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- ↑ O Figurativo Abstrato de Naza, biography by journalist Suzane Jales at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-02-07)
- ↑ Children's Home Society of Florida: Art 4 Charity at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-03-15)
- ↑ Artista Plástica piauiense continua em voga nos EUA [Piauí Plastic Artist remains in vogue in the US ] at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 March 2012)
- ↑ Brazilian Artists / Entertainers in Florida, Georgia & N. Carolina at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-08)
- ↑ "Contact us". Abstract Art by Naza. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ "Artista brasileira tem obras selecionadas em competição internacional sobre a pandemia" [Brazilian artist has works selected in an international competition about the pandemic] (in Portuguese). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2021.