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Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

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Maria João Salema (aka Joao Salema) was born and spent her childhood in Mozambique, Africa. She later moved to Lisbon, Portugal, and studied at Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa. Salema became an assistant professor at Escola Superior Artes Design, Caldas da Rainha, and was an Instructor at the prestigious art school, AR.CO. (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual), Lisbon. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, since moving to the United States in 2003. Salema’s work is held in the collections of Museu do Chiado, National Museum of Contemporary Art and Culturgest, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon, Portugal, as well as numerous private collections. In 2005 João Salema was awarded a grant by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Her work has represented Portugal in the 2015 Mykonos Biennale in Greece.

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Artist: Maria João Salema
Mare (landscape in blue)
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Mare, 2013 Oil on canvas 36 x 40 in Maria João Salema (aka JOAO SALEMA) was born, and spent her childhood, in Mozambique, Africa. She later moved to...
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2010s Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mapa Mundi
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
It is particularly evident that Maria João Salema’s approach to painting is based upon an introspective activity centered in her studio. Her existenc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

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Oil

Secret Heart (landscape in blue)
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Secret Heart, 2013 Oil on canvas 48 x 72 in Maria João Salema (aka JOAO SALEMA) was born, and spent her childhood, in Mozambique, Africa. She later ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Trials #3
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Maria João Salema Is a painter born in Mozambique, she lived and studied in Lisbon, Portugal. Currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Represen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Secret Heart
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Secret Heart, 2013 Oil on canvas 48 x 72 in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Avis
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Deep blue canvases emphasize the artist’s meditative activity. After openly subverting the soliloquy, Salema quietly defies the meaning of color. The large color fields, created through the use of glazes, acquire a vibrating surface on which quick sepia brushstrokes will allow one to perceive them as landscapes. It is particularly evident that Maria João Salema...
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21st Century and Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mapa Mundi (abstract landscape in blue)
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Maria João Salema (aka JOAO SALEMA) was born, and spent her childhood, in Mozambique, Africa. She later moved to Lisbon, Portugal, and studied at Fac...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Walking Shadow 16
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Walking Shadow 16, 2013 Oil on drafting film 30 x 36 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

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Drafting Film, Oil

Walking Shadow 9
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Walking Shadow 9, 2013 Oil on drafting film 30 x 36 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

ABS, Drafting Film, Oil

Walking Shadow 11
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Walking Shadow 11, 2013 Oil on drafting film 30 x 36 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Drafting Film, Oil

Mare
By Maria João Salema
Located in New York, NY
Mare, 2013 Oil on canvas 36 x 40 in
Category

2010s Maria João Salema Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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