CLARA FIALHO
Artwork
Statement
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009     Solo Exhibition. Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2009     Solo Exhibition. Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2008     The Intolerable White Sun. Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2007     Under the Open Sky. Merge Gallery. New York, NY. 
2006     Solo Exhibition, Lu5a Gallery, Venice, Italy.


TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2008     The Life We Live and the One We Have Forgotten. Bridgette Mayer Gallery.  
             Philadelphia, PA.
2007     Clara Fialho and James Sheehan, Merge Gallery. New York, NY. 
2006     Be Here When the Machine Stops: Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Gallery.
             New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009     6 @ 30, Gordon Parks Gallery. New Rochelle, NY. 
2008     Group Show. Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2008     Group Show. Pickled Art Centre. Beijing. China.
2008     Un Vagón Hermoso. Canal Chapter NYC. New York, NY.
2008     Red Dot Fair, Park South Hotel, Bridgette Mayer Gallery. New York, NY.
2008     Red Dot Fair, Park South Hotel, Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2007     Graciela Cassel, Clara Fialho, and Priscilla Stadler. ArtHome Gallery. Long 
             Island City, NY.
2007     Per Square Foot., Dieu Donné Papermill Gallery. New York, NY. 
2007     6 @ 30, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts. Queens, NY.
2006     Habitat 7, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
2006     Works on Paper. Flux Factory, Queens, NY.  
2006     Artexpo NY, Jacob Javits Center, Mama Gallery. New York, NY. 
2006     A Concrete Vision. Bottom Feeders Studio Gallery, New York, NY.
2005     Amigo Punk, I UDC/Cineclube Araguaia Short Film Festival,
             Foz do Iguaçu, PR. Brazil.
2005     Bringing it Back to the East Side, Diamonds & Oranges Gallery,
             New York, NY.
2005     Amigo Punk, Cinema at the MST Settlements, Cineclube Araguaia, 
             Cascavel, PR. Brazil. 
2005    Out of the Bag, B.A.G. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2005    II Exposição Mundial Coletiva de Tema Livre, Espaço Convés, Niterói,
            Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005    Water Media Exhibition, Cooper Union, New York, NY.
2004    Fun-Raiser 111, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
2004    11th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ.
2003    End of the Year Exhibition, Westside Gallery, New York. NY.
2003    10th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ.
2001    A Bite of the Big Apple, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.


PRESS

Corwin, William. “P.O.P. Beijing/New York.” May 2008. 
Avila, Tatiana. “Programa MultiBrasil” June 9, 2007. SPT-TV
Costa, Ivaldo. “Clara Fialho,” The Brasilians, June, 2007.
Winterton, Danielle. “Six Artists on the Rise Get Showcase in Flushing,” Times Ledger, April 5, 2007.
Manley, Jennifer. “Caught In the Art,” Queens Chronicle, March 29, 2007.
Lyons, Jessica. “Local Talent: Flushing Town Hall exhibits six area artists,” The Queens Courier, March 22, 2007. 
NYArts Magazine. Annual Catalog. Volume 11 no 11/12
Lio, Carolina. “Clara Fialho,” NYArts Magazine, July/August 2006.


AWARDS

2007   Finalist, MTA Arts for Transit, Permanent Art Program. New York, NY
2006   First Prize Winner of Lu5a International Art Association “Segreti…” Competition. Venice, Italy. 
2003   Full Tuition Scholarship to Cooper Union
2003   Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award (School of Visual Arts)
2001   Silver Key Winner of  “A Bite of the Big Apple” Competition by the Brooklyn  
           Museum of Art and the Scholastic Art Awards. 


EDUCATION

2006     B.F.A., The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.