Cela Luz

cela@celaluz.com

Cela Luz was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1986. She lived in New York from 2015 to 2019, where she received an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 2017. Cela currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. In 2019, she opened her solo exhibition “Let the wind blow” at Mercedes Viegas Gallery and “Pinturinhas” curated by Raul Mourão at Rato Branko, both of them in Rio de Janeiro.

Cela paints imaginary landscapes full of gestural effect, surface tactility, and dreamlike colors.

Her compositions suggest ever-changing landscapes that pass through different seasons. From intimately-scaled paintings to large canvases, she sometimes depicts big outdoor spaces and, on another, explores fragments of nature elements.

Her subjects include windy gardens, trees, dried leaves, plants, nocturnal moonlit skies, seas, and rivers.

Cela’s work has been shown throughout New York and Brazil, where she currently lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. 

 

EDUCATION

2015-2017 MFA Fine Arts - School of Visual Arts 17’ New York, US

2009-2014 BFA Graphic Design from Centro Universitário da Cidade, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 Deixa Ventar (Let the Wind Blow) | curated by Pollyana Quintella | Galeria Mercedes Viegas | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2019 Pinturinhas | curated by Raul Mourão | Rato Branko | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 canto no mundo | curated by Bianca Bernardo | Casa de Pedra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2023 matéria-corpo | curated by Bruna Gonçalves | Galeria Cassia Bomeny, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2023 Futuro Oásis | text by Henrique Menezes | Galeria Lume & Gisela Projects, São Paulo, SP

2022 Tiger Tiger Burn Bright | curated by Phil King | PADA Gallery, Barreiro, Portugal

2022 DA PINTURA | curated by Isabel Portela | Z42, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2021 Possible Disasters | curated by Gisela Gueiros | Residency Unlimited, NY, US

2021 Desenhos | Galeria Mercedes Viegas, RJ, Brazil

2020     Microcosmos | Galeria Mercedes Viegas, RJ, Brazil

2020     Breves Narrativas de Sonho | curated by Mario Gioia, Casa da Luz, SP, Brazil

2019     Pequenos Formatos | Galeria Mercedes Viegas, RJ, Brazil

2019      Elas por Elas | curated by Isabel Portella, Galeria Mercedes Viegas, RJ, Brazil

2018      Momentum | curated by Gisela Gueiros, Espaço Vão, SP, Brazil

2018      The Head is Round | curated by Gisela Gueiros, Lazy Susan Gallery, NY, US

2017       O contexto da linha | Galeria Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2017       PARTILHAS, PRESENÇAS, PROJETOS | curated by Mario Gioia | at Blau Projects Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil

2017       God bless deli | curated by Yael Azoulay and Ali Shrago | at Space Heater Gallery, New York, U.S.

2017       Fragmentos de um discurso pictórico | curated by Mario Gioia | at Roberto Alban Gallery, Salvador, Brazil

2017        Transfiguration | curated by Carl Auge | at Flatiron Gallery, NY 

2017        Cognitive Dissidence | curated by Dan Cameron | at Ray Smith Studio, Brooklyn, NY 

2017        SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, April 27th, New York, U.S.

2016        SVA MFA Fine Arts Open Studios, December, New York, US

2016         Making the future | curated by Julie Torres and Michael David, at David and Schwitzer Contemporary Gallery, NY, US

2016         Sva Open Studios, April, NY, USA

2015         Sva Open Studios, December, NY, USA

 

RESIDENCIES

PADA, Portugal, Barreiro, September 2022