joana coccarelli (a.k.a. narghee-la) is a collage artist, 41, from rio de janeiro, brazil.

most of her images are handmade, scissor´n glue style, with no digital interventions.

joana had 21 of her creations featured on "liberdade até agora" storybook - half of them made especially for the book. it got great repercussion during its release on july, 2011. here is the promotional video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tuDr7BI0vo

top brazilian newspaper "folha de s. paulo", www.memoriaolimpica.com website and jewerl/ acessories designer camilla danunziata´s website have also featured joana´s works, as well as swiss magazine "denaris", top lowbrow art magazine "zupi" and online magazine "revista machado".

top fashion/ arts website lilian pacce made a special article about joana´s works: msn.lilianpacce.com.br/portfolio/joana-coccarelli-colagens/. one of her images was chosen to be the cover art of "sartre and post-humanist humanism", by american philosopher elizabeth butterfield.

amazing collage artist claudio parentela published an interview feat. joana: cosmiccrystalsdirtypigs.blogspot.com.br/2009/10/interview...

in 2015, she was part of "you know you can buy it" exhibition in maastricht, the netherlands.

joana was also part of the lowbrow art collective baixocalao.com. her works are often shown at arte araka, a top multiart event which takes place once a month in rio de janeiro.