Cultured | At 45, Sonia Gomes Left Behind a Legal Career to Become an Artist. Here’s What She’s Learned in the Three Decades Since

January 18, 2024

Mara Veitch

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Raised in Caetanópolis, the fabled birthplace of Brazil’s textile industry, Sonia Gomes left a legal career behind at 45 to commit herself fully to artmaking. True to her roots, Gomes’s assemblages combine secondhand textiles with driftwood, creating forms that appear almost alive.

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