Clara Fialho
Biography
Education:
2006 B.F.A., The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions:
2009 Solo Exhibition. Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2008 The Intolerable White Sun . Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2008 The Life We Live and the One We Have Forgotten. Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2007 Clara Fialho and James Sheehan, Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2007 Solo Exhibition: Under the Open Sky. Merge Gallery. New York, NY.
2006 Solo Exhibition, Lu5a Gallery, Venice, Italy.
2006 Be Here When the Machine Stops: Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Gallery. New York, NY.
Group Exhibitions:
2009 6 @ 30, Gordon Parks Gallery. New Rochelle, NY.
2008 Group Show. Bridgette Mayer Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2008 Group Show. Pickled Art Centre. Beijing. China.
2008 Un Vagón Hermoso. Canal Chapter NYC. New York, NY.
2007 Graciela Cassel, Clara Fialho, and Priscilla Stadler. ArtHome Gallery. Long Island City, NY.
2007 Per Square Foot., Dieu Donné Papermill Gallery. New York, NY.
2007 6 @ 30, Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts. Queens, NY.
2006 Habitat 7, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
2006 Works on Paper. Flux Factory, Queens, NY.
2006 A Concrete Vision. Bottom Feeders Studio Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 The World Says No to Bush, I UDC/Cineclube Araguaia Short Film Festival, Foz do Iguaçu, PR. Brazil.
2005 Bringing it Back to the East Side, Diamonds & Oranges Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 Amigo Punk, Cinema at the MST Settlements, Cineclube Araguaia, Cascavel, PR. Brazil.
2005 Out of the Bag, B.A.G. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2005 II Exposição Mundial Coletiva de Tema Livre, Espaço Convés, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005 Water Media Exhibition, 5th Floor Gallery at the Cooper Union, New York, NY.
2004 Fun-Raiser 111, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ.
2004 11th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ.
2003 10th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ.
2001 A Bite of the Big Apple, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Press:
Avila, Tatiana. “Programa MultiBrasil” June 9, 2007. SPT-TV
Costa, Ivaldo. “Clara Fialho,” The Brasilians, June, 2007.
Winterton, Danielle. “Six Artists on the Rise Get Showcase in Flushing,” Times Ledger, April 5, 2007.
Manley, Jennifer. “Caught In the Art,” Queens Chronicle, March 29, 2007.
Lyons, Jessica. “Local Talent: Flushing Town Hall exhibits six area artists,” The Queens Courier, March 22, 2007.
Lio, Carolina. “Clara Fialho,” NYArts Magazine, July/August 2006.
Awards:
2007 Finalist, MTA Arts for Transit, Permanent Art Program. New York, NY
2006 First Prize Winner of Lu5a International Art Association “Segreti…” Competition. Venice, Italy.
2003 Full Tuition Scholarship to Cooper Union
2003 Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award (SVA)
2001 Silver Key Winner of “A Bite of the Big Apple” Competition by the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
