Sofia Aguiar

SOFIA AGUIAR 

Lives and works in Lisbon (Portugal) and Tangier (Morocco).

sofiadeaguiar@gmail.com

+351 91 768 48 11

Education

Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Ar.Co., Lisbon. 

Painting Complete Studies, Ar.Co, Lisbon

Photojournalism Studies at CENJOR, Lisbon

Operates as a journalist for several publications with text and image.

Didactic Group Analysis

Social Work degree, Instituto Superior de Serviço Social, Lisbon.

Exhibitions

2013

Rosa de Pau, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal

2012

Benin Biennale, Cotonou, Benin

Memórias Tangerinas, Loulé, Portugal

Birds Never Die in Mid-flight, Lisbon, Portugal

Vitrina, Culturfest, Dublin, Ireland

2011

Working for change, Appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco

AAA – Château d’If – Lisboa, Portugal

OAA – Château de Servières, - Marseille, France

Bhering -Open Studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Instantanés, Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal.

Working for Change, work Natura in Fieri, project for the Moroccan Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, Italy.

A Corte do Norte, Plataforma Revólver, Transboavista | VPF | Art Building, Lisbon, Portugal. 

2010

Flowers, Animals, Urbans, Machines, L'Appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco.

Arte Lisboa, Contemporary Art Fair, Alecrim 50 Gallery, Lisbon Congress Center, Portugal.

.Sentences on the banks and other activities - Exhibition project curated by Abdellah Karroum, Darat al Funun - The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, Jordan.

AAA 2010 _ Abertura de Ateliers de Artistas, Lisbon, Portugal.

Summer @ my place, group show, Alecrim50 Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

OTHERS A proposal for articulating works and projects (part 2), - Le Biennali D´Arte di Marrakech Istanbul Atene a Palermo e Catania, curated by Abdellah Karroum, Palazzo Riso, Palermo, Italy.

2009

Arte Lisboa, Contemporary Art Fair, Alecrim 50 Gallery, FIL, Lisbon, Portugal.

I like insects/Insects like me, painting installation, A proposal for articulating works and places, 3rd Marrakech Biennale, Morocco.

Pension Palace, painting,  with the artists Ana Jotta and Tomás Colaço, Tangier, Morocco.

The Minzah Collections, painting, Alecrim 50 Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal. 

The Minzah Collections, painting, El Minzah , Tangier, Morocco.

2008

Uma Viagem, um destino, MCO Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal.

Artiste, Fame D'Artiste, installation - drawing, painting, photography, impressions and text, Finalists and Awarded Scholarships Ar.Co., Tranquilidade Space, Lisbon, Portugal.

My Head is Full of Food, prints in photographic paper, Karin Sanders's students presentation, Lisbon.

SAFA Tangier, fabrics, PLUM - Atelier, Lisbon, Portugal.

2007

Period Room, painting and installation, Alecrim 50 Gallery ,Lisbon, Portugal.

Landscapes, painting, Chez Regis, Tangier, Morocco.

2006

As Idades de Lala Dundas Von Damischensztejn, painting, Colares Gallery, Colares, Portugal.

Is It After five O'Clock?, painting, Colares Gallery, Colares, Portugal.

Paintings, Portas de Santo Antão, Lisbon, Portugal.

Summer Exhibition, painting, , Ar.Co, , Almada, Portugal.

2005

Monotipias e Gravuras, Antónia Correia, Lisbon, Portugal.

Dogs 2, painting, Arts in Marrakech, Galerie Youraziz, Marrakech, Morocco.

Dogs 1, painting, Artist Residence, Villa Leon L'Africain, Tangier, Morocco.

Open .House 2, painting, prints, Eric's, Tangier, Morocco.

Open House 1, painting, prints, Themudo Barata, Monte Estoril, Portugal.

Prints, Inside Hall, Lisbon, Portugal.

2004

Cães, painting, Ar.Co., Lisbon, Portugal.

Collections

Appartement 22, Rabat, Morocco.

Ernst & Young Contemporary Art Collection, London, United Kingdom.

Fabrizzio Bizarri & Alessandra Lippini, Marrakech, Morocco.

Private Collections in Belgium, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and United Kingdom.

Publications

2009 NAFAS - Art Magazine, 3rd Arts in Marrakech Biennial, December´s Edition.

2010 African Colours - Guide To Contemporary African Art, February’s edition

ELLE DECO italia, January / February 2010, " Itinerario Tangeri", pag.102 to 114 

pag. 116 to 125

Giornale di Sicilia, pag. 38 - Cronica di Palermo. (27/08/2010)

La Repubblica-“Palermo Marrakesh – Un ponte sul Mediterraneo con lo sguardo degli artisti”, Oct. 2010

THE WORLD OF INTERIORS, "Phantom of the Sphinx”, June 2011