Born in Cabo Frio in 1996, Larissa Laban is a Brazilian visual artist and designer based in São Paulo. Working across airbrush, oil painting, and ceramics, she creates textured, energetic, and boldly rendered figures that occupy a distinct and immersive visual language.
Her compositions unfold within suspended, almost vacant scenarios, where characters often float against pared-back grounds. These enigmatic scenes suggest a liminal world shaped by kitsch objects, uncanny plush forms, and an unspoken collective secret. Laban's works evoke both comfort and complacency-figures adapt to solitude, finding sufficiency within their own closed systems.
Employing a palette of deep, resonant tones, Laban explores the tension between presence and absence. The interplay between the softness of airbrushing and the density of oil paint heightens an atmosphere of quiet mystery. Within this universe, each figure becomes an artifact charged with latent meaning, inviting the viewer to contemplate-and attempt to decipher-the concealed narratives they hold.