In the delicate tension between the silence of the countryside and the call for
justice, Ana Cris Ben found her voice: art. Surrounded by the lush greenery of rural
Rio Grande do Sul, where nature whispers its secrets to childhood, Ana began
sketching the world around her with the same care one learns to listen to the
land. Even as a young girl, she carried within her an urgent curiosity, a hunger for
horizons. At 14, she left the comfort of home in pursuit of a dream: to earn a
degree—and with it, her independence.
Life led her down paths of science and justice. She earned degrees in Pharmacy
and then Law, working in hospital corridors and legal offices, always guided by a
deep respect for human dignity. Yet it was when she came face to face with the
raw truths that statistics can't capture that she heard a familiar voice from
childhood calling her back: to art.
She rediscovered in drawing and paint something no legal sentence could ever
express. In 2020, she began creating children's illustrations; by 2022, she had
embraced acrylic painting on canvas—a technique that quickly became her
signature. Through each piece, Ana seeks to sculpt the unseen: emotions that
hide in plain sight, unnoticed acts of kindness, quiet pain, and the subtle joys that
stitch life together.
Her art isn’t about spectacle—it whispers, it embraces, it invites you to listen. It's a
window between body and soul, a bridge between the personal and the
collective. In her vibrant compositions, the viewer doesn’t just see; they feel. With
colors, Ana paints belonging; with brushstrokes, she writes fraternity; with gentle
shapes, she captures hope.