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Carla Rebelo, 1973 Lisbon
Lives and works in Lisbon

 

Education:
1994-2000 - Degree in Visual Arts - Sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon

1989-1992 - Textile Design Course - António Arroio Art school, Lisbon

 

Additional Artistic Education:
2002 - Land Art Workshop at Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana - NextArt, Portugal

1994 - Scenography Course organised by the Scenographer José Manuel Castanheira at  the Performing Arts Center Artico, Trafaria, Portugal

1993 - 1994 - Audiovisual Communication Course - CGTP-IN Centre , Lisbon

1992 - 1993 - Tapestry Course at the Arts and Crafts Institute - Fundação Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva, Lisbon

1992 - 1994 - First and second years of the Artistic Drawing Course - National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon

 

Grants and Scholarships:
2010 -11 - Calouste Gulbenkian Fundation Artistic Creation Grant, Lisbon

1998 - Erasmus scholarship at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Bourges, France

 

Artist Residencies:

2017 - 2018 - Cultivamos Cultura, São Luís, Portugal

2015 - Inter.meada - Artist Residencies, Alvito, Portugal

2013 - Artist Residency Kronstadt - National Center for Contemporary Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia

2012 - FelipaManuela - artist residency Madrid + Columpio - Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2011 - Self-organised residency in Berlin, Germany to make a research for the artistic project Viagem ao interior das cidades vividas, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

2011 - Drawing spaces Open Residency - Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisbon

2010 - Self-organised residency in Istanbul ,Turkey to make a research for the artistic project Viagem ao interior das cidades vividas, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2020 - Segundo o seu próprio tempo, Galeria Diferença, Lisboa

2018 - Um momento que se repete continuamente, Águas Livres 8 Gallery , Lisbon

2018 - Paisagens Privadas,  Diferença Gallery , Lisbon

2017 - Um pentágono, um círculo, oito livros, Biblioteca Municipal de São Lázaro, Lisbon,

2017 - Marca de água, Museu do Dinheiro, Lisboa, Portugal

2016 - Becoming Water, Marquês de Pombal Palace, Oeiras, Portugal  

2015 - “O destino seguia-nos o rastro como um louco com uma navalha na mão , Nogueira da Silva Museum, Braga, Portugal 

2014 - Um movimento quase imperceptível que tem a ver com o voo, Monumental Gallery, Lisbon

2011 - Desenhos na sombra, Drawing spaces, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisbon

2010 - O Outro Lado, Paços Gallery, Torres Vedas, Portugal

2009 - Viagem ao interior das cidades imaginadas – Octávia, Round the Corner, Lisbon

2002 - Tecemo-nos , Theatre Taborda Chapel, Lisbon

2000 - kid's play - the house – The 30 days Gallery, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

1999 - Faculty of Fine Arts Cistern, San Francisco Convent, Lisbon

 

Group Exhibitions:

2021 - Specific objects, works from the Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, part 1, curated by Ana Anacleto e João Silvério -  MIAA,  Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte, Abrantes, Portugal 

2021 - Ó barbas, descreve a paisagem! Works from the  Marin Gaspar Art Collection curated by Mariana Marin Gaspar - Casa da Cultura de Coimbra, Portugal   

2021 - Artist books from Women Artists curated  by  Ana Barata -  Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation , Lisbon 

2021 - Alter(ação) curated by  Marta De Menezes -  Art and  Culture Center - Eugénio de Almeida Foundation, Évora, Portugal 

2021 - Be(coming) curated by  Marta De Menezes - Marvão Academy of Music, Marvão, Portugal 

2020 - Glória - Appleton, Lisbon

2020 - Com(tacto), Cultivamos Cultura, São Luís, Odemira, Portugal  

2020 - Palimpsesto, Municipal Museum of Penafiel, Penafiel, Portugal

2020 - Trajetória(s), 100 anos de Ensino Artístico, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon 

2019 - Rigorosamente Libri, Biennale del Libro d´Artista, Galleria della Fondazione dei Monti Uniti, Foggia, Italy

2019 - Artist Books from the Collection of the Art library of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, FCG, Lisbon

2019 - Constellations: a choreography of minimal gestures, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon

2019 - FACTT Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

2019 - Raízes,  Faculdade das Belas Artes Gallery , Lisbon

2018 - Hipermnésia, Underground Gallery,40, Lisboa

2018 - FACTT México, Cultural Digital Center,  Mexico city, Mexico
2018 - FACTT USA, School of Visual Arts - New York
2018 - FACTT Lisbon,  Ler Devagar Gallery, Lisbon

2017 - LivrObjecto, Anatomy and Architecture, Artist books from the Art Library Collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Art Library, CGF, Lisbon

2017 - O Livro Disperso, curated by Media Instáveis, Sput&Nic, the Window, Porto, Portugal

2016 - Periplos, Portuguese Art Today, CAC, Málaga, Espanha

2015  - A consequência do olhar, Landscape in the MG Art Collection, Espaço Adães Bermudes, Alvito, Portugal

2014 - Drawing by Numbers, Debujando com Números, curated by  Andrea Pacheco, Providência Cultural Foundation in  Santiago do Chile, Chile
2014 - Kronstadt Stories, NCCA Art Program Kronstadt  curated by Elena Gubanova, State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia  

2013 - Parérgon, curated by José Maria Parreño - Paços Municipal Gallery, Torres Vedras, Portugal

2012 - I would prefer not to, Plataforma Revolver Gallery, Lisbon
2012 - 3 en el 3º - FelipaManuela + Columpio Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Madrid

2011 - Entre dois tempos, parte 2 - Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon

2009 - Drawing by numbers – Espaço Avenida , Lisbon
2009 - X Initiative – Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon
2009 - Entre dois tempos , parte 1, Espaço Avenida, Lisbon

2008 - Anonymous Drawings # 9 - Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Berthanier, Berlin
2008 - X Initiative – Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon

2007 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 2005, Camilo Castelo Branco Museum, Famalicão
2007 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 2005, Baltazar Dias Theater, Funchal, Madeira

2006 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 2005, Anastacio Gonçalves Museum, Lisbon
2006 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 2005, Ceramics Museum , Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2006 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - 2005, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon

2005 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 -2005 - Alcochete Cultural Forum,  Portugal
2005 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 -2005 - Olga Cadaval Center, Sintra
2005 - Hans Christian Andersen 1805 -2005 - Edifício Chiado Museum, Coimbra

2004 - Dressing Up Nature, a site-specific project for the Monteiro Mor Park , National Museum of Costume and Fashion, Lisbon

2003 - Habitar o hábito - Academy of Arts of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal

2002 - Alterações - Ocupações Efémeras III, a site specific project , Lisbon
2002 - 7 for a secret never to Be Told – Ocupações efémeras II, a site specific project Lisbon
2002 - Esse fantasma levantou os ladrilhos do corridor – Ocupações efémeras I, a site specific project,  Lisbon
2002 - Ver Paiva 2002,  Art projects in public spaces - "Serpentina" in Vila Nova de Paiva, Portugal
2002 - O jogo da mala , Caldas late night project in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2002 - Semana da Juventude , Marim Olhão Palace, Lisbon

2001 - Eventos Grátis – 4.0 event, Oporto, Portugal
2001 - XII Fine Art Biennale of the Festa do Avante, Amora, Seixal, Portugal
2001 - 1st International Drawing Biennale - Melbourne 2001, Australia
2001 - Vamos tomar um chá à Maria - Quarto da Maria Gallery, Artes em Partes , Oporto
2001 - 2nd Biennial of Young Artists from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, Ferreira Borges Market, Oporto, Portugal

2000 - Pensamentos das Alquimias e das Artes,  National Association of Pharmacy, Coimbra
2000 - microArt - Portugal Pavilion - Expo 2000 Hannover
2000 - Viewer's Digest - 37th Congress of Young Philosophers, Lisbon
2000 - Nonstopopeninglisboa - Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon
2000 - Emergências , Lugar comum - Factory Powder, Barcarena, Portugal

1999 - Young Artists National Exhibition, Braga, Portugal
1999 - After-Eight - Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon
1999 - Escultura na Praça - Public Art Projects, Cordoaria National, Lisbon
1999 - Quartos, chambres, zimmer, rooms – águas correntes no convento de São Francisco, San Francisco Convent, Lisbon

1996 - Experimental Textile, Textile year in Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

1995 - Tapestry Exhibition - 1st Language Meeting at the Catholic University, Lisbon

 

Scenography:
2015/16  - A viagem da Sónia Delaunay, Theater Educational project presented in the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in the context of the exhibition O Circulo Delaunay.

1994 - Scenography, costumes and masks for the Theater play by Guillaume Apollinaire The Breasts of Tirésias, Coimbra, Portugal


Seminars and Public Meetings (with the artist or about the artist projects):

2019 - Dia aberto Universidades - Livros de Artista da Coleção Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian com Carla Rebelo - apresentação do Livro Cego II

2018 -  Conversas Lado a Lado : " A impossibildade do presente" com Alexandre Castro Caldas, Carla Rebelo , Inês Tello Rodrigues e Francisco Vidal 

2017 - Leituras orientadas por autores de livros de artista da colecção da Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Carla Rebelo 

2017 - Meet the Artist, Internacional Audiovisual and Multimedia week -  Artists at work, Lusófona University, Lisbon

2017 - Meeting with Artists and Curators, Watermark - Carla Rebelo, Leonor Nazaré e Manuel Valente Alves in the Money Museum, Lisbon

2017 - A importância do Espaço na Metodologia Projectual - Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto, Portugal

2017 - Leituras orientadas por autores de livros de artista da colecção da Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian - Carla Rebelo 

2011 - “Conversation with Carla Rebelo about the experience of place. Five questions to run the distance between drawing and memory." Drawing Spaces with Sara Barriga

2011 - "The Other Side", the contradictory sculptures of Carla Rebelo - Margarida P. Prieto, 2nd International Congress CSO'2011, Faculty of Fine Arts of the U. of Lisbon

2005 - “Dressing Up Nature” invited project at the International Seminar Bloom - Ephemeral Art and Gardens - Fábrica da Pólvora in Barcarena, Portugal

2003 - “The unconscious weaving” Meeting with Carla Rebelo in the context of the Art and Textile Design Course at the Antonio Arroio Art School in Lisbon

 

Teaching and Educational (selection):

2021 - Directs the Course Artistic creation from the place in Rama - Artistic Residences, Portugal 

2018 - Teacher at the Textile Department of the Antonio Arroio Artistic  School Lisbon.

2010 - Co-founder of the Educational Project “Abelha Vermelha” - Creation of Educational Activities, and Educational Materials for children and young people.  

Works as an educational collaborator and adviser in the Manuel de Brito Art Center in Oeiras, Lisbon.

2009 - Begins a collaboration with the Educational Department of the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon, creating and conducting guided tours and educational projects for children.

2007-08 - Makes the education professional training of the Education Ministry at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Lisbon.

2003-04 - Teacher at the Textile Department of the Antonio Arroio Artistic School Lisbon.

2003 - Begins a collaboration with the Educational Department of the Modern Art Center, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation creating and conducting, until the present date, workshops and guided tours for children and adults.
2003 - Starts collaboration with the private art school Artilimitada creating and conducting workshops for children and youth people.

2001-08 - Works has a Visual Art and History of Art  teacher  in several public schools.

 

Curating Experience:
2004 - Curator and co-responsible for the production of the exhibition " Dressing up Nature ", a site –specific art project for the Monteiro Mor Park at the National Museum of Costume in Lisbon.

2002 - Co-Responsible for the creation, coordination and production of the Artistic Art Project "Ocupações efémeras" (ephemeral occupations), with 3 art exhibitions in alternative spaces in the city of Lisbon.

 

Illustration:
2006 - Creates the character mia and the blog mia-stories.blogspot.com to show her illustration work. Since then has been participating in several projects and exhibitions under the name mia.

2005 - Invited artist in the commemorative project of the bicentenary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen illustrating two tales of the author. On the context of this project participates in an exhibition tour all over Portugal promoting the work and tales of the writer.

Interviews, Texts and catalogs :

Portugal: open Window to the world - Contemporary Artists from Portugal , imago mundi Luciano Benetton Collection, Fabrica Italy, 2015

Parergon, exhibition catalog, Câmara Municipal de Torres Vedras, Torres  Vedras 2013

O Outro Lado, Margarida Prieto, exhibition catalog , Torres Verdas 2010
In search of the new "invisible cities", Interview by Nuno Cunha, NS - Review of the Diário de Noticias page 72 - March 21, 2009

"Dressing Up Nature" in the perspective of a visitor accomplice – Lúcia Marques, Dressing up Nature exhibition catalog, a site-specific project , Arbusto 2004

Entrelaçar caminhos - Celso Martins, Expresso, page 27 - September 4, 2004
Wearing a park - Filipa Oliveira, Saturday Review, page 80 - August 19, 2004

Nature dressed by artists - Susana Marques Moreira, Jornal o Público , page 35 August 11, 2004

Emergências - LM Expresso Jornal , pp.21 Febuary 5, 2000

Eight characters in search of an author, João Pinharanda, Jornal Público, page 22- September 10, 1999

After Eight - Celso Martins, Expresso Jornal , page 23 - September 11, 1999
Finalists of Fine Arts in the labyrinths of creativity - Carlos Vidal, The Capital Journal,  May 22,1999

 

Private and public collections:
Colecção de livros de artista da Biblioteca de Arte da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

CAC Málaga

Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Colletion

Historical Museum of  Kronstadt, St Petersburg , Russia
Torres Vedras City Hall
Vila Nova de Paiva City Hall
Polish Art Foundation - Melbourne, Australia

MG Collection

Fernando Figueiredo Collection

 

Sites:

https://www.museudodinheiro.pt/en/event/9539/watermark-carla-rebelo?m=9

http://www.columpiomadrid.com/columpioartistas.html

Imago mundi.com

http://roundthecornertt.blogspot.com/search/label/Carla%20Rebelo

https://livrobjecto.wordpress.com/outubro17/

https://felipamanuela.org/?lang=en

https://drawingspacesen.weebly.com/archives.html

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