Rodrigo Masina Pinheiro (b.1987) is a visual artist born and raised in Vila da Penha, Rio de Janeiro’s periphery. Masina questions the experiences of identity groups and how they are discredited and shot down. In 2021, she was awarded the PH MUSEUM Photography Grant 2021, with Gal Cipreste Marinelli, to develop the work GH and selected for the Pierre Verger Award, Bahia, and the X Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia with the series Do not bring flowers.
Gal Cipreste Marinelli (b. 1998) is a visual artist, musician and trans non-binary photographer, born in São Gonçalo, RJ, where she spent most of her childhood and adolescence. Her research addresses themes such as the creation of gender narratives, the fictionalization of reality and monstrosity. Contemplated with the PH MUSEUM Photography Grant (2021) in partnership with Rodrigo Masina Pinheiro. Gal was part of the 10º Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes: Por Dentro de Um Tempo Suspenso, a collective exhibition with works made during the pandemic. She also writes and produces songs and will soon release her first single of a series of original covers.
