Carla Rebelo,  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 in the António Arroio Art school, Lisbon

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

1994
Scenography Course organised by the Architect and Scenographer José Manuel Castanheira at  the Performing Arts Centre 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
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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 in 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

Drawing spaces open residency in 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: 
2018
Um momento que se repete continuamente, Galeria Águas Livres 8, Lisbon
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Paisagens Privadas, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon

2017
Um pentágono, um círculo, oito livros, Biblioteca Municipal de São Lázaro, Lisbon, 
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
 Galeria da Universidade /Um,  Nogueira da Silva Museum , Braga, Portugal  

2014
Um movimento quase imperceptível que tem a ver com o voo, (An almost imperceptible movement that has to do with fliging ) Monumental Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal 

2011
Drawings in shadow, 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: 
2019
Rigorosamente Libri, Biennale del Libro d´Artista, Galleria della Fondazione dei Monti Uniti, Foggia, Italy 
Mostra de Livros de Artista da Coleção do Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa 
Constellations: a choreography of minimal gestures, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisboa 
FACTT Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Raízes, Galeria da Faculdade das Belas Artes, Lisboa

2018
Hipermnésia, Underground Gallery,40, Lisboa
FACTT México, Centro Cultural Digital Cidade do México, México
FACTT USA, School of Visual Arts - New York 
FACTT Lisboa, Livraria Ler Devagar, Lisboa

2017
LivrObjecto, Anatomy and Architecture, Artist books from the Art Library Collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Art Library, Calouste Gulbenkian Fundation, Lisbon, Portugal
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O Livro Disperso, curated by Media Instáveis, Sput&Nic, the Window, Porto, Portugal

2016 
Periplos , Arte Portuguesa de hoje , 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 Fundation in  Santiago do Chile, Chile
Kronstadt Stories, NCCA Art Program Kronstadt  curated by Elena Gubanova, State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia  

2013
Parergon, curated by José Maria Parreño - Paços Galeria Municipal, Torres Vedras, Portugal

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

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

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

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

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

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


2005
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 -2005 - Alcochete Cultural Forum,  Portugal
Hans Christian Andersen 1805 -2005 - Olga Cadaval Center, Sintra
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 

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

2001
Eventos Grátis – 4.0 event, Oporto, Portugal
XII Fine Art Biennale of the Festa do Avante, Amora, Seixal, Portugal
1st International Drawing Biennale - Melbourne 2001, Australia
Vamos tomar um chá à Maria - Quarto da Maria Gallery, Artes em Partes , Oporto
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
microArt - Portugal Pavilion - Expo 2000 Hannover
Viewer's Digest - 37th Congress of Young Philosophers, Lisbon
Nonstopopeninglisboa - Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon
Emergências – Lugar comum , Factory Powder, Barcarena, Portugal

1999
Young Artists National Exhibition, Braga, Portugal
After-Eight - Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon
Escultura na Praça - Public Art Projects, Cordoaria National, Lisbon
Rooms, 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:

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 Círculo Delaunay. 

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

Seminars and Public Meetings:  (with, about or with the artist projects):
2011
"The Other Side", the contradictory sculptures of Carla Rebelo - Margarida P. Prieto, 2nd International Congress CSO'2011, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University 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

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 February 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

The artist is represented in several private and public collections:
Artist Book Collection of the Art Library of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation 
Colecção MG 
CAC Málaga 
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


Sites
http://www.columpiomadrid.com/columpioartistas.html
Imago mundi.com