estela sokol, sao paulo, 1979
lives and works in sao paulo, brazil
in the pursuit of a new pictorial mindset in sculpture, the artist uses color and light as key elements and combines painting techniques such as encaustic, pigment, spray and enamel to materials like concrete, beeswax, stone, paraffin, foam, steel, brass, wood, graphite, fabric, ceramic and resin. tone shifts and diverse nuance are, thus, recurrent in her work. especially for the paintings on plastic sheets which are juxtaposed between transparent and opaque industrial pallet plastic sheets stretched on wooden frames revealing new colors – which establish a dialogue with the heritage of painting and the history of art.
she has held solo shows throughout the world, in such venues as museu da taipa (macau, china), gallery 32 (london, england), galerie wuensch (linz, austria), palácio das artes (belo horizonte, brazil), paço das artes (sao paulo, brazil), centro universitario maria antônia (sao paulo, brazil) and centro cultural sao paulo (sao paulo, brazil). she has also taken part in group shows such as "mostra 3M de arte" and "urbe – mostra de arte publica", both in sao paulo; "III bienal internacional de arte gaia", "16º bienal de cervei-ra" and "prometheus fecit" at the museu nacional de soares dos reis, portugal; "light art biennalle", aus-tria; "III bienal del fin del mundo", in argentina; "bienal tridimensional internacional", at museu histórico nacional, and "intervenções urbanas bradesco artrio", at museu da republica, both in rio de janeiro; "além do ponto e da linha", at mac-usp in sao paulo, and "nova arte nova" at the centro cultural banco do brasil - ccbb in both rio and sao paulo venues. "gasträume public art" (zurich, switzerland); "13a edição bienal do mercosul" (porto alegre, brazil). sokol also took part with "sunrise, sunset" in the imple-mentation of the sculpture park at parque cultural casa do governador (victoria, brazil), among others.
her works are in collections such as: mallin collection – buckhorn sculpture park (nova york, usa); pinaco-teca do estado de sao paulo (sao paulo, brazil); mac usp (são paulo, brazil); sesc 24 de maio (sao pau-lo, brazil); parque cultural casa do governador (vitoria, brazil); fama, fabrica de artes marcos amaro (itu, brazil) macs (sorocaba, brazil); itamaraty (brasília, brazil); macc (campinas, brazil); brazilian embassy in london (england).
sokol won prizes including: prix piza (paris, france); itamaraty contemporary art competition (brasilia, brazil); exhibitions of artists abroad, brazil contemporary art program, biennial foundation of são paulo (brazil); paço das artes project season (são paulo, brazil); projectiles award – funarte (rio de janeiro, brazil).
