Maria Trabulo
About
Maria Trabulo (b. Porto, 1989) is a visual artist and researcher who works between Porto (PT) and Berlin (DE). Her multi-disciplinary practice examines the role that images and artefacts play in shaping both personal and collective histories as well as the alteration and restitution of political images. Trabulo holds an MFA from the The University of Applied Arts Vienna (AUT) and is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of the Arts – Universidade Católica in Porto, Portugal. Trabulo has exhibited extensively, and since 2012, has participated in artist residencies in Austria, Germany, Italy, Greece, Portugal as well as Iran.
Recent solo and group exhibitions include: Towards Gallery, Toronto (2021); CAA - Águeda Cultural Centre, (2021): Porto Municipal Gallery, Porto (2019); Deegar Platform, Tehran (2019); Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (2018); Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology, (MAAT) Lisbon, (2017); Neue Gallery - TirolerKunstlerschaft, Innsbruck (2017); Galerie UngArt, Vienna (2015); Nuno Centeno Gallery, Porto (2015); KARAT, Cologne (2013); and Super Tokonoma, Kassel (2012).
Selected Artworks
Collecting Dust (Collection of Frames - National Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon © Abreu Nunes 1956), 2021
Inkjet print on Museum Natural Smooth 310g/m2 paper, Dust and sediments of tempera, paint, wood, stone, and clay
Work: 23.75 x 23.75 in. (60 x 60 cm.) Frame: 33 x 34 in. (84 x 84 cm.)
Collecting Dust (Improvement of the deposit area for the sculpture collection (Ground Floor) - National Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon © Mário Novaes 1972), 2021
Inkjet print on Museum Natural Smooth 310g/m2 paper, Dust and sediments of tempera, paint, wood, stone, and clay
Work: 17.75 x 23.75 in. (60 x 45 cm.) Frame: 28 x 34 in. (71 x 86 cm.)
Collecting Dust (Fig. 3 - Album de Phototypias - National Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon, 1882), 2022
Dust and sediments of tempera, paint, wood, stone, and clay on plexiglass
20.5 x 12.5 x 0.5 in. (52.5 x 31.5 x 1 cm.)
Southern Currents, 2018
2018 sculpture casted in salt
23.5 x 4 x 4 in.
Title 2, 2022
Maria Trabulo Lamassu_IMG-20170907-WA0056- Syria.jpg, 2020
Plasma hand cut aluminum, enamel paint
31.5 x 24 in.
Maria Trabulo HumanFigure_5947613_Damascus. jpg, 2020
Plasma hand cut aluminum, enamel paint
Work: 19 x 12.5 in | Stand 46 in.
Wine Dark Sea, 2018
Salt water collected from the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, crystallised over dyed fabric,
60 x 60 in.
Exhibitions
News
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Last Week: Maria Trabulo at MAAT
Maria Trabulo’s exhibition “Fragile Stones” continues at the MAAT Museum in Lisbon, until February 6, 2023.
Taking the form of a large-scale sculptural installation as well as an extended video piece, Trabulo turns her attention to the ongoing conflict in Syria.
Maria Trabulo
‘Fragile Stones’ now on view at MAAT Museum in Lisbon
Maria Trabulo’s new work, ‘Fragile Stones’ is part of a current exhibition held at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon.
Maria Trabulo
EDP Young Artist Award Finalist
Congratulations to Maria Trabulo who is one of six finalists selected for the prestigious EDP Young Artist Award.
Her work will be included in an exhibition held at the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology in Lisbon, in October at which time the winner will be announced.
View the full press release via MAAT