I am Barbara Oliveira, a graduate in Visual Arts and an Illustrator. I chose this course and profession because I see art as a way to create bridges between the adult world and the child’s world, full of fantasy. I especially choose children’s books because I see them as humanizing objects capable of transmitting ideas in an accessible and playful way.

Barbara Oliveira

I am Barbara Oliveira, a graduate in Visual Arts and an Illustrator. I chose this course and profession because I see art as a way to create bridges between the adult world and the child’s world, full of fantasy. I especially choose children’s books because I see them as humanizing objects capable of transmitting ideas in an accessible and playful way.

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I am Barbara Oliveira, a graduate in Visual Arts and an Illustrator. I chose this course and profession because I see art as a way to create bridges between the adult world and the child’s world, full of fantasy.

I especially choose children’s books because I see them as humanizing objects capable of transmitting ideas in an accessible and playful way.

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Language

Portuguese
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Illustrator at Zastras Educação
February 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026
Illustrations for two educational books.
Illustrator (Children’s book illustration) at Cordel D’Prata
August 1, 2023 - November 30, 2024
Completed three illustration projects for a publisher, each consisting of 10 illustrations per book: “The Girl Who Guarded Nature,” “Amália the Tic-Tac Whale,” and “Bongo, A Special Little Elephant.” Created character and scene illustrations that support each story’s themes and guided visual storytelling for children’s literature.
Illustrator at Cordel D'Prata
August 1, 2023 - November 1, 2024
Completed three illustration-heavy projects for the publisher, each comprising 10 illustrations for a book: 'The Girl Who Guarded Nature', 'Amália the Tic-Tac Whale', and 'Bongo, A Special Little Elephant'. The work involved character design and narrative imagery to support the stories.
Illustrator at Brincadeira de Criança
July 31, 2022 - October 31, 2022
Created and illustrated a tactile box toy titled 'Find and Fit: Learn to Write,' enabling children to exercise touch, visual perception, and motor coordination by fitting pieces together while practicing writing, following the Montessori method of self-correction. Also illustrated 16 base figures and lids, and contributed to overall storytelling and character development for the toy set.

Education

Bachelor's Degree at Visual Arts, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025
Bachelor's Degree in Visual Arts at Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)
January 1, 2022 - December 1, 2025

Qualifications

100 anos do Muralismo Mexicano na América Latina (1922-2022)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
V III Colóquio de Pesquisas sem Fundamentos, Poéticas e Ensino de Artes Visuais e II Seminário do Mestrado Profissional em Artes - 2022
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
VIII Colóquio de Pesquisas sem Fundamentos, Poéticas e Ensino de Artes Visuais - 2022
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
IX Colóquio de Pesquisas sem Fundamentos, Poéticas e Ensino de Artes Visuais - IV Seminário do Mestrado Profissional em Artes - 2022
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Apoio Técnico Operacional
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Projeto de Ensino de Graduação 'Aproximações - exposições didáticas de pintura'
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Action of Extension “100 anos do Muralismo Mexicano e outros muralismos na América Latina (1922-2022)”
January 11, 2030 - July 17, 2026
Action of Extension “VIII Colóquio de Pesquisas em Fundamentos, Poéticas e Ensino de Artes Visuais e II Seminário do Mestrado Profissional em Artes - 2022”
January 1, 2022 - July 17, 2026
Action of Extension “IX Colóquio de Pesquisas em Fundamentos, Poéticas e Ensino de Artes Visuais e IV Seminário do Mestrado Profissional em Artes”
January 11, 2030 - July 17, 2026
Action with Technical Operational Support for “Arte, pesquisas e epistemologias”
January 11, 2030 - July 17, 2026
Graduation Teaching Project “Aproximações - exposições didáticas de pintura”
January 11, 2030 - July 17, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization