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EXHIBITIONS

2023 Palácio dos poderes, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Washington DC, January 12 - February 26 (Solo show)
2022 Fragile Beauty, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH), I Street Galleries, Washington DC, May 9-July 1
2021 Inside Outside, Upside Down, Phillips Collection, Washington DC, July 17-September 12
2018 Best of the Best, Pepco Edison Place Gallery, Washington DC, August 7-31
2016 Bombay Sapphire and Rush Philanthropic Foundation Artisan Series, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, October
2014 Creativity and Culture: A Celebration, Art in Public Places, City of Austin, Austin, TX (Inauguration of commissioned public work)
2012 People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX, January 10-February 24 (Group show)
2011 East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX, November 12 - 20 (Group show)
2011 What Our Memory Holds, ISESE Gallery, John L. Warfield Center, University of Texas at Austin, March 10 - August 31 (Joint show with Janel Jefferson)
2010 Vaughan Christopher Gallery, Houston, TX, October 13 - November 30 (Group show)
2010 Reality x 2: Imagination as Lived Experience, George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX, June 3 - August 28 (Solo show)
2010 Sparkling Relevance, G Gallery, Houston, TX, February 6 - 28 (Solo show)
2008 Dance of Colors in the Zumbi Nation, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, February 14 - March 22 (Solo show)
2008 Records by Werllayne Nunes, Terranova, Gainesville, FL, January 25 - March 15 (Solo show)
2007 Works by Werllayne Nunes, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 1 – December 15 (Solo show)
2005 Voice of the Streets, The Bahia Project Benefit, Plataforma TriBeCa, New York, New York (Group show)
2004 Denovum, Ocean City, NJ (Solo show)
2003 Pilato’s Gallery, State College, PA (Solo show)
2003 A la risa contagiosa de Jairo, Casa do Brasil, Madrid, Spain (Group show)

PRESS

2012 Featured artist. KLRU Collective. KLRU-TV, Austin PBS. http://video.klru.tv/video/2289816741/
2012 Painting “Oxum” selected as invitation image for 2012 People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin, TX
2008 Rodriguez, Dinorah de Jesus. “Brazilian artist depicts liveliness of African Diaspora.” South Florida Times. 22 February

LECTURES

2012 West Austin Studio Tour, People’s Gallery Artist Talk, City Hall, Austin, TX, May 15
2010 George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, Austin, TX, June 26 and August 5
2008 Contemporary Art in Brazil, University of Texas at Austin, November 13
2008 Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, FL, February 16

AWARDS

2012 Finalist, 2D Artist of the Year, Austin Visual Arts Awards, Austin Visual Arts Association

COLLECTIONS

Public collections

Austin Art in Public Places, E. 7th St. Obelisco, Austin, Texas

George Washington Carver Museuam and Cultural Center, Austin, Texas

Miami – Dade Public Library, Miami, Florida