TETE DE ALENCAR | THE WORK
STATEMENT
Tete de Alencar is a multimedia artist whose work refers to various techniques including film, photography, drawing, textile and glass making. In addition to this, her sculptures are made from a rich source of materials and found objects such as disposable cameras, human hair, fish bites, and toys amongst others.
De Alencar is inspired by contemporary society and the complex social values embedded within. Issues such as fashion and the manipulation of the female form, the portrayal of these figures heralded as trophies and the snobbery of designer shops against those who do not conform to these fantasy ideals are all a part of the artists concerns.
Throughout her work, themes of obscurity and dilemma generate intrigue and curiosity. She jesters with the idea of what is revealed and in turn, what is concealed.
“What you see is never what you are going to get…the real work is usually hidden and sacred in a container - a disguise to protect the real art piece, transforming it into an enigma. It’s an ancestral magic, an ancient tactic...they will have to be aware that breaking the spell and revealing what is inside, involves a kind of death of the piece and transforms it into ordinary gold…”
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EDUCATION
2000/03 M.A Fine Art, Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
1997/99 B.A Fine Art, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
1996/77 Art and Design Foundation Course, Coleg Menai, Wales, UK
1995 Textile, Open College of Art, UK
1991/92 Escola de Belas Artes, Parque Large, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OTHERS
2005 Film Editing, London Film Academy, London, UK
SELECTED EXHIBTIONS
2011 Galeria Pararlela, Sao Paulo , Brazil
2011 Tete de Alencar, Museu Afro Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011 Woman: Whose Canvas? Rug Gallery, Brick Lane, London
2010 Solo Exhibition, TA/CF, Sobrado Jose Lourenco gallery, Fortaleza, Brazil
2010 Group Exhibition, Olhos Magicos da America, Museu Afro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009 Whatever you think the opposite, Under the Bridge, London
2008 Galleria Bernado Marques, Lisbon, Portugal
Cinderella Flash, Jago gallery, London, UK
Sangue Novo, MBDR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 artistas 7 Exposicoes, Sobrado Jose Lourenco, Fortaleza, Brazil
UAMO Art Festival, Munich, Germany
Another Road Show Attraction Gallery, London, UK
2007 Guest artist, Prêmio Para, Belem, Brazil
CEU, MBR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Identity, The Art Organization, Nottingham, UK
‘PAIXÃO’, Museum Bispo do Rosário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006 Oriel Daffidd Harddy, Caernafon, Wales
Alem dos Limites, Projeto Funarte, O que e normal? ECCO, Brasilia, Brazil
2005 VAD Festival International de Video and Arts Digitals, Girona, Spain
Unifor Plasticas, Brazil
PUC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
When in Rome V, Arts Centre, Portsmouth, UK
When in Rome IV, Cotton Gallery, Birmingham, UK
2004 When in Rome III, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
Love one Day, loveoneday.net, UK
When in Rome II, Habitat, Exeter, UK
‘Food Glorious Food’, Visual arts Centre, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK
‘You Too’, Oriel Mostyn, Wales, UK
2003 When in Rome I, Lewisham House, London
Tame Side Museum and Gallery, Manchester, UK
‘Touch and Go’, Space 44, London
Pinch and Punch, Immaterial Doubles, the Cobden Club, Londo
‘Ink in’, Central Art Gallery, Asthon-Under-Lynne, UK
2002 ‘Body and Soul’, Fortaleza, Brazil
Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, UK
2001 Hot Bed Studios, Manchester, UK
1999 Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead, UK
1997 Blackthorn Galleries, Birkenhead, UK
1995 Parc Menai, Wales, UK
1994 Parc Menai, Wales, UK
AWARDS
The Arts Council of Wales (Grants for Creativity)
COLLABORATIONS
Museum of Everything, London, UK
Cinderella Flash Film, Fay Film Studios, London, UK
Hamlet, Video by Rebecca Gould, Cardiff, UK
Book Cover, A Sombra da Oiticiqueira, Francisco Alves, Brazil.
Post Cards, Transition Gallery, London
Editor, London Film Academy, London, UK
Art Department, Sara and Wendy, film by Kamal Akatar, London, UK
Editor, Black November, Film by Andrew McKenzie, Liverpool, UK
PUBLICATIONS
Cinderella Flash booklet
When in Rome I, II, III, IV, V