Sandra Lapage

Sandra Carol Lapage
Born in So Paulo, Brazil, 1974
Belgium and Brazilian nationalities
On the background: Painting 11, oil on canvas, 2005, 180x155 cm

First of all, I would like to clarify that the following observations are comments on the work achieved until now, not constituting rigid rules or theories. Thus I do not exclude that everything might change, because experimentation and complete freedom are the only prerrogatives of my work of art.

General aspects of my work of art

I believe that the work of an artist is a complex and varied activity, which involves reading, drawing, drafting, planning, and also educating the faculty of seeing. The realization of the work of art, which is unique, happens in the material environment of the studio - its conception as important as its translation into an object of art. The most important instruments in my art work are: intuition as a guideline to the poetic operation; the line as a transmission of feelings; the invention (opposite to the copy of the reality); the senses.

The artistic work
The work of art envolves understanding that concept and material realization are most of the times very different aspects of the process: experimentation is the...

Exhibitions
2007
. Amazon suite, individual exhibition, Brazilian Embassy in Brussels
. Latin American Art Exhibition, Agora Gallery, New York
2006
. MARP (Museu de Arte de Ribeiro Preto) - 2006 Annual Exhibit Program, Ribeiro Preto
. Urban Paintings, individual exhibition, Cultural Blue Life Art Gallery, So Paulo
2005
. 33th Contemporary Bunkyo (Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture) Art Exhibition, So Paulo; Acrilex Prize
. Biten, Bunkyo, So Paulo; bronze medal
. Paintings and Engravings, individual exhibition, Club Transatlantico, So Paulo
2004
. So Paulo Landscape, Bunkyo, So Paulo
. Interiors and Women Figures, individual exhibitions, Alliance Franaise, So Paulo
. Collective exhibition, Centro Cultural Diadema, Diadema
. So Paulo, a 450 Year Trip, SESC Pompia, So Paulo
2003
. Collective exhibition, Casa de Cultura de Santo Amaro, So Paulo
. Third figurative art exhibition, Bunkyo, So Paulo

Academic background
1995/1999 Graduation in Architecture and Urbanism at USP, University of So Paulo
1992 Baccalaurat en srie D, French highschool degree at Lyce Pasteur, So Paulo

Independent studies
2004/2006 Engraving Atelier at SESC Pompia, coordinated by Ev...