GALERIA NUNO CENTENO

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Untitled, 2023
Chinese ink on paper
22,5 x 34 cm.
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Maria Capelo (b. Lisbon, 1970) explores visual memory through the theme of landscape. These imaginary spaces are inspired by concrete places, where dense forests, executed in Chinese ink, peek through a white background. Her metamorphic vocabulary merges with cinematographic and literary references, evoking a long universal tradition of the landscape.
Maria Capelo lives and works in Lisbon. She has exhibited frequently since 1996 and includes amongst her recent solo shows Vem a chuva e vem o vento (CAV – Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra); O dia já fecha as portas (MAAT- Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia. Edifício da Central, Lisboa); Vento Espesso (Museu da Cidade, Casa Guerra Junqueiro, Porto, 2022). She won the Flad Drawing award 2022 and her works are featured in various public and private collections, most notably the Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Colecção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado, Portugal; Colecção de Arte Portuguesa Fundação EDP; Colecção Norlinda e José Lima, and Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa.