MUNTHE ART MONDAY: JÚLIA MARTINS MIRANDA
Please introduce yourself and tell us about what you do.
My name is Júlia Martins Miranda, and I’m a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist. My practice
moves between painting, photography, music, writing, and video. Although each medium has
its own language, they are all connected by a sense of nostalgia. Through my ongoing
Pindorama series, I explore the relationship between personal memory and cultural origins,
drawing constant inspiration from Brazilian music and poetry. Rather than depicting reality,
my paintings seek to translate a feeling.
Júlia is wearing our NINIA SKIRT and NAKOA TOP.
Can you name some other female (artist) that inspires you and explain why they do so?
I’ve always been deeply inspired by what Cora Coralina, Adélia Prado, and Clarice Lispector
shared with the world through their writing. Their imagery, symbolism, and profound
sensitivity often find their way into my paintings. Throughout my life, Tarsila do Amaral has
been one of my greatest artistic references. Beyond her extraordinary contribution as one of
the leading figures of Latin American modernism, I’m deeply moved by the way she
embraced and celebrated her own culture. Her sense of belonging, and her gratitude for being
part of a country she sought to represent through her work, continues to resonate with me as a
Brazilian artist. I also greatly admire contemporary artists such as Jeanette Getrost and Peggy
Kuiper. Their work is very different from my own, but that's what I find inspiring. I'm drawn
to artists with a strong vision, people who create a world so coherent and personal that, as a
viewer, you can't help but step into it.
Júlia is wearing our NOEY KNIT.
What would you like people to notice in your artwork?
I hope people notice a feeling. I would love for the paintings to leave space for viewers to
bring their own memories and experiences into them.
My work isn't about recreating places exactly as they are. It's about how landscapes, colors,
and forms become transformed by memory and emotion. If someone walks away feeling a
sense of warmth, longing, joy, or even remembering a place that belongs only to them, then I
feel the work has done what it was meant to do.
Could you explain more about how being a woman has affected your career?
To be honest, it isn't something I think about very often in relation to my own career, because
my personal experience has been overwhelmingly positive. I've been surrounded by women
for most of my life, and that created a strong sense of belonging from an early age. I feel
incredibly fortunate to have grown up among women who were independent, generous, and
deeply supportive. They gave me the confidence to pursue whatever path I felt drawn to,
without ever making me feel that certain ambitions were beyond my reach. Because of that,
I've always associated being a woman with a sense of encouragement rather than limitation.
What has been the most challenging aspect of being a woman in the arts?
As I mentioned before, I can't honestly say that I've personally experienced gender as a
defining limitation throughout my career in the arts. I know that many women have, and I
don't take my own experience as representative of everyone else's. If anything, I feel
fortunate that my path has unfolded differently. I would rather say that age felt like more of
an issue, as I started young and sometimes felt that people wouldn't take me seriously. That
often made me doubt myself.
Júlia is wearing our NINIA SKIRT and NAKOA TOP.
