Maria Cheung

Place of Birth - Hong Kong
Nationality - Brazilian

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

1980-1978 - Faculty of Artistic Education Santa Cecília - Santos - SP

LANGUAGES
Portuguese - fluent
Spanish - basic
English - intermediate
Chinese/Cantonese - basic

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003 -Nui - Galeria Massangana - Joaquim Nabuco Foundation - Recife - PE
2001 - Fogo na Boca - Sala Arte & Design - UFPR - Curitiba - PR
-Nui- Itaipu Ecomuseum - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
1999 -Nui- Núcleo de Arte e Cultura - NAC - Natal - RN -Nui- Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea - NAC - João Pessoa - PB Núcleo de Arte e Cultura - NAC - Natal - RN
-Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea - NAC - João Pessoa - PB
1998 -Nui - Museu de Arte de Cascavel - MAC - PR
-Fósseis de Mim - Museu Alfredo Andersen - MAA - Curitiba - PR

MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 - Panapaná - Oscar Niemeiyer Museum - Curitiba - Brazil

• The Mode - International Ceramics Art Invitational Exhibition - Liling Ceramics Valley Museum - China
  2015 -Fog of Birds - Oscar Niemeiyer Museum - Curitiba - Brazil
  2013 - Frontiers - Photografic Exhibition - Itaipu Ecomuseum - Brazil
  2010 - Save - Historical Museum of Santa Catarina - SC
  2008 - Invisibile -Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina-SC
  2006 - Intersection - Curitiba's Memorial - Curitiba - PR
  • Mozart 250 Years - Wien Museum - Vienna - Austria
  • Ceramists of the Earth - Alfredo Andersen Museum - Curitiba-PR
    2004- 3 Women - 3 Poetics - Metropolitan Museum of Art - Curitiba - PR
    2003 - Chinese Shadows - the character of multiplicity - Atelier Norma Grinberg - São Paulo-SP
    2002 - Faxinal das Artes - MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art - Curitiba-PR
  • Synthesis of Paraná - Current Art - Andrade Muricy House - Curitiba - PR
  • Sagas - ICBRA - Brazilian Cultural Institute - Berlin - Germany
    2000 -Balaio Brasil - Sesc-Belenzinho - São Paulo - SP
    - "XIV Salao Paranaense de Cerâmica" - Curitiba - PR
    1996 - 53º Salao Paranaense de Artes Plásticas - Curitiba - PR
    - "III Salao Mam Bahia" - Salvador - BA
    - "Cabot 20 Years" - Brazilian Sculpture Museum - São Paulo - SP

AWARDS

2000 - Acquisition Prize of the State Government of Paraná - XII Iguaçu Art Saloon - PR
1998 - Acquisition Prize of the City Hall of Cascavel - XII Cascavel Exhibition - PR
1997 - Acquisition Prize of the State Government of Paraná - X Iguaçu Saloon - PRX Iguaçu Hall - PR
1996 - Acquisition Prize - 53º Salão Paranaense de Artes Plásticas - Curitiba - PR
- Miguel Bakum Hall Nomination Prize - IX Iguaçu Hall - Foz - PR
-Dep. Sâmis da Silva - I Foz Art Exhibition - Curitiba - PR -
1985 - Honorable Mention - III Salao De Artes Plásticas de Rio Claro - SP -
1981 -II Prize - II Concorso Internazionale Pablo Picasso - Milan - Italy

PUBLIC WORKS

-Regressing to Myself I, II, III - Liling Ceramics Valley Museum - China

-Sonata XI -Wien Museum - Vienna - Austria
-Sonata XI -Fundação Clóvis Salgado - Belo Horizonte - MG
-Nui Jen II -Fundação Joaquim Nabuco - Recife - PE
-Tao - Instituto Cultural Brasil - Berlin - Germany

• Without Title - Culture Foundation - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
  • Fossils of Me - Cascavel Art Museum - Cascavel - PR
• Mural Esgrafiado Public Square - Corrientes - Argentina
• Mural Graffito Public Square - Puerto Iguazu - Argentina
• Mural Esgrafiado Public Square - Luis Piedra Buena- Patagonia - Argentina
  • Parque Remador Graffiti Mural - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
    • Tao K'un - Museum of Contemporary Art of Paraná - Curitiba - PR
    • Nui Jen - Museum of Contemporary Art - Curitiba - PR

WORK EXPERIENCES

2011 - Curator of the exhibition ''Coração em Paz'' Exhibition inspired by the sketches of Candido Portinari - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

2010/2014-FAM - Mercosur Crafts Fair- Judging Commission - Misiones - Argentina

2006/2014-Artistic Coordinator - Ñandeva - Trinational Handicraft Programme - border region between Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay: development of handicraft products; direct service to artisans; creation of concepts for handicraft product collections, lectures for artisan communities

2013 - IV National Ceramics Salon - Judging Committee- Curitiba -PR -
- Ceramic Panel Workshop - X Symposium of Art and Education - UNICENTRO - Guarapuava - PR
- Experience reports - X Symposium of Art and Education - UNICENTRO - Guarapuava - PR

2006 -Workshops of Ceramics - Ñandeva - Trinational Program of Handicraft - Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay
-Conceptual art workshop - I Ceramics Festival of Santa Catarina - UDESC - Florianópolis - SC
-A day of Ceramics at the Center of Creativity - Curitiba - PR
-Workshop of ceramics - National Ceramics Congress. Curitiba - PR -
- National Ceramics Salon - Popular Category - Judging Commission- Curitiba - PR

2005 - Craftsmanship Adequacy Workshop - SEBRAE Project - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
- Ceramics Workshop - Young Gardener Project of Itaipu - Foz do Iguaçu - PR

2004 - Ceramics Workshop - Itaipu Young Gardener Project - Foz do Iguaçu - PR
- Ceramics Workshop - SEBRAE Handicrafts Project - Guairá - PR
-XIV Iguaçu Art Saloon - Judging Commission - Foz do Iguaçu - PR

2003-Bienal of Engraving - Judging Commission - João Pessoa - PB

2002-XII International Biennial of Sculptures - Judging Commission- Resistance -Argentina
-Faxinal das Artes - Atelier Residency Program - Faxinal do Céu - PR
- Ceramics Workshop - Coloured Clays - XV Winter Festival - Antônima - PR

2001 -XIII Cascavel Art Saloon - Cascavel - PR - Judging Commission
- Ceramic Panel Workshop - Itaipu Ecomuseum - Foz do Iguaçu - PR

2000 - Ceramic Panel Workshop - Ceramic Symposium - Alfredo Andersen Museum - Ctba - PR

1981-86 - Teacher of Ceramics - Atelier Megumi Yuasa e Lygia Reinach

1984 - Ceramics Advisor - Project of Periphery - Prefeitura de São Paulo- SP

1981-82-Teacher of Ceramics and Xylography - Faculty Santa Cecília - Pindamonhangaba - SP

BIBLIOGRAPHIC OUTPUT

• Creation of the catalogue for the handicraft exhibition ''Ipês e Andorinhões'' - COART - Brazil
  Collaborator in the research for the book ''Elementos da Iconografia das Três Fronteiras'' - 2007 - Itaipu Park Publications
  Collaborator in the book ''Artesanato e identidade cultural'' - 2008 - Itaipu Park Publications
  Curator and artistic creation of the book ''Todos nós, todos nosotros'', 2010
  Graphic creation of the book ''Ñandeva - 6 anos de história - 2006 /2012 "

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• " Women in Art - what difference does it make? " José Maria Justino 2013
• "Voices from Paraná 6 " Aroldo Mura - 2014

Por: Galeria Zilda Fraletti