Bio

Leonor Hipólito | Lisbon 1975
> Education
2014
- Artist in Residence, Weaving Chaos by Tânia Carvalho, Les
Subsistance, Lyon, FR; O Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo, PT
2013
- Artist in Residence, Weaving Chaos by Tânia Carvalho, Centro
Cutural do Cartaxo, PT
- Dance workshop by Tânia Carvalho, Forum Dança, Lisbon, PT
2008
- Artist in Residence, Gemstone cutting, University of Applied
Sciences - Trier, Idar-Oberstein, DE
1999-95
- Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Jewelry, Gerrit Rietveld Academy,
Amsterdam, NL
1998
- Student in Exchange Program, Contemporary Jewelry, Parson’s School
of Design, New York, US
1994-95
- Sculpture, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
- Technical introduction to jewelry, Contacto Directo, Lisbon, PT
> Professional activities
Writings and publications
- 22 reflections on the dissolution of the self, publ./ed. Leonor
Hipólito, 2015
- Preto, publ./ed. Leonor Hipólito, 2015
- Beyond Emotions, in collaboration with Arne Kaiser,
publ./ed. Leonor Hipólito, 2012
- überstein in collaboration with Arne Kaiser,
publ./ed. Leonor Hipólito, 2009
Dance
2015
Weaving Chaos by Tânia Carvalho
- New Age New Time, Teatro Viriato, Viseu, PT
- Teatro Virgínia, Torres Novas, PT
- Operaestate Festival Veneto, Teatro al Castello Tito Gobbi,
Bassano del Grappa, IT
- Julidans, Stadsshouwburg, Amsterdam, NL
- Athens&Epidaurus Festival, Peiraios 260(H), Athens, GR
- Uzès Danse, Jardin de l’Évêché, Uzès, FR
- PT.15-Portuguese Platform for Performative Arts, Teatro Curvo
Semedo, Montemor-o-Novo, PT
- Teatro Municipal Maria Matos, Lisbon, PT
- Teatro Académico de Gil Vicente, Coimbra, PT
- Guidance, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, PT
2014
Weaving Chaos by Tânia Carvalho
- Les Subsistence, Biennal de la Dance de Lyon
- Thèatre de la Ville with Les Spectacles Vivants, Centre Pompidou,
Paris, FR
Artworks and exhibitions (selection)
- exhibition catalogs and other publications
Private view 5 - Portrait of an Invisible Woman (2015)
2015 - Ofélia´s home, Lisbon, PT
My everything is nothing but a dream
I know is flesh, blood, me (2014)
2014 - at collective exhibition reTurn, Goldfingers, Copenhagen, DK
Looking for a place (2013/14)
2014 - www.elsewhereleonorhipolito.blogspot.com
Thin is the line (2012/14)
2014 - Espaço AZ, Lisbon, PT
Before the sun (2013)
2013 - JAG, Lisbon, PT
About and in between (2012)
2013 - JAG, Lisbon, PT
Suzy Solidor (2012)
2012 - at collective exhibition Mirror, Mirror, curated by Jo
Bloxham and Benjamin Lignel, Espace Solidor, Cagnes-sur-Mer, FR
- Mirror Mirror, ed. Espace Solidor
Private view 4 - When “I” becomes “the” (2011)
2012 - Theatre of Marionets A Tarumba, projectroom , Lisbon, PT
Private view 3 - Tout est sur la table (2011)
in collaboration with Dulce Ferraz
2011 - Dulce’s home, Lisbon, PT
Beyond Emotions (2010/12)
2014 - at collective exhibition PIN_10 Anos, on the occasion of the
10th anniversary PIN, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, PT
2012 - Plataforma Revólver Project, Edificio Transboavista, Lisbon, PT
2012 - Gallery Goldfingers, Copenhagen, DK
- Beyond Emotions, publ./ed. Leonor Hipólito
- Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, ed. Damian Skinner and Larkbooks
Private view 2 - 62,1° Dto (2010)
2010 - Pedro’s home, Lisbon, PT
Private view 1 - Heritage (2010)
2010 - Leonor and Arne’s home, Lisbon, PT
Anatomy of Thought (2010)
2010 - at collective exhibition Walking the Gray Area, curated by
Valeria Vallarta Siemelink, Gallery Emilia Cohen, Mexico City, ME
2011 - at collective exhibition Du Bijou, on the occasion of the
European Trienial for Contemporary Jewellery, Great Hall, Mons, BE,
- Triennale Européenne “Du Bijou” Contemporain, ed. WCC-BF
Gaia (2008/10)
2011 - at collective exhibition Steinbeisser, Lloyd Hotel and
Cultural Embassy, Amsterdam, NL
2010 - Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE
Human Patterns (2008/10)
2010 - Gallery Goldfingers, Copenhagen, DK
2009 - at collective exhibition In Their Own Words, curated by Maria
Hanson and Julia Keyte, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, UK
Splendour of Wearability (2008/10)
2010 - Museu São Roque, Lisbon, PT
- Splendour of wearability (with text by Jürgen Bock and photography
by Arne Kaiser) publ./ed. Museu de São Roque, Santa Casa da Misericórdia
de Lisboa
überstein (2008/9)
2010 - Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE
2009 - Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, PT
- überstein, ed. Leonor Hipólito
Cabinet 1 (2008)
2012 - at collective exhibition Wood, Gallery Velvet da Vinci,
San Francisco, USA
2010 - at collective exhibition Steinbeisser, Lisbon, PT
Lab (2008)
2010 - Villa Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE
2009 - at collective exhibition On the Other Hand, Gallery Reverso,
Lisbon, PT
Fragments (2007/9)
2009 - Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, PT
Out of the Shell I, II (2007)
2008 - at collective exhibition Out of the Shell, curated by Sherry
Simms & Sayumi Yokouchi, Gallery Loupe, Montclair. US
- Out of the Shell, ed. Gallery Loupe
Apparatus (2007)
2009 - Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, PT
2009 - Gallery ObjectSpace, Auckland, NZ
Jóia Real (2007)
2008 - at collective exhibition Jóias Reais, curated by Cristina
Filipe and Lucia Abdenur, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon, PT /
Museu de História Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, BR
- Jóias Reais - Joalharia Contemporânea Luso-Brasileira,
ed. PIN - Associação Portuguesa de Joalharia Contemporânea
There is nothing you can´t hold on to (2007)
2010 - at collective exhibition Extreme Beauty, Glassel School of
Art, Houston, USA
2007 - at collective exhibition Symbols of Faith - SIERAAD,
Amsterdam Rai, Europa Foyer, NL
Transplant (2007)
2008 - at the collective exhibition 2nd Skin - Cork Jewellery,
curated by Ana Campos, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design,
Tallin, EE / Gallery RA, Amsterdam, NL / Artesania Catalunya,
Barcelona, SP
2007 - at the collective exhibition 2nd Skin - Cork Jewellery,
curated by Ana Campos, Biblioteca Santa Maria da Feira, PT / Vila
Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, DE
- 2nd Skin - Cork Jewellery, ed. ESAD-University of Arts and Design and
DesignLocal Associação Cultural
In-corporation
2008 - Gallery
2007 - Gallery
2006 - Gallery
(2006)
Reverso, Lisbon, PT
ViceVersa, Lausanne, CH
Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
- Marzee magazine nr52
- 500 Pendants & Lockets, ed. Lark Books
Praline (2005)
2005 - at collective exhibition My World, New Crafts, curated
by Guta Moura Guedes, on the occasion of the Design Biennial
Experimenta Design, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, PT
- My World New Crafts, ed. Experimenta Design
- 500 Necklaces, ed. Lark Books
Triptych (2005)
2005 - at the collective exhibition Closer - Interventions from the
collection of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, curated by Cristina
Filipe, on the occasion of the X Symposium Ars Ornata Europeana,
Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, PT
- Closer, ed. PIN- Associação Portuguesa de Joalharia Contemporânea,
Instituto Português dos Museus
Reverse (2004)
2005 - at collective exhibition The Nomad Room - Contemporary
Jewellery, Intimate Space and Public Domain, curated by Mónica
Gaspar, on the occasion of the X Symposium Ars Ornata Europeana
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, PT
- Nomad Room - Contemporary Jewellery, Intimate Space and Public Domain,
ed. Centro Cultural de Belém
2004 - at project Hotel 275 by Filippine de Haan, Boston, USA
Anti-War Medals (2003)
2003 - at collective exhibition Anti-War Medals, Gallery Velvet da
Vinci, San Francisco, USA
Tissue (2003)
2003 - Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, PT
- Reverso 1998-2008, ed. Gallery Reverso
GMO’s - Genetically Modified Objects (2001)
2002 - Gallery Quarto Escuro, Oporto, PT
2002 - Atelier Aleksandar Protic, Lisbon, PT
Objects for Dreams (2001/7)
2001 - at the collective exhibition Objects for Dreams,
Gallery Aurum, Copenhagen, DK
- 500 Earrings, Lark Books
- Maker-Wearer-Viewer - Contemporary Narrative European Jewellery,
ed. Jack Cunningham
14 ID (2000)
2000 - at the collective exhibition NonStopOpening, Gallery ZDB,
Lisbon, PT
Tools for the Subconscious (1999)
2001 - at the collective exhibition Urbanlab curated by Paulo Mendes
on the occasion of the Maia Biennial, PT
1999 - at the collective exhibition Break 21, on the occasion of the
International Festival of Young Artists, Ljubljana, SI
- Break 21 - International Festival of Young Independent Artist,
ed. Karla Zeleznik
1999 - at the graduation show Gerrit Rietveld Academy,
Gallery Marzee, Nijmegen, NL
- Marzee magazine nr. 9
Gestures (1998)
1998 - at the Seniors Students Show (Parson’s School of Design)
Gallery Aaron and Sheila Aronson, New York, USA
- Metals, ed. Parsons School of Design in collaboration with
Aaron and Sheila Aronson Galleries
Lessons and talks
2014
- Artist talk, Dome of Visions, Copenhagen, DK
2012
- Workshop About and in between, Institute of Prescious Metals,
Copenhagen, DK
- Guest teacher, Jewelry Project, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e
Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
2011/10
- Guest teacher, Jewelry Project, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e
Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
- Workshop Nuances e Facetas, Museu de São Roque, Lisbon, PT
- Artist talk, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
2010/09
- Guest teacher, Post-graduation in Jewelry Design, ESAD University of Arts and Design, Matosinhos, PT
- Workshop Modelar o invisível and talk Deliniar o invisível in
collaboration with Beatriz Mousinho, on the occasion of Anotações
sobre a Joalharia - 5th anniversary PIN, PIN - Associação Portuguesa
de Joalharia Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT
2008/03
- Artist talk, University of Applied Sciences - Trier, DE
- Workshop 1+1=5, Gallery Articula, Lisbon, PT
- Guest teacher, Jewelry Project, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e
Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
2007
- Artist talk,on the occasion of the Symposium 2nd Skin - Cork
Jewellery, ESAD - University of Arts and Design, Matosinhos, PT
2005
- Workshop Coffee, jewels and cigarettes in collaboration with
Manuel Vilhena, on the occasion of the X Symposium Ars Ornata
Europeana, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT
2000
- Guest teacher, Jewelry Project, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e
Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, PT