Clara de Cápua (Jaú-SP, 1984) is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist whose work spans both performing and visual arts. She is currently a PhD candidate in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal. She holds a Master's in Arts (2010), completed with the financial support of FAPESP (Brazil), and a Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts, both from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. She worked as an actress for several years, performing in theater plays and a film. In 2017, she shifted her focus to visual arts, primarily through drawing, video, and photographic interventions. By isolating objects and figures in general, she explores themes such as the action of time, the tension between presence and absence, and a possible narrative drive within the image.
She has participated in several exhibitions, including the “Maia Contemporary Art Biennial 2023” (Portugal, 2023), the “XXII International Art Biennial of Cerveira” (Portugal, 2022), the “Paadmaan Video Event #2” (Iran, 2021), the “16th National Contemporary Art Salon of Guarulhos” (Brazil, 2020/21), the “XV SIMULTAN Festival” (Romania, 2020), the “III Mostra Diversa” (Brazil, 2019), and the exhibition “AI5: Ainda não terminou de acabar” at the Tomie Ohtake Institute (Brazil, 2018). Between 2019 and 2022, she was represented by LONA Gallery (São Paulo, Brazil). Her works are in private collections, the public collection of the “MDS - Museum of Sexual Diversity” (São Paulo, Brazil), and the “Ar: Acervo rotativo” collection. Her videos have been exhibited in Brazil, Germany, Iceland, Romania, Belgium, Portugal, and Iran.
curriculum vitae
ACADEMIC STUDIES
current PhD Student in Fine Arts
Porto University – FBAUP, UPORTO, Porto, Portugal.
2010 MA in Arts
Campinas State University – UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
Scholarship from FAPESP, Brazil.
2006 BA in Performing Arts
Campinas State University – UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
VISUAL ARTS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Disappearance. Curated by Tales Frey. Atelier Galeria FFAC. Porto, Portugal.
2023 there is someone in my mirror and it's not me Curated by Tales Frey. ZSenne art lab. Brussels, Belgium.
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BIENNIALS, ART SALONS AND FESTIVALS
2024 Festival de Audiovisualidades do MAC Paraná. Auditório Pety Lazzarotto - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil.
2023 Bienal de Arte Contemporânea da Maia 2023. Curatorship: José Maia. Fórum da Maia, Maia, Portugal.
2022 XXII Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira. Fundação Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.
2021 Paadmaan Video Event #2. Sharif Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2021 WATERPIECES – International Video and Contemporary Art Festival. NOASS Art Centre, Riga, Latvia.
2020 16º Salão Nacional de Arte Contemporânea de Guarulhos. CME Adamastor, Guarulhos, Brazil.
2020 SIMULTAN Festival – UNSEEN. Asociatia Simultan, TimiÈ™oara, Romania.
2019 III Mostra Diversa. Sexual Diversity Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
2019 Skammdegi Festival. Listhús Artspace, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ardume: Mostra de videoarte e cinema experimental. Curated by Francisco Relvas. Campanice. Porto, Portugal.
2024 Qualia #4. Curated by Tales Frey. Poste_Matosinhos. Matosinhos, Portugal.
2024 Ar: ACERVO ROTATIVO [400 artistas, 400 obras]. Curated by Laerte Ramos. MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, Brasil.
2023 Formatos em Vídeo. Curated by Fabiano Fernandes. Fábrica Behring. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2023 Ar: Acervo rotativo. Curated by Laerte Ramos. MACS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba. Sorocaba, Brasil.
2023 Ar: Acervo rotativo “NOVAS AQUISIÇÕES”. Curated by Laerte Ramos. LUX Espaço de Arte. São Paulo, Brasil.
2023 Formatos em vídeo. Curated by Fabiano Fernandes. Fábrica Behring. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2023 XIX Congrès Internacional de l’ARIC and II Congrès International de l’ÉDIQ. Quebec, Canada.
2023 Pequenos Formatos. Curated by Fabiano Fernandes. Ateliê Galeria FFAC. Porto, Portugal.
2023 Praxis/Deixis. Curated by Pedro Augusto. FBAUP oMuseu. Porto. Portugal.
2022 Do traçado da linha à superficialidade. Curatorship: Vinicius Spricigo. LONA Galeria. São Paulo. Brazil
2022 Desconhecido. LONA Galeria. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 1ª Coleção. Anexo LONA. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 Identidades Vernaculares. Curated by Eder Ribeiro. Casa Contemporânea. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 Acervo Aberto II. LONA Galeria. São Paulo, Brasil.
2021 Cadernos de Artista. Curated by Eder Ribeiro. Anexo LONA. São Paulo, Brasil
2020 Corpo Brasileiro #3. Curated by Petr Hošek. Mala Voadora, Porto, Portugal.
2020 Corpo Brasileiro #2. Curated by Petr Hošek. Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany.
2020 Quase Fim. Anexo LONA. São Paulo, Brazil.
2020 Empena na Quarentena. LONA Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
2020 Imersão em processo... Atelier Piratininga, São Paulo, Brazil.
2019 Looking for someone. Curated by Ivi Brasil. LONA Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
2019 Teerã-São Paulo. Curated by Ivi Brasil and Foad Alijani. Platform 3, Tehran, Iran and LONA Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
2019 Dá pra levar. Anexo LONA, São Paulo, Brazil.
2019 De 100 a 1000. New Gallery, São Paulo, Brasil and Galeria Poente, São José dos Campos, Brazil.
2017 Our Small Global Neighborhood. Cultural Centar Gjorce Petrov, Skopje, North Macedonia.
COLABORATION IN EXHIBITION
2021 Tra(u)ma, from Gustavo Aragoni. Casarão Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 AI-5 Ainda Não terminou de Acabar. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
2016 Desenhos de Cena #1 – Water Banquet. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil.
VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS, SHOWS AND FESTIVALS
2020 Queerentena. Sexual Diversity Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
2020 FRESTA – Mostra de Audiovisual Experimental. Universidade Estadual do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brasil.
2020 Festivau de C4nn3$ - A Marcha Audiovisual. São Paulo, Brazil.
2020 Casulo (Capullo/Coccon). Confluências de Arte. Argentina.
2020 2º Festival Imaginários Urbanos: Cidades Utópicas. Festival de Performance Urbana do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil.
ART RESIDENCIES
2024 Akureyri Art Museum Artist Residency, Akureyri, Iceland.
2023 ZSenne art lab, Brussels, Belgium.
2019 Skammdegi AiR, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland.
2017 Brashnar Creative Project, Skopje, North Macedonia.
AWARD
2019 Third Award at Collective Exhibition De 100 a 1000. New Gallery, São Paulo,
PUBLIC COLLECTION
Sexual Diversity Museum (MDS – Museu da Diversidade Sexual). São Paulo, Brazil.
Ar: Acervo rotativo. São Paulo, Brazil.
PERFORMING ARTS
CINEMA / Acting
2017 As Boas Maneiras
Direção: Juliana Rojas e Marco Dutra.
THEATER / Acting
Contos de Papel: Histórias da Floresta
Espetáculo infantil virtual realizado em parceria com Isis Madi // Prêmio Aldir Blanc 2020, com temporada online, 2021; Temporada Palco Virtual, Itaú Cultural, 2021; Prêmio ProAC Licenciamento 2022, com temporada virtual na Plataforma #CulturaEmCasa, 2023.
Acusação a uma atriz
MiniCia Teatro // Directed by Mariza Junqueira // Season at Teatro de Contêiner Mungunzá, São Paulo, 2017; 11º Festival Nacional de Limeira, 2015; 21º Festival Nacional de Presidente Prudente, 2014, among others.
Melhor não incomodá-la
MiniCia Teatro // Directed by Giuliano Tierno // Season at Teatro Paulo Eiró, São Paulo, 2009; Season at Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, 2009.
O barulho indiscreto da chuva
Cia. Corpos Nômades // Directed by João Andreazzi. Funarte Klauss Vianna Award 2007; Season at O Lugar, São Paulo, 2008.
Vai e Vem
Cia. Ápnéia de Teatro // Directed by Moacir Ferraz. // Espaço Cênico Débora Duboc, Ribeirão Preto, 2007; 7º Festival de Cenas Curtas – Galpão Cine Horto, Belo Horizonte, MG, 2007.
Intersecções – Peças Curtas de Harold Pinter
Cia. Apnéia de Teatro // Directed by Marcelo Lazzaratto // Projeto Encenações – SESI – SP, performed in the cities: Santo André, Araraquara, Franca, Osasco, Santos Mauá, Rio Claro, Birigui and Piracicaba, 2005.
Catléia
Cia. Apnéia de Teatro // Directed by Verônica Fabrini // XIV Festival Internacional de Teatro de Curitiba - FRINGE, 2005; X Festival Nacional Curta Teatro de Sorocaba, 2004
THEATER / Body and Movement preparation
Super Popper
Grupo Ópalo (Peru) // Directed by Jorge Villanueva // Jury Award and Audience Award at VIII Festival de Teatro Peruano Norteamericano, Lima, Peru, 2006.
CULTURAL PRODUCTION
Worked at Périplo Produções, where she developed the following projects:
2018 Executive production of the play "A Ira de Narciso" by Sergio Blanco, directed by Yara de Novaes. Premiere at the Official Showcase of the International
Festival of Curitiba and Season at SESC Pinheiros, Brazil; among others.
2018 Executive production of the play "A Natureza do Esquecimento" by Theatre Re (United Kingdom), at SESC Santana, Brazil
2015 Executive production of the tour of the play "The Tailor" by Gardi Hutter (Switzerland), at CAIXA Cultural Brasília, Curitiba, Fortaleza and Recife,
Brazil.
2014 Executive production of the tour of the play "Édipo" by Cia. do Chapitô (Portugal), at theaters of CAIXA Cultural Fortaleza, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and
Curitiba, Brazil.
2013 Executive production of the play "Una Mañanita Partí..." (Chile), at the "O que é, o que é?" Showcase, held at SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2013 Executive production of the play "IKIRU – Um réquiem para Pina Bausch" by Tadashi Endo (Japan/Germany), at CAIXA Cultural Fortaleza and CAIXA Cultural
Recife, Brazil.
2012 Executive production of the play "El Olivo" (Chile), at Mirada - Ibero-American Festival of Performing Arts in Santos. Santos, Brazil.
2012 Production Assistant at the Cena Brasil Internacional Festival. São Paulo, Brazil.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Chapter "Uma pedra é uma pedra é uma pedra: notas sobre o processo" in the book "Imaginários urbanos: cidades utópicas." In: Eduardo Bruno (Org.).
Fortaleza: Expressão Gráfica, p.60-61. ISBN: 978-65-5556-193-7
2013 Chapter "Carla de Cápua" published in the book "Vozes das Artes Plásticas." In: Fabio Pellegrini; Daniel Reino. (Org.). Campo Grande: FCMS, p. 126-131. ISBN:
978-85-63709-27-1
2011 Article "Imagens da MORTE no teatro de Tadeusz Kantor" published in the international journal "Estúdio: Artistas Sobre outras Obras," Year II, Number III.
Lisbon, Portugal. ISSN 1647-6158
2010 Article "Francis Bacon e a dessemelhança da auto-representação" published in the international journal "Estúdio: Artistas Sobre outras Obras," Year I,
Number II. Lisbon, Portugal. ISSN 1647-6158
2010 Article "A Teatralidade na pintura de Francis Bacon" published in the international journal "Estúdio: Artistas Sobre outras Obras," Year I, Number I. Lisbon,
Portugal. ISSN 1647-6158
2009 Article "A Figura baconiana e o corpo pós-dramático: a construção da presença como narrativa" published in the proceedings of the II Colóquio de
Dramaturgia: Modalidades da Dramaturgia na Contemporaneidade. ISSN: 217-626-35
2009 Expanded abstract "Ator colecionador de afetividades" published in the proceedings of the V Reunião Científica da ABRACE. ISSN: 2176-9516.