Nicole Mouracade

About

The recent work of Nicole Mouracade (1960) questions the idea of presence as sign, the memory of an event or object that was there -- at some moment and for a certain time, both indefinite -- then to disappear.
What remains is not only the memory of a form or symbol, but also the mark made by an action, a gesture capable of materializing an idea or desire of the artist. It’s about “scraps”, leftovers, transcience being their most evident character. However, it must be made clear that we are not in a presence based only on a subjective abstraction, but on a material object which left testimony of its passage.
We can take it as an evidence, a proof that the “event” happened. But in what way? How did it happen and what form did it assume? Nicole seems then to point toward the following finding, once again charged with paradoxes: that these works also speak of performance, for they have a performative dimension, starting from the artist’s decision to head in the direction of reality and its apparent form, and then to leave the vestiges of these actions at the disposal of the observer.
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Location: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Website: http://www.nicolemouracade.com

Work

represented by Smith Galeria

Education

EDUCATION
Sculpture, Francesco Passaniti, residence France/Brazil. 2008
Art history, Art Romanic São Paulo, Brazil. 2005 - 2006
Ana Maria Tavares, MUBE, 1999 São Paulo, Brazil.
Etching, Laura Salgado, São Paulo, Brazil. 1984-1986
Residencies; France, Italy, USA. 1983-1986
ALBA – Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, Beirut, Lebanon. 1980-1983

SOLO SHOWS
1188-11 / 11→ 11 São Paulo, Brasil. 2011
“Atelier NIM” residence Mantovani. São Paulo, Brazil. 2010
"Cadernos de Zizi" dconcept escritório de arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 2007
Kanawati. Paris, France. 2005
RMG/Studio Escritório de Arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 1999
RMG/Studio Escritório de Arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 1998
Centro Cultural JS. São Paulo, Brazil. 1996
Crédit Lyonnais. Paris, France. 1993
Galerie Vogue. Paris, France. 1992
Galerie Vogue. Paris, France. 1991
Galerie Jadis. Beirut, Lebanon. 1984

GROUP SHOWS
Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2012
“Segunda Coletiva”, Smith Galeria. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
PARAHAUS 2011. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
“Coletiva de Abertura”, Smith Galeria. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
Feira Marginal + Stand By, Casa da Xiclet. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
“Be annall” Casa da Xiclet. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
Troyart, Museu da Escultura MUBE. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
I Festival de Artes, Casa da Xiclet. São Paulo, Brazil. 2011
sp-arte, dconcept escritório de arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 2009
cameo in the film “A Margem da Linha” by Gisela Callas. Brazil 2008
Lemos de Sá Galeria de Arte. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. 2008
38° Chapel Art Show. São Paulo, Brazil. 2007
450 Anos de São Paulo, Slaviero Galeria de Arte. São Paulo, Brazil 2004
Hotel Des Ventes Drouot. Paris, France. 2000
“Contemporaneos“, Slaviero Galeria De Arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 1999
“Retrospectiva 96”, Centro Cultural JS. São Paulo, Brazil. 1996
“Vôo Na Imagem”, RMG/Studio Escritório de Arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 1996
“Fin De Siècle”, RMG/Studio Escritório de Arte. São Paulo, Brazil. 1994
Hotel Des Ventes, Saint Germain En Laye, France. 1993
Galerie D.P’Art. Paris, France. 1993
IX Biennalle De Beaumont Sur Oise, France. 1992
Maison Du Canada. Paris, France. 1992
Galerie De L’Abbaye Saint Victor. Marseille, France. 1992
Gallery L’Atelier D’Art. California, USA. 1989
Gallery Art Images. California, USA. 1989
“III Contempoarte”, Museu da Imagem e do Som. São Paulo, Brazil. 1988
“I Salão Cruzeiro do Sul”. São Paulo, Brazil. 1988
“Salão de Arte Primitiva”. Milan, Italy. 1987

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Merill Lynch. São Paulo, Brazil
BNDES. Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Social e Econômico. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu da Imagem e do Som. São Paulo, Brazil
Telefônica Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fundação Oscar Americano. São Paulo, Brazil
DHS. Paris, France
United Airlines International Airport. São Paulo, Brazil

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