VERÔNICA ALKMIM FRANÇA

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VERÔNICA ALKMIM FRANÇA multidisciplinar artist/photographer has lived for many years in Sweden and Brazil. Graduated in Fine Arts, Photography and Communication. In her portifolio includes sculptures, wearables, photos, scenarios, textiles, among others.

Born in Brazil she emerged during the 90,’s as one of the pioneers of wearable art in Brazil fostering interpretations that brought with them innumerable discussions between the fine line that separate design, art and fashion and inspiring emerging generations. Verônica's work was also highlighted by the precious photographic documentation of her artistic works and recently her revelation as an authorial photographer.

Reversing the trend of mass consumption and far from social networks, she always questions the culture of excess and its changing aesthetics in today's world and  works with disadvantaged people, which creates visibility for these groups and cultural social actions.

Veronica's works were exhibited at Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte; Fundação Cultural de Curitiba; Casa das Rosas, São Paulo. In Europe and Asia, at the Barbican Centre, London; National Costume Museum, Lisbon; Kulturhuset, Stockholm; Dunkerskulturhus, Helsingborg; Cheongju, South Korea; Anna Akhmatova Museum in Saint Petersburg, Praxis Gllary in USA, Berlin Photo Week in Germany, and has participated in residencies and received honorable mentions from the institutions NIFCA, Konstnärsnänmden The Swedish Grants Art Comiteé, Längmanska Kulturfonden, Helge Axsons Jonsson.

Between 2004 and 2014 she was a producer and curator of the collection of photographer “Chichico Alkmim”, her grandfather, currently in the custody of the IMS, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

She is one of the winners of Female In Focus International Photography Award 2022 - The British Journal Of Photography's – 1894, Brasilia Photo Show 2022, Chromatic International Photo Awards, Monochrome Photo International Awards, nominated for Re-Focus International Awards, 2nd Place winner in Photo Manipulation of FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards, nominated for Color International Photo Awards, Re-Focus Color International Awards, has participate in The Women In Photography Exhibition In Glasgow, Scotland In 2023, Official selection of IPA International Photography Awards 2023, Honorable Mention in 2023 of Px3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris, Budapest Photo Awards, Aesthetica Magazine Prize, Pispa-Paris International Street Photo Awards, Silver Winner At Px3 Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2024,  Particular Merit Mention of All About Photo Magazine 43 Color 2024, Honorable mention in Budapest Photo Awards 2024, has collaborated  with Wiego  (Women In Informal Employment) and The Sheffield University  on  CATA Project - Climate Change and Women Waste Pickers, which was on display at Memorial Minas Gerais Vale 2024/24, BH, Brazil and The Mind Festival, Sheffield, England, and Aesthetica Magazine Prize 2025 longlist, FotoFestival Paranapiacaba 2025, Curatorial selected of PX3 State of the World 2025, Curatorial Selection of Gathering Place - A Family Album - Griffin Museum, USA, 2025, Honorable Mention at ND Awards 2025, Bronze Medal/Golden Hour of Pispa-Paris Street Photo Awards 2025,  participation at exhibition COP 30 -Imagens para adiar o fim do mundo, UFPA Museu, Belém, Brazil,  Silver Medal/Still life  at Foto Slovo International Awards 2026.

The artist fosters an analysis of the "state of the art", examined through the effects of the consumer society, of the rapid destruction of the environment, and of the stress on what is considered a modern society that increasingly covers itself in the illusion of completeness.

Currently, Veronica’s work is being structured and cataloged in order to make possible more choices in the field of art and culture.  Thus, exhibitions, events, and instances can be more constructive, creative, and interesting for the public.