b. May 12 1974, São Paulo, Brazil
EDUCATION
2010 | MA in History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2006 | MFA in Film, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
1998 | BA in Communications and Film, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
ACADEMIC HONORS
2005-2006 | Chancellor’s Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2004-2009 | Teaching assistantship, History and Film departments, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
2019-present | Co-owner, Lion's Tooth bookstore café and art space, Milwaukee, WI
2023-2024 | Ruth Arts Mary L. Nohl Alumni Award, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | The Center for Cartoon Studies BIPOC Scholarship, Graphic Memoir Workshop led by Mel Gilman, online
2021 | Community-Engaged Artist Trainer, TimeSlips Tele-Stories, Milwaukee, WI
2020 | Community-Engaged Artist, TimeSlips Tele-Stories, Milwaukee, WI
2018 | Ape Girl, Best Documentary Feature, Coney Island Film Festival, New York City, NY
2016 | Ex Fabula Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
2015 | Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Export Fund, Milwaukee, WI and São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2014 | ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2013 | Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists, Emerging Artist Category, Milwaukee, WI
1999 | XIII Woman’s Day Award (for work at MTV Brazil), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1999 | Best Editorial Project, Comic Book: O Novo Quadrinho Norte Americano (Comic Book: New North American Comics), 12th HQ Mix, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
SELECTED COMICS and ILLUSTRATION
2021-present | May You Get What You Want, graphic novel, work in progress
2023 | Cicada Comics number 1, self-published mini comic
2022 | L de Lula (L for Lula), illustration for President Lula's reelection campaign in Brazil, featured as the cover of O Trabalho, Brazil's longest running worker's rights newspaper
2020 | Matryoshka, self-published zine of drawings and stories for TimeSlips Tele-Stories
2003 | As Meninas de Guadalupe (The Guadalupe Girls), illustrated kids' series, Menina magazine, Brazil
1999 | Draga, exhibition of drawings in group show, Oitava DP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"20 Years Later: Lion's Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Megan Kelso," Milwaukee Record, 06.02.2023
"A Cartooning Eccentric", essay for the 2022 Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists exhibition catalogue, highlighting the work of 2022 Nohl Fellow JW Balsley, Milwaukee, WI, May 2023.
Nossa Amiga Maggie / Our Friend Maggie, Preface to the Brazilian edition of Maggie The Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez (Maggie A Mecânica), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Editora Veneta, 2023.
Feminista de Mau Gosto / Bad Taste Feminist, Preface to the Brazilian edition of My New York Diary by Julie Doucet (Diário de Nova York), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Editora Veneta, 2022.
“Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira remembers cartoonist Richard Sala,” Milwaukee Record, 05.07.2021
“Watch a Lion’s Tooth video tour of the MOWA comics exhibit,” video interview with Museum of Wisconsin Art curator J. Tyler Friedman, Milwaukee Record, 09.14.2020
“Lion’s Tooth: How to make it to the other side of 2020 while selling books in Milwaukee,” Milwaukee Record, 07.30.2020
“Online story times, live drawing, and virtual studio visits to help you and your kids stay busy at home,” Milwaukee Record, 03.19.2020
“20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Eric Reynolds,” Milwaukee Record, 02.19.2020
“20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Peter Bagge,” Milwaukee Record, 01.09.2020
“20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Dame Darcy,” Milwaukee Record, 12.05.2019
“20 Years Later: Lion’s Tooth co-owner Cris Siqueira in conversation with Gilbert Hernandez,” Milwaukee Record, 10.24.2019
“My Own Private Mary Nohl House,” Essay in The Milwaukee Anthology, Justin Kern, ed. (Cleveland, OH: Belt Publishing, 2019): 23–25
SELECTED TRANSLATIONS (English to Portuguese)
Pekar, Harvey and Waldman, JT, Não a Israel que Meus Pais Me Prometeram (Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2024.
Doucet, Julie, Diário de Nova York. (My New York Diary), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2022.
Cowdry, Nathan, Rosie na Floresta. (Crash Site), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2022.
Hernandez, Gilbert, Luba e Sua Família. (Luba and Her Family), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2021.
Hernandez, Gilbert, Além de Palomar. (Beyond Palomar), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2019.
Hernandez, Gilbert, Diastrofismo Humano. (Human Diastrophism), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Veneta, 2017.
Sacco, Joe, Uma História de Sarajevo. (The Fixer: A Story from Sarajevo), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2005.
Sacco, Joe, Derrotista. (Notes from a Defeatist), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2005.
Kuper, Peter, A Metamorfose. (The Metamorphosis), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2004.
Schulz, Charles M., Snoopy, Eu Te Amo! o Amor Em Forma de Tirinhas Apaixonadas. (Snoopy, I Love You), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2004.
Clowes, Daniel, Como Uma Luva de Veludo Moldada em Ferro. (Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2002.
Sacco, Joe, Palestina: Uma Nação Ocupada. (Palestine), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2000.
Home, Stewart, Assalto à Cultura: Utopia, subversão, guerrilha na (anti)arte do século XX. (The Assault on Culture: Utopian Currents from Letrisme to Class War), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS AS EDITOR and ASSISTANT EDITOR
Siqueira, Cris, ed. Menina. (monthly periodical geared at teenage girls), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 2001-2002.
Campos, Rogério de, ed. Comic Book: O Novo Quadrinho Norte Americano. (Comic Book: New American Comics). Selection, intros and translation of a comics anthology featuring work by Peter Bagge, Daniel Clowes, Lloyd Dangle, Dame Darcy, Debbie Drechsler, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Richard Sala, Joe Sacco and Adrian Tomine), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 1999.
Campos, Rogério de, ed. The Spirit. (assistant editor, Brazilian collection of Will Eisner comics), São Paulo, SP, Brazil: Conrad, 1999.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
2020 | Saudade 2020 (digital, experimental, USA, 1’ 48”)
2018 | Ape Girl (digital, documentary, Brazil/USA, 61')
2016 | At the Rodeo (digital, experimental animation, USA, 1'51")
2015 | Unpopular Opinions (digital, experimental animation, USA, 3')
2015 | Ape Girl - installation (digital and mixed media, experimental, USA, 4’11”)
2014 | Hoopula (digital, experimental, USA, 2'15")
2008 | Ka-Doo - single channel version (MiniDV, experimental, USA, 11')
2007 | 18/20 Hours (MiniDV, experimental, USA, 14')
2006 | Samba Curse (MiniDV, experimental, USA, 2')
2005 | Ka-Doo - installation (MiniDV and mixed media, experimental, USA, 11')
2002 | When I Scream (Super-8 on video and MiniDV, experimental, Brazil, 9'20")
1998 | Past Perfect (16mm, experimental, Brazil, 16')
1995 | Thief (Super-8 on video, experimental, Brazil, 11')
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2010 | Co-director: Epicurean, with Yara Howe (MiniDV, experimental, USA, 5'57")
2009 | Editor: Handmade Nation, directed by Faythe Levine (MiniDV, documentary, USA, 60')
SELECTED SCREENINGS and SHOWS
2021 | At the Rodeo, Beet Street Music Video Showcase, Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
2020 | Saudade 2020, Beet Street Music Video Project, online, Milwaukee, WI
2020 | Ape Girl, solo screening, Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI
2019 | Ape Girl, multiple screenings, Matilha Cultural, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2019 | Ape Girl, Brazilian premiere, CineSesc, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2019 | Ape Girl, official selection, Dumbo Film Festival, New York City, NY
2019 | Ape Girl, official selection, Miami Independent Film Festival, Miami, FL
2019 | Ape Girl, official selection, Beloit International Film Festival, Beloit, WI
2019 | At the Rodeo, installation in group show, The Nohl Fellowship at 15, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2018 | Ape Girl, World premiere and Best Documentary Feature, Coney Island Film Festival, New York City, NY
2018 | Ape Girl, industry sneak peak, The Southern Sideshow Hootenanny, New Orleans, LA
2016 | At the Rodeo, official selection, 39th Elche International Independent Film Festival, Alicante, Spain
2016 | At the Rodeo, official selection, 3er Concorso de Cortometraje Experimental Locomoción, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
2016 | At the Rodeo, official selection, Festival de Cinema Girona 2016, Girona, Spain
2016 | At the Rodeo, official selection, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong
2016 | At the Rodeo, official selection, Indie Wise, online, USA
2015 | Unpopular Opinions, installation in group show, Mary L. Nohl "Out of the Suitcase" Exhibition, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
2015 | Ape Girl, installation in group show and lecture, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship for Individual Artists, INOVA Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2015 | Ape Girl, installation in solo show and lecture, Las Magrelas gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2014 | Ape Girl, lecture and excerpts, Livraria Cultura, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
2013 | Ape Girl, lecture and excerpts, Tim Demerer's Battle of Magicians, Canton, OH
2013 | Ape Girl, lecture and excerpts, Milwaukee Film Festival: Work in Progress Forum, Milwaukee, WI
2013 | Ape Girl, excerpts, Woodland Pattern Bookcenter, Milwaukee, WI (program curated by Cecelia Condit)
2008 | Ka-Doo, official selection, The Milwaukee Show, Milwaukee, WI
2007 | 18/20 Hours, official selection, Orlando Hispanic Film Festival, Orlando, FL
2007 | 18/20 Hours, official selection, Milwaukee International Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
2007 | 18/20 Hours, official selection and 3rd place, Best Documentary Short, The Indie Gathering, Cleveland, OH
2007 | 18/20 Hours, official selection, DigiFestivalnet, online and Florence, Italy
2007 | 18/20 Hours, screening, Indie Can Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2007 | 18/20 Hours, screening in group show, Ninguém é de Ninguém, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2007 | 18/20 Hours, screening in group show, Kunzelman-Esser Lofts Gallery Night, Milwaukee, WI
2005 | Ka-Doo, installation in group show, INOVA Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2003 | When I Scream, official selection, Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH
2003 | When I Scream, official selection, Women in the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL
2002 | When I Scream, official selection, Coney Island Short Film Festival, New York City, NY
2002 | When I Scream, official selection, Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002 | When I Scream, official selection, aluCine: Toronto Latin American Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2002 | When I Scream, screening, Las Señoritas Music Festival, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2001 | Roller Coaster, solo photography show, Na Rede Café, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1999 | Past Perfect, official selection and Language Innovation Award, Academic Film Festival at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1999 | Past Perfect, official selection and , Academic Night/ Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1999 | Past Perfect, screening in group show, Curta Circuito, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS and OUTREACH
2023 | A Mary Nohl Sunrise by BearBear, in-store exhibition and discussion of the work with Alex Gartelmann, John Michael Kohler Art Center's Mary Nohl program director, Lion's Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2023 | How a Flower is Born by Casey "KC" Harrison, in-store exhibition, Lion's Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2023 | Luke Chappelle showcase, in-store exhibition, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2022-23 | Dandelion Comics Residency, presented by Lion’s Tooth in partnership with BearBear and MILK Comic Fest and with mentorship by Quinn Blackshere, Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere. 2022-23 Artist-in-Residence Casey “KC” Harrison, selected by jurors John Porcellino (fellow cartoonist, King-Cat Comics), Eric Reynolds (publisher, Fantagraphics Books) and Liz Mason (retail curator, Quimby’s Chicago)
2022 | On-site mural project by Chandler Hougan, Lion's Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2022 | Zack Pieper post-it window installation, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | Clark Rendall showcase, in-store exhibition, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | I'm So Easy to Love: A Visual Book of Affirmations, xeroxed zine, mentorship to emerging artist Alyssa Cuffie, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | BearBear showcase, in-store exhibition, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | Pacolli showcase, in-store exhibition, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | More Pleasant Dreams, mini comic, mentorship to emerging artist Rose Camara, Lion's Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2021 | Welcome to the Wasteland, risographed zine, production support to emerging artist Hunter Louis, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
2020 | Teenage Life, xeroxed mini comic, mentorship to emerging artist Pilot Lee, Lion’s Tooth, Milwaukee, WI
MUSIC and PERFORMANCE
2022-present | Spidora - rock band: lead singer, Milwaukee, WI
2013-2015 | Resist Her Transistor - rock band: bass player, Milwaukee, WI
2011-2012 | Jim Zajicek’s Big Circus Sideshow, traveling attraction: outside talker, TX, LA
2008-2011 | World of Wonders Sideshow, traveling attraction: outside talker, snake charmer, inside lecturer, illusion assistant, NY, NJ, PA, OH, KS, IN, FL, MN
1998-2003 | Go Hopey - rock band: lead singer and bass player, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES and EXPERIENCE
2013-present | Volunteer, Girls Rock Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
2014-2019 | Volunteer, Girls Rock Camp Brazil, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil
2005-2008 | Co-founder, Brewcity Bruisers (roller derby league), Milwaukee, WI
2002-2004 | Field research and documentation of the circus community, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2000-2003 | Owner, Vida Loca bookstore (specialized in art comics) inside the Na Rede cyber café, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1999-2001 | Writer and director, Production Department, MTV Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1996-1999 | Art director, Promo Department, MTV Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1994 | Assistant to filmmaker José Mojica Marins (Coffin Joe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil