Isadora Petrauskas
Isadora Petrauskas | |
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 Petrauskas in 2024 | |
| Born | September 21, 1987 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Education | PhD in Fine Arts, University of Porto |
| Occupations | Artist, author |
Isadora Petrauskas is a Brazilian–Lithuanian multimedia artist, scenographer, and academic. She is a co-founder of the theatre collective Teatro Voador Não Identificado (TVNI), whose work has been featured in Brazilian media outlets such as O Globo, Folha de São Paulo, and O Estado de S. Paulo.[1] Her projects have been developed in Brazil, the United Kingdom, Portugal, and China, combining elements of performance, scenography, and digital media.
Career
Petrauskas has collaborated on multiple productions with TVNI, a group that produces multimedia theatre with political and documentary elements. In 2015, the collective was nominated for the Prêmio Shell de Teatro for its production O Figurante.[2] Other works, including As Mil e Uma Noites and Shuffle, received coverage in national press for their use of personal testimony and mixed-media formats.[3][4]
In 2020, she presented the solo virtual reality work Tongue-Tied at the Ars Electronica[5] In 2019, she contributed to the Brazilian Pavilion at the Prague Quadrennial.[6]
Her first book, Estados para a Tensão, was published in 2025 by Annablume Editora. The publication collects poetic and theoretical reflections on themes such as embodiment, memory, and tension.[7]
Academic work
Petrauskas holds an MA in Design from Edinburgh Napier University and a PhD in Fine Arts from University of Porto. She has taught at institutions in the United Kingdom and China. As of 2025, she is Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), where she teaches in the Academy of Film and Creative Technology.[8]
Selected works
- O Figurante – TVNI, Shell Prize nominee (2015)
- As Mil e Uma Noites – TVNI (2018)
- Tongue-Tied – VR performance, Ars Electronica (2020)
- Estados para a Tensão – Book, Annablume Editora (2025)
References
- ↑ "press | tvni". en.teatrovoadornaoidentificado.com. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
- ↑ O Globo - Shell Prize Nominees
- ↑ O Globo - As Mil e Uma Noites
- ↑ Estadão - Companhia Teatro Voador
- ↑ Ars Electronica – Interwoven Existence
- ↑ PQ Catalogue
- ↑ Estados para a Tensão - Annablume
- ↑ XJTLU Staff Profile