Clotilde Bourgard
Artworks
Shark Serie oeuf 2020
aluminium foil over polyester
20x25x40 cm
Estou no ceu Serie Dosage 2020
Aluminium foil over polyester
30x20cm
Unicornio Serie oeuf (pandemic period) 2020
25x20x20cm
aluminium on polyester
Biography
Born in Lisbon in 1970, from an early age she devoted herself to Art and completed the course of arts at the Antonio Arroio Art School in 1991.She then graduated from the Art History course of the Lusíada University (Lisbon, Portugal), and from the Conservation of Sculpture Course at Institute of Heritage Sciences / Rainha D. Leonor Institute (Lisbon, Portugal). She also holds a diploma in Heritage Management from the National Cultural Center (Lisbon, Portugal). Additionally, she took several other courses, namely a Sculpture Course with Master João de Brito and a Course of Artistic Installations at Escola Nestart School (Lisbon. Portugal) She has worked as director of an Art Gallery before becoming a full-time artist, developing research in the area of materials and resins in her studio in Estoril, where she paints and sculpts. Her work is considered to be Expressionist according to the Curator of the Millenium Foundation Rui Paiva, and it is represented in several private collections and Museums. During the last 20 years, she took part in more than 50 individual and collective exhibitions, both at national and international level.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
“Manifest”, Sculptures and Installation, Sintra Arts Museum Library Gallery, Sintra, Portugal - 2019
“Victoria”, Street Art, Project Arte Continua, Santo Antonio Fort, Oeiras, Portugal – 2019
“Impossible“, Urban Installation, Arc de Triomphe, Lisbon, Portugal - 2018
“A New Way”, Paintings, Gallery Welcome to Art, Lisbon, Portugal - 2018
"The gold side of simplicity", Installation, Municipal Gallery, Vila franca de Xira, Portugal - 2017
"Dangerous links", Paintings, Galeria LM, Sintra, Portugal - 2016
“Elephant”, Street Art, Nirvana studios, Lisbon, Portugal -2015
“Air”, Installation, Espaço Exibicionista Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal - 2015
"Alma", Installation, Ler Devagar, Lx Factory, Lisbon, Portugal - 2014
"Alma", Installation, Braço de Prata Factory, Lisbon, Portugal - 2014
"Julian’s heads", Sculptures, Portugal Telecom Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal – 2014
“Heads”, Sculptures, Rosso Tessiano Gallery, Milan, Italy - 2014.
“Heads”, Sculptures, Odivelas Center for Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal - 2013
“The Mask”, Sculptures, Museum of Contemporary Art, Gijon, Spain – 2013
Group Exhibitions:
“Eva“, Installation, NOVA School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal - 2018
“The mask”, Installation, Montepio Bank Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal – 2018
“Faces of the World”, Street Art, LAB (Urban Art Laboratory), Lisbon, Portugal - 2016 / 2017 / 2018
"Fragil", Santa Catarina Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal - 2017.
"Women", Painting, Carris Museum, Lisbon, Portugal - 2018.
“Julian’s Heads”, Sculpture, Municipal Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal - 2016
“Bairro das Artes” Catalogue and Installation, Galeria das Mercês, Lisbon, Portugal - 2015
“Profissoes”, Paintings, Palacio da Indepêndencia, 5th Biennial of Porto Santo, Lisbon, Portugal - 2014
“Essencias”, Paintings, Municipal Gallery, 7th biennial of Vidigueira, Portugal - 2010
“Utopia Azul”, Paintings, Dom. Manuel I Palace, Evora, Portugal - 2011
News
Curated content
Curator for the Jubileu International Art Fair of the Aga Khan Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal – 2018
Curator for the Prince Aga Khan Aquatic Photography Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal – 2018
Curator for Parallel Energies group exhibition, Belem Cultural Centre, Lisbon, 2013
Awards and Prizes:
Decorated Honourable Member of the Arts and Lyrics Academy from Portugal – 2019
1st Honourable Mention awarded by Mayor of Cascais - 2012
Press
Curated content
Curator for the Jubileu International Art Fair of the Aga Khan Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal – 2018
Curator for the Prince Aga Khan Aquatic Photography Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal – 2018
Curator for Parallel Energies group exhibition, Belem Cultural Centre, Lisbon, 2013
Awards and Prizes:
Decorated Honourable Member of the Arts and Lyrics Academy from Portugal – 2019
1st Honourable Mention awarded by Mayor of Cascais - 2012