About Anabela Sobrinho
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I have always loved colour and I was raised amongst it, on the houses external walls and the brilliant tiles inside and outside houses in Portugal. I was born in 1952, in Lisboa, its capital city. A stunning place, I will add. As a primary school child, my wish for the future was to become a teacher to be able to draw with coloured chalk on the blackboard. That's all we had then, slate and chalk. My sister and I would spend our Summer afternoons, after waking up from our siesta, drawing in our verandah overlooking the trees and the buildings right in front of us. It was always pleasant, specially if we had been to the beach all morning, as we used to do for our 3 months of long Summer holidays. Writing developed shortly after. And so I have never given up on either, despite many life hindrances, as we all experience.
C.V. & Artist Statement
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Anabela de Azevedo Teixeira Sobrinho
Bio: A Portuguese - Australian citizen, born in 1952, Lisboa, Portugal, lived in Mozambique for 2 and a half
years, migrated to Australia in 1985 and retired in 2009, from 34 years of Language Teaching and related jobs
with the Board of Studies.
Six years later, she went back to her Visual Arts studies she had had to interrupt, and completed them with
High Distinctions and Distinctions. She started exhibiting as well as reading and publishing her poetry in 1986
when she was awarded 2 Poetry Prizes. Since 2015, she has participated, on average, in 7 group shows
per year and she had 3 solo exhibitions. In 2016/17 she took part in an installation led by Yoko Ono at
Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland. In 2017 she did a 3 month Artist Residency with final group show at Galerie
102 – studio – projektraum berlin, during Berlin Art Week, Germany. After that, in Portugal, she had a solo
show at Museu Municipal Armindo Teixeira Lopes, in Mirandela and another 2 week Artist Residency and
group show at Cerveira Art Biennale Foundation, in Vila Nova de Cerveira. Both institutions have her work in
their public collection. Her art is also in private collections in Australia, Portugal and Germany.
She has 3 children and 2 grandchildren.
Anabela has a disability as she got 100% deaf on her left ear overnight, in 1989.
Her Narrative Art expresses her holistic lifestyle, combining the respect for the environment, spirituality, numerology, oneiric & visualization imagery, people’s facial expressions, natural health & wellbeing. Her mediums are Painting, Textiles, Drawing & Photography. Whenever she travels, she immerses herself into the local environment and culture and then uses elements of that in her artwork. Having lived in Portugal, Germany, Mozambique & Australia adds to her broadened horizons influencing her imagery. She has also published 2 poetry books and written short stories. She works from her home studio in the South-Eastern coast of Melbourne.
Personal particulars:
Date of Birth: April, 6th, 1952
Citizenships: Portuguese / Australian
Email: belinhasobrinho@gmail.com
Instagram: @anabelasobrinho
Facebook : Anabela Sobrinho Artist and Writer
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/anabela-sobrinho-dot-dot-dot-from-the-non-existent-pluto
www.frontrunnermagazine.com, invited by its founder Edward Symes, Brooklyn, New York
Website: http://www.anabelasobrinhoartistandwriter.com
https://bluethumb.com.au/anabela-sobrinho
https://www.lensculture.com/anabela-sobrinho
Press – Visual Arts:
Mornington Peninsula Magazine Issues, December 2019 (page 109) & March 2020 (page 116)
Huc Illuc Aqui e Ali - online interview, “À conversa com Anabela Sobrinho, uma artista multifacetada”, Lisboa,
Portugal, 17/01/2020
https://galerie102-berlin.com/ Anabela Sobrinho
www.artconnect.com/events/temporary-identities Anabela Sobrinho
https://www.artrabbit.com/events/temporary-identities Anabela Sobrinho
bienaldecerveira.pt/9-artistas-apresentaram-projetos-artisticos-desen... Anabela Sobrinho
Press – Poetry Publications:
Huc Illuc Aqui e Ali – online article, Arena das Palavras, Vamos Poetizar
“Belinho rural” poema de Anabela Sobrinho, Lisboa, Portugal, 20/01/2020
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2158944
Education:
2020: Artists Rise up, Ashville, USA
2019 - 2020: ARTnxtLevel Academy, Chicago, USA
2019: Therapeutic Art Life Coach Certificate, Transformation Academy, Clearwater, USA
Portrait & Life Drawing Sessions, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Vic., Australia
2015 - 2020: Weaving, Mc Clelland Spinners and Weavers Inc, Mc Clelland Gallery Studio Park, Langwarrin, Vic., Australia
2016: Advanced Diploma of Creative Product Development – Visual Arts, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Photography, Frankston Photography Club, Frankston, Vic.,Australia
2015 & 2016: Life Drawing Sessions, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Vic., Australia
2015: Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Lu Jong (Tibetan Yoga) Teacher, Nangten Menlang International, Fão, Portugal, with exams in Plochingen, Germany
2014: Permaculture Design Certificate, British Permaculture Association, Porto, Portugal
2013: Reiki I, Tibetan USUI System, Fão, Portugal
2011 & 2013: Weaving & Spinning, Lisboa & Gilmonde, Portugal
2004: Yoga for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
1991 & 1992: Advanced Certificate in Art & Design, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
1987: Diploma in Education (secondary) in ESL/EFL & Modern Languages (Portuguese & German), La Trobe University, Bundoora/Melbourne, Australia
1974: Bachelor of Arts, Germanic Philology, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Artist Residencies, Group Exhibitions & Performance:
2020: Residency & interactive performance run by Rome based artist Laura Cionci, “State of Grace", Ventana Fiesta, invitation by Frankston Arts Centre, Vic, Australia
2018: Run by New York based artist Adrienne Wheeler as a follow up of her “White Dress Narratives" Installation, invitation by Frankston Arts Centre, Vic, Australia
2017: Painting,Textiles, Photography & Writing, Casa do Artista, Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Painting, Drawing, Photography & Writing, Galerie 102-studio-projektraum berlin, Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2017: Painting,Textiles & Photography, Antipodes Bookshop & Gallery, Sorrento, Vic., Australia
Painting,Textiles & Photography, Museu Municipal Armindo Teixeira Lopes, Mirandela, Portugal
2016: Painting, Photography & Poetry, Chisholm Institute Art Department Project Space, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Group Exhibitions:
2020:Painting, featured on @mava_collective, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Painting, Museu Municipal Armindo Teixeira Lopes, Mirandela, Portugal
Painting, Ron Rado Memorial Acquisitive Prize, 3D Virtual show, Walker St Gallery, Dandenong, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Painting, screened at ARTBOXGallery, Zürich, Switzerland (August – December)
Painting, Frankston Campus Chisholm Institute Challenge, online, Vic., Australia
Painting, screened at SwissArtExpo 2020, Zürich, Switzerland
Painting, ART EXPO 2020, @art_school_hub, Punjab, India
Painting, arteenaislamiento, online, organized by artist Gabriel Sanchez Viveros, Mexico
Painting, Artist Support Pledge, online, organized by artist Matthew Burros, UK
Painting, featured on @beyondmarsgallery, online gallery Stories
Painting, “Lockdown – Focus on Nature”, online exhibition, self-curated
Painting, screened at ARTBOXGallery, Zürich, Switzerland (June & July)
Painting, “Global Regeneration”, online exhibition, self-curated
Painting, “Essence Portraits”, online exhibition, self-curated & Trims Café-Restaurant-Bar, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Painting, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Vic., Australia
2019 – 2020: Painting & Reproductions, “The Space”, online exhibition, self-curated & Trims Café-Restaurant-Bar, Frankston, Vic., Australia
2019: Printmaking, The Moth Migration Project, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, Australia – a worldwide project initiated in New York by artist Hilary Lorenz
Painting, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Painting, 2019 ACMD Acquisitive Art Prize, St. Vincent’s Hospital Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Painting, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Victoria, Australia
Weaving, Handweavers & Spinners Guild of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Painting, Qi Crystals Healing Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2018 & 2019: Photography, online Gallery, https://www.lensculture.com/anabela-sobrinho
2018: Painting, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Painting, Trims Café-Restaurant-Bar, Frankston, Vic.,Australia
2017: Weaving, Stitched up Textile Festival, Wangaratta Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Photography, online Gallery, https://www.lensculture.com/anabela-sobrinho
Painting, The Foundry, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Painting & Photography, Brunswick St Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
2016: Painting & Photography, Chisholm Institute Art Department, Open Studio, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Painting, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Vic., Australia
Painting, Ron Rado Art Prize, Walker St Gallery & Arts Centre, Dandenong,Vic., Australia
Painting, Chisholm Institute Open Day, Dandenong, Vic., Australia
Painting, 2016 ACMD Acquisitive Art Prize, St. Vincent’s Hospital Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Painting, Chisholm Institute Little Landscapes, Cube 37 Gallery, Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Painting, Brunswick St Gallery, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Photography, Summer Arts Festival, Herring Island, South Yarra, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Photography, Collins St Bureau of Meteorology Building Reception, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Painting, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, Vic., Australia
2015: Photography, Langley Gallery, Heritage Hill, Dandenong, Vic., Australia
Painting, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
Photography, Dromana Estate Winery Open Gallery, Vic., Australia
Painting, Ron Rado Art Prize, Walker St Gallery & Arts Centre, Dandenong,Vic., Australia
Painting, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Vic., Australia
2012: Photography & Poetry, Festival Viv’Arte, Belinho, Portugal
2010/07/06: Photography & Poetry, Frankston Arts Fair, Frankston Arts Centre, Vic., Australia
1992: Ceramics, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
1991: Illustration & Drawing, Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Vic., Australia
1990: Photography, Caulfield Arts Complex, Alliance Française Gallery, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
1986: Photography, Footscray TAFE College, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
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