Nature and visceral expression are qualities that can be attributed to the paintings of Luiza Gottschalk. From the forest of the Serra da Mantiqueira, where she lived until the age of nine, she brought a unique perspective on landscapes, portraying the atmosphere of this dense forest in an organic way with fictional tones. Luiza says the first painting she ever saw in her life was the trees of the red grove. Today, color is the guiding element of her work. She has developed a unique technique that combines fabric, water, pigments, and oil paint. In this technique, chance is treated as skill in the way Luiza guides the paths of the colored waters, dyeing the canvas and composing with the oil paint. 

Graduated in Performing Arts from the Célia Helena Theater School (2001), in Visual Arts from FAAP (2014), and holding a postgraduate degree in Visual Arts from FAAP (2018), Luiza won the 46th and 47th Annual Art Awards at the Brazilian Museum of Art (MAB). Among her solo exhibitions, the highlights include Open Rehearsal (Praça das Artes, São Paulo, 2019 – curated by Ana Paula Cohen) and Clareira (National Museum of the Republic, Brasília/DF, 2022). Notable group exhibitions include Artists at Work (ISCP-NY, New York, 2020), Contemporary Artistic Practices: Continuing Education (MAB-FAAP, São Paulo, 2018), Surrealist Reverberations (MAB-FAAP, São Paulo/SP, 2024), and Sublime Spirit (Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York/NY, 2024). She also participated in international artist residencies at ISCP-NY in New York (2020), Siena Art Institute in Siena, Italy (2016), and Agora Collective in Berlin (2012).