ANIMAL




Iminente Festival 2019


I wrote the word “animal” across the face of my character as an intimate and symbolic gesture, marking a turning point in my practice. The figure exists between the human and the wild, reflecting my ongoing exploration of instinct, emotion, and inner nature. By inscribing “animal” onto the skin, I embraced instinct not as something to be suppressed, but as a poetic and vital force, this was a key moment in my trajectory that solidified the presence of the body, vulnerability, and the untamed as central elements of my visual 
language.


Photograpy  ©Ivo Lázaro
©César Reis ©Expanding Roots 



Panorâmico de Monsanto, Lisbon PT







You can also find more on my Instagram.
















© 2026 Tamara Alves. All rights reserved.