ADIVAR SOKAK
2019
In the end of the summer I moved to a new house. My bedroom was an old living room that had been remodeled. There as a table, some sofas, a wardrobe, a bed and two chandeleers. I enjoyed the big windows that crossed one of the walls the most. These were accompanied by white lace curtains that did not let anyone peek in but would not hinder the sun of inviting himself into my space. He would appear everyday and I would always let him in. He would come and proclaim every one of my possessions as his. The drapes tried to interfere in this invasion but never with much success. Of this confrontation would result a game of light and shadow that would extend all throughout the room, over the walls, the floor, the sheets, the mug on the table… And I’d experience it quietly, delighted.
My admiration for the intervention of these two elements over everything that is material grew to an extent that one day I held two nails in one hand and a rope on the other, determined to set up a clothesline in the middle of the room. So I did. There I hung fabrics, papers, garbage bags and even carpets, all to study the effects of the light in every single material.
This instalation fuses organically and uneffortlessly the artistic practice to the everydaylife and the domestic environment.
Paperfolds
2020
This series of small sized drawings exists in the dialogue between textiles and drawing.
The method I used to dye the paper is inspired in the japanese technique Shibori of dyeing textiles.
Through this practice I was able to shed light on properties of the paper that are usually overlooked.
Paperfolds
2020
This series of small sized drawings exists in the dialogue between textiles and drawing.
The method I used to dye the paper is inspired in the japanese technique Shibori of dyeing textiles.
Through this practice I was able to shed light on properties of the paper that are usually overlooked.
Catarina Pica (born in 1997) is a Porto-based transdisciplinary artist.
Her work reflects upon the dialogue between contrasting forces through the disciplines of textiles, drawing, painting, installation, performance and video.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
BA in Fine Arts Painting
(2O16-2O2O)
FBAUP (Faculdade de Belas Artes
Universidade do Porto)
Porto, Portugal
Painting
(2O19)
Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey
Fine Arts
(2O15-2O16)
Kingston University
London, UK
Specialization in Textiles (level 4QEQ)
(2O12-2O15)
Escola Secundária Artística António Arroio
Lisbon, Portugal
Exhibitions
Excursão Catedrática à Neblina Rosa
(2O21)
Galeria Painel
Porto, Portugal
Contextile Bienale 2O2O
(2O2O)
Guimarães, Portugal
Da Sombra
(2O2O)
in Centro Cultural de Ermesinde
Ermesinde, Portugal
Projeções 2O19
(2O19)
in Fundação Júlio Resende
Gondomar, Portugal
Fling
(2O16)
in Triptych Gallery
London, UK
Pano para Mangas
(2O15)
in Museu das Artes de Sintra
Sintra, Portugal
Contextile Bienale 2O14
(2O14)
Guimarães, Portugal
Creative Studio Internship
(upcoming)
Melisa Minca upcycled clothing brand
Berlin, Germany
Artist residency
(2O21)
Cortex Frontal Residências e Oficinas
Arraiolos, Portugal
Artist residency
(2O21)
Kulturbanhof (KuBa)
Klein Warnow, Germany
Costume design
(2O21)
Natacha Martins performance x SBS in Confessionário, Galeria Ocupa
Porto, Portugal
Costume design
(2O21)
RIVA music video x SBS
Internship
(2O21)
artist Kathrin Bauer
Berlin, Germany
Research internship
(2O21)
Organization for the Democratization of the Arts (ODBK)
Berlin, Germany
Co-founder
(2O2O)
Seriedade e Bom Senso colectivo
Textile art internship (F.C.T.)
(2O15)
Escola Secundária Artística António Arroio
Lisbon, Portugal
Professional Experience