Rose Afefé (1988) works across installation, painting, and photography, drawing from childhood memories. In 2018, she began creating Terra Afefé, a human-scale microcity built from earth using the adobe technique (sun-dried clay bricks) and painted with lime. Located in the rural area of Ibicoara, Bahia, in the Chapada Diamantina region, Terra Afefé functions as a place for gathering and coexistence, connecting art and life while fostering local perspectives to strengthen territorial knowledge. Observation and interaction with nature are key to cultivating more vibrant and spontaneous ways of living. The poetics of this territory unfold in the imagery and storytelling that surround Rose’s artistic practice.

Her recent exhibitions include O início do mundo at Pinakotheke Cultural, Rio de Janeiro; Histórias da Ecologia at MASP, São Paulo; the XII Bienal do Recôncavo; and Ecos Malês at Casa das Histórias de Salvador. In 2024, she held her first solo exhibition, A vergonha quase me tirou a memória, at A Gentil Carioca; and in 2025, Re-construção, in Paris. She has participated in residencies at institutions such as Fundação Agnès b., Hangar, Lisbon; JA.CA – Centro de Arte e Tecnologia, Minas Gerais; Pivô, Salvador; and Muros: Territórios compartilhados, Fortaleza. The artist received the Prêmio FOCO 2023, and was awarded at the Salão de Artes Visuais da Bahia, and was nominated for the Prêmio PIPA 2022. Her work is part of the Instituto Alexa – Humanamente Responsável collection.

In paintings such as Untitled (2024), Rose Afefé uses, in addition to acrylic, popular construction materials like modeling paste and sand, with which she develops a sustainable adobe technique. The works are fragments of the many memories the artist carries from her childhood in Bahia’s countryside. They emerge as poetic spaces—fabulations of what could be presented in fragments, whether from an inner or outer place. The works arise as territories of color and thought.

The piece was featured in Ecos Malês, Casa das Histórias de Salvador (2025).