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Roxana Ferreira - Artist of Life, Memory, and Migration


Born in Argentina and shaped by the winding paths of global migration, Roxana Ferreir is a painter whose work pulses with lived experience. Though a physician by training, Roxana found in painting a lifeline—a quiet but powerful rebellion against displacement, identity loss, and the ache of homesickness. Her canvas became a sanctuary, a space to gather herself and speak without words.

Roxana’s journey has taken her through multiple countries, each one leaving a mark on her soul and her art. What began as detailed realism—capturing life through the lens of precision and form—has evolved into something more raw, more hers. Her work now leans into emotion, memory, and personal truth, blending the seen with the deeply felt.

Using photographs she takes herself, Roxana translates her inner universe onto the canvas: the joy and pain of motherhood, the quiet strength of love, the tension of belonging and longing. Her paintings carry the rhythm of adaptation, of finding home in fragments—through landscapes, embraces, and gestures.

She doesn’t just paint what she sees. She paints what she has lived—a woman’s journey through countries, roles, and reinvention. Her brush tells the story of a wife, a mother, a daughter of Argentina, and a witness to the beauty and ache of human resilience.

Roxana paints life—its chaos, its stillness, and its grace.

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