Each image is a listening in motion.
Felipe Cretella is a Brazilian visual artist.
He explores the intersection of light, time, and gesture, creating images born from listening and sensorial experience.
He explores the intersection of light, time, and gesture, creating images born from listening and sensorial experience.
His practice moves across photography, video, painting, illustration, animation, and music — with a strong presence of the body, the accident, and the invisible.
With over 20 years of independent research, he has developed a hybrid language that traverses the authorial realm, the universe of childhood, and art direction for film, culture, and publicity.
CRETS is his space of expression. Art, childhood, and universes intertwine here with density, precision, and a sharp visual listening.
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BIOGRAPHY
Felipe Cretella is a visual artist and art director.
His practice moves through image, sound, and matter — grounded in manual processes, light experiments, and sensitive listening.
His trajectory unfolds across four main paths:
✦ Experimental authorial art
✦ Multiplatform projects for children
✦ Art direction for entertainment, culture, and advertising
✦ Research in artificial intelligence as a visual language
✦ Multiplatform projects for children
✦ Art direction for entertainment, culture, and advertising
✦ Research in artificial intelligence as a visual language
His work has been exhibited in Brazil and abroad, published in Elephant Magazine (UK/NL), and recognized with eight Honorable Mentions at the International Photography Awards (New York).
He has also had images licensed by Apple Music and TV Globo.
As an art director, he has collaborated on launch campaigns and created key arts and title treatments for Netflix, Prime Video, and others.
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AVAILABLE FOR
✦ Art direction for films, series, shorts, launches, and audiovisual projects
✦ Creation of films and visual experiences using artificial intelligence
✦ Licensing of original images, videos, and soundtracks
✦ Residencies and exhibitions with sensitive curation
✦ Collaborations in art, childhood, sound, and visual storytelling
✦ Visual and narrative consulting for cultural projects and streaming platforms
✦ Creation of films and visual experiences using artificial intelligence
✦ Licensing of original images, videos, and soundtracks
✦ Residencies and exhibitions with sensitive curation
✦ Collaborations in art, childhood, sound, and visual storytelling
✦ Visual and narrative consulting for cultural projects and streaming platforms
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EDUCATION | EXPERIENCE
✦ Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Arts – Mackenzie Presbyterian University (2002)
✦ Self-directed education in photography, painting, music, video, and animation
✦ Experience in hospital clowning and alternative education practices
✦ 25 years of experience as an art director in the advertising industry
✦ Self-directed education in photography, painting, music, video, and animation
✦ Experience in hospital clowning and alternative education practices
✦ 25 years of experience as an art director in the advertising industry
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EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
✦ Elephant Magazine – 6 published images (UK / Netherlands, 2010)
✦ Zero Hora – Culture section cover (Porto Alegre, 2010)
✦ Tina Zappoli Gallery (Brazil) – “Mundos,” “Gato Mia,” “Um Novo Horizonte” (2010, 2012, 2013)
✦ Casa da Lapa (São Paulo) – Mixto Quente – 7 editions (2009–2011)
✦ IPA Digital Exhibition (New York) – 2010 and 2011
✦ Zero Hora – Culture section cover (Porto Alegre, 2010)
✦ Tina Zappoli Gallery (Brazil) – “Mundos,” “Gato Mia,” “Um Novo Horizonte” (2010, 2012, 2013)
✦ Casa da Lapa (São Paulo) – Mixto Quente – 7 editions (2009–2011)
✦ IPA Digital Exhibition (New York) – 2010 and 2011
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SELECTED AUTHORIAL PROJECTS
✦ Quando Minha Cabeça Explodiu — Experimental photographic series
✦ Entidades / Galáxias Distantes — Photo installation
✦ Petsons — Animated characters and a playful universe on musicality
✦ Os Vivaldos — Animation, music, and musical literacy project with sound creatures
✦ Entidades / Galáxias Distantes — Photo installation
✦ Petsons — Animated characters and a playful universe on musicality
✦ Os Vivaldos — Animation, music, and musical literacy project with sound creatures
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COMMISSIONED PROJECTS | IMAGE LICENSING
✦ Netflix
✦ Amazon Prime Video
✦ TV Globo
✦ O2 Filmes
✦ Apple Music
✦ Amazon Prime Video
✦ TV Globo
✦ O2 Filmes
✦ Apple Music
The rest of this site is in Portuguese — for those willing to dive deeper.
CONTACT
For residency proposals, exhibitions, artistic collaborations, or image licensing inquiries, please feel free to get in touch.
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