About the artist
Visual Artist and Sculptor
Mylene Costa is a Brazilian sculptor of international recognition, whose work stands out for its feminine power, formal elegance, and refined aesthetic sensitivity. Born in Cuiabá, Brazil, she has built a solid and authentic career, dividing her life between Brazil and the United States. Married to Sérgio Jacinto Costa and mother of three, she skillfully balances family life, rural production, and a flourishing artistic journey. Her sculpture is both language and thought — an invitation to contemplate the body, form, and memory. With a poetic and plural approach, her work moves between the figurative and the abstract, the structural and the symbolic, unconstrained by technical or thematic limits. Each piece is born from the fusion of intuition and reflection, evoking questions of time, ancestry, human relationships, and the silence of expanding forms. Recognized for her unique artistic signature, Mylene has exhibited in cultural centers across Europe, Latin America, and Brazil, gaining increasing visibility in major contemporary art shows and attracting the attention of critics, curators, and collectors alike.
“In my sculpture, I investigate the fissures left by time, the body, and the gaze on surfaces. I am drawn to organic shapes — sometimes sensual, sometimes unsettling — lines that open like incisions, inviting touch yet also imposing distance. I work with materials that embody a duality: the metallic coldness of aluminum or the almost artificial sheen of automotive paint contrasts with the organic vibrancy of the forms, creating a tension between the industrial and the living. My works are not meant to merely seduce through visual impact; I aim to provoke a deeper reflection on the body, desire, and memory. I also explore the feminine form in motion — as language, presence, and metaphor. Some pieces emerge from gesture, others from folding — always as a response to something that pulses from within. Each sculpture is a trace of something breaking, bending, or blooming — a fragment of narrative that remains open, like a beautiful wound."
