Georgiana Rothier (Brazil) works for more than 25 years in the financial market. She is currently a partner at Turim Multi Family Office.
She served as a director at Credit Suisse in the Private Banking Wealth Management division. Georgiana joined Hedging Griffo in 2001 and became a partner in 2004. Previously, she worked at BTG Pactual.
Georgiana has a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in Finance from the Instituto Brasileiro de Capital Markets (IBMEC).
In addition, Georgiana is an advisor at the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo (MAM SP), being part of the Financial and Funding Committee, Pivô Arte e Pesquisa, as well as of the Solar dos Abacaxis Council. Georgiana Rothier is also one of the founders of the Ybytu residency in Brazil and is part of the international council of the New Museum in New York. It is part of the patron program at the Pinacoteca. She also acts as a mentor at the Quintessa Institute. accelerator of social businesses that aims to consolidate, expand and foster the development of this sector in Brazil.
Bernardo Faria (Brazil) is an entrepreneur and an art collector who lives between New York and São Paulo.
His collection is focused on the intersection of art and technology, and their impacts.
Bernardo was a partner and managing director of Foxbit, one of the largest exchanges of bitcoins from Brazil. Before Foxbit he was an investor and COO of Acesso Soluções of Payment, Brazil, a company focused on innovative payment solutions.
Bernardo has a degree in Business Administration and a postgraduate degree in business from IBMEC and also participated in the executive program at Singularity University, specializing in blockchain by Columbia University.
He is a member of the Board of Pivô Arte e Pesquisa and of the Ybytu residence in Brazil. And the International Council of the New Museum in New York.
He is also part of the group of patrons at the Pinacoteca.
Equipe Ybytu
Curator
Luiza Teixeira de Freitas is an independent curator based in Lisbon. Among the various projects she is involved with, her curatorial work with private collections stands out, as well as her active relationship with independent publications and artist books, having launched her own publisher Taffimai in 2018. Although based in Portugal, she frequently works with projects in São Paulo, New York, London, Los Angeles and has also a strong connection with the Middle East. Luiza is a strategy consultant at the Delfina Foundation in London, on the Board of Directors of Bidoun, and also, President and Board member of Operação Nariz Vermelho, Portugal.
Videographer - Special Projects
Antônio Pedro Faria, hailing from Brazil, is a student of the renowned Graded American School of São Paulo, currently applying to esteemed international universities. Aspiring to a diploma in the field of Political and Economic Sciences, Antônio Faria is driven by an innate enthusiasm for art, a trait that has accompanied him since his early years. His experiences in cosmopolitan cities such as New York, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo have bestowed upon him a unique appreciation for the mission and relevance of artistic residencies within the Brazilian context.