Bio

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 Vale do Guadiana Natural Park - NextArt, Portugal

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

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

1992 - 1993 - Tapestry Course at the Arts and Crafts Institute - Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, 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 Foundation Artistic Creation Grant, Lisbon

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

Artist Residencies:

2017 - 2018 - We Cultivate Culture, 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-organized residency in Berlin, Germany to make a research for the artistic project A trip to the interior of the lived cities, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

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

2010 - Self-organized residency in Istanbul ,Turkey to make a research for the artistic project Journey to the interior of the lived cities, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Solo Exhibitions:

2020 – According to its own time , Galeria Diferença, Lisbon

2018 - A moment that continually repeats itself , Águas Livres 8 Gallery , Lisbon

2018 - Private Landscapes , Difference Gallery, Lisbon

2017 - A pentagon, a circle, eight books , São Lázaro Municipal Library, Lisbon,

2017 - Watermark , Money Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

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

2015 - “ Fate followed our trail like a madman with a razor in his hand , Nogueira da Silva Museum, Braga

2014 - An almost imperceptible movement related to flying, Monumental Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2011 - Drawings in the shadow , Drawing spaces, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisbon

2010 - The Other Side , Paços Gallery, Torres Vedas, Portugal

2009 - Trip to the interior of the imagined cities – Octávia, Round the Corner, Lisbon

2002 - Tecemos , Theater 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 -

2020 - Gloria, Appleton, Lisbon

2020 - With(tact), Cultivamos Cultura, São Luís, Odemira, Portugal

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

2020 - Trajectory(s), 100 years of Artistic Teaching, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon

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

2019 - Exhibition of Artist Books from the Moderna Collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

2019 - Constellations: a choreography of minimal gestures, Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon

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

2019 - Roots, Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Lisbon

2018 - Hypermnesia, Underground Gallery, 40, Lisbon

2018 - FACTT Mexico, Centro Cultural Digital Mexico City, Mexico
2018 - FACTT USA, School of Visual Arts - New York
2018 - FACTT Lisbon, Ler Devagar Bookstore, Lisbon

2017 - LivrObject, Anatomy and Architecture, Artist books from the Art Library Collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Art Library, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

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

2016 - Periplos, Portuguese art of today, CAC, Malaga, Spain

2015 - The consequence of the gaze, Landscape in the MG Art Collection, Espaço Adães Bermudes, Alvito, Portugal

2014 - Drawing by Numbers, Drawing by Numbers, curated by Andrea Pacheco, Providencia Cultural Foundation in Santiago de 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 - 3rd and 3rd - FelipaManuela + Columpio Contemporary Drawing Gallery, Madrid

2011 - Between two times, part 2 - Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon

2009 - Drawing by numbers – Espaço Avenida, Lisbon
2009 - X Initiative – Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon
2009 - Between two times, part 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 - Building Chiado Museum, Coimbra

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

2003 - Inhabiting the habit - Academy of Arts of Ponta Delgada, Azores

2002 - Changes - Ephemeral Occupations III, a site specific project , Lisbon
2002 - 7 for a secret never to Be Told – Ephemeral Occupations II, a site specific project Lisbon
2002 - This ghost raised the tiles of the corridor – Ephemeral Occupations I, a site specific project, Lisbon
2002 - See Paiva 2002, Art projects in public spaces - "Serpentina" in Vila Nova de Paiva, Portugal
2002 - The suitcase game, Caldas late night project in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2002 - Youth Week, Marim Olhão Palace, Lisbon

2001 - Free Events – 4.0 event, Oporto, Portugal
2001 - XII Fine Art Biennale of the Avante Festival, Amora, Seixal, Portugal
2001 - 1st International Drawing Biennale - Melbourne 2001, Australia
2001 - Let's have tea with Maria - Maria's Room Gallery, Arts in Parts, Oporto
2001 - 2nd Biennial of Young Artists from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, Ferreira Borges Market, Oporto, Portugal

2000 - Thoughts of Alchemies and the Arts, 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 - Emergencies, Common place - Factory Powder, Barcarena, Portugal

1999 - Young Artists National Exhibition, Braga, Portugal
1999 - After-Eight - Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon
1999 - Sculpture in the Square - Public Art Projects, Cordoaria National, Lisbon
1999 - Rooms, chambres, zimmer, rooms – running waters in the convent of San 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

Scenery:
2015/16 - Sónia Delaunay's trip, Theater Educational project presented at 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 Tiresias, Coimbra, Portugal

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

2019 - Open Day Universities - Artist's Books from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Collection with Carla Rebelo - presentation of the Blind Book II

2018 - Side by Side Conversations: "The impossibility of the present" with Alexandre Castro Caldas, Carla Rebelo, Inês Tello Rodrigues and Francisco Vidal

2017 - Readings guided by authors of artist books from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Art Library collection - Carla Rebelo

2017 - Meet the Artist, International Audiovisual and Multimedia week - Artists at work, Lusophone University, Lisbon

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

2017 - The importance of Space in Project Methodology - Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto, Portugal

2017 - Readings guided by authors of artist books from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Art Library collection - 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 Bloom International Seminar - Ephemeral Art and Gardens - Gunpowder Factory 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):

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

2003- 04 - Te acher at the T extile 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 Artilimited 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 "Ephemeral occupations" (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, Torres Vedras City Council, Torres Vedras 2013

The Other Side, Margarida Prieto, exhibition catalog , Torres Verdas 2010
In search of the new "invisible cities", Interview by Nuno Cunha, NS - Review of the Newspaper 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

Interlacing paths - 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

Emergencies - 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:
Collection of artist books from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Art Library

CAC Malaga

Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection

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/october17/

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

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