At first glance, Meiry Lucy’s art feels like an antidote to dark times. Her canvases burst
with optimistic geometry, pure colors, and a naïve sensibility that evokes a disarming joy.
But behind this lightness pulses one of the most urgent missions of contemporary art. Her
work is not an escape from the brutal reality of Amazonian devastation; it’s its most
sophisticated—and radical—response.
A self-taught artist born in Rio de Janeiro and now based in Teresópolis, Meiry has forged
a unique path by blending two artistic languages that rarely coexist so harmoniously:
naïve and geometric. Her unique fusion creates a space where visual enchantment
becomes a powerful vehicle for pressing messages.
When it comes to the Amazon, Meiry Lucy turns her art into a silent yet powerful
manifesto. Her vibrant colors awaken something ancestral in the viewer—as if, by looking
at her work, the body remembers the forest before the mind does. Perhaps that’s why she
chooses birds as her symbolic companions, a preference that says it all. When asked
what she would paint if she lived a month in the forest, she doesn’t hesitate: “Birds,” she
says. For her, they represent what still has the power to fly—what can still be saved.
If the forest could listen, Meiry would speak in verse and color: “On your rivers I want to
sail / Your air I want to breathe / Your beauty I want to cherish.” There is poetry in her
words, but also urgency. Her art, though visually delightful, doesn’t ignore the wound—it
gives it form. “Don’t take my belongings—care about my well-being,” the Amazon cries
through her voice, and Meiry echoes that plea with both tenderness and resolve, like
someone planting hope in exhausted soil.
Her work doesn’t just aim to beautify walls—it seeks to touch minds and spark thought.
It’s art that smiles, but also challenges; that captivates, but also calls us to act. By turning
her indignation into harmonious forms, Meiry Lucy reminds us that beauty can be
subversive—and that yes, it is still possible to re-enchant the natural world, even in the
face of destruction.
Her work embodies a powerful belief: “By protecting the Amazon, we’re saving the world.”
Meiry Lucy
Joy as an Act of Resistance