The gift of enchantments

Fernando França's creations arrived at the Museum of Tomorrow as a result of the G20 meeting, which took place there during the first week of October. Aligned with the thematic axis "Life is intelligent," the exhibition at the Museum of Tomorrow has been extended until November 3rd, opening to the public.

In 2024 and 2025, the Museum of Tomorrow celebrates all intelligences—human, non-human, and more than human—to discuss how, through collaboration and synergy, they can lead all living things on this planet to a collective state of well-being. Fernando França's creations engage with myths and dreams of his homeland, Rio Branco, Acre, and invite visitors to reflect on the complex relationships between culture, environment, and identity. His works, which move between drawing and painting, emerge from a sensitivity to local and global narratives, weaving a dialogue between the Amazonian imaginary and contemporary issues of sustainability.

Fernando França is a draftsman, painter, and holds a master's degree in Brazilian Literature from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC). He has participated in numerous exhibitions and group shows in Brazil and abroad, including France and Portugal.

Few artists can claim to give life to the enchanted beings, creatures granted the grace of existence through the mystery of the invisible. Fernando França stands out by creating, in his works, the richness of Amazonian worldviews, presenting creatures that do not inhabit either bank of the river, but flow on a "third bank," symbolizing the fluidity between the human and the mystical. His art transcends representation, immersing itself in a dialogue between dream and reality.

Fernando's painting, constructed with the endorsement of the fantastic, deconstructs this reality and unveils the lie that, in the name of civility, is the shaping of identities without the right to dream. Dona Zenaide, a shaman from Pará, has lived with the Karuna people on Marajó Island since childhood and receives from them the songs she uses to establish healing power. These same songs reveal the magical and healing message of the beings of the waters, telling us that we are water inside and outside the rivers that flow internally within us.

Beyond aesthetic expression, Fernando's art is a sensory and poetic experience. By connecting with the Amazon rainforest, he shares knowledge that illuminates and renews our understanding of the world. His artistic vision offers us a new way of seeing, allowing the gift of dreaming through an ancient poetics that renews us and grants us a luminous art and soul.