INSTITUTIONAL EDUCATION
2020 Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
2015 Exchange Program in Architecture at London South Bank University through the Science Without Borders program, England
2025 Postgraduate Specialization in Popular Cultural Practices, Museu Théo Brandão and UFAL, Brazil
EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2026 Group exhibition Construção
Lúmina, Alagoas, Brazil
2025 Group exhibition Contraste
Museu Théo Brandão, Alagoas, Brazil
2024 Duo exhibition Dead Roots Still Dance Upon the Earth
Deodoro Cultural Complex, Alagoas, Brazil
with Lucas Cardoso
2024 Installation Alambique Fantasia for the FOZ runway show, São Paulo Fashion Week
2024 Collaboration with jewelry designer Bruna Bert, Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
2024 Collaboration with researcher and designer Antonio Castro, FOZ brand, São Paulo, Brazil
2023 II Contemporary Art Salon
Deodoro Cultural Complex, Alagoas, Brazil
2023 Installation Laura’s Tale for the FOZ runway show, São Paulo Fashion Week
2024 Collaboration with master artisan Camila Rodrigues, Ilha do Ferro, Alagoas, Brazil
2022 Art Direction for the short film Infantaria
RESIDENCY
2024
Kaaysá Art Residency, Boiçucanga, São Paulo
Development of the project
Every Day I Offer the Soil the Remains of Myself
AWARDS
2025
PIPA Prize
1st Place – Online Category
2023
Special Jury Award at the Generation 14plus section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) for Infantaria (participation: Art Direction)
Best Art Direction Award at the Curta Taquary Festival for Infantaria
Best Art Direction Award at the Arapiraca Film Festival for Infantaria
2020
Mestre Zumba Award for Artistic and Cultural Recognition
Municipal Foundation for Cultural Action, Maceió, Alagoas
TRAINING PROGRAMS
2025 Lecture and portfolio review at Arte PE with Carolina Câmara (Pivô Arte e Pesquisa) and Ana Maria Maia (Pinacoteca SP), invited by Banco do Nordeste Cultural
2015 Art Direction course with Vera Hamburger through Fundação Joaquim Nabuco
2015 Art Direction for Film at University of the Arts London, England
2020 Course The Making and Thinking of Hands by Urdume Institute, Brazil
2022 Wood sculpture and carpentry course at Atelier da Madeira and Cose Di Legno schools, São Paulo
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2026 Between Matter, Memory, and Transformation: The Living Sculptures of Lyara Cavalcanti:
https://brazilianmagazine.net/entre-materia-memoria-e-transmutacao-a-escultura-viva-de-lyara-cavalcanti/
2025 Lyara Cavalcanti, artist nominated for the PIPA Prize 2025. PIPA Prize:
https://www.premiopipa.com/lyara-cavalcanti/
2025 1st Place – Online Category, PIPA Prize 2025. PIPA Prize:
https://www.premiopipa.com/2025/08/conheca-as-duas-vencedoras-do-pipa-online-2025/
2025 Northeast Presence: Winners of the PIPA Online 2025 Prize. Art Ref:
https://arteref.com/exposicoes-e-eventos/conheca-as-duas-vencedoras-do-premiopipa-online-2025/
2025 Lyara Cavalcanti and the Legacy of Alagoan Masters. ARTESOL:
https://artesol.org.br/stories/lyara-cavalcanti-e-o-legado-dos-mestres-alagoanos-que-atravessa-origens-geracoes-e-categorias-da-historia-da-arte/
2025 Lyara: the artist who carves her story into wood. Gazeta de Alagoas, Maceió, Alagoas: https://www.gazetadealagoas.com.br/caderno-b/832935/lyara-cavalcanti-a-artista-alagoana-que-entalha-sua-historia-na-madeira
2025 Lyara’s Incarnated Matter by Jhonyson Nobre. PIPA Prize: https://www.premiopipa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/lyara-cavalcanti-o-que-ainda-estamos-por-reinventar-Lyara-Cavalcanti.pdf
2025 Exhibition “Dead Roots Still Dance Upon the Earth” by Lyara Cavalcanti and Lucas Cardoso. PIPA Prize:
https://www.premiopipa.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Expo-Ra%C3%ADzes-Mortas-1-Lyara-Cavalcanti.pdf
2024 Exhibition “Dead Roots Still Dance Upon the Earth” by Lyara Cavalcanti and Lucas Cardoso. Gazeta de Alagoas, Maceió, Alagoas:
https://www.gazetadealagoas.com.br/edicao-digital/Page?editionId=6166#book/16
2024 Exhibition “Dead Roots Still Dance Upon the Earth” by Lyara Cavalcanti and Lucas Cardoso. YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ooSvuPhmQ