Elen Braga (o1984 – Brazil)

Lives and works in Brussels. Elen Braga is a multimedia artist. Interested in issues related to the self, she researches themes such as strength, ambition and resilience. Her practice often involves self-imposed tasks, as well as intense labor-requiring endeavors. She delves into mythological narratives, revisiting them to examine the ways in which they survive in contemporary behavior and beliefs.

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Education

2017 – 2018  – Post Master in Performance at a·pass – advanced performance and scenography studies, Brussels/BE.

Prize
PRIX Connectif 2020 , brussels/BE

Selected exhibitions/performances

2021 | “Liquid Bodies”, online video exhibition with Lin Yuqi, Eli Cortiñas, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Waldburgerwouters Gallery, Brussels, BE.
2021 | “Regenerate”, group show curated by Zoe Gray and Helena Kritis, WIELS, Brussels, BE.
2021 | “Zand Erover”, solo show curated by Maurice Meewisse, Waterwerken, Rotterdam, NL
2021 | “Notes of a Witness”, group show, Komplot, Brussels, BE
2021 | “The Brussels Stitch”, public artwork, part of Biennale d’art contemporain PARTcours- ParKUNST, in 2021, Woluwe Park, BE
2021 | “Inside Out – For you” , group show, Foundation B.A.D, Rotterdam, NL.
2021 | “Cascade”, group show, Cas-co, Leuven, BE.

2020 | “Time, times. Half a time”, solo show curated by Laila Melchior, Ixelles, BE.
2020 | “For a Brief Eternity”, group show, HET ENTREPOT, De tank, Bruges, BE
2020 | “The Political Party”, collaboration with Michiel Vandevelde, Kampnagel, Hamburg, DE
2020 | “Elen Ou Hubris”, public intervention, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, BE.
2020 | “950”, De Aanschouw, Rotterdam, NL

2019 | “The Plan/e”, group exhibition, Centre Pompidou, Kanal. part of unsettled study, Performatik 19, Brussels, BE.
2019 | “Sokl”, performance, Antwerp, BE.
2019 | “Um novo céu, uma nova terra”, performance, SESC Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo, BR.

2018 | “Vroom” – public art , Elisabeth Park – Brussels, BE.
2017 | “The Living Room”, solo, AIR Antwerpen, BE.
2017 | “A Journey to the unpromised land and the magic balls, performance, part of Uninvited research II excursions – a.pass | Anderlecht, BE.
2017 | “Plataforma”, performance, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo,BR.

2017 | “My body is a cage”, group exhibition, LUCIANA CARAVELLO gallery, curated by Raphael Fonseca. Rio de Janeiro, BR.

2016 | ”Em suas marcas” (On your marks), solo, SESI São José Dos Campos, SP, BR.
2016 | “Fórmula Procrustes”, performance, Península Gallery, Porto Alegre, BR.
2015 | “Ao toque do sinal”, performace, SESC Ipiranga, São Paulo, BR
2015 | “Tração 200kg” (traction 200kg), performance, Encuentro Latinoamericano de Performance
Participación | MACA Junín – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Argentino, Junín, AR.
2015 | “Nós entre os extremos”, group exhibition curated by Paulo Miyada, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, BR
2015 | “INCUBARTE 7”, group exhibition at MUVIM – Museum of Valencia, ES.
2015 | “Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 2015”, Scotland and Hong Kong.
2015 | “TELEQUINESIS- 5a Ed.”, MULF | Museo Universitario Leopoldo Flores, MX

2014 | “Situações Brasília 2014”, group exhibition, Award of Contemporary art DF | National Museum of Republic, Brasília, DF, BR.

2014 | “Músculo” (Muscle), solo, Museu de Arte Goiânia – MAG | Goiânia, GO, BR
2014 | “Mesas para luta de braço” (Arm Wrestling tables), public artwork, SESI Osasco/SP, BR
2014 | “Esboço para uma coreografia”, group exhibition curated by Olivia Ardui, Central Galery, São Paulo, BR.
2014 | Samples: Festival International de Video-México TELEQUINESIS- 5a Ed., in Villa De Leiva, Boyaca, Colombia; Terminal Santorini, Chihuahua, México; Galeria Mérida, Mérida, México e Casa Argot Cultural, Ciudad del Carmen, México
2014 | 65ºSalão de Abril, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste | Fortaleza, CE, BR.

2013 | 17a Bienal de Cerveira | Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
2012 | 9º Salão de Artes do SESC Amapá | Amapá, BR
2012 | 14º Salão Municipal de Artes Plásticas de João Pessoa | Fundação Cultural de João Pessoa, PB, BR
2012 | 44º Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Piracicaba | Pinacoteca Municipal Miguel Dutra | Piracicaba, BR
2012 | Novíssimos 2012 – Galeria IBEU, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2012 | Salão de Arte de Mato Grosso do Sul 2012 | Fundação de Cultura de Mato Grosso do Sul | Campo Grande, MS, BR
2012 | 21º Encontro de Artes Plásticas de Atibaia, BR
2011 | 2º Prêmio Belvedere Paraty | Casa da Cultura | Paraty, RJ, BR

2012 | “Cabo de força”, performance, Instituto Tomie Ohtake | São Paulo, SP, BR

Residencies
2021 | Waterweken, Buitenplaats Brienenoord, Rotterdam, NL
2020 | ISELP, Brussels, BE.
2017 | Central Saint Martins – London, UK.
2016 | AIR Antwerpen, BE.
2016 | PPP | Penísula Gallery, Museu do trabalho | Porto Alegre, BR.
2016 | Participação, corpo, política, corpos informáticos – Brasília, BR.
2015 | 14 Festival Arte Serrinha, BR.
2015 | Flona Ipanema with Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba (MACS), Sorocaba, BR
2013 | Casa do Sol, Instituto Hilda Hilst, Campinas, BR.
2014 | Becoming an Image workshop Campinas, BR.2012 | “Cabo de força”, performance, Instituto Tomie Ohtake | São Paulo, SP, BR

Awards
2015 – Incubarte 7
2014 – Situações Brasília – Contemporary Art Award of DF – National Museum of the Republic, in Brazil
2012 – Yolando Malozzi no 21º Encontro de Artes Plásticas de Atibaia /SP

Complementary education
2017 | WRITING WORKSHOP Forged Theory with Peter Stamer and Vladimir Miller | BE
2017 | WORKSHOP Making Public Domain | Middelheim Museum – Antwerp, BE
2017 | SETTLEMENT (11) – ARTISTIC RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT – Vladimir Miller | BE
2017 | DANCE WORKSHOP – Jennifer Lacey | BE
2017 | A.PASS SEMINAR AND MASTER CLASSES: THE DOCUMENT TRANSFORMED + BOOK LAUNCH JUAN DOMINGUEZ – Brussels, BE
2011-2012 | História da Arte with Rodrigo Naves
2012–2014 | “Grupo de estudo e produção de arte contemporânea” ministrado por Paulo Miyada e Pedro França.


Works in public collections
CCSP – Coleção de Arte da Cidade / Centro Cultural da Cidade de São Paulo / SMC / PMSP
MAG – Museu de Arte de Goiânia
MACS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba
Praça das Artes