b. 1982, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Maria Konder works with painting, soft sculpture and installation. Her practice reflects upon issues of consumption, ecology, self-image, and role-playing.

Education

      2021-2022 // MFA, Chelsea College of Art, UAL, London
2008-2009 // MAT, Art Education, School of Visual Arts, New York
2004-2008 // BFA, Fine Arts, Parsons New School for Design, New York

Selected Exhibitions

      2023 // Fleshy Magic, Somers Gallery, London
      2022 // Mothering, Kupfer Project, London
      2021 // Stone Fifty Six, Bruton, Somerset
      2021 // H2Oooohhh, online show
      2021 // Rally, MFA Final Show, Chelsea College, London
      2021 // Rally, Beijing
      2021 // Postcards from Isolation, Archeology Museum, Innsbruck 
      2021 // WIP, Cookhouse Gallery, London
      2021 // Heaven Loop, London 
      2020 // Healing Landscape, The Cookhouse Gallery, London 
      2020 // Show-off!, Menier Gallery, London 
2019 // Chapter I, Art Number 23, Athens, Greece
2019 // The Land of No Evil, Offshoot, London
2019 // CTA, Islington Art Factory, London
2019 // CTA, Scarborough Station, UK

2018 // Play, Arcade Projects, London
2018 // Hot Water, National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Nassau
2018 // 23.4 ̊, Mile End Art Pavillion, London
2018 // Deus, Pátria, Família, Clube Cultural Português, Lisbon
2018 // More or Less, Darren Bader, Sadie Coles HQ, London
2017 // Todos os Santos Viajantes, A Cena Muda, Rio de Janeiro
2016 // ManPower, Woman Power, Festival, Lisbon


2014 // ManPower, CosmicMegaBrain, Lisbon
2014 // Plastic[o] Fantastic[o], Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau
2014 // Transforming Spaces, Hillside Studios, Nassau, Bahamas
2013 // Crest of the Strawberry Moon, Gospel Flat Farm, Bolinas, California
2013 // O FIM, Espaço Santo Antonio, Rio de Janeiro
2013 // TV Mania, QGUAI, Rio de Janeiro
2012 // Wallmania, Museo River, Buenos Aires
2009 // Let’s Go Home, S-KAI, Hamburg

Residencies and Courses

      2022 // Integrated Movement Performance Practice, ArtHaus, Berlin
2020 // Saloios de Sintra Residency, Portugal
2017 // The Essential School of Painting, The Bigger Picture with Bob and Roberta Smith
2017 // Plastic[o] Fantastic[o] Think Tank, Nassau, Bahamas
2013 // Plastic[o] Fantastic[o] Think Tank, Nassau, Bahamas
2012 // Procedência e Propriedade, Atelier Charles Watson, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2010 // L.I.S.P.A. London International School of Performing Arts, UK
2007 // Watercolour Workshop, Lorenzo de Medici, Florence, Italy
2006 // Modelage and Painting, Ecole de Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
2003 // Drawing and Painting, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2001 // Decorative Painting, Fundacao Ricardo Espirito Santo, Lisbon, Portugal







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