art in tavira




Isabel Macieira, sculpture and work on paper





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Stone fish (project)

Hands I
Hands II

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Stone fish (Tavira's Market mural)



With bridges we connect,
with bridges we share,
and these are the qualities
that make human beings so rare.

Giving our hands and hearts,
we will build a bridge of light
that will shine all around the world,
even above the darkest night.


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Torso

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Augusta


Isabel Macieira

Born in Lisbon, on February 1957. Lived in Mozambique until 1974, and in Tavira since 1985.

Graduated from ESAD – Superior School of Decoration Arts – Lisbon;

Master degree, in Portuguese History of Art – Algarve University.

Master Dissertation (PDF; opens in new window)
Book (PDF)
Cover (PDF)


email: imacieira@sapo.pt  





LINKS:
Vítor Pomar;
Só Acredito em Milagres
I Only Believe in Miracles.
Catalogue.
(PDF file opens in a new window; might take some time to download but it worth it)




Professional Activity:

 

Art teacher for basic school (third level), since 1983;

Author of several studies about regional and local paintings, publish in local newspapers and books;

Author of the book A Pintura Sacra em Tavira – séculos XV a XX, ed. CMT e Colibri, Lisbon, 2004, and the study A Ilha de Moçambique durante a Idade Moderna, a «cidade de pedra e cal», 2007, (not published).

rtistic activity and exhibitions:

1990 – Etching workshop with Bartolomeu dos Santos, in Casa das Artes, Tavira;

1998 – Jewellery workshop with teachers and students from «ARCO», supervised     Fausto Maria Franci  e Teresa Seabra.

1990/2000 –Several individual and collective exhibitions, in different Portuguese cities: Tavira, Castro Verde, Almada, Lisbon, Porto e Monsaraz.

2002 – Mural wall with stone elements - New market, Tavira;

2004 - Collective exhibition from the group «Cavalo Verde» - Tavira;

2005 – Collective show «Dolphins and Art» - Albufeira

Mural wall with stone elements - Dimpomar, Vila Viçosa;

Collective exhibition from the group «Cavalo Verde» - Tavira;

Collective exhibition «Fabricado em Tavira» - Tavira.

2006 – Individual exhibition – Casa de Cacela, Vila Nova de Cacela;

            Collective exhibition «Fabricado em Tavira» - Tavira;

            Individual exhibition – A Ver Tavira, Tavira;

            Individual exhibition – Artebar, Faro.

2007 - Individual exhibition – Algarve University Library Atrium, Faro;

            Individual exhibition – Casa André Pilarte, Tavira;

            Collective exhibition from the group «Cavalo Verde» - Tavira.