NOVA*FernandaTrevellin

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Bio/CV

Fernanda Trevellin has been living in Berlin since 2008, where she completed her Master's in Interdisciplinary Arts at the University of the Arts Berlin in 2011 and was nominated for the prestigious "President's Award" (Preis des Presidentes der UdK). During her time at the university, she stood out as a member of the first class of the Institut für Raumexperimente (Ifrex), an interdisciplinary institute of art and science created by the renowned artist and professor Olafur Eliasson.


In Brazil, Fernanda graduated in Business Administration from EAESP FGV in 2004 and simultaneously studied Public Relations at ECA-USP. She began her artistic journey at the Panamerican School of Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art MAC-USP under the guidance of Professor Cristina Freire.


In 2006, she was invited to study Fine Arts at the Université de Lyon and Université de Lille and graduated in 2008 from the École de Beaux Arts Tourcoing with an honorable mention 'félicitations'. Later, at the University of Berlin, she expanded her artistic practice with a systemic and interdisciplinary approach, incorporating natural and exact sciences into her work.


Fernanda uses materials that encourage reflection on the human relationship with natural resources, highlighting awareness of their exploitation and innovative ways of valuing these elements to transform society. With the NOVAWATER*Club project, she seeks to promote reflection on the potential exchange between cultural, social, and economic capital through the most valuable element for the maintenance of life, water.


The research on water filtration began with the Aqua Vitae installation at AGORA Collective Berlin in 2012. In recent years, Fernanda has explored medicine and rejuvenation through water revitalization with medicinal crystals with the project NOVA*WaterDrinkingWater&Crystals.


Her work with water, which spans over a decade, integrates knowledge of Natural Sciences, inspired by the systemic thinking described in Fritjof Capra's book "The Tao of Physics". Using this approach, Fernanda explores the interconnection between different fields of knowledge and the importance of water for the health and flourishing of societies.


The combination of in-depth knowledge of natural sciences acquired in Germany with Brazil's abundance of natural resources, where most therapeutic crystals originate, enriches her research. Since 2012, she has studied water purification and revitalization with crystals based on the "Memory of Water" concept developed by research institutes in Stuttgart, Italy, France, and Austria.


Fernanda deepens her understanding of the medicinal properties of water through experiments conducted by the Space Institute Raumfahrt in Stuttgart, by Heilsteinschule in Switzerland, and by Masaru Emoto in Japan. Since then, she has coordinated architectural-scale projects in collaboration with engineers from the Technical University of Berlin (TU-Berlin) to create and install NOVA*Jungbrunnen, "the fountain of youth."


In 2017, she and a team of over 20 professionals installed the NOVA*Jungbrunnen at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin, an important contemporary art center in Germany. Other works were exhibited at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum and the cultural space Haus Der Kultur Nikkel in Mecklenburg Vorpommern.


Fernanda continued to develop the NOVAWATER*Club with the creation of SUPER*NOVA, a limited edition of 10 pieces to be auctioned, and NOVA*Klein, a personalized fountain with crystals, gold, and diamonds selected by herself. These initiatives consolidated the NOVAWATER*Foundation project, which allocates part of the sales to programs for water awareness and preservation, as well as the dissemination of NOVA*Jungbrunnen fountains in cultural and institutional spaces.
 

Until October 2024, Fernanda is in São Paulo, working on the NOVA*SalutPerAquaRosewoodSPBR_2024 project, in partnership with the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Studio Olafur Eliasson, Goethe Institute, German Consulate, and Rios&Ruas. This innovative project combines art, architecture, engineering, and cutting-edge German technology and aims to restore the spring of the Saracura River, located precisely beneath the new RosewoodSaoPaulo hotel. Through the artistic installations NOVA*MineralFilter and NOVA*Jungbrunnen, the spring waters of the Saracura River will be filtered and revitalized. At this altar, water will be served to the visitors of Cidade Matarazzo, enhancing the perception of the immense wealth flowing beneath the soil of the São Paulo capital.


 

Education

2009 - 2012 Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany, Meisterschüler professor Olafur Eliasson
2009 Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany, Institut für Raumexperimente, professor Olafur Eliasson

2006 -2008 École de Beaux Arts. Tourcoing, France, Dimplôme National d ́Arts Plastiques 2004 Panamericana Escola de Design e Arte Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000 - 2004 Bachelor Business Administration. Fundação Getúlio Vargas. São Paulo, Brazil

2000 Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Comunicação e Arte - ECA USP


Current projects

2024
NOVA*Fonte Rio Saracura: artistic and urban project to open the water source of Rio Saracura, underground of Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil

2023
Im spiegel: Otto Steinert und Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante // Otto Steinert e Foto Cine Clube Bandeirante no espelho
Co-curatorial project with Iatã Cannabrava: exhibition and catalog of the photo archive of FCCB and Dr. Otto Steinert in Germany
Saarbrücken Museum, Saarbrück, Germany, Dr. Augustin
Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin, Germany, Prof. Henrik Hanstein
Leitz-Leica, Viena, Austria, Dr. Johannes Faber and Dr. Anna Zimm

NOVAWATER*Club - NOVAWATER*Foundation
Installation of the NOVA*DrinkingWaterFountain&Crystals in public spaces, educational institutions, public and private collections. Funds reverted directly in cultural and educational projects for the knowledge and protection of water.




Exhibitions

2022 SUPER*NOVA & NOVA*Klein, Studio VonTrevellin, Berlin, Germany

2021 NOVA*Jungbrunnen, Collective Nikkel Forsthaus, Mecklenburg Vorpommen, Germany

2020 Inner Sun & Möbius Strip in 756.982 forms, HEW - House for the End of the World, with Elana Katz, Berlin, Germany

2018 NOVA*Prime Matter, Welt ohne Außen, Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, Berlin, Germany

2017 NOVA*Jungbrunnen, Festival of Future Nows, Museum Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany

2015 Pachamama, Festival Food Art, Berlin, Germany

2014 Einklang, Festival of Future Nows, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany

Mineral Filter Inselbrücke, Korea-Deutschland Festival, Berlin, Germany

2013 Aqua Vitae, AGORA Collective Berlin, Germany

2012 Coffee Impulsive System, Central Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

Fluid Structures, Positioning Osmotic Impulses, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2011 Ressonanz, Central Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
 Perpetual Frequency, Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany

2010 Bel_Vedere, Pfefferberg’s cellar, Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin, Germany




Grants, awards

2014 Prize Jaqueline Diffring Foundation, Neue National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Publication Positioning Osmotic Impulses, Curator Bonaventura, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2011 Nominated for the Preis des Präsidenten, University of Arts (UdK), Berlin, Germany 2010 Publication Otto Rössler: Impossible Talks, Institut für Raumexperimente, Berlin, Germany

2008 Prize Félicitations DNAP. École de Beaux Arts, Grant AREA, Tourcoing, France