Celestino Mudaulane

b. 1972, Maputo Mozambique.

Mudaulane (Mondlane) produces innovative, often monumental ceramic sculptures as well as large, striking drawings. His works are highly imaginative, visualizing a world that mediates the material and the spiritual, the playful and the confrontational.

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Education

1997: Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto (workshop or internship)
1997: University of KwaZulu-Natal (workshop or internship)
1994: Art Foundation, South Africa (workshop or internship)
1992: Completed ceramic course, National School of Visual Arts (ENAV), Maputo

Positions held

Founder member, Muvart
Member, Nucleo de Arte, Maputo
Lecturer in ceramics, design and drawing, National School of Visual Arts (ENAV), Maputo

Solo Exhibitions

2017: A Base é o Chão, Machamba Criativa
1997: Núcleo de Arte, Maputo

Group Exhibitions (Mozambique)

2010: Ocupações Temporárias, Maputo
2006: Replica e Rebeldia, Instituto Camões, Maputo
2006: Expo Arte Contemporânea, Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo
2003: Quero conhecer-te África, Fortaleza de Maputo
2003: Bienal da TDM, Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo
2003: Exposição Colectiva de Artes Plásticas, Instituto Camões, Maputo
2002: Exposição de Pintura, Desenho, Escultura e Cerâmica, Fundação Alberto Chissano, Maputo
2001: Bienal TDM, Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo
2001: Contra a Violência Infantil, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo
2000: Plasticidades em Moçambique, Instituto Camões, Maputo
1999: Expo Annual Musart, Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo
1998: Cadáver Esquisito, Maputo
1997: Exposição Individual, Núcleo de Arte
1993: 2º Workshop, Escola Nacional de Artes Visuais, Maputo

Group Exhibitions (International)

2019: Além deste Solitário Carrossel, Galeria 111's 55th-anniversary group exhibition, Lisbon
2015: Milan Expo, Milan, Italy
2015: Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2014 Celestino Mudaulane, Goncalo Mabunda, Mauro Pinto, Galeria 111, Lisbon, Portugal
2013: Cata Ventos, Galeria 111, Lisbon.
2012: Contested Territories, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, New York
2011: Idioma Comum, Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal
2008: Artist-in-residence, Bornholm, Denmark; Distância e Proximidades, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon.
2007: Artist-in-residence, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Biennale des Arts Actuels, Réunion Island.
2008: Arte Lisboa 08 - Feira de Arte Contemporânea, FIL, Lisbon, Portugal
2007: Muvart Nouva Africa, Antico Palazzo della Pretura di Castell ‘Arquato, Milan, Italy
2006: Notes to Home, the Drill Hall, Joanesburg
2006: Arco’06 - Feira de Arte Contemporânea, Madrid, Spain
2006 - 08: Replica e Rebelda, travelling exhibition organized by the Camoes Institute
2005: ARCO, Feira de arte Contemporânea de Madrid
2004: Arte Lisboa 04, Lisbon, Portugal
1997: Exposição de Pintura e Cerâmica, Escola Secundária de Soares dos Reis, Porto, Portugal

Awards

2003: 1º Prémio de Cerâmica, Bienal da TDM, Maputo
2003: Prémio de Consagração, Fundação Alberto Chissano, Maputo
1999: 1º Prémio de Cerâmica, Expo Annual Musart, Maputo

Participations

2007: Bienal de Arts Actuels, Réunion Island,
2007: Artist-in-residence at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2008: Artist-in-residence in Bornholm, Denmark
2014: Artistas Comprometidos? Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

Publications

2018: Featured artist in Atlantica: Contemporary Art from Mozambique and its Diaspora, edited by Ângela Ferreira

2007: Muvart Nouva Africa, Antico Palazzo della Pretura di Castell ‘Arquato, Milan (catalogue/ brochure), Pedro Campos Costa (curator)

2006: Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo Expo Arte Contemporanea (catalogue, international exhibition

2001: Bienal TDM (catalogue). Edited by Andre Salamao Mabjala and Ciro Pereira

1999: Expo Annual Musart. Museu Nacional de Arte.


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