Bio

Graciela Gonçalves Da Silva (Animalitoland) is an Argentine visual artist whose work explores how images can create meaningful encounters between people, emotions, and public space. Trained in Graphic Design at UBA and currently pursuing a Master’s in Research through Artistic Practice at UNVM, she creates intimate paintings and large-scale murals through stylized characters and vibrant color.

Having lived across Argentina, Spain, Canada, and the United States, her experience of moving between cultures has shaped an ongoing interest in displacement, belonging, and the ways people make a place their own. This perspective informs an approach rooted in listening before speaking and creating space for personal experiences to meet.

With more than 60 murals and exhibitions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, her work has been presented at Pictoplasma Berlin, featured in a solo exhibition at Madrid’s Swinton Gallery, and included in publications such as Street Art by Women: 50+ Essential Contemporary Artists (Hoaki Press).

Today, she expands her practice through artist-led mediation, exploring how the act of making images can become a shared space for reflection, connection, and emotional learning, while continuing to ask a simple question: How can art help us feel at home in our own skins?