Gabriela Albergaria
Born in Vale de Cambra, Portugal, 1965
Biography
2009/10
- Artist in residence, The University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford – UK
2008
- Artist in residence, Villa Arson, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Nice – France
2008
- Artist in residence, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador da Bahía – Brasil
2004
- Artist in residence, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris. Grant Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
2000/01
- Artist in residence, João Hogan-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in the International Studio Programme,
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1994
- Exchange program with Artists International Exchange Porto/Bristol, Art Space Studios Bristol.
1991/93
- Grant from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
1985/90
- Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto.
Solo Shows
2011
- Forking paths, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisboa
2010
- Térmico, Pavilhão Branco do Museu da Cidade, Lisboa
2009
- Um Plátano de versailles, Espaço 3 espaço ao cubo, Alfragide/Lisboa, Portugal
2008
- Variações sobre um tema, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, Portugal
2008
- ABRACADÁRVORE, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahía, São Salvador da Bahía, Brasil (www.mam.
ba.gov.br)
2007
- Araucária Angustifólia, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brasil (www.galeriavermelho.com.br)
2006
- Herbes Folles, Work in Progress, Gabriela Abergaria with the collaboration of Joana Neves; Vera
Cortês, Agencia de Arte, Lisboa
- 51 Avenue d’Iéna, Gabriela Abergaria / Leonor Antunes, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris,
curated by Rita fabiana
- Indigenas y Exoticas, Liquidation Total, curated by Lila Insua and Victoria Del Val, Madrid.
- Under an Artificial Sky, Project Room Vera Cortês Agencia de Arte, Art Forum Berlin art fair, Berlim.
2005
- Mouvement, Instability, Conflito, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Mouvement, Instability, ConflitoII, Galerie Marianne Grob, Berlin
2004/2005
- Collect, transplantar, coloniser, curated by Delfim Sardo, Project Room, Centro Cultural de Belém,
Lisboa
2004
- Reconhecer - Um Lugar, AH, Galeria de Arte Contemporânea, Viseu, Portugal
2003/04
- Do Estádio Nacional ao Jardim da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, curated by the architect Teresa
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Andresen, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal (Artista convidada para colaborar na
exposição/Guest artist to colaborate in the show)
2003
- Grosses Werder, Werden Wollen, Galeria Graça Brandão, Espaço 552, Porto, Portugal
2002
- Trabalhos Recentes, Galeria Promontório Arquitectos, Lisboa
2001
- Exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, studio III, Berlin
- DOPPEL 7, Gabriela Albergaria / Morten Schelde, Galerie Kamm,Berlin
2000
- Desenho, Galeria Paula Fampa, Braga.
1999
- Rua Manuel Soares Pinheiro, parte V, Galeria Monumental, Lisboa.
1998
- Rua Manuel Soares Pinheiro, parte III, Galeria Assírio e Alvim, Lisboa.
1997
- Rua Manuel Soares Pinheiro, Museu Botânico de Lisboa.
1991
- Marcas D’Água, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto.
1990
- Notas, Galeria Monumental, Lisboa.
Group Shows
2009/2010
- Exposição Colectiva, group show, ah, António Henriques Galeria de Arte Contemporânea, Viseu,
Portugal (05/12/2009 – 17/01/2010 ), (www.ah-arte.com)
- Exposição #4, BES, Finança, Lisboa, Portugal (27/11/2009 – 22/01/2010)
- KURS: THE TREE, curated by Soren Lose, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Toreby, Denmark (04/09/2009 –
03/01/2010 ),(www.fuglsangkunstmuseum.dk)
2009
- Exposição #3 - Por entre a Ficção e a Realidade”, group show Collection Banco Epirito Santo, curated
by Maria do Mar fazenda, espaço Bes Arte & Finança,
Lisboa (28 Maio / May 28th )
2008/2009
- Lá Fora, curated by João Pinharanda, Museu da Presidência da República, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
(10/06/2008 – 30/08/2008) Fundação EDP, Museu da Electricidade, Lisboa, (16/01/2009 - 15/03/2009)
2008/2009
- BES Art, O Presente: Uma Dimensão Infinita, Collection Banco Epirito Santo, curated by Maria e
Lorena de Corral, (24/11/2008 – 25/01/2009) Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa
- Group exhibition, (13/12/2008 – 31/001/2009), Museu Grão Vasco, Viseu, Portugal
- Acclimatation, curated by Benedicte Ramade, (31/10/2008 – 24/03/2009), Villa Arson, Centre National
d’Art Contemporain, Nice - France
2008
- Intangible, curated by Maria Iovino, Feria de Arte de Bogotá (ARTBO), Bogotá, Colombia
- Finale:DIX NEUF, Gabriela Albergaria / Lise Harlev, Espace Surplus, Berlin.
- Analema ou o tempo traduzido, curated by Raquel Guerra, A Nova Cultura do Centro Hospitalar
Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal. (28/05/2008 – 27/06/2008)
- O Desenho Dito – Casa da Cerca – Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Câmara Municipal de Almada,
Almada, Portugal
- Parangolé –Fragmentos de los noventa en Portugal, Museu Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, curated by
Paulo Reis e David Barro
- 5 Portuguese artists, Michel Soskine Inc., Madrid
- The Tree: From the sublime to the social – curated by Daina Augaitis, VancouverArtgallery, Vancouver,
Canada (February 2 to April 27)
2007/08
- Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900”, curated by Nils Ohlsen, Kunsthalle in Emden,
Gerrmany (1 Dezembro)
2007
- O Gabinete de Curiosidades de Domenico Vandelli, curated by Paulo Bernaschina e Paulo Cunha e
Silva, Museu de História Natural da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra,
Departamento de Botânica (29 Novembro). Group exhibition 07, ah, antonio henriques, galleria de Arte
Contemporânea, Viseu, Portugal
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2006/07
- Drawing Attention, Invaliden 1, Berlim.
- Group Show, Diogo Pimentão, Gabriela Albergaria, João Queiroz, Julião Sarmento, Pedro Calapez,
- Vítor Pomar, ah, galeria de arte contemporânea, Viseu Portugal
2006
- Video’Appart, appartements privés, Paris (www.video-appart.com)
- Making Of, curated by Lila Insua e Victoria Del Val, Liquidation Total, Madrid
2005
- But the Exciting Aspect is to Organize Matter – FEMALE POSITIONS TOWARD SCULPTURE
- 55 international female positions toward sculpture Vienna AREA 53. Curated by Karin Sulimma / Nora
Hermann / Elisabeth Kousal Atelier & Gallery AREA 53, Vienna / Austria. www.AREA53.org
- Die Zukunft Der Natur – Das Hotel Landes Ausstellung 05 Salzlager Hall, Hall in Tirol, Innsbruck
Austria. Project from Via Lewandowsky (artist-Berlin) and Piet Eckert (architect-Zürich)
- Paisagens /Landscapes Daniel Gustav Cramer . Edgar Martins . Gabriela Albergaria . Glen Rubsamen
. Miguel Palma . Orla Barry . Pedro Tudela, Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto, Portugal
- BlueHall - Market Place Europe” at kunsthalle Arnstadt, Germany
- Uma Extensão do Olhar , Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra (CAV), Portugal, Obras da colecção
PLMJ.
- 100 Desenhos, coordination of the project Jorge Silva Marques & Pedro Maia, Porto. Curators : Cláudia
Amandi (FBAUP); Emílio Remelhe (FBAUP);
- Francisco Vaz Fernandes (Revista DIF, Lisboa); João Jacinto (Lisboa); Jorge Silva Marques (FBAUP);
Mário Bismark (FBAUP); Paulo Luís Almeida (FBAUP); Pedro Bandeira (FAUM, Guimarães), Pedro Maia
(FBAUP) e Vítor Silva (FBAUP)Maus Hábitos, Porto and Centro de Criação e Investigação Artísticas at
Convento de Corpus Christi, Vila nova de Gaia.
2004
- Fotossintese, Gabriela Albergaria, Carla Cabanas, Synthesis Festival de Imagem de Oeiras, Lagar do
Azeite, Oeiras
- antiIDYLL, Mich Cope, Eline McGeorge, Morten Schelde & Gabriela Albergaria (drawing - Grand
Rocher), Subspace art, Berlin
- Morten Schelde & Gabriela Albergaria (drawing), Suspace contemporary art, Berliner Kunstsallon,
Berlin
- Landkunstleben, curated by Christinne Hoffmann, Schloss Steinhöfel, Fürstenwalde, Alemanha/
Germany. (www.landkunstleben.de)
- ZELT project, Schloss Wiepersdorf. Curated by Phillipe Van Cauteren (Belgica/Belgium), Alemanha/
German
- Salon Europeén des Jeunes Createurs (Montrouge, Paris) Schwarzweiss IX, Galerie Marianne Grob,
Berlin
2003
- 60 Artists at Pugh Pugh Galery, Galery Pugh Pugh, Berlin
- Acrochage, Galeria Graça Brandão, Espaço 410A, Porto, Portugal
- A Room of One’s Own, drawings - Morten Schelde (DK) & Gabriela Albergaria (POR),
Museumsbygningen, Copenhaga, Dinamarca
- Et Puis Voilá, AH, António Henriques Galeria de Arte Contemporânea, Viseu, Portugal
- Blue Hall – Marketplatz Europa. Atelierhaus Panzerhalle e.V. Gross Glienicke, Berlin
- Project Dialog Loci in Kostrzyn, Poland. Urban Art and Kostrznskie Centrum Kultury
- A Room of One’s Own, drawings - Morten Schelde (DK) & Gabriela Albergaria (POR), Casa das Artes,
Porto / Portugal
2002
- Let’s Crystallize, Marika Seidler(DK) & Michelle Eistrup (DK/US/CARIB), Celina Gonzalez Sueyro
(ARG), Morten Schelde (DK) & Gabriela Albergaria (POR), Galerie SPARWASSER HQ, Berlin
- Imago 2002. Encuentros de Fotografía y Vídeo, Sala Unamuno, Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain.
Curated by Alberto Martín.
- Expect the World/Moi Non Plus, Video Projection, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Museu do Chiado,
Lisboa. A project by Solveij Ovesen, Ana Pinto and Estelle Blaschke
2001
- Ways of Worldmaking, Mucsarnok, Budapest
- Gabriela Albergaria, Lois Renner, Szabó Dezso, Thomas Wrede, Edwin Zwakman, curated by Harm
Lux
2000
- Mnemosyne Project, Encontros de Fotografia 2000, Coimbra, curated by Delfim Sardo
Activity as teacher and conferences:
2008
- Emily Talks: 2008 Spring Speaker Series – ECI- Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design – Vancouver Canada
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2001
- Rebuilding the mechanisms of feelings, KünstlerG.rten Weimar, ACC Galerie, Bauhaus Universität
Weimar
1995/2000
Teacher at the Art school ar.co centro de arte & comunicação visual Lisboa – Portugal
Contribution and projects:
2002
- Manifesta Arquive Form, Manifesta 4, European Biennal of Contemporary Art Frankfurt/Main
2003
- Catalogues contributed to Allen Ruppersberg artists’ books platform at The 25th International Biennal of
Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, 2003
- Tag der Offenen Ateliers, Kunstherbst 03 Berlin, Germany.
- Arquive anamnese, Fundação Ilídio Pinho, Porto, Portugal
2003/2005
- United Net-Works mobile archive & ‘on the road 2003-2005’ project, Stockholm
2006
- Hotel Lake Resort. Project to the oriental and mediterranean restaurant
2006
- Hospital CUF Descobertas, project to the chemotherapy room and waiting room
2007
- Onhe Title (Palmengarten), Site specific project for the KFW Bankenngrupe, Frankfurt, Germany.
2007
- FUKT, project for a drawing magazine
2009
- Hotel Tivoli Vitoria, project to the foyer and several drawings.
Awards
- Nominated for the price Ars Viva 02/03-Landschaft in Germany
- Nominated for the Prix Pictet 2008, The World’s Premier Photographic Award in Sustainability.
Collections (selection):
- Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahía, Salvador, Brasil
- KFW bankenngrupe, Frankfurt
- Lars Pahlman, Finland
- BESart- Banco Espirito Santo, Lisboa
- CAM, Centro de Arte Moderna Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
- CAPC, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Portugal
- Colecção PLMJ, Lisboa, Portugal
Several private collections
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