Writings on process, memory and the making of each work.
- Between Design and Creation: Building My Own Path
My relationship with creativity has always been connected to the ability to make things happen. Over the years, I have worked in different professional environments, from industrial drafting to advertising,… Read more: Between Design and Creation: Building My Own Path - New Zealand: Work, Nature and Personal Reinvention
In December 2007, I left Portugal and moved to New Zealand. It was an important change that brought personal and professional challenges. Starting a life in another country requires a… Read more: New Zealand: Work, Nature and Personal Reinvention - Curitiba, Urbanism and the Awakening of a Design Mind
At a very young age, I had an experience that I consider important to understanding my development: my first internship at IPPUC, Curitiba's Institute for Urban Planning and Research. I… Read more: Curitiba, Urbanism and the Awakening of a Design Mind - Lisbon: An Experience of Life, Work and Culture
Living in another country means much more than changing addresses. It means learning to interpret different cultural codes, developing new relationships and discovering that what seems natural in one place… Read more: Lisbon: An Experience of Life, Work and Culture - Nature as Part of My Life
When I reflect on nature, I recognize that it never entered my art as a late concept or mere aesthetic subject. It is the foundation of my existence, my personal… Read more: Nature as Part of My Life - Eclecticism and Creative Freedom: Listening to, Observing and Absorbing the World
I have never found it particularly easy to define myself through a single cultural tribe. My relationship with music, for example, does not follow one specific style or genre. I… Read more: Eclecticism and Creative Freedom: Listening to, Observing and Absorbing the World - Santa Cecília School of Music and Arts 1982-1985: My First Art Classes
I was eight when I began attending the Santa Cecília School of Music and Arts in Capanema, a neighborhood of Curitiba. I remember the woman who owned the school. It… Read more: Santa Cecília School of Music and Arts 1982-1985: My First Art Classes - From Image to Stone: A New Field of Inquiry
Before working with stone, Isfer explored creative languages that train different ways of seeing: technical drawing, painting, graphic production, filmmaking, theatre, design, and branding. Each experience brought its own questions… Read more: From Image to Stone: A New Field of Inquiry - A Life Between Worlds: The Making of Wilson Isfer's Artistic Vision
I do not believe that an artist is shaped by a single school, movement or reference. I believe artistic identity develops throughout life, through the accumulation of experiences, encounters, discoveries,… Read more: A Life Between Worlds: The Making of Wilson Isfer's Artistic Vision - Isfer: Image, Matter and Form
Isfer is the artistic signature of Wilson Isfer Filho, a Luso Brazilian visual artist and sculptor born in São Paulo and deeply rooted in the cultural and humanistic landscape of… Read more: Isfer: Image, Matter and Form