EXHIBITIONS

In partnership with regional, national or international museums, galleries and art centers, we organize and curate exhibitions that involve the artists in residence or other associated projects. We encourage that the exhibitions travel as well as the organisation of educational and mediation activities.

A RAIA

[June, 2024]
Graça Fortress, Elvas
Artists: Bárbara Fonte, Catalina Julve Jaume, Jaime González Palencia, Joana Duarte, Luís Almeida, Mar Ramón Soriano e Nuno Félix da Costa.

Raia is the name for the Spain-Portugal border, one of the oldest borders in Europe, with some limits established since the time of the Portucalense County and the Kingdom of León. More broadly, Raia is also the geographic space, on both sides of the political border, in which populations share historical, linguistic, cultural and economic elements.

Raia was an artistic residency project organised by Córtex Frontal and Galeria Plato in Spring of 2024 where artists of both sides of the border worked side by side.

In partnership with MACE (Contemporary Art Museum of Elvas) and part of the FARRA Feast, the project was presented in the Graça Fortress in Elvas.

The production of the ceramic pieces of this exhibition had the support of Oficinas do Convento, Montemor -O-Novo.

Photographs: Pedro Magalhães, FARRA.

WIRELESS, POZNAN

[October 2023]
Poznan, Poland
Artists: Abby King, Alexandre Camarao, Andrzej Banachowicz, Archontoula Tsatsoulaki,  Cornelia Buchheim, E J Caro, Erin C. Doherty, Francisca Carvalho, Joana BC, Joana Siquenique, Magdalena Kleszyńska, Maria José Mir, Marta Barrenechea, Marta Leite e Svenja Tiger.
Curadoria: Magdalena Kleszynska, Mercedes Vidal-Abarca e Diogo Ramalho.

The Wireless exhibition was invited to be recreated and exhibited in a new version in Poznan, Poland, in the context of the Poznan Textile Biennale. An exhibition organised by the Foundation of the New University of Art with support from the Polish Ministry of Culture and Heritage / Visual Arts 2023.

Photographs: Mateusz Kowalczyk and Jadwiga Subczynska / Abakanowicz University of the Arts

GÉMEOS FALSOS

[July 2023]
Appleton Square (Lisbon)
Artists: Bárbara Fonte, Claudia Cid, David Gonçalves, Elsa Gomes, Felix Vong, Francisco Trêpa, Gabriel Ribeiro, João Motta Guedes, Hernâni Reis Baptista, Leonardo Rito,  Sara & André, Susana Rocha.
Curatorship: Mercedes Vidal-Abarca e Diogo Ramalho.

This project was possible thanks to the partnership between Appleton — Córtex Frontal // Support: Direção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo and Oficinas do Convento // Special thanks: Galeria Nave, Duplex AIR

WIRELESS

[April 2023]
Plato (Évora) and Córtex Frontal (Arraiolos)
Wireless was a collective exhibition that closed the cycle of artistic residencies of the same name, held in 2022. Twenty Portuguese and international artists were invited to work on embroidery, stamping, tapestry and dyeing techniques. The selected artists were: Abby King, Alexandre Camarao, Archontoula Tsatsoulaki, Cornelia Buchheim, Diana Carvalho, E J Caro, Erin C. Doherty, Francisca Carvalho, Joana BC, Joana Siquenique, Lesia Synychenko, Luísa Jacinto, Magdalena Kleszyńska, Maria José Mir, Maria Motylevna, Marta Leite, Mónica Faria, Natacha Antão, Tabitha Arnold and Svenja Tiger. The exhibition was a partnership between the two cultural entities and took place simultaneously in both spaces. In parallel, a program of workshops and masterclasses associated with textile was developed.

A project with support from Direção Geral das Artes, Direção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo, Évora 2027, Arraiolos City Council and the School of Arts of the University of Évora.

2021

POW! SPLAT YEAH!

[December 2021]
Appleton Box Lisboa.
Artists: Catarina Real, Pedro O Novo, Sofia Mascate and Carlos Gaspar, with text by António Guerreiro. A project designed by Córtex Frontal, O Sindicato dos Pintores and Marta Mestre. With critical monitoring by Mariana Gomes and António Guerreiro. Mainly carried out in Arraiolos and at the School of Arts of the University of Évora with Hugo Amorim and Vanda Sim Sim. A project with support from Direção General das Artes, the Municipality of Arraiolos and the School of Arts of the University of Évora.

The Pow! Splat Yeah! which gave rise to this exhibition at ARTECAPITAL, an article by Catarina Real. Photographs: Bruno Lopes and Córtex Frontal.

A LINHA ESTÁ OCUPADA…

[June - October 2021]
CITA - Centro Interpretativo do Tapete de Arraiolos.
Artists: Alexandre Camarao, Ana Jotta, Mumtazz, Pedro Barateiro and Tomás Cunha Ferreira. Organized by //O ARMÁRIO// in collaboration with Córtex Frontal in the context of the symposium Ponto - Textile Art in Perspective.
The exhibition A linha está ocupada… at ARTECAPITAL , an article by Nuno Lourenço.

Photographs: Bruno Lopes

DIVAGAR DEVAGAR, DE JORGE MARTINS E ISABEL SIMÕES

[June - July 2021]
Córtex Frontal
Artists: Jorge Martins and Isabel Simões. Organized by the Sindicato dos Pintores in partnership with Córtex Frontal. The Sindicato dos Pintores is a project by the painter Mariana Gomes (not a union or association), which aims to exclusively show Painting.

DÓRDIO ZINCO, DE GONÇALO PENA

[March - October 2020]
CITA - Centro Interpretativo do Tapete de Arraiolos.
Exhibition of paintings by Gonçalo Pena produced with the support of the Arraiolos City Council during his artistic residency at Cortex Frontal.

Inauguração de Dordio Zinco de Gonçalo Pena em março de 2020.

2019

STIL(H)EAVEN DE SÉRGIO BRAZ DE ALMEIDA

[August - November 2019]
CIMR - Centro Interpretativo do Mundo Rural, Vimieiro.
Photography exhibition by Sérgio Braz d´Almeida produced with the support of the Arraiolos City Council during his artistic residency at Córtex Frontal.

The Stil(h)eaven exhibition at ARTECAPITAL, an article by Nuno Lourenço.

Exposição Still(h)eaven de Sérgio Braz de Almeida, agosto de 2019 no CIMR (Centro Interpretativo do Mundo Rural).

SEDIMENTO II DE MARIA OLIVEIRA

[March - October 2019]
Pousada de Arraiolos Convento da Nossa Senhora da Assunção.
Photography exhibition by Maria Oliveira. The Sedimento exhibition brought together works from the series Guardar o fogo para dias de pouca luz and Sob vigia dos animais antigos.

Exposição “Sedimento” de Maria Oliveira na Pousada de Arraiolos.

2018

SEDIMENTO I DE MARIA OLIVEIRA

[February - April 2019]
CIMR - Centro Interpretativo do Mundo Rural, Vimieiro.
Photography exhibition by Maria Oliveira produced with support from Arraiolos City Council during her artistic residency at Cortex Frontal.

Exposição “Sedimento” de Maria Oliveira no CIMR, Vimieiro em novembro de 2018.

UNIDADE MÍNIMA, DE SUSANA PAIVA

[March - May 2018]
CITA - Centro Interpretativo do Tapete de Arraiolos.
Photography exhibition by Susana Paiva produced with support from Arraiolos City Council during her artistic residency at Cortex Frontal.