Claire de Santa Coloma

Exhibition view, 'Eclipse', 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2024. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, 'Eclipse', 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2024. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "An Oasis at Sunset", 20th Anniversary of the EDP Foundation Awards, MAAT, Lisbon, 2020.
(photo: MAAT / Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "An Oasis at Sunset", 20th Anniversary of the EDP Foundation Awards, MAAT, Lisbon, 2020.
(photo: MAAT / Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Rain", Appleton Associação Cultural, Lisbon, 2018. (photo: Photodocumenta)

Exhibition view, "Rain", Appleton Associação Cultural, Lisbon, 2018. (photo: Photodocumenta)

Exhibition view, 'Pausa', 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2017. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, 'Pausa', 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2017. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, New Artists Award EDP Foundation, MAAT, Lisbon. Claire de Santa Coloma, 'Composição eterna', 2017, Holm oak, French oak, Bubinga, Tauari, Boxwood, Sapele, Rádica, Chestnut, Walnut, steel, graphite powder, brass, rawhide, steel cable, chromed metal, nappa leather and Valchromat, dimensions variable

Exhibition view, New Artists Award EDP Foundation, MAAT, Lisbon. Claire de Santa Coloma, 'Composição eterna', 2017, Holm oak, French oak, Bubinga, Tauari, Boxwood, Sapele, Rádica, Chestnut, Walnut, steel, graphite powder, brass, rawhide, steel cable, chromed metal, nappa leather and Valchromat, dimensions variable

Exhibition view, "Guia Prático para Fazer uma Escultura Básica de madeira", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2014

Exhibition view, "Guia Prático para Fazer uma Escultura Básica de madeira", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2014

Exhibition view, "As coisas que aparecem", Biblioteca Joanina, Universidade de Coimbra, 2012

Exhibition view, "As coisas que aparecem", Biblioteca Joanina, Universidade de Coimbra, 2012

Claire de Santa Coloma, "A escassez nos salvará da catástrofe, 2011, wood, paper, steel, copper, stone, 100 x 60 x 900 cm

Claire de Santa Coloma, "A escassez nos salvará da catástrofe, 2011, wood, paper, steel, copper, stone, 100 x 60 x 900 cm

Claire de Santa Coloma (1983, Buenos Aires, Argentina) lives and works in Buenos Aires. Her sculptural work is concerned with formal questions that focus on the primordiality of matter (usually wood) and the theme of sculpture itself. The economy of means is one of the governing principals in Santa Coloma’s practice, oftentimes dictating the final shape of the object. The relationship between the viewer and the sculpture is yet another important layer in the reading of her work. Conceptually, it has been the common thread amongst her latest solo shows. She studied direct carving sculpture at Ateliers Beaux Arts de la ville de Paris. At the same time, she obtained a MA in Visual Arts Research at La Sorbonne, Paris. Between 2007 and 2009 she was artist in residence at Casa de Velázquez, Madrid. Between 2009-2010 she attended the Independent Studies programme at MAUMAUS, in Lisbon, with which she participated in the 29th edition of the São Paulo Biennial. In 2010, Santa Coloma participated in the residency at La Belle Alliance (Metropole), at Goethe Institute Lisbon. In 2017 she was invited to join the programme of Lisboa Capital de Cultura Ibero Americana with a residency at Coruchéus studios and a project for Galeria Quadrum. Also in 2017, she won the EDP Foundation New Artists Award (Lisbon 2017). Santa Coloma exhibits her work regularly since 2008.

Major solo shows include: Eclipse, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2024); Mode of use, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2020); Chuva, Appleton – Associação Cultural, Lisbon (2018); Guia Prático para Fazer uma Escultura Básica de Madeira, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2014); A escassez nos salvará da catástrofe, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2011) and A Experiência da Medida, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon (2010).

Group shows include: SONHO MANIFESTO! Em Leiria, todas as árvores são pinheiros, curated by Rita Gaspar Vieira and Sandra Viera Jürgens, Centro de Artes Villa Portela, Leiria (2025); Enquanto Isso // Meanwhile, curated by Ana Almeida, Ana Carolina Esteves, Inês Santos, Joana Encantado, Juliana Carvalho and Victoria Lacerda, coordinated by Ana Rito, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2024); Imaginário Coletivo: Obras da Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado, curated by Sandra Vieira Jürgens, Museu de Aveiro/Santa Joana, Aveiro (2024); STONE ALIVE: Uma interpretação cultural das Pedras, curated by Marta Jecu, Museu Geológico, Lisboa (2022); Specific Objects Part I – Works of Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, curated by Ana Anacleto e João Silvério, Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte de Abrantes, Abrantes (2022); An Oasis at Sunset, Fundação EDP, MAAT, Lisboa (2020); Constellations III, Berardo Museum, Lisbon (2020); Modern Collection, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2018); 1000 anos depois entre Vénus e Marte, works from the Antonio Cachola Collection, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto(2017); EDP Foundation New Artists Award, MAAT, Lisbon (2017); Excusa Argumental, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gaz Natural Fenosa, A Coruña (2015); Buenos Aires Art Biennial, Buenos Aires (2013); Geografía Portátil, MUMU, Córdoba, Argentina (2013).

Collections include: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal; Fundação EDP, Portugal; Banco Supervielle, Argentina; HRH of Luxembourg; Casa de Velázques, Spain; Deutsche Bank, Portugal; António Cachola, Portugal; Portuguese Contemporary Art State Collection, Portugal; Lisbon City Hall Collection, Portugal; Vasco Santos Collection, Portugal; Coleção Valzuela, Espanha; Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Spain; Coleção Galila Barzilai Hollander, Belgium; amongst other public and private collections in Portugal, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Singapore, Argentina and United States.

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