Jessica Seabra

She holds a PhD and a Master's degree from the Graduate Program of the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of São Paulo (IAU-USP), where she also earned her degree in Architecture and Urbanism. Her academic research focuses on the fields of Art Theory, Criticism, and History, as well as Theory and History of Architecture and Urbanism. She is an associate researcher at the NEC - Center for Studies on Contemporary Spatialities at IAU-USP, working on the research axis "Political Economy of Culture and Art." She is also a research professor in the Research Group "Right to the City: Socio-Spatial Dynamics" at the Várzea Grande University Center (UNIVAG), linked to the research line "Territorial and Local Development." Academically, she has investigated the relationship between contemporary architecture and/or art and its agents and institutions, as well as the processes of cultural and artistic mediation, particularly contemporary art curation. She has experience in the Arts field, with an emphasis on Art Theory and History, focusing on the following topics: Contemporary Art, History of Exhibitions, and Curation. Currently, she is a professor in the undergraduate and Master's courses in Architecture and Urbanism at Várzea Grande University Center (UNIVAG - MT). As a university professor, she has taught courses in Aesthetics and History of Art, Modern Architecture and Urbanism History, Representation for Architecture and Urbanism, Architectural Design, Civil Construction Project Management, and BIM (Building Information Modeling) project teaching. In the field of architectural and urban practice, she has experience in the design of public facilities, executive projects for single-family residences, and vertical multi-family residential real estate developments. She has worked in the public sector, managing administrative contracts for public tenders related to architectural and engineering projects and works, as well as coordinating and coordinating civil construction projects. She has also led teams and supervised technical activities related to urban land regularization for social housing. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)