Hi, I'm Greg

I grew up in the country, on the southeast coast of Brazil. My grandparents were farmers and taxidermists. As a kid, I loved filling their little truck with goods from the farm and taking them to the local farmers’ market.

I moved to Rio de Janeiro to study theatre and dance - everything from classical ballet to Brazilian folk rhythms. I travelled the world performing with many dance companies. I found myself experiencing the enormous potential of our bodies to express how we feel and think. I’ve learnt from different masters of movement how to harness our inner powers to make art.

My curiosity in this world led me to photography. While performing, I wanted to document and register all the mysteries I was witnessing. So I returned to school to study the art of photography. This experience opened up a new world of image-making and cross-disciplinary artistic practices.

I specialised in art documentation: specifically, live performance. I wanted to photograph the impossible – movement. This curiosity saw me take on assignments in everything from magazine editorials to portraiture and conceptual art. The dancer’s eyes is always present in my work, searching for the things we can’t typically see.

Farming (or gardening if you prefer) came into this process after I moved to Australia and had the chance to immerse myself in the regeneration of a neglected plot. Again, I went back to school to learn more, listen more and observe - this time to the art of movement happening underneath our feat. Memories of my childhood in the fields of Brazil emerged and reminded me of my deepest roots and love for soil and plants. I started farming in different places around Melbourne. My hands got stained with natural dyes from plants and soil; a new map was being drawn in my body.

Today, I work in this fertile ground – with photography, dance and farming as my tools for creativity – listening to what the planet needs in order to survive and thrive.