Keila Alaver is an artist (born 1970, Santo Antônio da Platina, Brazil) currently based in São Paulo. She was raised in Santo Antônio da Platina in the state of Paraná is in the south of Brazil. When she was 9 years old, she moved to Londrina, where she spent her adolescence enjoying the tranquility of the rural surroundings. Due to the demands of a future career, as with a lot of young Brasilians from the countryside, she made the inevitable move to a large city, and in 1996 graduated from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo in visual arts. The collision between her rural past and the new metropolitan art-world reality determined the beginning of her career and still echoes in many moments of her work. Her production moves through different techniques: painting, sculture, photography, silk screen, but there is no chronological rigidity in her use of media. Ms. Alaver is currently working in the Education Department for the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) and is represented by Galeria Luisa Strina in Brazil.

Keila Alaver was recommended to apexart's residency program by Felipe Chaimovich, a curator at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM).

Untitled, 1999, Photograph on wood, 125 x 133 x 4 cm		Meninos, 2003, Screen print on acrylic, 55.5 x 38 x 11 cm		Despelamento mão mulher, 1997, Leather, metal and nails, 82 x 10 x 22 cm