Claudia Lima
Born in 1956 in Rio de Janeiro.
From 1961 to 70, she participated in several collective exhibitions at the museum, being several times awarded and invited to represent the school in international events with her work immediately reproduced in magazines such as “Gam” in an article by critic Mário Pedrosa. In 1967, as a representative of MANM and Brazil, she obtained the gold medal at an international painting exhibition organized by the United Nations. “CAMINHO DE CORPO E ALMA…” In 1979, she graduated in Law from Cândido Mendes in Rio de Janeiro where she participates in the 1st Plastic Arts Exhibition organized by the University. In 1980, she took up residence in Lisbon and began her painting course at AR-CO. In 1984 she attended the Aubusson International School of Decorative Art in France with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, devoted herself to tapestry and participated in the 102nd Salon des Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs as a representative of Portugal. In 1987 she collaborated in the formation of the Cultural Cooperative “The Art of Tapestry and Textile”. She designs some installations, namely for the Costume Museum (96) and for the CPLP Pavilion at EXPO 98. She is represented in several countries through her works.
Solo exhibitions
1985
– Museu Tavares Proença, Castelo Branco, Portugal.
– Museu de Viseu, Portugal
– Museu de Lamego, Portugal
– Palácio dos Coruchéus, Lisboa, Portugal
– Museu de Évora, Portugal.
1996
– Installation “O Carnaval das Serpentinas” (results from an intense research work on three-dimensional textile art), Museu do Traje, Lisbon.
2000
– “Enredos”, Sala Manuel da Costa, Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto, Brasil.
2003
– “In My Mind”, Galerie Fórum Berlim Am Meer, Berlim, Alemanha.
– “Esculturas e Pinturas”, Galleria Amici Dell’Arte, Brissago, Suiça
2004
– “Vestígios”, Galerie “ART-Zloty”, Berlim, Alemanha.
2008
– “Tropical Garden”, Gallery Copenhagen, Dinamarca.
2014
– “Travessia”, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Portugal.
– “Aubusson, Minas e Outros Lugares”, Galeria de Arte do Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas-Gerais Cultural, em Belo Horizonte, Brasil
Exposições Coletivas:
1986
– Invited by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, to participate in the “102 ème Salon de L’Union des Femmes Peintres e Sculpteurs”, as a tapestry artist to represent Portugal, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
1998
– Conceives, together with Portuguese artist Cândida do Rosário, installation: “Ondas da Lusofonia”, Expo’98 – Pavilion of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), Lisbon, Portugal.
2004
– “11th International Triennial of Prosperity”, Lódz, Poland.
– 2nd International Trienal for Miniature – Textiles”, Gallery of Szom- bathely, Szombathely, Hungria.
2007
– “Instalação de vídeo” (com o artista alemão Lucas B), Casa Fran ça – Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
– Selected by the jury (Lithuanian Artist Association) to participate with sculpture, “Identification of New Thinking”, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2011
– Café das Cores Tropicais” – Poleeni Cultural Center, savontie, Filândia.
2012
– “Bella Bienal” Palácio de Cristal, Porto , Portugal.
2017
– Selected by the jury (Lithuanian Artist Association) to participate with sculpture, “Identification of New Thinking”, Vilnius, Lithuania.
– Kristianstad
– Halmstad