Clara Fialho- Resume

BORN: 1984-Porto Alegre, Brazil

RESIDENCE: Queens, NY

EDUCATION:
B.F.A. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art; New York, NY 2006

HONORS & AWARDS:
Finalist, MTA Arts for Transit, Permanent Art Program. New York, NY, 2007
First Prize Winner of Lu5a International Art Association "Segreti…" Competition, curated by Gladys Gardellin. Venice, Italy, 2006
Full Tuition Scholarship to Cooper Union, 2003
Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship Award (SVA), 2003
Silver Key Winner of "A Bite of the Big Apple" Competition by the Brooklyn, Museum of Art. Brooklyn, NY, 2001

SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Solo Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Coming 2009
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 2008
Clara Fialho and James Sheehan, Merge Gallery. New York, NY, 2007
Under the Open Sky. Merge Gallery. New York, NY, 2007
Solo Exhibition, Lu5a Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2006
Be Here When the Machine Stops: Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Gallery, New York, NY, 2006

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
6 @ 30, Gordon Parks Gallery. New Rochelle, NY, Coming 2009
Bridgette Mayer Gallery Group Show. Tierney Communications, Philadelphia, PA, 2008
Group Show. Pickled Art Centre. Beijing. China, 2008
Un Vagón Hermoso. Canal Chapter NYC. New York, NY, 2008
6 @ 30, Castle Gallery. New Rochelle, NY, 2008
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, 2007
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, 2006
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, 2005
Fun-Raiser 111, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ, 2004
11th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ, 2004
10th Annual Jersey City Art Tour, 111 First Street, Jersey City, NJ, 2003
A Bite of the Big Apple, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY, 2001

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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.
Antale, Alessandra. "I vincitori del concorso artistico "Segreti:…" La Nuova Venezia. February 22, 2006.