Professional experience:
Thais Linhares is a well know writer and illustrator for children books, also an passionate student of medieval art and its relations with the popular art of Brazilian story-tellers. She's been publishing her art since 1998. Having achieved some important prizes gave by the FNLIJ (Brazilian section of IBBY).
Thais is an usual guest at the FNLIJ Saloon of Books for Children and Young Readers, the biggest of the kind in Brazil, usually make performances of illustrations and talk to children about that kind of art.
Worked as an background artist for the public TV at Multirio's animation series "Juro que Vi".
She writes for TV animation series "Quarto do Jobi", exihibited at the public TV.
As publisher she create the Ygarapé Books.
Her path as an human rights activist took her to work on streets recording popular protests, following up the development of social movements and taking the role of communicator at the DDH – Human Rights Defenders Institute, a totally independent office that works with victims of human rights violations.
Expos/prizes:
2018 – Preta Porter: a gallery with the portraits of young children victims of police violence at the favelas
2016 – FLUP comics
2016 – White Ravens Catalogue
2015 – Jabuti, best book for young readers (as illustrator)
2015 – FNLIJ Best for Young Readers
2013 – BIG Asia Content for Children Exposition
2013 – SM's Diccionario de Ilustradores Iberoamericanos
2005/2007 – BIB – http://www.bib-slovakia.sk/
Many of her illustrated books was presented by the FNLIJ (Brazilian Section of IBBY) at the Bologna’s Children Books Fair, since 2001. And this years some of her works will be seen in Frankfurt Fair - 2013.
2005 – At the FLIPinha, the part of FLIP dedicated to children books, in a exposition organized by the Brazilian Association of Writes and Illustrators of Children Books (AEI-LIJ), located in Paraty/RJ, Brazil. And many other international fairs, as guest, such as FLIPorto, in Olinda-PE.
On stage, drawing the poet and the poetry on paper.
Selling book and comics at Gibizeira an LER - Book Fair at Rio Central Public Library.
Doing author presentation on a public school in Itamonte - MG state.
A coworking project: LABIC.
At Lins, a Rio de Janeiro's favela, drawing the stories of drug users.
At Maré, a Rio de Janeiro's favela, with jornalist Luiza Sansão for an interview with Ivonne Bezerra, from Uerê Project.
With Marisa Borba from FNLIJ.
Recording DDH's lawyer master class on human rights at an occupied school.
At Rocinha, a Rio de Janeiro's favela, in an activity to entertain the kids after a violent episode in the Children's Day Holliday.
At the crew of the Human Rights Festival.
At Vidigal, a Rio de Janeiro's Favela in the first day of FLUP Festival.
At Degase, a juvenile detention unit, to teach about literature.