Sofia Arez was born in Lisbon. She moved to Macau, China in 2012. In a singular path marked by a significant artistic curriculum that includes works in painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video, showing figurations that explore deep inner emotions and, more recently, empty landscapes. Apparently diverse, one quickly recognizes however the profound coherence of her work that crosses the sense of asceticism with the divestiture of abstraction motivated by the sublime.

Academic Background

2012 Master in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon
1993 Advanced Studies, Studio Art Center International, Florence
1992 Intensive Painting Course, AR.CO, Lisbon

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011 In-Finito, Sala do Veado, Lisbon
2008 Galeria Fábulas, Lisbon
2003 Lugar do Observador, Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon
1998 Lugar do Ser, Palácio da Independência, Lisbon
1996 Ritos de Passagem, Casa do Corpo Santo, Setúbal

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 AFA Autumn Salon, Fundação Oriente, Macau
2011 O Chiado, a Baixa e a Esfera Pública, Museu Arqueológico do Carmo, Lisbon
espaço_arte@ulis 2011, Reitoria da Universidade de Lisbon, Lisbon
2005 Arte e Espiritualidade, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon
Cristo Palavra e Imagem, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon
2003 Home Is Where the Heart Is, Jersey Museum, Saint Helier
Prémio CELPA / Vieira da Silva, Arpad Szènes – Vieira da Silva Foundation’s Museum, Lisbon
2º Grande Prémio BANIF de Pintura, Centro Nacional de Cultura, Lisbon (menção honrosa)
ARCALE 2003 – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon, Salamanca
2002 Visões do Corpo, Museus Municipais de Setúbal, Setúbal
You Are Here You Are There, London Art Biennale, London
Salão Internacional de Artistas Contemporâneos, Hangar K7 (Fundição de Oeiras), Oeiras

Awards

Final selection, Prémio CELPA/Vieira da Silva, Fundação Arpad Szènes – Vieira da Silva
Honourable mention, 2º Grande Prémio BANIF de Pintura, Centro Nacional de Cultura