriting
EXHIBITIONS
2023
DESENCANTO displayed at Lezar House “Let Art Be: Captured” Photography Exhibition, Barcelona
NIHILITY displayed at Digital Art New Year #DANY2023,
Beijing - China
2022
NIHILITY displayed at "Pixel and Thread Exhibition", Fashion and Brand in the World of NFTs hosted by Seattle NFT Museum, United States
NIHILITY displayed over Brussels (building projection) by artcrushproject
#PT43NFT - 43 Portuguese Artists / 43 Days (online), oncyber.com
2016
NIHILITY (film)- Nominated for Best Directing at Porto Fashion Film Festival 3, Portugal
NIHILITY @ Sementeira, Viseu - Portugal
2015
HOLY LVST displayed at “CARMO é nome de mulher” - Carmo 81, Viseu - Portugal
NIHILITY displayed at “Projeto15” - Centro Português de Fotografia (CPF), Porto - Portugal
CRU Fanzine Covers displayed at Sementeira, Viseu - Portugal
Vth displayed at “(Con)junto” - Palácio das Artes, Porto - Portugal
2014
“CRU n.º 57 Especial Fofidão” - Mundo Fantasma, Porto - Portugal
"Olhares Consentidos" - Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon - Portugal
2013
“Traços BD[SM]” - Fábrica Braço de Prata, Lisbon - Portugal
IX - 83 at CIRCUS “Unleash the Hero Within" - Convívio Associação, Guimarães - Portugal
APATIA displayed at Lavandaria Olímpica, Miguel Bombarda, Porto - Portugal
2012
IX - 83 part of CIRCUS “Unleash the Hero Within" displayed at Plano B, Porto - Portugal
IX - 83 part of CIRCUS “Unleash the Hero Within" displayed at Centro Português de Fotografia (CPF), Porto - Portugal
APATIA “Final Work 2012" displayed at Galeria Geraldes da Silva, Porto - Portugal