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Interested in abstraction, my work is a conjunction of the logical and the sensitive. I move between these two poles, using systems and geometry as base for the work, and envolve myself in process of experimentation and perception. I build my artistic language using different techniques, mainly painting, questioning what is given to me as facts, revisiting conventions and trying to give visibility to different subjects such as multiple dimensions, frequencies and time. I've been using repetition to suggest depth and movement in the works, with layers and multiple overlays. I also use repetition as a measure, as a marker of the time of the experiment. I look for a visual space that allows different paths and interpretations, trying to retain the time from the process and from the observer. Recently, the rules and systems have become less noticeable, I have been changing what was established in my work, opening up to new developments.
Karen Axelrud was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, in 1965. Post graduated in arts - Painting, Drawing and Installation by Feevale University, Sinos Valley, Novo Hamburgo, 2012. Graduated as Architect and Urbanist by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Porto Alegre, 1990.
Individual Expositions
2024 - Permanent Movement of Matter - Museum Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre/RS
2022 - Slips in series - Mamute Art Gallery, Porto Alegre/RS
2017 - Matriz - MGCC - Museum of Art Solar do Barão - Curitiba/PR
2016 - Matriz - MARGS - Museum of Art Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre/RS
2013 - Entretempos - ESPM School, Porto Alegre/RS
2012 - Systems of Recording the Time - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS - post graduation conclusion work
2010 - Combinations - UCS - Caxias do Sul University - Campus 8 - City of Arts/RS
2008 - Entrelinhas – Florense Goethe, Porto Alegre/RS
2007 - Dark Pools – Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
Collective Expositions and Art Fairs
2024 - Dialogues in Engraving Production by Women Artists - Marcelo Lunardi's collection - UCS - Caxias do Sul University - Campus 8 - City of Arts/RS
2023 - 20x20 Artist Association Chico Lisoa, DMAE Art Gallery, Porto Alegre/RS
2023 - Moving Collection - MARGS - Museum of Art Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre/RS
2023 - Actions, Pressures and Impressions - UFRGS Art Institute - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
2023 - SP-Art Fair with Mamute Art Gallery
2022 - 13 Mercosul Biennal - Quase Oração group - Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana - Porto Alegre/RS
2021 - Engraving Collection of the Mustrab - Museu do Trabalho - Museum in Porto Alegre/RS
2021 - Gaúchos artists - Iberê Camargo Foundation - Porto Alegre/RS
2021 - Artsoul Large Formats Art Fair with Mamute Art Gallery
2021 - Part in performance Quase Oração group
2020 - SP-Art Fair Viewing Room with Mamute Art Gallery
2020 - Artsoul Engraving Art Fair with Mamute Art Gallery
2020 - Artsoul Quarentine Art Fair with Mamute Art Gallery
2019 - Placentária - Art Gallery Gerd Bornheim - Caxias do Sul/RS
2018 - CaldwellSnyder Gallery - San Francisco /California
2018 - Placentária - MAC RS - Museum of Contemporary Art - Porto Alegre/RS
2018 - In the Studio: Art by MoMA's Online Learning Community - The Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY
2017 - Printer's Proof: Marcelo Lunardi's collection - Atelier Asvaal - Vacaria/RS
2017 - Stone and Metal - UCS - Caxias do Sul University - Campus 8 - City of Arts/RS
2016 - Collective of artists awarded at the 6º Ibema Engraving Premium - Museum Solar do Barão - Curitiba/PR
2016 - Metal Engraving - Jabutipê Atelier, Porto Alegre/RS
2014 - Occupancy 192 - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
2014 - Parallel - UCS - Caxias do Sul University - Campus 8 - City of Arts/RS
2014 - Occupancy 192 - Pelotas Municipal Bureau of Culture, Pelotas/RS
2013 - Contemporary Aesthetic, Visual Poetics - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
2013 - Através da Trama - Feevale Cultural Center - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
2012 - Distensões do Real - Feevale Cultural Center - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
2010 - Collective Bidimensional Atelier III - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
2010 - Santíssimos - Florense Goethe, Porto Alegre/RS
2008 - Rice Paper – Cultural Center CEEE Erico Verissimo, Porto Alegre/RS
2008 - Looking to the World for Inspiration, Neocon World's Trade Fair Chicago - IL - USA
2008 - 20X20 6º International Miniart Exchange Brazil, Mario Quintana Culture House - Porto Alegre/RS and Center of Art, Federal University of Amazonas, Manaus/AM
2006 and 2007 - 20x20 Bolsa de Arte Gallery, Porto Alegre/RS
Works in public collections
PAÇO - Museum of Art Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre/RS
MARGS - Museum of Art Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre/RS
MAVRS - Museum of Art Ruth Schneider, Passo Fundo/RS
IA UFRGS - Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo - Art Institute - UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
GRÁFICA UFRGS - UFRGS Printing House - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS
Works in private collections
LING INSTITUTE - Porto Alegre/RS
MUSEU DO TRABALHO - Porto Alegre/RS
IBEMA BRAZILIAN PAPER COMPANY - Curitiba/PR
MÔNICA and GEORGE KORNIS COLLECTION/RJ
Awards and Selections
2023 - Selected artwork from MoMa/NY learning center to the exposition Georgia O’Keeffe: To see takes time. On view at MoMa’s social media
2023 - Selected artwork from MoMa/NY learning center in collage technique. On view at MoMa’s social media
2022 - Artistic residency at the Museu do Trabalho - actions, pressures and impressions - Research Group Expressions of the Multiple - UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - CNPq - Museum in Porto Alegre/RS
2022 - Selected artwork from MoMa/NY learning center to the exposition Living Abstraction: Sophie Taeuber-Arp. On view at MoMa’s social media
2022 - Artistic Desorientation - extension project from UFRGS visual arts department - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - Porto Alegre/RS
2021 - "des.liga"- project selected at the Art + Technology forming, conducted by Ling Institute with support of Tecnopuc - Technological Park of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
2016 - IBEMA - 2º place at 6º Ibema Engraving Premium - Brazil
Publications
ACTIONS, PRESSURES AND IMPRESSIONS - Artistic Residency at the Museu do Trabalho, Porto Alegre/RS, 2022
LIVRO 70 ANOS DA GRÁFICA DA UFRGS | ENTRE MEMÓRIAS E ARTES DA IMPRESSÃO - UFRGS Printing House - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre/RS, 2018
CATÁLOGO DE EXPOSIÇÕES 2015 a 2018 do MARGS - Museum of Art Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre/RS, 2018
Talks
27.02.2024 - Permanent Movement of Matter - Museum Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre/RS
16.03.2017 - Matriz - Museum of Art Solar do Barão - Curitiba/PR
25.05.2016 - Matriz - Museum of Art Ado Malagoli - Porto Alegre/RS
19.11.2013 - Entretempos - Art Institute - UFRGS - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
12.11.2013 - Entretempos - Open Atelier - Porto Alegre City Hall/RS
16.08.2013 - Entretempos - ESPM School, Porto Alegre/RS
10.05.2013 - Contemporary Aesthetic, Visual Poetics - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
27.03.2013 - Essays for Dimensions - Através da Trama Exposition
Feevale Cultural Center - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
26.05.2012 - Systems of Recording the Time - Plataforma Gallery - Porto Alegre/RS
16.05.2012 - Systems of Recording the Time - Feevale University - Sinos Valley, NH/RS
16.04.2011 - Bolivia Open Atelier - Subterrânea Gallery - Porto Alegre/RS
27.10.2010 - Combinations - UCS - Caxias do Sul University - Campus 8 - City of Arts/RS
Studies
2023 - Dynamic Encounters in London - Professor Charles Watson
2023 - Art of Tomorrow - chapters Art and Design - Museu do Amanhã-RJ
2022 - 2024 - Study group with Professor Charles Watson
2022 - Media Marathon with Professor Charles Watson
2021 - Art + Tecnology - Ling Institute and Tecnopuc
2020 - 2022 - Study group with Guilherme Dable
2020 - A possible look at visual art's production in Brazil - Professor Marcos Moraes - Itaú Cultural SP
2020 - What is Contemporary Art - The Museum of Modern Art, NY
2019 - Artistic Orientation and Illustrated Talks with Professor Jailton Moreira - 2010 - 2019
2019 - Creative process, part I - Professor Charles Watson
2017 - In the Studio: Postwar Abstract Painting by The Museum of Modern Art, NY
2017 - Photography - with Lucia Simon
2015 - Art studies "Conversas Nômades" at The Venice Biennale, Italy. 55th International Art Exhibition - with Professor Jailton Moreira
2015 - Modern Art & Ideas - The Museum of Modern Art, NY
2014 - 2015 - Engraving with Marcelo Lunardi - museum in Porto Alegre: Museu do Trabalho
2013 - "Estética do Guarda-chuva": theory and artistic production in 21th century - Arena Arts Association. Professor Maria Helena Bernardes
2013 - Art studies "Conversas Nômades" at The Venice Biennale, Italy. 55th International Art Exhibition - with Professor Jailton Moreira
2011 - Creative process, part III - Professor Charles Watson
2010 - 2012 - Post Graduation - Drawing, Painting and Installation - Feevale - University of the Sinos Valley
2010 - Open Atelier XII in Bolivia with Professor Jailton Moreira
2009 - Dynamic Encounters at the 7º Mercosul Bienal in Porto Alegre - Professor Charles Watson
2009 - Thoughts in Contemporary Art + Art and Aesthetic Reflection – Arena Arts Association Professor Maria Helena Bernardes
2008 - Expanded Drawings with artist Gabriel Neto - Porto Alegre Art Festival
2008 - Participation at the High Studies Fórum “Fronteiras do Pensamento” (Borders of thoughts) in Porto Alegre with lectures of many different personalities – Richard Serra, Daniel Libeskind, Phillip Glass, Edgar Morin, Fernando Arrabal, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, David Lynch, Win Wenders and Lynne Cooke, among others
2008 - Art and Place – Professor Jailton Moreira
2008 - 2009 - Art Orientation with Professor Jailton Moreira at the Torreão Atelier
2007 - Dynamic Encounters at the 6º Mercosul Bienal in Porto Alegre - Professor Charles Watson
2007 - Non-conventional materials with artist Lú Pires - Porto Alegre Art Festival
2007 - 2008 - Art Theory Group – Arena Arts Association. Professor Maria Helena Bernardes
2006 - Contemporary drawing with Cadu Costa - Subterrânea Gallery
2006 - Creative process, parts I and II, and Dynamic Encounters at the 27th São Paulo Bienal Exposition. Professor Charles Watson
2006 - Art History studies – Professor Maria Helena Bernardes
2005 - 2006 - Painting Atelier – exploring different materials and techniques looking for inventive ways and expressions. Professor Frantz