Sirlei Hansen
Sirlei
was born in Estrela, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Sirlei Sulzbach recently
started using an artistic name, Sirlei
Hansen in honor of her Danish greatgrandfather Johann August Hansen, who used to make artistic works, among
others.The following generations inherited his love for the arts, creating
paintings, monuments and sculptures. Sirlei lived with art since her childhood,
having in her mother, the artist Branca,
a great source of inspiration. She has participated in exhibitions in Estrela,
Lajeado, Nova Prata and Santa Cruz (RS).
In
1990, she moved to Porto Alegre, attended Visual Arts in the Institute of Arts
at UFRGS, she graduated in 1997 and in 1999, she got her degree with major in
Visual Arts.
She
produces works of arts in different artistic languages (drawing, engravings,
objects), but she considers painting her major passion. According to Sirlei:
“The need of preservation, sensibilization and harmony with the nature or a big
challenge usually motivate the themes in the painting. In nature, everything
interacts, completes itself
and attracts! Creating in contact with nature makes possible to understand and
to cherish life, the essence of being. Its simplicity presents richness of
colors, shapes, textures, movements, lines, lights, shadows and teases the
imagination. Chance becomes value. It is necessary be driven by intuition and emotion. The symbiosis with nature determines what has to be
exalted through painting, thus the imaginary becomes true and visible. People
are invited, through painting, to establish a harmonious and respectful
connection with nature and their interior!”
Main Collective Exhibitions:
§
1997 – 25 x
25, Recoleta Arts Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
§
1998 – Records,
Barão de Santo Ângelo Pinacoteca, Institute of Arts of UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS.
§
1998 – Hall of Art City of Porto Alegre,
Gasômetro Plant, Porto Alegre, RS.
§ 2000 – IX
São Paulo Hall of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, SP.
§ 2000
– Faces
of the New Generation of Artists, Institute
of Arts of UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS.
§ 2003 – Porto Alegre in Focus,
Barão de Santo Ângelo Pinacoteca, Institute of Arts of UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS.
§ 2005 – Shadows,
House of Culture of Lajeado, Lajeado, RS.
§ 2018 – Participated in the art book Artists
Across Continents, with release in Norway (Oslo and Bergen) and Paris,
at the Carroussel du Louvre.
§ 2019 – Salon Premier “The Hands of Art”,
Gallery UCAI Rome La Pigna, Rome, Italy..
§ 2019 - Salon Premier “Les Couleurs Du
Monde”, Gallery Cathédrale, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Individual Exhibitions:
§
1996 – Paintings,
Caixa Econômica Federal, Érico Veríssimo Agency, Porto Alegre, RS.
§
1998 – Mandalas,
Caixa Econômica Federal, Mont Serrat Agency, Porto Alegre, RS.
§
1999 – Luminous
Shadows, Caixa Econômica Federal, Tristeza Agency, Porto Alegre, RS.
Awards and Collective Exhibitions: :
§ 2017 – International Hall of
Contemporary Art, Worlwide Art Exhibition, Carroussel Du Louvre Museum, Paris, France – Silver Medal.
§ 2018 – International Art Exhibition -
ART INDEX DUBAI, XXXV Juried Exhibition, Dubai, UAE – Gold Medal –
Modern Painting America.
§ 2018 – Échange International des Arts Culturels, Salon Récompensé, Fribourg, Switzerland – Gold Medal.
§ 2019 – 50 Scambio Culturale d’Art , Salon Premier
“The Blossom of Art”, Palace Limone sul Garda, Italy – Gold Medal.
