Carla Rebelo (1994, Sao Tome and Principe) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Barcelona.
Carla's practice is focused in the connection between body and place, in a tensional and dialogical relationship. The place being simultaneously real (physical, social, historical), conceptual (imagined) and psychological (projected, private). Through photography, archival images, video, text and sound, she explores the boundaries of identity, belonging and memory —drawing from the layered and fragmented aspects of her own diasporic identity.
Her work takes shape as group and solo exhibitions, such as “Dissident Planets” (2020), “Family Matters” (2021), and “Hardboiled Wonderland” (2022).
Carla collaborates with the Martinican cultural magazine Zist.
Contact Details:
crebelo27@yahoo.com
Barcelona, Spain
Lisbon, Portugal
Solo Exhibitions
2022 | Hardboiled Wonderland, Festival du Livre Jeunesse, Saint Esprit (Martinique)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 | Reframing History, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan (Italy)
2020 | Dissident Planets - Online Exhibition – AOJE / Catchupa Factory
2020 | Family Matters, Catchupa Factory, Santo Antão (Cabo Verde)
2020 | Family Matters, Catchupa Factory, Maputo (Mozambique)
Publications
2020| Family Matters - Catchupa Factory
2019| Zist Magazine #21 - Le Sentiment
2019| Zist Magazine #10 - Le Futur
2019| Zist Magazine #2 - Dire et Montrer
2018| Perspectives Magazine - CP Travels
Artist Residencies
2024 | Affective Ecologies, Lisbon. An Artistic Residency about the contemporary relevance of Amílcar Cabral's thought, an initiative by Hangar and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
2017 | Catchupa Factory Residency for New Photographers, Mindelo
Education
2024 Masterclass: Archive Fever, with Natasha Christia - El Observatorio, Barcelona.
2023-2024 | Photographic Narrative and Final Formats - El Observatorio, Barcelona (Spain)
2018-2019 | Photographic Language - El Observatorio, Barcelona (Spain)
Grants/Awards
2017 | Water for Islands Photography Competition, United Nations - Winner
2016 | Today for the Future Photography Competition, United Nations São Tomé and Principe - Winner