Connecting people, nations and cultures
The 2Levels
― 2 LEVELS – EXHIBITIONS
Created in 2010 by curator and cultural producer Clay D´Paula, the company is based in Sydney, Australia, and Brasília, Brazil. Our main focus is to create cultural confluences between peoples and countries. We believe that civilizations bring out great compositions – they are never pure or self-consistent entities. In this line of thought, we create projects by which we can evolve through the encounter of people from different races, religions and philosophies. We connect stories and sew them together. With this combination, we hope to illuminate and chart new paths and humanize peoples when sharing our experiences across borders. To do so, we work with artists from different nationalities and backgrounds and art professionals of the highest caliber. We respect each one´s ideas, beliefs and aspirations.
― The creative
Clay has produced and curated numerous projects in Brazil and abroad. Among the most critically acclaimed is Galápagos Surreal, by renowned Ecuadorian photographer Fernando Espinosa — an exhibition that opened in Sydney and traveled to eleven cities, including Melbourne, Quito, Qatar, and New York.
He represents the National Museum of Australia (Canberra) and the Coo-ee Art Gallery — Australia’s oldest and most prestigious Aboriginal art gallery — throughout Latin America.
Founder
Art Curator & Cultural Producer
Since the age of five, Clay has been part of the art world through artists — friends of his family. At 16 years old, he already knew all schools and isms by heart. He was awarded a Master’s Degree in Art History and Art Curatorship at the University of Sydney, Australia — Top 7 in the world. Clay is connected with Biennales and Art Fairs — Biennale of Venice and Sydney and Frieze Art Fair and Art Basel — whence he gets informed about the latest curatorial trends. He has curated and produced art projects in Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, United States, Qatar and many other cities in Latin America. He lives and works in Sydney and Brasília.
Brasília · Sydney
Director and one of the largest shareholders of Rio Dorado Ltda., an Australian company based in Sydney and Quito, Gary Mares contributes with his vast knowledge in finances and the arts.
Fernando Espinosa is a photographer and assists 2 levels in projects in the United States of America.
Director of the Mapi Museum in Uruguay, Facundo works in partnership with 2 levels on projects in Latin America and advises on national and international arenas.
Advertising professional, filmmaker, and digital communications specialist. Has worked in corporate marketing for large corporations for over 15 years.
Renowned art writer, art dealer and art collector, Adrian Newstead has collaborated with 2 levels on numerous art projects in Australia and internationally. Adrian owns the most traditional Aboriginal art gallery in Oceania and works with Clay D´Paula to develop art projects across the globe.
PhD in Anthropology at Unicamp, with a thesis on Australia's Indigenous Art. She taught at FGV's MBA in Cultural Goods until 2014, since then she is a professor in the Department of Art History at Unifesp and advises 2 levels on curatorial decisions in all kinds of projects.
With a PhD in the History of Social Culture, Anna assists 2 Levels by collaborating on concepts for special art exhibitions and contributing to our curatorial practices.