Lot n° 27
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Joana VASCONCELOS (1971) - Portugal - Lot 27
Joana VASCONCELOS (1971) - Portugal
Macaron 2016 – Unique Piece - Handmade Woolen Crochet, ornament, polyester on canvas, gilt frame plywood - H.82 x L.96 x W.24 cm -
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Joana Vasconcelos has exhibited regularly since the mid-1990s. Her work became known internationally after her participation in the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005, with the work A Noiva [The Bride] (2001-05). She was the first woman and the youngest artist to exhibit at the Palace of Versailles, in 2012. Recent highlights of her career include a solo exhibition at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the project Trafaria Praia, for the Pavilion of Portugal at the 55th Venice Biennale; the participation in the group exhibition The World Belongs to You at the Palazzo Grassi/François Pinault Foundation, Venice (2011); and her first retrospective, held at the Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2010). Today she expose at Maat Lisbone, “ Plug-in »She draws on traditional Portuguese culture to compose visual poetry where her roots meet modern pop culture. She visually plays with everyday objects, blurring the boundaries between craft and industry, tradition and modernity, popular culture and learned culture.
Exhibitions
Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023 – 2024
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, 2020
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, 2018
Palace of Versailles, 2012
Palazzo Grassi, 2011
Haunch of Venison, London, United Kingdom, 2010
Venice Biennale, 2005
Collection
Thyssen-Bornemisza
Royal Academy of Arts
Manchester Art Gallery
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Kunsthal Rotterdam
São Paulo's CCBB and Pinacoteca
Istanbul Modern
Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow
Le Centquatre and La Monnaie Paris
Palais de Tokyo and Hermitage
Collections Tia
Ömer Koç
CCB/Berardo and those of the foundations Rothschild
Calouste Gulbenkian,
François Pinault
Louis Vuitton.
Awards
Young Creation Award at the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou -Paris,2000.
EDP New Artists Award, 2000.
International Association of Art Critics (AICA) Prize for the exhibition "Joana Vasconcelos" at the Serralves Foundation; Porto, Portugal, 2001.
Artist of the Year Award by the Expresso newspaper, 2010.
European Artist of the Year 2012 Award by Les Etoiles Society, 2012.
Gazeta Revelação Award by Público newspaper, 2012.
Cultural Personality of the Year Award by Expresso newspaper; 2013.
Friends of the School of Decorative Arts (ESAD) of Caldas da Rainha Award, 2014.
D. Dinis Award by the Municipality of Odivelas , 2014.
Her sculptures and installations play with colours and textures, particularly through the use of embroidery. Her photographs, videos and performances conceptually deconstruct daily routines, especially those relating to the status of women.
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