“The work of art magnifies the banality of life”

Sofia Areal

On April 7th, Thursday, at 4:30 pm, the opening of the exhibition «Sou Eu» by the plastic artist Sofia Areal, in the gallery of CPS - Centro Portugus de Seriografia at CCB.

The exhibition presents an emblematic set of screen prints that testify to the close collaboration that the artist has maintained with the CPS over the years.

Multidisciplinary artist, Sofia Areal (b. 1960, Lisbon), a very unique case in Portuguese arts, has been developing her work in areas as diverse as painting, drawing , illustration, graphic design, ceramics, tapestry, scenography and screen printing. He has an important set of works published by the Portuguese Screen Printing Center that represent his inspiring genius, where he assumes a free and spontaneous gesture.

Sofia Areal often chooses to use paint on her screen prints - the CPS Atelier becomes an extension of her own Atelier - giving each copy of the edition the character ;cter of unique work.

Quoting the art critic Maria João Fernandes about her silkscreens, “The swirling movement of forms, their metamorphosis according to the hidden mechanisms of creation, A very lively chromaticism that favors primary colors marks the solar adventure of Sofia Areal's images. The shape has as its horizon the infinity contained in the exaltation of the lines and a luminous halo that aims at the perfection of the circle and perpetually escapes with the rebellion and passion that connects the vision. visible and the invisible. Your plastic grammar is ready. This is well evident in his screen printing creations that offer us a true “Yes” from art to the primordial energies that preside over art; life and must inspire it.”

The exhibition will be open. patent until April 25th, with free entry.

CPS at CCB
Centro Cultural de Belém
Praça do Império 1449-003 Lisbon
Tel. 213 162 175
E-mail: cpsccb@cps.pt
Hours: Every day from 10am to 7pm

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Sofia Areal was born in Lisbon in 1960. She began her training in England with the Textile Design and Foundation Course courses at Hertsfordshire College of Art and Design , in the United Kingdom and, in Lisbon, he attended the Engraving and Painting studios at Ar.Co.

Multidisciplinary artist has been developing work in areas as diverse as painting, drawing, illustration, graphic design, ceramics, tapestry ;aria and scenography.

Your curriculum includes many exhibitions, among which we highlight “SIM”, the individual and anthological exhibition of the last ten years of your work that had as its reception space the Cordoaria Nacional, in 2011 and the collective and traveling exhibition “Quatro”, with Manuel Casimiro, Jorge Martins and Nikias Skapinakis. In 2013, the exhibition "Inmóvil en la luz, pero danzante" was held in the city of Mexico with the support of the Embassy of Portugal and Michelle Aizpuru, and sponsored by several Portuguese entities . In 2021, at Fundação Carmona e Costa, the exhibition “20 Years Forward, 20 Years Back”.

Personality of recognized cultural merit, she was photographed by Carmela Garcia, alongside other illustrious female artists, for “*13 Políptico”, an exhibition held in 2012, whose The objective was the photographic reinterpretation of the famous and enigmatic Panels of São Vicente de Fora. IN 2013, a study on creativity and dreams was carried out by psychiatrist and researcher Allan Hobson, materialized in a book and presented with the artist's exhibition at ISPA.

Sofia Areal is represented in the collections of Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon, Portugal; Caixa Nova da Galicia, Vigo, Spain; Casa da Cerca — Center for Contemporary Art, Almada; Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; FEVAL, Cáceres; Serralves Foundation, Porto; PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon; Museum of Contemporary Art of Funchal, Funchal, in addition to numerous private collections.