Laura Rebelo

I am a painter living and working in Alentejo, Portugal; and, I studied at the Arts School of Évora University.

My practice as a painter is based very simply on my love for the Landscape colours and for the way the medium (enamel) and its characteristics help me in an instinctive act of painting in representing this Landscapes that evolve where I live or the natural places where I’ve been.

In the paintings, I am searching to accomplish the colours and the movements of the skies and grounds, searching for the essence of the Landscape itself, letting the chance, the hazard and the accidents of the relation between the medium and the surface of the support to work in favour of the resultant object: an “Abstract Landscape” Painting. Which, I hope, it exhibits something singular and unique, where in each painting, each observer can imagine a different Landscape of its own.

My paintings can be seen abstract because I maintain the focus on the characteristics of the medium and the surfaces of the support. Being inclined for the colour field and action painting movements. Therefore, I see it has “Abstract Landscapes”, exhibiting something singular and unique in each painting. These Landscapes are timeless and mindful.

The mo...

2021—PhD researcher Art History, at the University of Évora.
2016/2017 — Master in Artistic Practices of Visual Arts, Arts School, University of Évora.
2015/2016 — Attends Master in Painting in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon.
2010 - 2014 — Graduated in Visual Arts – Painting, School of Arts, University of Évora.
2004 - 2007 — Bachelor in Business Administration, European University, Barcelona.
2005 - 2006 — Painting night course, Ar.co, Lisbon.
2003 — Attends the Bachelor in Architecture, Lusíada University, Lisbon.

Solo Exhibition:
um Paisagem, 2020, Fábrica Features, Benetton Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Subtil Paisagem, 2019, Casa da Avenida, Setubal, Portugal
Paisagens Abstratas, 2018, Casa da Cultura da Comporta, Comporta, Portugal
OffArqLisboa, 2018, Pátria Interiores, Lisboa, Portugal.
Há mais mares que rosas, salvo raras excepções, 2018, Casa da Cultura da Comporta, Comporta, Portugal.
(Un)Habit Landscapes,2017,Galeria T10, Évora, Portugal
(Un)Habit Landscapes,2017, Museu Casa da Luz, Funchal - Madeira Island, Portugal
Em torno de mim, 2014, Pátria Interiores, Lisbon, Portugal

Group Exhibition:

Opostos expostos, 2017, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal
Rotterdam International Art Fair, 2016, Laurensekerk, Rotterdam, Netherlands
12x12x2016, 2016, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York, United States of America
Périplos – Today Portuguese Art, 2015, CAC Málaga, Spain, Málaga
9th Ehibition Shair, Emergents 2015, Gallery, Braga., Portugal
Levantamento das Pestes, 2014, Casa da Zorra, Évora, Portugal
Colecção B, 2014, Saint Vicent Church, Évora, Portugal

Biennals:

VIII Bienal of Small Size Painting, 2017, Moita, Portugal
VII Bienal of Small Size Painting, 2015, Moita, Portugal

Publications:

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