Isabel Pavão

Artist Statment

“Impressions Series represents a phase of my work, integrating in it, as usual, intimations of my continuous project enduring patterns of inner experience and conceptual processes as a work in progress that is a reflection on the “act of painting”.

The visual materiality belonging to this series is intimately related in its conceptual process and representations to the the physicality of repetition/overlapping marks to conjure patterns of new images reworked and reimpressed showing an interplay of organic forms, geometric structures and colors.

The naming of Impressions refers to various layers of meanings as well as a working process. There is a display of interpretations of atmospheric/ psychological imprint: I approach the paintings in this series as images/impressions that allude also to particular moods through their shifting complexions, being marks from Memory and Nature”.

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Shows

2024	Impressions of Camellia and Lemon, Paço dos Duques de Bragança Museum, Guimarães, Portugal. Opening on February 23 until April 7.
2022	“Art All Night “, participating with her solo show at the Embassy of Portugal in Washington DC, USA
	Exhibition and Book launch “Porto/Paris/New York”, Dsgnrr Gallery, New York, USA
	Exhibition and Book launch “Porto/Paris/New York”, Museum Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal.
	Exhibition and Book launch “Porto/Paris/New York”, Embassy of Portugal in Washington DC, USA.
	Exhibition and Book launch “Porto/Paris/New York”, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
2021	Exhibition and Book launch “Porto/Paris/New York”, Cooperativa Árvore Gallery, Porto, Portugal
	Book Launch and exhibition “The Heart is a Drowning Object”, New Dominion Bookshop and co-sponsored by the Virginia center for the Book, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
	Virtual Portuguese – American Art Gallery, launched During PALCUS National Conference Online Gallery is a Collaboration Between, PALCUS, the Portugal-US Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Portugal, with the support of FLAD.
	Book Launch and exhibition “The Heart is a Drowning Object”, New Dominion Bookshop and co-sponsored by the Virginia center for the Book, Charlottsville, VA, USA.
2020	“The Heart is a Drowning Object”, New Dominion bookshop and Book Arts, the Virginia Center for the Book, USA. Exhibition and book presentation.
2017	“Ten Impressions of Rose and Sea”, Cinema Arts Centre, New York, USA “Ten Impressions of Rose and Sea”, Centro Cultural de Fralães, Portugal.

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Selected Works

Recent Series

Impression Series

'Dream Light', Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas 1,57x1,20 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão — 'Dream Light'
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas 1,57x1,20 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão

Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas, green mist immanence, 1,57x1,27 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão — ´green mist immanence´
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas, 1,57x1,27 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão

Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas, mind weaving, 1,57x1,27 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão — ´mind weaving´
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas, 1,57x1,27 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão

Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas, purple green immanence, 1,57x1,27 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão — ´purple green immanence´
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas, 1,57x1,27 cm-2018 © Isabel Pavão

Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas, matrixial memory in blue, 1,57x1,27 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão — ´matrixial memory in blue´
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas, 1,57x1,27 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão

Impressions series, acrylic /collage on canvas, red -green memory translucence, 1,57x1,20 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão — ´red-green memory translucence´
Impressions series - acrylic /collage on canvas, 1,57x1,20 cm-2019 © Isabel Pavão

'Untitled', Impressions series, 2014. Acrylic/pastel/collage on canvas, 66.9x116.5 inches — 'Untitled'
Impressions series - Acrylic/ pastel/ collage on canvas, 66.9x116.5 inches-2014 © Isabel Pavão

'Untitled', Impressions series, 2014. Acrylic/pastel on canvas, 39.4x51.2 inches — 'Untitled'
Impressions series - Acrylic/ pastel on canvas, 39.4x51.2 inches-2014 © Isabel Pavão

'Untitled', Impressions series, 2014. Acrylic/pastel/collage on canvas, 67.3x110.2 inches — 'Untitled'
Impressions series - Acrylic/pastel/ collage on canvas, 67.3x110.2 inches-2014© Isabel Pavão

'Untitled', Impressions series, 2014. Acrylic/pastel/collage on canvas, 47.2x55.1 inches — 'Untitled'
Impressions series - Acrylic/pastel/collage on canvas, 47.2x55.1 inches-2014© Isabel Pavão

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Art Fairs

2004	ARCO 2004, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain.
2003	ARCO 2003, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain.
2002	ARCO 2002, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. ARTE SANTANDER 2002, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Santander, Spain. ARTE LISBOA 2002, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
2001	ARCO 2001, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. FORO SUR, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Cáceres, Spain. ART COLOGNE 2001, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Cologne, Germany. FAC 2001, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
2000	ARCO 2000, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. MARCA MADEIRA 97, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. ART COLOGNE 2000,Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Cologne, Germany. FAC 2000, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
1999	ARCO 99, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. FAC 99, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
1998	ARCO 98, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. FAC 98, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997	ARCO 97, Contemporary Art Fair Galeria Fernando Santos, Madrid. Fórum Atlântico de Arte Contemporânea, Gallery Fernando Santos, Corunha, Spain. FAC 97, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Lisbon, Portugal.
1996	ARCO 96, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Madrid, Spain. FIAC 96, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Paris, France.
1995	Contemporary Art Fair, Arte Jovem, Won Painting category award, Fórum da Maia, Portugal. FIAC 95, Contemporary Art Fair, Gallery Fernando Santos, Paris, France. Fórum Atlântico of Contemporary Art, Gallery Fernando Santos, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
1994	FIAC 94, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France.
1992	ARCO 92, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
1990	Contemporary Art Fair of Hannover, Hannover, Germany