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.

Over the past twelve years, living across Argentina, Spain, Canada, and the United States has shaped both her artistic practice and the questions that drive it. Repeatedly moving between cultures taught her that every community has its own emotional vocabulary, yet many of the feelings beneath those words are deeply familiar. That experience transformed public art, for her, into a way of listening before speaking.

Her work has resulted in more than 60 murals and exhibitions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. She has presented at Pictoplasma Berlin, held a solo exhibition at Madrid’s Swinton Gallery, and been featured in publications including 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?