Kecia Felix Donnelly (K Sea Ya) (Kecya) b. 1983
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Kecia Felix Donnelly, also known as K Sea Ya or Kecya, born in 1983 in Brazil and currently residing in California, USA, is a multifaceted multimedia artist whose work transcends traditional boundaries. Kecia's journey as an artist is deeply intertwined with her role as an initiator, facilitator, and designer at the Artcura Incubator, where she crafts experiences that blend art with transformative educational practices.
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Since 2023, Kecia has embarked on a flourishing career as a songwriter and singer. Her dedication to her craft is evident in her roles as a producer and director of music videos, and she is currently working on her debut album. Her artistic endeavors are characterized by a focus on regenerative education and the integration of technology to foster a sense of interconnectedness among individuals and communities.
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Kecia's work is supported by a solid educational foundation in transformative practices, having earned certifications from the U School for Transformation at MIT's U-Lab 1x and 2x. Her approach to art and education is deeply informed by these experiences, emphasizing the potential for personal and communal evolution through creative expression.
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Her performance career began in 2011 with the EIR or ORI series (Eight Rites of Initiation), which not only showcased her performative talents but also laid the groundwork for her album "Canto para Transições" (Chants for Transitions). In this project, K Sea Ya blends songwriting with participatory experiences known as The Liminal Theater, offering audiences a unique blend of music and transformative engagement.
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Throughout her career, Kecia has collaborated with and learned from world-recognized artists such as Caito Marcondes, Anna Halprin, Silvia Nakkach, Rosangela Silvestre, and many others. After 15 years of integrating healing, art, and education, Kecia is poised to share the rich, mature fruits of her extensive and diverse experiences, continuing to inspire and lead in the realms of music and regenerative education.
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An artist in the Thresholds
I'm treading a path bringing enchantment back to life, like a meta-artist dancing on the threshold of a New Era. My work consists of restoring and developing new capacities for being in the world.
I facilitate connections and create safe places dedicated to the healing of social fields from the individual. The journey is transpersonal, return home and our relationship with inhabiting with presence.
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Here and now, I invite you to co-create the future, uniting mind, heart, and hands to act in the present from the recognition of the past,
and incorporating new possibilities of being and dedication to all beings.
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K Sea Ya
Education
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In 2022, she will be certified at U School for Transformation at MIT (Massachusetts School of Technology), a 16-week certification course and project application on Awareness-based Systems Change and leadership transformation at the U LAB 1x.
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In 2016 she received a certification in Sound, Voice, and Music Healing from CIIS, The California Institute of Integral Studies.
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In 2017 she integrated Anna Halprin Performance Lab, from where she received direct teaching and practices of scoring movement. Anna Halprin is a centenary artist pioneer of the experimental dance movement and Score and Ritual Movement.
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Between 2008 and 2011, she participated in open courses and exhibitions at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts in Rio, where she was also influenced by the contemporary scene.
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She has a Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Costume and Design from Zuzu Angel Institute of the Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro - from where she began questioning fashion in the industrial age as a symbol of cultural objectification of the body and costumes. Still, as a Fashion Costume student, she begins her journey with performance art and experiments in the series Stone Woman (Mulher Pedra), examining the deconstruction of symbol and identity in an encounter with sensory-kinesthetic body and somatic memory.
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Arts
Certification in Sound, Voice and Healing Arts (CIIS, San Francisco 2015 - 2016)
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Mentorship and Project Planning, with Ricardo Becker (EAV School of Visual Arts Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro 2009 - 2011)
History of Art from Classic to Contemporary Thinking, with Franz Manata (EAV School of Visual Arts Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro 2009 - 2011)
Bachelor's degree in Fashion Design (Veiga de Almeida University, Rio de Janeiro, 2008)
Criative Process & Procedencia e Propriedade, with Charles Watson (Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2011)
Meditation and Mindfulness
Goenka Vipassana Meditation 10 day silent course
Satipatthana Sutta course (Brazil, CA, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
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Dance and Movement
Anna Halprin Lab Score at Mountain Home Studio ( Kentfield, CA, 2017 - 2020)
Performance Score Lab (Zoom 2020- Present)
Silvestre Technique and Brazilian Folk Orixá Dance, Theory and Methodology intensive summer course with Rosangela Silvestre / Vera Passos (Funceb, Salvador, Brazil, 2016, 2017)
Silvestre Dance Technique (2015 - present)
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Workshop: Body Mapping and Somatics with final site-specific performance, with Nathalie Fari (Institute O Barco, São Paulo, 2013)
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Collaborations
Monica Carvalho: Exhibit Vassourinhas, video Salt Oracles ( Rio de Janeiro 2022)
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André Arruda: Librdade Project Exhibit ( RIo de Janeiro 2022)
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Silvia Nakkach: Transformances (Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco, 2016 - 2017)
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Cristina Cordeiro: Art-to-wear design, production, videos, performances (Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco, 2012 - present)
Denise Milan: Performance intervention The Birth of Venus in the Noosphere (São Paulo, 2013)
Ricardo Becker: Performance and photography series at Espelho Seu & Projeto Cisco (Rio de Janeiro, 2012 - 2013)
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Residency Programs
Artspan Journal Building Art Residency (San Francisco, August 2017 - 2018)
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Artcura Lab (San Francisco 2015-2019)
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Cellula Lab at Safe House Residency (San Francisco, May- July 2018)
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