Cristina Ataíde

Portugal

Cristina Ataíde (Viseu, 1951) has a degree in Sculpture from ESBAL, Lisbon, where she studied Equipment Design. She was director of production for Sculpture and Design at Madein, Alenquer, from 1987 to 1996, where she worked with Anish Kapoor, Michelangelo Pistolleto, Keit Sonnier and Matt Mullican, among others. She was a guest lecturer at Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, from 1997 to 2012.
Her solo exhibitions include: 2023, A Terra ainda é redonda? / Is Earth still Whole?, MNAC, Lisbon; 2020, DAR CORPO AO VAZIO, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon; 2019, THE 6th BAKU BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART ‘Aluminium’, Museum Center, Baku; 2018, UNA ARRUGA EN EL AIRE, Fundación Tres Culturas, Seville.
Selected group exhibitions: 2020, DISSONANCES, MNAC Collection: acquisitions and donations 2010-2020, MNAC, Lisbon; 2019, SP-Artes with Andrea Rehder Arte Contemporânea and Ybakatu gallery, Ibirapoera, São Paulo; 2019, NO FEMININO, Galeria Fonseca Macedo - Arte Contemporânea, Ponta Delgada, Azores; 2018, DESVIOS E REFLEXÃO, group show, Ybakatu, Curitiba, Brazil; 2017, ESTAMPA 17, Galeria Magda Bellotti, Matadero, Madrid.
Selected collections: CAM / FCG, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Culturgest, PLMJ Foundation, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Unión Fenosa (La Coruña, Spain).