Sonia Ebling (Taquara RS 1918 - Rio de Janeiro RJ 2006)
Sonia Ebling was a sculptor, painter and teacher. She began her training by attending painting and sculpture courses at the Escola de Belas Artes in Rio Grande do Sul and in Rio de Janeiro, between 1944 and 1951. In 1955, she received the foreign travel prize at the Salão Nacional de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro. Between 1956 and 1959, she traveled through several European countries, studying with Zadkine in Paris, France. She lived in that city between 1959 and 1968, during which time she received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Back in Brazil, she made a relief for the Palácio dos Arcos, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Brasília. In 1970, she taught a technical extension course, with direct application in cement, at the Escola de Belas Artes of UFRGS. Six years later, she was invited to teach sculpture at the same university.
Critiques
"With the series Os Casais [The Couples], especially Casal no Colo [Couple in the Lap] (1978 - bronze, 0.18 m), Love (1977 - bronze, 0.46 m) and Nupcial [Nuptial] (1979 - bronze, 0.45 m), she reaches one of her high points. A freely inspired sculpture emerges, of disciplined formal restlessness, of fantasy chained to a sure instinct that not only forbids her to stray into the anecdotal and the folkloric, but pushes her ever further toward refinement. Once again, instinct wards off any adherence to in vitro essentialism. Her sculpture definitively becomes impure through a kind of obsession that keeps it caught in the meshes of the senses, moved by the direct impact of the world and of people."
Armindo Trevisan
Trevisan, Armindo. Sonia Ebling: a escultura dialética. In: ---. Escultores contemporâneos do Rio Grande do Sul. p. 54.
Solo Exhibitions
1959 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria GEA
1963 - Berlin (Germany) - Solo, at Rathaus Kreuzberg
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Reliefs, at Galeria Bonino
1967 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil. Departamento do Rio Grande do Sul
1968 - Brasília DF - Solo, at Hotel Nacional
1968 - Brasília DF - Solo, at Fundação Cultural do Distrito Federal
1968 - New York (United States) - Solo, at Brazilian Government Trade Bureau
1968 - Washington DC (United States) - Solo, at Pan American Union Gallery
1972 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Bonino
1974 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Graffiti Galeria de Arte
1976 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at A Ponte Galeria de Arte
1976 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1977 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria de Arte Ipanema
1980 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1982 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1984 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1988 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Galeria Singular
1988 - São Paulo SP - Bronze Sculptures, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1989 - Belo Horizonte MG - Solo, at Galeria AM Design
1989 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Triada
1990 - Porto Alegre RS - Solo, at Galeria Bolsa de Arte
1990 - São Paulo SP - Animals, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1992 - São Paulo SP - 40 Years of Sculpture, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1993 - Belo Horizonte MG - Solo, at Galeria AM Design
1995 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
1999 - São Paulo SP - Bronze Sculptures, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
2000 - Belo Horizonte MG - Solo, at Marcus Vieira Galerias de Arte
2001 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Sculptures, at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - MNBA
2001 - Belo Horizonte MG - Solo, at Fundação Clóvis Salgado. Palácio das Artes
2004 - São Paulo SP - Her Work, Her Life, at Nova André Galeria
Group Exhibitions
1951 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 57th National Salon of Fine Arts, at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - jury exemption
1951 - São Paulo SP - 1st Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Pavilhão do Trianon
1952 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st National Salon of Modern Art, at Museu de Arte Moderna - MAM/RJ
1953 - Paris (France) - 18th Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
1953 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 2nd National Salon of Modern Art, at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - MNBA
1953 - São Paulo SP - 2nd Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Pavilhão dos Estados
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Black and White Salon, at Palácio Gustavo Capanema
1954 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 3rd National Salon of Modern Art, at MNBA
1955 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 4th National Salon of Modern Art - foreign travel prize
1955 - São Paulo SP - 3rd Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Pavilhão das Nações
1955 - São Paulo SP - 4th São Paulo Salon of Modern Art, at Galeria Prestes Maia
1958 - Porto Alegre RS - Pan-American Art Salon, at Instituto de Belas Artes - silver medal
ca. 1959 - Padua (Italy) - Tri-Veneta Art Biennial
1959 - Paris (France) - 11th Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at Musée Rodin
1959 - São Paulo SP - 5th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Fundação Bienal
1961 - Paris (France) - International Sculpture Exhibition, at Musée Rodin
1961 - Paris (France) - Salon des Petits Bronzes, at Bowling du bois de Boulogne
1961 - Paris (France) - Formes et Magie, at Bowling du bois de Boulogne
1961 - Kassel (Germany) - Group show, at Museu de Kassel
1962 - Paris (France) - Salon des Petits Bronzes, at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1962 - Paris (France) - Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at Musée Rodin
1962 - Kassel (Germany) - Brasilianische Künstler der Gegenwart, at Kasseler Kunstverein
1963 - Paris (France) - Formes et Magie, at Bowling du bois de Boulogne
1963 - Paris (France) - Salon Donner à Voir Troisième
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'École de Paris, at Galerie du XX Siècle
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'École de Paris, at Galerie Europe e Creuse
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'École de Paris, at Jeune Sculpture Donner à Voir Troisième
1963 - Paris (France) - 7 Artistes Brésiliens de l'École de Paris, at Réalités Nouvelles, Musée d'Art Moderne
1963 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Centro Internacional de Artes Visuais
1963 - Berlin (Germany) - 51 Sculptors 19 Nations
1964 - Paris (France) - Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, at Musée Rodin
1964 - Paris (France) - Salon Comparaison, at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Nude in Contemporary Art, at Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1965 - Cannes (France) - Group show, at Galeria Cavalero
1965 - São Paulo SP - 8th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Fundação Bienal
1966 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Galeria Debret
1966 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Galliera Museum
1966 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Museu Galliera
1966 - Paris (France) - Group show, at Hotel Drouot
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Face and the Work, at Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1967 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 16th National Salon of Modern Art - domestic travel prize
1967 - São Paulo SP - 9th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, at Fundação Bienal
1968 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th JB Art Summary
1970 - Germany, France, Belgium and Netherlands - International Traveling Miniature - traveling exhibition
1970 - Porto Alegre RS - UFRGS Visual Arts Salon
1971 - Los Angeles (United States) - Group show, at Couturier Gallery
1974 - São Paulo SP - 6th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at Museu de Arte Moderna - MAM/SP
1975 - São Paulo SP - 7th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at Museu de Arte Moderna - MAM/SP
1978 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Brazilian Sculpture in Urban Space: 50 Years, at Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz
1978 - São Paulo SP - 10th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1978 - Goiânia GO - Group show, at Fundação Jaime Câmara
1978 - Goiânia GO - Open-Air Exhibition
1980 - Goiânia GO - 9 Sculptors, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Maria Rispoli
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Shelly
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Aktuell
1980 - São Paulo SP - 100 Years of Sculpture in Brazil, at MAM/SP
1980 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Face and the Work, at Galeria Ibeu Copacabana
1980 - New York (United States) - Group show, at Abreu Gallery
1981 - Guarujá SP - Open-Air Sculpture, at Hotel Jequitimar
1981 - São Paulo SP - 13th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1982 - São Paulo SP - A Century of Sculpture in Brazil, at Museu de Arte de São Paulo
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Maria Rispoli
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Schelly
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Aktuell
1983 - Curitiba PR - Group show, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6th National Visual Arts Salon, at MAM/RJ
1983 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Modern Art in the National Salon: 1940 - 1982, at Fundação Nacional de Arte. Centro de Artes
1983 - Porto Alegre RS - Small Bronze Fair, at Centro Municipal de Cultura
1984 - Curitiba PR - Group show, at Galeria Ida e Anita
1985 - Frankfurt (Germany) - Group show, at Galeria Ursus Presse
1985 - Curitiba PR - Group show, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1985 - New York (United States) - Artexpo New York
1985 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 8th National Visual Arts Salon, at MAM/RJ - special gallery
1986 - São Paulo SP - 19th Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Chapel Art Show
1986 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Aktuell
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - To the Collector: Tribute to Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM/RJ
1987 - Frankfurt (Germany) - Group show, at Galeria Ursus Presse
1988 - São Paulo SP - MAC 25 Years: Recent Acquisitions and Donations, at MAC/USP
1988 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Group show, at Art Gallery of the Brazilian - American Cultural Institute
1988 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer
1988 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Sesc
1989 - Curitiba PR - Group show, at Galeria Ida & Anita
1989 - Porto Alegre RS - Projection 89, at Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul - Margs
1989 - Washington (United States) - Eleven Women Sculptures from Brazil, at Brazilian-American Cultural Institute
1991 - Porto Alegre RS - Great Artists from Rio Grande do Sul, at Cultura Gallery of Arts
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Palácio dos Leilões - 5 Sculptors
1992 - São Paulo SP - The Seduction of Volumes: The Three-Dimensional Works of the MAC, at MAC/USP
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - The Feminine in Eternal Bronze, at Palácio dos Leilões
1993 - São Paulo SP - Sculpture in the Structure
1993 - Porto Alegre RS - Group show, at Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre
1994 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Decorators, at Rio Design Center
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Group show, at Rio Design Center
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Rescue - Integration of the Arts
1995 - Ribeirão Preto SP - Group show, at Galeria de Arte Marcelo Guarnieri
1996 - São Paulo SP - 1st Off Bienal, at MuBE
1996 - São Paulo SP - Figure and Landscape in the MAM Collection: Tribute to Volpi, at MAM/SP
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1997 - Porto Alegre RS - Parallel Exhibition, at Museu da Caixa Econômica Federal
1997 - São Paulo SP - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1998 - Curitiba PR - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1998 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Caixa Collection Exhibition, at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa
1999 - Florence (Italy) - 2nd Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - gold medal
1999 - Salvador BA - 60 Years of Brazilian Art, at Espaço Cultural da Caixa Econômica Federal
1999 - Brasília DF - Teatro Nacional de Brasília Exhibition, at Galeria de Arte 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 the Jardim da Luz, at Pinacoteca do Estado
2000 - São Paulo SP - Collection 2000, at Skultura Galeria de Arte
2000 - São Paulo SP - Women of the Third Millennium, at Galeria de Arte André
2001 - São Paulo SP - 4 Decades, at Nova André Galeria
2001 - Florence (Italy) - Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea - guest artist
2002 - Porto Alegre RS - Drawings, Prints, Sculptures and Watercolors, at Garagem de Arte
2003 - Porto Alegre RS - Humanities, at Galeria Tina Zappoli
2005 - São Paulo SP - Various Paths, at Nova André Galeria
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 AMRO Real Collection, at Banco Real
2006 - Recife PE - Modern Art in Context: ABN AMRO Real Collection, at Instituto Cultural Banco Real
Source: Itaú Cultural
