BRIEF BIOGRAPHY and CURRICULUM

C L Á U D I A M A T S

She is a Brazilian artist who lives in Portugal. Her work in visual artsis the result of research and reflections about "Art and Territory".Cláudia Matoos develops some interventions in the territory, butthere is also something she conceptualizes as "aesthetics ofrandom". Her paintings aims to reflect about the “Archeology ofAbsence” as a concept which reveals: the presence of absence, thevestiges found in a landscape and the relationship between humanbeing and this place.

Ph.D. in Visual Arts at School of Fine Arts of Federal University of Riode Janeiro - EBA - UFRJ, Brazil, in the research area of Image andCulture. Researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in FineArts at the University of Lisbon - CIEBA. Invited Teacher to teach inthe drawing area at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University ofLisbon, FBAUL – PT (2013-2016) and also to teach in the Masters ofMuseology and Museography. Master of Science of Religion fromFederal University of Juiz de Fora – UFJF, Bachelor of Arts at FederalUniversity of Juiz de Fora – UFJF, Brazil. As an artist, she held severalsolo and collective international exhibitions. She has participated innational and international conferences as a researcher and her areaof operation includes themes in arts, image, territory and BrazilianCulture.

Cláudia Matoos photography, 2016.

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BRIEF ARTISTIC CURRICULUM(2017, June) - Collective exhibition at Basel Artweeks,Switzerland, at THE ARTBOX.PROJECT Basel 1.0, at theEuroairport in Switzerland, at the "Luminator" eventplatform, on the screen.

(2016, july) - Individual exhibition in Italy - Drawings -" Artand Territory project" - Valcamônica, Exhibition Pavilion ofCerveno.

(dez.2015 - marc. 2016) Collective exhibition -"Parèntheses" - FIAC - "CONTEMPORARY ART OF ARGELINTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL" at the Museum of Modern andContemporary Art, MAMA in Algeria.

(2015, nov., dez.) Selected for Artistic Residence - painting,instalation an video. "International Festival ofContemporary Art - FIAC in Algiers", promoted by theMinistry of Culture of Algeria and Museum of Modern andContemporary Art of Algiers - MAMA.

(2015) Permanent exhibition." Arrábida, a Quinta deCalhariz e Casa de Palmela" in the Palace Museum ofQuinta do Calhariz - Drawings / paintings. Sesimbra,Portugal.

(2011) Collective exhibition in Vienna / Austria- MuseumÖsterrreicchisches LateinamerikaInstitut. Promoterinstitution: Lateinamérika Institut.

(2011) Collective exhibition - Inimá de Paula Museum - BeloHorizonte, Brazil.

(2011) Collective exhibition - Portugal / Montemor-o-Novo:Montemor Museum. Évora, Portugal.

(2011) Collective exhibition - Espanha / Madri: Casa doBrasil.

(2011) Collective exhibition- at the University of Vienna,Austria, at the opening of the 9th German LusitanianCongress.

(2011) 3rd Postal Art Biennial in the House of the BookSaint Gilles Library, Brussels - Belgium.

(1999) Exposition- Hall Spring-Bronze Medal - BrazilianSociety of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro. Country Brazil.

(1999) Female Salon Award - Honorable Mention - BrazilianSociety of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro Country: Brazil.

(1999) Collective exhibition - Hall of Poetry and Literaturein Painting - Brazilian Society of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro.

(1997) Individual exhibition at the Caixa Econômica FederalGallery of Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

(1997) Collective exhibition at the Central Bank Gallery,Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

(1996) Individual Exhibition - "Windows" - Portinari Gallery -Ritz Plaza Hotel, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

Cláudia Matoos photography, 2016.