Júlia Pontés
Júlia Pontés is a Visual Artist and Mining Researcher who dedicates her work and research to mining explorations and extractivist practices. Her mining visual survey has garnered acclaim from esteemed institutions such as Anonymous Was a Woman, Visura, the National Geographic Society, McColl Center, Harvard University's Planetary Health Alliance, Blue Earth Alliance, the Center Santa Fe, Santa Fe Art Institute, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has been exhibited and published in numerous international venues, including museums, galleries, academic publications, and media outlets in the U.S., Brazil, Spain, Argentina, France, Germany, Portugal, Uruguay, Slovakia, and Guatemala. Júlia's academic background includes a specialization in Law and Economics from the Universidad Torcuato di Tella in Argentina, a photography certificate from the International Center of Photography (I.C.P.) in N.Y., and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University.
News
Visual Arts alumna Júlia Pontés ’22 is among the inaugural recipients of the Environmental Art Grant, a new program launched by Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) in collaboration with the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Visual Arts student Júlia Pontés received a Grant from National Geographic for her project on COVID-19 impacts in mining communities and the environment.
Work by Júlia Pontés
People and their communities affected by mining in Conceição do Mato Dentro
People and their communities affected by mining in Conceição do Mato Dentro
People and their communities affected by mining in Conceição do Mato Dentro
People and their communities affected by mining in Conceição do Mato Dentro
Aerial images done since 2015 to the present. Documentation of Brazilian large-scale mines, mostly in Minas Gerais.
Aerial images done since 2015 to the present. Documentation of Brazilian large-scale mines, mostly in Minas Gerais.
Aerial images done since 2015 to the present. Documentation of Brazilian large-scale mines, mostly in Minas Gerais.
Self portraits
Self portraits
Interviewing for documentary MG-129 during the pandemic, photo by Ana Cortat
Documenting advances of the mining industry in Minas Gerais, Brazil during the pandemic, photo by Ana Cortat
Working with 4x5 aerial camera in 2016, Personal Archive
In the studio at McColl Center, in Charlotte
In the studio at McColl Center, in Charlotte