Luiza Gonçalves, born in Buenos Aires (1997) is an artist and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. In 2014 she was awarded the Kit Smith Grant to fund her first solo photography show at Rockwell Art Gallery in her hometown of Wilton, Connecticut. Her interest in documentation, digital manipulation, and figure drawing led her to Pratt Institute where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video. In 2016, her documentary short, “New City Doc” was featured at the Nyack Film Festival in New York. Gonçalves was involved with the 16mm Film Lab and the Saturday Art School teaching program at Pratt. She continued to explore various mediums such as poetry, performance, and sculpture while studying. In 2019, she completed two thesis projects, a narrative short titled, “Christmas Carp” and a multi-media installation and performance titled “Nothing will scare her again.” After graduating she began working at Poster House museum as a gallery and research assistant. In 2020, Gonçalves enrolled in the masters program at Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola where she filmed “Un Bananero No Es Casualidad”, her latest award-winning film prized at the 57th Pesaro International Film Festival. She is currently developing her first feature length film.