Jade Matarazzo
Jade Matarazzo is a fine arts photographer, arts educator, and curator who creates cultural and social projects using art as a tool for cultural identity. She is the founder of The House of Arts and several other international projects, co-founder of Expoart Japan, Expoart London, and Ateliers Without Borders. Matarazzo is also the founder of Colecta Magazine, an art magazine launched during Art Basel Week 2020 addressing the international modern arts scene. Early life and education Grandniece of noted Brazilian industrialist and arts patron Ciccillo Matarazzo, Jade Matarazzo grew up surrounded by the art and artists that came to Brazil from all over the world for the São Paulo Art Biennial. This early exposure to the works of Manabu Mabe, Tarsila do Amaral, Carybé, René Magritte, Candido Portinari, Picasso, and others would eventually lead her to her life's work. She discovered a love for photography while attending an all-girls school in Switzerland. Matarazzo instantly fell in love with the camera and the stories she could tell through it. Pursuing an arts education, she attended the Escola Panamericana de Arte in her native Brazil and continued her studies at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale after moving to the United States