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About
Paloma Bosquê’s research draws largely on her daily practice in the studio. There she handles and freely associates materials that are not typical of sculpture, creating compositions of varying formats and scales. In a constant search for a possible and consensual balance between her selected elements, the artist often develops specific methods to combine, juxtapose and merge materials without ever forcing them to a definitive interaction.
Brass, felt, bronze, coal, gum rosin, bee’s wax, beef casing, craft paper, coffee sieves and wool are used indiscriminately by the artist. She is less concerned with the origins or potential symbolic value of each of the items than with their physical presence. Experimenting with the texture, weight and balance of her materials, Bosquê creates an extremely delicate visual landscape.
Each composition is an arrangement of singular materials. Felt and looms are handmade and tailored to the artist’s choices, coffee sieves hold the traces of their former use and sheepskins are never the same. Bosquê focuses on the transience of matter and impermanence. Her works remind us of the fragility of the agreements that hold together everything we consider permanent or definitive.
Paloma Bosquê (Garça, 1982) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Her most recent solo exhibitions include Dark Matter, Blum and Poe, Tokyo (2020); In the Hot Sun of a Christmas Day, Mendes Wood DM, New York (2019); Inventory, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2018); O Oco e a Emenda, Pavilhão Branco, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon (2017); Field, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2016); O Incômodo, Pivô, São Paulo (2015).
Additionally, her work has been included in institutional group exhibitions as the Brasile. Il Coltello Nella Carne, Pac - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (2018); Bienal de Coimbra, Coimbra (2017); Mycorial Theatre, Pivô, São Paulo (2016); Projeto Piauí, Pivô, São Paulo (2016); Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, The Jewish Museum, New York (2016); United States of Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit (2015).
Artist page
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Education
BA in Graphic Design at Centro Universitário Senac, São Paulo, Brazil
Solo Shows
2020
Dark Matter, Blum and Poe, Tokyo, Japan
2019
In the Hot Sun of a Christmas Day, Mendes Wood DM, New York, USA
2018
Inventory, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2017
O Oco e a Emenda, Pavilhão Branco – Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
2016
Field, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
O Incômodo, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
A Step Under, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Group Shows
2018
Il Coltello Nella Carne, Pac - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2017
Healing and Repairing, Anozero – Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Off Road, Zeno X, Antwerp, Belgium
Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Berlin, Germany
Neither., Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2016
Tudo Joia, Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, Brazil
In Between, Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, Brazil
Mycorial Theatre, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
Projeto Piauí, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
2015
Kiti Ka' Aeté, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
United States of Latin America, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, USA
2014
Ouro – Um fio que costura a arte do Brasil, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ultrapassado, Galeria Broadway 1602, New York, USA
2013
My Third Land, Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Da Próxima Vez Eu Fazia Tudo Diferente, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
Concrete Mirrors, Crypt Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2011
Projeto Imóvel, Edifício Copan, São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
Nigel Greenwood Art Prize 2017
Exhibitions








Curated by Fernanda Brenner


Publications

2019