CONSTANÇA AROUCA
Visual artist
Born, 1976 in Portugal
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

Education

2020-2021
PhD student in Anthropology of the joint program ISCTE IUL, in association with NOVA FCSH, Lisbon, Portugal

2012-16
Master in Anthropology: Visual Cultures, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2006
Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Program – Visual Arts Course, Lisbon, Portugal

2004-05
Ar.Co – Individual Project in Video / Sound and New Media, Lisbon, Portugal

2001-04
Ar.Co – Advanced Course in Plastic Arts, Lisbon, Portugal

1999-2000
Studio Art Center International, postgraduate in painting, Florence, Italy

1994-98
IADE – Degree in Visual Design, Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Exhibitions

2021

«Bien-vindo ban», O Gabinete de Madame Thao, Lisbon, Portugal

«SPAM», Rua da Bempostinha 64C, Lisbon, Portugal (duo)

2020
“Orto di Incendio”, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal

2019
“Sulle Spine Dorsali”, n’O Armário, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
“1/3 MeelPress”, Bermondsey Project Space, London, United Kingdom
“Orto di Incendio”, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Roma, Italy

2018
“Meia Cana Chanfrada”, FRESS Museu de Artes Decorativas, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
“B.A.T. bon à Tirer”, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal

2017
“Pick a Prime”, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)

2016
“Aurora Piccione em Rally Paper”, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon, Portugal

2012
BÁ Studio, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
“Open Stock”, Módulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, Portugal

2008
“Quel Air Clair…”, Obras da Coleção do Ar.Co, Parte I e II, Palácio Galveias and Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal

2006
Módulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, Portugal (solo)
Módulo, Centro Difusor de Arte, Porto, Portugal (solo)
Exhibition of scholarship holders and finalists from Ar.Co, Pavilhão Preto of the Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal

2005
Exhibition of scholarship holders and finalists of Ar.Co, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal

2004
Exhibition of the Celpa / Vieira da Silva prize, Arpad Szenes / Vieira da Silva Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

Collections

Coleção de Arte do Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal
Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Roma, Italy
Instituto Camões, I. P., Portugal
Cátedra Agustina Bessa-Luís, Universidade de Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Residencies

2017-18
Chiseling Workshop, Museum of Decorative Arts, Lisbon, Portugal

2009 & 2011
AGA, Amsterdam Grafisch Atelier, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2008
Screen Printing Workshop: Mike Goes West, Montijo, Portugal

Research: Studies, Communications and Specialization Courses

. Studies

2017-2020
Study of the Nucleus of Prints, Posters and Stamping of Vietnam from the Kwok On Collection, Museu do Oriente, Lisbon, Portugal

2016-2017
Systematization of the Engraving Matrix inventory of the Drawings and Engravings Office of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Study of copper matrices and engravings used in the illustration of books: “Epitome de las Historias Portuguesas” (Faria e Sousa, 1677) and “Historia del Reyno de Portugal” (Faria e Sousa, 1730)

. Communications

2017
The Case Study of Iohannes Moll’s Copper Plate, presented at the conference: “Stones, Blocks and Plates: Matrices/ Printing Surfaces in Research and Collections”, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom

2017
Neptuno and Coronis, Vieira Lusitano, 1724 – burin vs etching: technical engraving processes in the 19th century. XVIII – co-presentation at the conference: “Obras em Foco 2017”, National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2017
Practice (and materiality) Indirect Design – presentation at the conference: “Ways of doing, Ways of being: artistic practices in and with anthropology”, National Museum of Ethnology, Lisbon, Portugal

. Specialization Courses

2018
“Arezzo-Florence Summer Course on Printmaking and Print Collecting”, Florence, Italy