Sonia Gomes

Sonia Gomes (born 1948) is an Afro-Brazilian contemporary artist based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.[1] She is known for her mixed media sculptures made of fabric, wires, and other objects that are either found or given to her.[2]

Sonia Gomes
Born1948 (age 72–73)
Caetanópolis, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Known forSculpture

Background

Sonia Gomes was born to a black mother and white father in Caetanópolis, a small town considered to be the birthplace of the textile industry in Brazil, in 1948.[3] Gomes joined the art world relatively late, at around the age of 45, but claimed the creative process was a way to free her from her upbringing.[4]

Work

Gomes uses fabric, threads, and objects that are either gifts or found to create multi-dimensional sculptures and structures. Much of her work has been described as autobiographical. Formative to her practice has been her childhood memories of her paternal family’s Catholic customs and the rituals her maternal grandmother, a shaman, used to perform. Other influences include Brazilian dances and the history and culture of African diaspora in Brazil. Gomes often uses secondhand materials, purchased from thrift stores or donated by family; Lágrima (Tear) (2014), for example, was made with a blue tablecloth that once belonged to her friend’s family.[5]

Solo exhibitions

Pace Gallery, New York, 2020[6]

Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, 2019[7]

Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY, November 2014.[8]

Group exhibitions
  • "Art & Textiles: Fabric as Material and Concept in Modern Art from Klimt to the Present," at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2013
  • "Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016", Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, 2016[9]
  • “Histórias/Histories: Contemporary Art From Brazil”, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Florida, USA, 2016
  • "No Man’s Land: Women Artists From The Rubell Family Collection”, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, EUA, 2015
  • “All the World’s Futures”, 56 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2014[10]
  • “19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Video Brasil: Southern Panoramas”, Associação Cultural Video Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2014
  • “The Poetry in Between: South to South”, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa, 2014

References
  1. "Sônia Gomes". Artsy. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. "Sonia Gomes". Yohshii Gallery. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "OSGEMEOS and Sonia Gomes join Lehmann Maupin". www.lehmannmaupin.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "OSGEMEOS and Sonia Gomes join Lehmann Maupin". www.lehmannmaupin.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. Paik, Sherry (2020). "Sonia Gomes | Artist Profile". Ocula.
  6. "Sonia Gomes / Marina Perez Simão". Pace Gallery. 2020.
  7. "Sonia Gomes & Marga Ledora". Mendes Wood DM.
  8. Russeth, Andrew (17 October 2013). "Os Gêmeos and Sonia Gomes to Lehmann Maupin". Observer. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  9. Smith, Elizabeth; Wagner, Anne (6 September 2016). Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016. Paul Schimmel, Jenni Sorkin (eds.). Milano: Skira. ISBN 978-88-572-3065-8.
  10. "56th Exhibition: Artists". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

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