Drawing is at the core of my artistic practice. It is where everything originates and where I always return to. Having a restless mind, drawing, doodling and coloring have always been a way to capture an intense flow of ideas on a two-dimensional surface. In an associative, often random way, I migrate from one idea to another, from one image to another, always anchored by matter. Flow, form and content constantly mix and contaminate each other, altering dimensions and expanding ways of seeing.
One of the main characteristics of my production is its expansiveness, usually beginning on the scale of the hand, of the drawing, then unfolding on the scale of the body, of the space and architecture that surrounds it, often expanding into the three-dimensional plane as it incorporates different surfaces, objects and operations into its processes.
As the work expands into the physical realm, the subject, conversely, moves ever closer to an inner center. The movement of the body plays an essential role here, as concentric waves. The work can be seen as a seismograph, a record of the body’s presence, its pulse, its breath, its pain, its feeling, its movement. The body thus takes center stage as a figure, a working tool and a and a drawing or painting material.
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FLORA REBOLLO
São Paulo, Brazil, 1983.
EDUCATION
2015/2016 Free CourseEscola Entrópica: Study Group with Paulo Miyada and Pedro França at Tomie Ohtake Institut, São Paulo, BR.
2008 BA in Visual ArtsEscola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2007 Academic exchange programmeÉcole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Lyon, FR.
RESIDENCIES
2019 “Art Dubai Residents", Abu Dhabi, EAU.
2017 “Pivô Research Program", São Paulo, BR.
2013 “Residência Salão do Recôncavo Baiano”, Milan, IT.
SOLO SHOWS
2024 "Ansiedade Cósmica"Projeto Vênus Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2022 “O primeiro dia de Dadá”Quadra Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, BR.
2021 “5 pontas”Projeto Vênus Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2019 Solo show at ArtDubai, Pilar Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2017 “BURUBU"Pilar Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2016 “meta- in- proto- pluri- sin- preter- en- forme-"Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, BR.
GROUP SHOWS
2023 “Espantália”Lanterna Mágica, São Paulo, BR.
2023 “Trânsito-tecido”Galpão 556, São Paulo, BR.
2023 “Liga-Pontos”Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, BR.
2023 “Emoção de lidar”Quadra Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2022 “Visions of Paradise”Jaqueline Martins Gallery, Brussels, BE.
2022 “Pequenas Pinturas”Auroras, São Paulo, BR.2022 “Uma mão lava a outra”Olhão, São Paulo, BR.
2022 “Projeto Hóspede: Flora Rebollo e Tarsila do Amaral”Museum Casa Ema Klabin, São Paulo, BR.
2022 “Mapa da Estrada: novas obras do acervo da Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo”Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, BR.
2021 “Brisa”Quadra Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2021 “Comme il faut”Projeto Vênus Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2021” 9 out of 10”Projeto Vênus Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2020 "Matrioshka"Gomide & Co Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2020 "Aglomeração Antônio Henrique Amaral"Tomie Ohtake Institut, São Paulo, BR.
2020 "Four flags 2020"Jaqueline Martins Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2019 "Comigo ninguém pode"Jaqueline Martins Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2019 “Las flores azules que están atrás de las montañas que están hablando. Ustedes que dicen saberlo todo, interprétenlas, interprétenlas”IK Projects Gallery, Lima, PE.
2019 “Desenho Sujo”Espaço das Artes, São Paulo, BR.
2019 “Rocambole”Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, PT.
2018 “Rocambole”Pivô, São Paulo, BR.
2018 “Esse ano a noite preta pega a porta”Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, BR.
2018 “Hecatombe”Sancovsky Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2017 “Duas naturezas”Central Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2017 “Pela estrada e fora - Arte Londrina 5“Divisão de Artes Plásticas, Londrina, BR.
2016 “44 Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luis Sacilloto“Paço Municipal, Santo Andre, BR.
2015 “Coisas sem nomes”Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, BR.
2015 “Mostra Bienal Caixa de Novos Artistas”Caixa Cultural - Brasília, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo, BR.2015 "SAV 2015 – Salão de Artes de Vinhedo"Engº Guerino Mario Pescarini Cultural Centre, Vinhedo, BR.
2014 “5º Salão dos Artistas sem Galeria”Zipper Gallery and Casa da Xiclet, São Paulo, BR.
2012 “XI Salão do Recôncavo Baiano”Dannemann Cultural Centre, São Felix, BR.
AWARDS
2012 Grande Prêmio “XI Salão do Recôncavo Baiano”Dannemann Cultural Centre, São Felix, Bahia, Brazil.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, BR
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR.
Centro Cultural Dannemann, São Felix, BR.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
From 2011 to 2016, was an integral member of the residency program “Residência São João” in Rio de Janeiro, BR.