VÅRE KUNSTNERE
Bella da Silva Buxbom
BELLA DA SILVA BUXBOM - (f. 1983)
ARBEIDSSTED: TRONDHEIM
Bella da Silva Buxbom er en dansk-portugisisk billedkunstner som bor og arbeider i Trondheim.
Hun har bakgrunn fra klesproduksjon og moteindustrien i København, og en mastergrad fra Kunstakademiet i Trondheim hvor hun særlig har arbeidet med installasjoner og menneskelig interaksjon. Konseptserien The Shape of Things to Come er en lekende og kontinuerlig utforskning av balanse og motstand gjennom formale komposisjoner i flere kunstneriske uttrykksformer. Formene står i et gjensidig spenningsforhold til hverandre, og etterlater betrakterens inntrykk av samspillet som den siste delen av ligningen.
CV
EDUCATION
2018 – 2020 MFA (Master of Fine Art), Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT), NTNU
2015 – 2018 BFA (Bachelor of Fine Art), Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT), NTNU
2014 – 2015 Spektrum Art School, Copenhagen
2014 – 2015 Brand Universe, Copenhagen
2005 – 2008 KVUF, HF, Copenhagen
2003 – 2004 Fløngs Produktionsskole (Clothing prod.), Copenhagen
2001 – 2003 Ishøj Teknisk Skole (Clothing prod.), Copenhagen
EXHIBITION
2021 The Shape of Things to Come, Wold Visningrom, Trondheim
2021 Komposisjoner, Kunst og kaos, Røros
2020 Trondheim Open Art Market, TKM Gråmølna
2020 MOOD, LevArt PARK, Levanger (høst 2020/vinter 2021, bekreftet. Dato bekreftes iht. Covid-19)
2020 MOOD, Wold visningsrom / Nyhavna, Trondheim (Kuratorpraksis + det offentlige rom (KORO, 13.-16. okt.) Cancelled due to Covid-19.
2020 Kunst og kaos, K.U.K. group exhibition, Røros (5. Sep.- 10. Oct.)
2020 Opprop (interactive installation), Storm Festival, Trondheim
2020 Vågå-sommer, Galleri Ullinssvin, Vågå, K.U.K. group exhibition (20. June-30 Aug)
2020 TIDE MFA Exhibition, TKM Gråmølna, Trondheim
2020 Pan-National Graduation Show (May 2020, online exhibition)
2019 Soundlandscape of Bells, Litterær Hagefest i Adrianstua, Trondheim
2019 Deceptive Cadence II (Buxbom & Palmer) Multiplié Dance Festival, TKM Gråmølna, Trondheim
2018 Nodes Avant Fini w/ Helle Siljeholm, Teaterhuset Avant Garden, Trondheim
2018 Making Time (Art & Common Space), K.U.K. Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Trondheim
2018 Deceptive Cadence (Buxbom & Palmer), IDC2018, NTNU
2018 Lydfabrikken (m/ Martin Palmer & Jørgen Wassvik) ReMida / Kongsgården, Trondheim
2018 This Is Not It (BFA miniature show), Kunsthall15
2018 This Is Not It (BFA Graduation Show.), Galleri KiT, Trondheim
2017 Syden w/ Hanna Fauske et.al., Svartlamon, Trondheim
2017 A Ceremony in the Making (Art & Common Space), Clarion Bakeriet Hotel
2017 Deceptive Cadence (Buxbom & Palmer) Galleri KiT
2017 Secret Garden (Buxbom & Palmer) Galleri KiT
2017 Soundlandscape of Bells (Kulturnatt) Galleri KiT
2016 Maze of Senses (m/ Øystein Fjeldbo) ISFiT Festival, Galleri KIT
2016 Dispersed Dialogues: Another Way of Living in the World, Arc En Rêve Centre d'architecture, Bordeaux
2016 Hit-Me, Tivoli Hotel, Copenhagen
2015 Hit-Me, Sundholmskvarteret, Copenhagen
2016 Vetaraner & Kunst, Kastellet, Copenhagen
2015 Veteraner & Kunst, Forsvarsministeriet, Copenhagen
PROJECTS
2020 JåzzOngan, Nødutgangsfestivalen, Bodø (Temporarily postponed due to Covid-19)
2020 Klubb Kanin Children’s Workshop, Rosendal Theatre, Trondheim
Workshop and concert with found object, Children 6-9 y.o. in collaboration with Martin Palmer and ReMida
2019 Sorry for the Inconvenience (curator and founder, intl. group exhibition series)
2016-2019 Kunstkantina / Kantinekino
Founded by artists Lena Johansen, Heidi-Anett Haugen and Tobias Liljedahl
Relational events in Trondheim Kunstmuseum, RAKE Visningsrom, Verkstedhallen, TSSK, etc..
RESIDENCIES
2019 Adrianstua, dagsresidens v/ Heidi-Anett Haugen
GRANTS AND STIPENDS
2020 Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst, Kulturrådet
2020 Strakstiltak, Trondheim Kommune
2020 NKR - Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere
2019 NKR - Forprosjekt Scenekunst (w/ Martin Palmer)
PUBLIC / INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASES
2020 Opprop, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) / Trøndelag Bildende Kunstnere
ARTIST STATEMENT
My work as an artist often involves collaboration, installation, social interaction and an engagement with public spaces. I apply an experimental approach to materials and media, often making works that have a limited duration, addressing a specific audience or situation. I have a desire to push social boundaries and experiment with new contexts in which contemporary art might operate, in order to “nudge” or “disturb” common views of everyday objects and situations. A recurring theme in my work is hospitality, human health and well-being, and a focus on the broader function of cultural work and its potential to change society. I am interested in relational aesthetics and socially engaged art practices, and in extension social taboos.
My work also revolves around a sense of vulnerability, and an awareness of the necessity of taking risks in order for me to communicate what I want to say. Despite the often serious themes I am exploring in my art, it is important for me to make use of humour, elements of surprise and playful aesthetics in order to address issues that are both socially complex and emotionally ambiguous, and to invite my audience to reconsider the contexts I am operating in and what their experience of my work implies. Interdisciplinary collaboration is an important part of my work, as it advances the idea of what an artwork and its functions can be.