Visual Arts
Sofia Arez
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
Exhbitions
“Transient” painting exhibition
23rd June — 23rd July, 2016
We may easily associate light decline with melancholy but it may make sense to look at it as an opportunity to recognise the value of dusk, the blooming and singing of the dark, in an increasingly illuminated world. We need the world of shadows, those things that cannot be easily explained, that we suspect or […]
“Make A Wish” 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition
28th August, 2013
MAKE A WISH is the theme of our 10th anniversary exhibition proposed to all Creative Macau members. Twenty six members across the twelve different creative fields of advertising, architecture, craft, design, designer fashion, film and video, interactive leisure software, music, performing arts, publishing, software and computer development, and visual arts were interested and are displaying […]
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- Ada Mok Keng Kio
- Aida Maria Albino Carreira
- Alice Ieong
- Allen Wong Soi Lon
- André Lui
- Angel Kit Cheng Chan
- Angela Hoi Ka Ian
- Anita Fung
- Arlinda Frota
- Aya Lei
- Brian Cheong
- Cai Guo Jie
- Carol Archer
- Catherine Bjerke
- Cecilia Rosa Sequeira
- Célia Rosário
- Chan I Lei
- Charles Chauderlot
- Chau Peng Kuong
- Cheong Ut Man
- Choi Su Weng
- Chung Wai Kai
- Cindy Ng
- Cola Wong
- Cristina Mio U Kit
- Crystal Chan Wai Man
- David K. K. Chio
- Debby Sou Vai Keng
- Denis Murrell
- Denise Lei Fong Ieng
- Dixon Lei
- Donna Ho Pui San
- Duarte Esmeriz
- Feykah Bahmid
- Gigi Lee Yee Kee
- Gordon Zheng Yu
- Grace Yeu Chiu Yee
- Gu Yue
- Heidi Ng
- Ho Ka Lai
- Ho Si Man
- Hong Wai
- Ieong Chi Kin
- Io Weng Si
- Isabel Rasquinho
- James Chu Cheok Son
- Jansky Lei
- Jess Chan Sau In
- Joan Lam
- Joana Ling Heok Joo
- João MT
- João Ó
- Joey Ho
- José Drummond
- Justin Chiang Chin Pang
- Kay Zhang
- Ken Chau Chong In
- Kuok Woon
- Lai Sio Kit
- Lam Kin Ian
- Lampo Leong
- Lan Chiang
- Laura Che Mei I
- Lei Sao I
- Lei Weng Wai
- Leong Leng
- Li Li
- Lio Man Cheong
- LittlePeng
- Lo Yuen Yi
- Lui Chak Hong
- Luna Cheong
- Madalena Fonseca
- Maria Odeta Silva Sequeira (M.O.S.S.)
- Mel Cheong
- Mio Pang Fei
- Nair Alexandra Dias Cardoso
- Nancy U Lai Wan
- Ng Iok Lin
- Ng Minnian
- Noah Ng Fong Chao
- Ondina Oliveira
- Pak Keong Sequeira
- Papa Osmubal
- Poon Kam Ling
- Raúl Martins
- Ricardo Meireles
- Rita Portugal
- Rodrigo de Matos
- Rui Rasquinho
- Sandy Leong Sin U
- Sheeda Kok
- Silvia Mendes Sales
- Sofia Arez
- Sofia Bobone
- Sou Chon Kit
- Sou Un Fong
- Stacy Tang Chu Si
- The Manga-Art Creative Association of Macau (MACAM)
- Tong Chong
- Un Chi Iam
- Ung Tzi Hin
- Ung Vai Meng
- Vicente Bravo
- Victor Ao Ieong Iong
- Victor Marreiros
- Wu Lu Sheng
- Yang Sio Maan
- Yaya Vai
- Yu Si
- Yuen Wai Ip
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- Adam Lamptom
- Adam Lui
- Agostinho Guilherme Fernandes (Nico)
- Aida Maria Albino Carreira
- Alan Chon Weng Ieong
- Alice Im
- Alice Kok Tim Hei
- Ana Rita Dias Ferreira
- António Duarte Mil-Homens
- Armelle de L.
- Bottle Technology Limited
- Brian Cheong
- Carol Kwok
- Chan Ka Keong
- Delfino Gabriel
- Dennio Long Fat Chi
- Dialect
- Edgar A. B. Martins
- Eduardo Magalhāes
- Eloi Scarva
- Fátima Peres Galvão
- Fong Vang Hoi
- Francisco Ricarte
- Frank Lei
- Gonçalo Lobo Pinheiro
- Gonçalo Magalhães
- Hugo Teixeira
- Ieong Man Pan
- Jansky Lei
- Jason Lei
- Joan Lam
- João Miguel Barros
- Joaquim Magalhāes de Castro
- Jordan Whyte
- Juliana Hew
- Ken Chau Chong In
- Lo Yuen Yi
- Lúcia Lemos
- Maria 16
- Maria do Carmo Correia
- Marina Paula Duarte De Carvalho
- Mina Ao
- Noah Ng Fong Chao
- Nuno Calçada Bastos
- Nuno Filipe Gonçalves Soares
- Ohi
- Pedro Madeira Pinto
- Peter Chang Wa Heng
- Ricardo Meireles
- Rusty Fox Wong Lap Wang
- Season Lao Sin Hang
- Stefan Nunes
- Tang Kuok Hou
- Tzeng Yi Hsin
- Vincent Sin
- Wang Tou Kun
- Wilson Jorge Caldeira
- Wong Ho Sang