Biography
CV Susana Gaudêncio
E-mail: gaudenciosusana@gmail.com | Mobile: +351.914534256
Website: http://www.susanagaudencio.com/
Studio: Atelier 15, Coruchéus Palace (Left Block),
2ºfloor, Street Alberto de Oliveira, Lisbon
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Susana Gaudêncio creates intricate drawings, photo-montages and animations, made by altering found footage and imagery. This involves a cyclical transformation, from the digital source-footage, to the physical print-out, and back again. It collapses the space between otherwise disparate processes and addresses the tensions between political reality, and expressive illusion.
SHORT BIO
Susana Gaudêncio (1977)
Lives and works in Lisbon and New York.
Susana Gaudêncio has a College degree in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. She has a Master in Fine Arts from Hunter College, City University of New York, sponsored by Calouste Gulbenkian and Luso-American Foundations trough their Specialization and Professional Valorization Grant in the United States.
She has had solo exhibitions at CAV (Visual Arts Centre), Coimbra, in Espaço A/C and Galeria Pedro Cera – Mnemonica de Lugares in Lisbon, participated in group exhibitions in Holland, Barcelona, New York and Liverpool. Gaudêncio was part of the exhibition Portuguese Artists - Outside at the Electricity Museum. In January 2009, she inaugurated two solo exhibitions, Blocking at Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art Gallery in Lisbon and Houyhnhnm at the ISE Foundation in New York City. Her work will be part of ResPublica an exhibition curated by Leonor Nazaré and Helena Freitas at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Modern Art Center.
Since February 2010 she is an Guest Assistant Professor at the School of Art and Design, IPL -Leiria Polytechnic Institute in Caldas da Rainha.
ART STUDIES
2006/2008 – MFA - Master in Studio Art, Specialization in Combined Media, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York.
1996/2002- College degree in Painting from Fine Art School, University of Lisbon
2002- Akademie Minerva – Project in Graphics - Silkscreen Hanze University, Groningen, Holland.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 – Chamber of Invention, Drawing Spaces, Lisbon
2010 – Chamber of Examination, Presença Gallery, Oporto
- Agonized Humor II, Mews Project, London
- Stout Cobweb, Maus Hábitos organized by Mafalda Santos e Daniel Pires, Oporto
- Agonized Humor I, NOGO, Project Room for Visual Arts, Experimental Cinema, and Architecture, Lisbon
2009 - Front Project Space at ISE Cultural foundation, New York
- Library of Sorts Mura – Site Specific project, Bowery Poetry Club New York
- Blocking, Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art Gallery, Lisbon
2007 - Agent Provocateur, Zoom, Curated by Miguel Amado and Filipa Oliveira, Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art Gallery, Lisbon
2005 - Mnemónicas de Lugares, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon
2004 - Project Room , CAV-Visual Art Center, Coimbra
- A/C#1, Curated by Miguel Amado and Filipa Oliveira, Espaço A/C, Lisbon
2001 - Técnicas de Auto-defesa, Arte Periférica Gallery, Lisbon
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 - ResPública, Centro de Arte Moderna Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Curated by Leonor Nazaré e Helena Freitas, Lisboa
-Experimental Film and Vídeo festival, 700IS Reindeerland, Iceland
2009- Seven Easy Steps for Social Improvement, at Horton & Lui Gallery, Curated by Amanda Schmitt, New York
-NYC Visions, at Milbank Chapel and Macy Gallery-Columbia University, Curated by Maurizio Pellegrin, New York
- Bermudas, curated by Patricia Valência at 101 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
- A escolha da crítica, at Plataforma Revolver – TransBoavista Building, Curated by Ligia Afonso, Lisbon
- Opções e Futuro, PLM Foundation Collection, City Museum, Lisbon
- Portuguese Artists Outside, Electricity Museum, Curated by João Pinharanda, organized by – Presidencial Museum, Lisbon
2008 - Group, Curated by Emma Spertus, Subletters Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
- How we Know, Beta Spaces 08, Arts in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
- Enganar a fome, Espaço Avenida, Lisbon
- CUT!, Curated by Tiffany Sum and Yuka Yokoyama at Monkey Town, Brooklyn, New York
- Salamanca Art Fair, Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art Gallery, Salamanca
- The Equestrian Project, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York
- Portuguese Artists Outside, Organized by Presidential Museum, Viana do Castelo
2007 - What time is this place, Curated by Hope Hilton, Chashama Gallery-Visual Arts Program, New York
- Debaixo do tapete, Plataforma Revólver, TransBoavista Building, Lisbon
- Dinamia, Pessegos Prá Semana Space, Oporto
2006 - Video Art screening, Pioneer Movie theater, Curated by Emma Spertus, New York
- Atmosferas Upgrade! Lisbon, Lisboa 20 Contemporary Art Gallery, Lisbon
- Opções e Futuro, PLMJ Foundation Collection, Arte Contempo Space, Lisbon
2005- FAL - Lisbon Art Fair, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon
- Bartolomeu 5 Space, Lisbon
2004 - Caminhos de água, Montemor-o-Novo City Hall Gallery, Montemor-o-Novo
2003 - Painting, I Painting prize Rothschild , Banque Privée E.Rothschild Headquarters, Lisbon
2002 - Corner to corner, S. Francisco Convent - Oficinas do Convento, Montemor-o-Novo
- Inside in/outside out Galeria Nigendijker, Groningen, Holland
2001 - Painting, Organized by Xana at Castelo 66 Gallery, Lagos
- 46º Salon de Montrouge (Salon Européen de Jeunes Créateurs), Paris/ Barcelona/ Amarante
- ARCO Madrid, Arte Periférica Gallery, Madrid
- FAC-Art Fair, Arte Periférica Gallery, Lisbon
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GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2010- Artist Residency in Madeira, Public Art Profect, São Vicente Park, Funchal
-Artist Residency at the Printmaking Department - Fine Art School, Oporto University, Oporto
2009- Inov-art Grant , DGArtes, Portuguese Government, New York
2006/2008 – Specialization and Investigation Grant in the United States of America by Calouste Gulbenkian and Luso-American Foundations - MFA, Master in Fine Arts, Hunter College, City University of New York
2007 – Research and travel William Graff Grant, Hunter College – City University of New York, to S. Petersburg, Russia
2006 – Research and study grant by CNC, National Cultural Center, Lisbon
2001/2002 - Erasmus Grant by University of Lisbon at AKademie Minerva, Groningen, Holland
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ART PRIZES
2006 - 1st prize Atmosferas.net, Digital Art Center, with project Re-Cordis (collaboration with Tiago Pedroso), Lisbon
2001 - 1st Painting prize at the 46éme Salon de Montrouge - Salon Européen de Jeunes Créateurs, Paris, Amarante, Barcelona
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Other Activities
2010/2011- Education Program Coordenator at Lisbon Architecture Triennale
2010- Guest Assistant Professor at Art and Design School – IPL - Leiria Polytechnic Institute, ESAD.Caldas da Rainha
2009- Research and Production assistant for American Artist Tony Oursler
2008/2009- Coordinating Assistant of MFA (Master in Fine Arts), at Hunter College, New York
2008- Animation Teacher at the American Museum of the Moving Image, New York
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PRESS
TV
- Conceição Lino, Interview for SIC TV Channel, January 2009
Printed Press
- Punctum, Coleccção de Fotografia da PLMJ, P2 Público, 19 de December, 2010
- Miguel Amado, Critic’s Picks, Artforum.com, New York
http://artforum.com/archive/id=24170
- Henrique Mano, Interview Luso-Americano Weekly Newspaper, New Jersey
- Artes e Leilões, A Arte da Fuga, 67 artistas no Museu da Electricidade, March, 2009
- Elsa Garcia, Lá Fora, Time Out Lisboa, 17 February 2009
- Margarida Oliveira, Fora de portas, Entrevista, Ncontrast - Conceitos Perpendiculares, June 2008
- Celso Martins, Bartolomeu 5, Expresso /Actual, 2 de April de 2005
- Celso Martins, Lugares novos para os novos, Expresso/Actual, 31 de Oct. 2004
- João Pinharanda, Lagos são os Lagos, Público/ Milfolhas, 11 August 2001
- Alexandre Pomar, Apresentação, 46º Salon de Montrouge, Expresso /Cartaz, June 2001
- Pedro Teixeira Neves, Técnicas de Auto-Defesa, Arte Ibérica, nº45, April 2001
- João Pinharanda, O realismo e as suas mentiras, Público/ Local, 22 April 2000
Catalogs
- Respublica,
- Experimental Film and Vídeo festival, 700IS Reindeerland, April 2010
- Punctum, Colecção de Fotografia da PLMJ, December 2009
- NYC Visions, Columbia University em Nova Iorque, November 2009
- A escolha da Crítica, Plataforma Revólver, March 2009
- Opções e Futuro, Colecção da Fundação PLMJ,2009
- Artistas Portugueses Lá Fora, Museu da Presidência, Museu da Elestricidade, 2001
- Enganar a Fome, Espaço Avenida, September 2008
- Opções e Futuro, Colecção da Fundaçao PLMJ, 2008
- Opções e Futuro I, Colecção da Fundaçao PLMJ,2006
- Project room, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, 2004
- Técnicas de auto-defesa, Galeria Arte Periférica, Lisbon, 2001
- 46eme Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, 2001
- FAC 2000, Galeria Arte Periférica, 2000