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CLEMENCIA LABIN

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Education

1972

BA, Columbia University, New York, NY

1974

MBA, Columbia University, New York, NY

1990

Kunst Akademie, Hamburg, Germany

One Man Exhibitions

1992

Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, GermanySala RG, Fundación Celarg, Caracas, VenezuelaCentro de Bellas Artes, Maracaibo. VenezuelaMarstall am Schloss Ahrensburg, Germany

1993

Clemencia Labin, Kunstverein Bremerhaven, Germany

1995

Clemencia Labin, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, VenezuelaNaves, Galería Renate Kammer, Hamburg, Germany

1996

Ave Purísima, Acción Gnadenkirche, Hamburg, GermanyNaves, Galería Carla Stellweg, New York, NY

1997

Mi cuadro, Galería Renate Kammer, Hamburg, GermanyPasta dominical, Sala Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela

1998

Clemencia Labin, Galería Maximilian Krips, Cologne, Germany

2000

Pasta dominical, Galería Ruta Correa, Friburgo, GermanyMamaosa 2000, Sala Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela

2001

Die Blaue Nacht, Projektraum Christa Schübbe, Düsseldorf, GermanyBubbles, Artfrankfurt,  Germany

2002

M’s, Alternativa, Elvira Neri Galería, Caracas, VenezuelaM's, Galerie Ruta Correa, Freiburg, Germany

2003

Pulpa–chic, Galerie Renate Kammer, Hamburg, GermanyM’s, Alternativa, Elvira Neri Galería, Caracas, VenezuelaM’s, Galerie Ruta Correa, Friburgo, Germany

2005

Taking Flamingos to Miami, Karpio-Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL

2007

Grand Opening, Cuborosa, Hamburg, Germany
Quimeras de viento, Galería Alternativa, Caracas, Venezuela

2008

El Vergel de Clemencia Labin, Centro de Arte Lía Bermúdez, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2009

Doping Pulpa, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Lionza Capuchina, Museo Carmelo Fernandez, San Felipe, Yaracuy, Venezuela

2010

Tangible Galería D’MUSEO, Caracas, Venezuela

2012

The Mantuana of Clemencia Labin, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, FL
La Pinta, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Mario Abreu, Maracay, Venezuela

Group Show Exhibitions

2006

Unholy Alliance: art + fashion meet again,  Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, CanadaNuclear reactions, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Spain6ª Velada Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2007

Expanded Painting, MASH, Cottelstone, Miami, FLGnadenlos Subjektiv, Arthur Bosskamp Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, GermanyMI MUNDO NOW, Taller de Arte Lanzarote, Canarias, SpainBraulio Salazar Preis, Ateneo de Valencia, VenezuelaVanguardias contemporáneas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela7ª Velada Santa Lucia, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2008

Wir nennen es Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg, GermanyEscala Mural, Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela20 Años Avant Garde, Jacob Karpio Gallery, San José, Costa Rica8ª Velada Santa Lucia, Maracaibo, VenezuelaExpanded Painting, Space Other, Boston, MA

2009

Magdalenenstrasse 1 Hamburg, Germany9th Velada Santa Lucía, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2010

TIES, Clemencia Labin and Lucia Madriz, Galeria Borchardt, Hamburg, GermanyTangible, D’Museo Galeria, Caracas, Venezuela

Art Fairs

2010

Pulse Miami, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FLArt Chicago, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Chicago, ILArteFiera Bologna, Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Bolgna, Italy

2011

Pulse Miami, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Miami, FL

2012

Artefiera Bologna, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Bologna, Italy

International Bienales

2011

54th edition of the Venice Biennale, representing Venezuela, Venice, Italy
Up
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For many years my work dealt with the interaction between color, form and space.  Just as important as the work itself was the atmosphere surrounding it.  To mention some examples I could start with: Confeti, groups of paintings in different shapes and sizes playfully put together; Mi Cuadro, painted wooden boxes, in plastic handbags, like merchandise in a department store; Pasta, finger paintings which seem to blend with their backgrounds creating optic movement; Cassata, different textures and color fields put together with a heavy white acrylic borderline; M’s, quilted multicolor circles hanging like chains on the walls and crossing the rooms; Purísimas, small Madonna icons placed randomly on a dark background wall resembling a night sky full of stars.  The Pulpa Chic Series began in 2001 with partly quilted (meaty) object-paintings using cloths and acrylic paint.  They had a sort of pop prefabricated beautiful look that reflects today’s values and way of life, in which nature is often modified to achieve the ultimate desired artificial perfection.  The development continues and the paintings expand to become more and more three dimensional objects. The new pulpas are colorful pieces made from bikini lycras, filled with polyester cotton, stapled on wooden frames and painted with acrylic paints.