The nature of JOANA VASCONCELOS’ creative process is based on the
ap-propriation, decontextualisation and subversion of pre-existent objects and
everyday realities. Starting out from ingenious operations of displacement,
a reminiscence of the ready-made and the grammars of Nouveau
Réal-isme and pop, the artist offers us a complicit vision, but one which is at
the same time critical of contemporary society and the several features
which serve the enunciations of collective identity, especially those that
concern the status of women, class distinction or national identity. From
this process there derives a speech which is attentive to contemporary
idiosyncrasies, where the dichotomies of hand- crafted/industrial, private/
public, tradition/modernity and popular culture/erudite culture are imbued
with affinities that are apt to renovate the usual fluxes of signification which
are characteristic of contemporaneity.
Born in Paris, France.
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portgual. COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC ART PROJECTS Néctar, Buddha Eden Garden, Bombarral
Valquíria Dragão, Museu Futebol Clube do Porto by BMG, Porto
Coração Independente Vermelho #3, Paços do Concelho, Lisboa
Kit Garden, Largo do Intendente, Lisboa
Pavillon de Thé (PA), Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Erevan
Trianons #1, Parque de Escultura Contemporânea Almourol, Vila Nova da Barquinha [cat.]
Miss Jasmine, Amore Pacific Research Building, Jeju Island Dorothy, Garden of the Amore Pacific Corporate Building, Seul Portugal a Banhos, Doca de Santo Amaro, Lisboa
Portugal a Banhos, Centenário da República, Praça do Comércio, Lisboa
La Théière, Le Royal Monceau, Paris
Sr. Vinho, Mercado Municipal de Torres Vedras, Torres Vedras
Coração Independente Vermelho, Portugal at Heart, Melrose Arch, Joanesburgo
Jardim Bordallo Pinheiro, Jardim do Museu da Cidade, Lisboa
Valquíria Enxoval, Termas da Fadagosa, Nisa Priscilla, Manufacture des Souliers Louis Vuitton, Fiesso d’Artico Cinderela, Coleção de Arte Contem-porânea, Tróia Design Hotel, Tróia [cat.]
Vitrine, Art Building, Rua do Alecrim, no 12, Lisboa Varina, Imaginarius – Festival Internacional de Teatro de Rua de Santa Maria da Feira (8.a ed.), Ponte D. Luís I, Porto
Cinderela, Portugal Convida’08, Jardins de Salvador Espriu, Barcelona
A Jóia do Tejo, 7 Maravilhas EDP, Torre de Belém, Lisboa
Turbo, MSCAR, Faro
Priscilla, FIAC, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
Donzela, Imaginarius - Festival Internacional de Teatro de Rua de Santa Maria da Feira (7.a ed.), Castelo de Santa Maria da Feira, Santa Maria da Feira [cat.] Valquíria #7, Centro de Saúde de Sacavém, Sa-cavém
Joujoux, ” E Dançaram para Sempre” (coreografia de Clara Andermatt), Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa
Néctar, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisboa
Ópio, Hotel Quinta das Lágrimas, Coimbra 30 Anos do 25 de Abril, Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, Lisboa Coração Independente Dourado, Restaurante Eleven, Lisboa
Cactus, Fórum Almada, Almada
2001 Trono ao Santo António, Festas da Cidade, Praça do Município, Lisboa
12K 1, Lux-Frágil, Lisboa SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Valkyrie Trousseau, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art & The George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow Casarão, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo
Time Machine, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester [cat.]
Lusitana, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Telavive
Joana Vasconcelos, Galería Horrach Moya, Palma de Maiorca
Joana Vasconcelos, Gucci Museo, Florença Trafaria Praia, Pavilhão de Portugal, 55.a Exposição Internacional de Arte – la Biennale di Venezia, Veneza [cat.]
Joana Vasconcelos, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisboa [cat.]
Joana Vasconcelos, Haunch of Venison, Londres A Noiva, Centquatre, Paris
Petit Gâteau, Centre Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris Joana Vasconcelos Versailles, Château de Versailles, Versalhes [cat.]
Magic Kingdom, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense [cat.] Fairytale, The Monaco Project for the Arts, École Supérieure d’Arts Plastiques de la Ville de Monaco, Mónaco
Joana Vasconcelos, Gallery Seomi, Seul Valquíria Enxoval, FLUL - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa
1971 2004 2002 2001 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
CURRICULUM VITAE
Pavillon de Thé, 2012 Wrought iron, jasmine plants 359 x 509 x 345 cm 3 unique versions + 1 AP
Blue Champagne, 2012 Pommery POP Champagne bottles, metallized and thermo-lacquered iron,
ultra-bright LEDs, power supply unit (2x) 940 x Ø 496 cm
Marilyn (AP), 2011 Stainless steel pans and lids, concrete (2x) 297 x 155 x 410 cm
Royal Valkyrie, 2012 Handmade woollen crochet, felt appliqués, industrial knitted fabric, fabrics,
ornaments, polyester, steel cables, polystyrene 625 x 600 x 900 cm
Lilicoptère, 2012 Bell 47 helicopter, ostrich feathers, Swarovski crystals, gold leaf, industrial paint, dyed
leather upholstery embossed with fine gold, Arraiolos rugs, walnut wood, woodgrain painting, passementerie
300 x 274 x 1265 cm
Bevis, 2010 Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro faience painted with ceramic glaze, handmade cotton crochet 31 x 115 x 90 cm
Carlomagno, 2011 Faience dog, handmade cotton crochet 69 x 30 x 49 cm
Gauguin, 2012 Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro faience painted with ceramic glaze, handmade cotton crochet 13 x 39 x 34 cm
Enamorados [In Love], 2005 Ceramic urinals, handmade cotton crochet 40 x 58 x 30 cm
A Noiva [The Bride], 2001-2005 OB tampons, stainless steel, cotton thread, steel cables 600 x Ø 300 cm
