Sonia Ebling (Taquara RS 1918 - Rio de Janeiro RJ 2006)
Sonia Ebling was a sculptor, painter and teacher. He began his training by attending painting and sculpture courses at the School of Fine Arts in Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro, between 1944 and 1951. In 1955, he received the award for travel abroad at the National Salon of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. Between 1956 and 1959, he traveled to several European countries, studying with Zadkine, in Paris, France. He lived in this city between 1959 and 1968, during which time he received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Back to Brazil, he carried out an emphasis on the Palácio dos Arcos, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Brasília. In 1970, he taught a technical extension course, with direct application in cement, at the School of Fine Arts at UFRGS. Six years later, she was invited to teach sculpture at that same university.
Criticism
"With the series Os Casais, mainly couple on her lap (1978 - bronze, 0.18 m), Love (1977 - Bronze, 0.46 m) and nuptial (1979 - bronze, 0.45 m), it reaches one of its culminating points. It forbids the detachment in the anecdotal and in the folkloric, but it always pushes it more towards purification. Again, the instinct conjures it to the adherence to all in vitro essentialism. kind of obsession, which keeps it in the meshes of the senses moved by the direct shock of the world and men".
Armindo Trevisan
TREVISAN, Armindo. Sonia Ebling: the dialectical sculpture. In: ---. Contemporary sculptors from Rio Grande do Sul. p.54.
Individual exhibitions
1959 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at Galeria GEA
1963 - Berlin (Germany) - Individual, at Rathaus Kreuzberg
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Reliefs, at the Bonino Gallery
1967 - Porto Alegre RS - Individual, at the Institute of Architects of Brazil. Department of Rio Grande do Sul
1968 - Brasília DF - Individual, at the Hotel Nacional
1968 - Brasília DF - Individual, at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District
1968 - New York (United States) - individual, Brazilian Government Trade Bureau
1968 - Washington DC (United States) - Individual, at the Pan American Union Gallery
1972 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the Bonino Gallery
1974 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at Graffiti Art Gallery
1976 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the Ponte Galeria de Arte
1976 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the Art Gallery Skultura
1977 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Skultura Art Gallery
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the Ipanema Art Gallery
1980 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Skultura Art Gallery
1982 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Skultura Art Gallery
1984 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Skultura Art Gallery
1988 - Porto Alegre RS - Individual, at Galeria Singular
1988 - São Paulo SP - Bronze sculptures, at Skultura Art Gallery
1989 - Belo Horizonte MG - Individual, at Galeria AM Design
1989 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at Galeria Triada
1990 - Porto Alegre RS - Individual, at Galeria Bolsa de Arte
1990 - São Paulo SP - Bichos, at Skultura Art Gallery
1992 - São Paulo SP - 40 years of sculpture, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1993 - Belo Horizonte MG - Individual, at Galeria AM Design
1995 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Skultura Art Gallery
1999 - São Paulo SP - bronze sculptures, at Skultura Galeria of Art
2000 - Belo Horizonte MG - Individual, at Marcus Vieira Art Galleries
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Sculptures, at the National Museum of Fine Arts - MNBA
2001 - Belo Horizonte MG - Individual, at the Clovis Salgado Foundation. Palácio das Artes
2000 - Belo Horizonte MG - Individual, at Marcus Vieira Art Galleries
2004 - São Paulo SP - His work, his life, at the new André Galeria
Collective exhibitions
1951 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 57th National Hall of Fine Arts, at the National Museum of Fine Arts - Jury Waiver
1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st São Paulo International Biennial, at the Pavilion of Trianon
1952 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st National Hall of Modern Art, at the Museum of Modern Art - MAM/RJ
1953 - Paris (France) - 18th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
1953 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 2nd National Hall of Modern Art, at the National Museum of Fine Arts - MNBA
1953 - São Paulo SP - 2nd São Paulo International Biennial, at the Pavilion of States
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Black and White Salon, at the Gustavo Capanema Palace
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd National Salon of Modern Art, at MNBA
1955 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4th National Salon of Modern Art - Travel abroad Award
1955 - São Paulo SP - 3rd São Paulo International Biennial, at the Pavilion of Nations
1955 - São Paulo SP - 4th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1958 - Porto Alegre RS - Pan-American Art Salon, at the Institute of Fine Arts - Silver Medal
ca.1959 - Padua (Italy) - Tri-Veneta Art Biennial
1959 - Paris (France) - 11th Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at the Musée Rodin
1959 - São Paulo SP - 5th São Paulo International Biennial, at the Biennial Foundation
1961 - Paris (France) - International Sculpture Exhibition, at the Musée Rodin
1961 - Paris (France) - Salon des Petits Bronzes, at the Bois de Boulogne bowling
1961 - Paris (France) - Formes et Magie, at the Bowling du Bois de Boulogne
1961 - Kassel (Germany) - Collective, at the Kassel Museum
1962 - Paris (France) - Salon des Petits bronzes, Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1962 - Paris (France) - Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at the Musée Rodin
1962 - Kassel (Germany) - Brasilianische Kuntler der Gegenwart, at the Kasseler Kunstverein
1963 - Paris (France) - Formes et Magie, at the Bois de Boulogne bowling (France) - Salon Donner a Voir Troisiéme
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'Ecole de Paris, at the Galerie du XX Siècle
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'Ecole de Paris, at the Galerie Europe and Creuse
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'Ecole de Paris, Jeune Sculpture Donner à Voir Troisième
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'Ecole de Paris, at Realités Nouvelles of the Museum Modern Art
1963 - Paris (France) - Collective, at the International Center for Visual Arts
1963 - Berlin (Germany) - 51 sculptors 19 nations
1964 - Paris (France) - Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at the Musée Rodin
1964 - Paris (France) - Salon Comparaison, at the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1964 - Paris (France) - Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at the Musée Rodin
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Nu in Contemporary Art, at the Ibeu Copacabana Gallery
1965 - Cannes (France) - Collective, at the gallery Cavalero
1965 - São Paulo SP - 8th International Biennial of São Paulo, at the Biennial Foundation
1966 - Paris (France) - Collective, at Galeria Debret
1966 - Paris (France) - collective Galliera Museum
1966 - Paris (France) - Collective, at the Galliera Museum
1966 - Paris (France) - Collective, at the Hotel Drouot
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The face and the work, in the Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 16th National Salon of Modern Art - Travel Award to Brazil
1967 - São Paulo SP - 9th International Biennial of São Paulo, at the Bienal Foundation
1968 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th Summary of Art JB
1970 - Germany, France, Belgium and Holland - Itinerant International Miniature - Traveling Exhibition
1970 - Porto Alegre RS - Salão de Visual Arts at UFRGS
1971 - Los Angeles (United States) - Collective, at the Couturier Gallery
1974 - São Paulo SP - 6th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at the Museum of Modern Art - MAM/SP
1975 - São Paulo SP - 7th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at the Museum of Modern Art - MAM/SP
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian sculpture in the urban space: 50 years, at Praça Nossa Senhora da Peace
1978 - São Paulo SP - 10th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1978 - Goiânia GO - Collective, at the Jaime Câmara Foundation
1978 - Goiânia GO - Exposure to air Free
1980 - Goiânia GO - 9 sculptors, at the Casa Grande Art Gallery
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at the Maria Rispoli gallery
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at the gallery Shelly
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at Galeria Aktuell
1980 - São Paulo SP - 100 years of sculpture in Brazil, at MAM/SP
1980 - Rio de Janeiro - O Face and A work, at the IBEU Copacabana Gallery
1980 - New York (United States) - Collective, at Abreu Gallery
1981 - Guarujá SP - Outdoor sculpture, at the Jequitimar Hotel
1981 - São Paulo SP - 13th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1982 - São Paulo SP - A century of sculpture in Brazil, at the São Paulo Museum of Art
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at Galeria Maria Rispoli
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at the Schelly Gallery
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at Galeria Aktuell
1983 - Curitiba PR - Collective, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th National Salon of Plastic Arts, at MAM/RJ
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Art in the National Salon: 1940 - 1982, at the National Art Foundation. Arts Center
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Feira do Pequeno Bronze, at the Municipal Culture Center
1984 - Curitiba PR - Collective, at Galeria Ida and Anita
1985 - Frankfurt (Germany) - Collective, at Galeria Ursus Presse
1985 - Curitiba PR - Collective, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1985 - Frankfurt (Germany) - Collective, at the Ursus Presse Gallery
1985 - New York (United States) - Artexpo New York
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8th Hall National Plastic Arts, at MAM/RJ - Special Room
1986 - São Paulo SP - 19th Exhibition of Contemporary Art, at Chapel Art Show
1986 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at Galeria Aktuell
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - To the collector: Homage to Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM/RJ 
1987 - Frankfurt (Germany) - Collective, at the Ursus Presse Gallery
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - To the collector: Homage to Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM/RJ 
1988 - São Paulo SP - MAC 25 years: Acquisitions and recent donations, in MAC/USP
1988 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Collective, at the Art Gallery of the Brazilian - American Cultural Institute
1988 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer
1988 - São Paulo SP - Collective, at Sesc
1989 - Curitiba PR - Collective, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1989 - Porto Alegre RS - Projection 89, at the Rio Grande do Sul Art Museum - Margs
1989 - Washington (United States) - Eleven Women Sculptures from Brazil Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - Great artists from Rio Grande do Sul, at Gallery of Arts
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Palácio dos Auctions - 5 sculptors
1992 - São Paulo SP - The seduction of volumes: The three-dimensional MAC, at MAC/USP
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The feminine in the eternal Blonze, at the Palácio dos Auctions
1993 - São Paulo SP - Sculpture in the structure
1993 - Porto Alegre RS - Collective, in the Porto Alegre Art Scholarship
1994 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Decoradores, at Rio Design Center
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Collective, in Rio Design Center
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Rescue - Integration of the Arts
1995 - Ribeirão Preto SP - Collective, at the Marcelo Guarnieri Art Gallery
1996 - São Paulo SP - 1st Off Bienal, Mube
1996 - São Paulo SP - Figure and landscape in the MAM collection: tribute to Volpi, at MAM/SP
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Exhibition of the Caixa collection, at the Caixa Cultural Complex
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Parallel Exhibition, at the Caixa Econômica Federal Museum
1997 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at the Caixa Cultural Complex
1998 - Curitiba PR - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at the Caixa Cultural Complex
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition of the Caixa Collection, at the Caixa Cultural Complex
1999 - Florence (Italy) - 2nd Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - Gold Medal
1999 - Salvador BA - 60 years of Brazilian Art, at the Cultural Space of Caixa Econômica Federal
1999 - Brasília DF - Exhibition Theater National of Brasília, at the Art Gallery UP
2000 - São Paulo SP - The human figure in the Itaú collection, at Itaú Cultural
2000 - São Paulo SP - Brazilian Sculpture: from the Pinacoteca to Jardim da Luz, at the Pinacoteca do Estado
2000 - São Paulo SP - Collection 2000, at Skultura Art Gallery
2000 - São Paulo SP - Women of the Terceiro Millennium, at the André Art Gallery
2001 - São Paulo SP - 4 decades, at the new André Galeria
2001 - Florence (Italy) - Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - Guest Artist
2002 - Porto Alegre RS - Drawings, engravings, sculptures and watercolors, in the art garage
2003 - Porto Alegre RS - Humanities, at the Tina Zappoli Gallery
2005 - São Paulo SP - Caminhos Various, in Nova André Gallery
Posthumous exhibitions
2006 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Art in Context: ABN Amro Real Collection, at MAM/RJ
2006 - São Paulo SP - Modern Art in Context: ABN Collection AMRO REAL, at Banco Real
2006 - Recife PE - Modern Art in Context: ABN AMRO Real Collection, at the Banco Real Cultural Institute
Source: Itaú Cultural
