As a relocated artist I would use this opportunity to be in an Art Residency, where I could connect with more artists and curators. I would also set out to familiarize myself with my surroundings, and this way develop a project that enhances the intertwining of my international exposure with a new community.
This will consequently increase the opportunity for displaying my work to the local Art scene as well as including this experience and personal contact into my line of work and enrich the message I endeavour to share.
Having an already international exposure, the Darlington project presents itself as an opportunity to share the different artistic experiences harnessed in several countries and different artistic communities with the local arts community as well as the general public.
Please tell us about your practice. Please include any recent exhibitions if applicable. (350 words)
Graduated (MA – Painting) in Lisbon, FBAUL – University of Lisbon in 2012,
Undergraduated (BA – Fine Art Painting) in Lisbon, FBAUL – University of Lisbon in 2008
__2011 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’ Scholarship: Artistic Development and Dissemination Programme (Lisbon, Portugal)
__2009 Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores’09, Évora (Prize in the category of Fine Arts) by Clube Português de Artes e Ideias, IPJ and Secretaria de Estado da Juventude (Évora, Portugal)
__1998 Cena D’Arte ’98, Lisbon (Commendation in the category of Ceramics)
In 2022 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation acquired the piece “The Harvest [A Colheita e Vindima (Ordem de Cister Mosteiro Lorvão — Códice 44: f. 172v)]” and “Depois do Abismo [After the Abyss]”; in 2020 Kells Collection (Spain) acquired the piece “Origem” [Origin]”; in 2019 the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation acquired the piece “Bis zum Ende der Nacht”, which was exhibited in the Library of the foundation (Lisbon) during February 2022; in 2017 the
Denkendorf Monastery in Baden-Württemberg (Germany) acquired the pieces of the installation made in the crypt as solo exhibition on display there (led from March to April).
__Portuguese Emerging Art 2024 (PEA’24) ISBN 978-989-54996-3-2
__Visual Essay in Wrong Wrong (n. 24) by Magda Delgado, “After the Abyss” 7 June 2018; PT/EN. LINK: https://wrongwrong.net/article/after-the-abyss
__https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/expert_eye/polaroids-story-56414
__Article in Wrong Wrong (n. 11: «Colectivos»), by Katherine Sirois, “Profecia e Abismo de Magda Delgado”; 22 November 2017; ISSN 2183-5527, PT/EN. LINK:
https://wrongwrong.net/breves/profecia-e-abismo-de-magda-delgado
NO·NO contemporary art gallery – Lisbon, PT – https://www.no-no.pt/en/artists/magda-delgado
up-coming residency (end of 2025)
LINK: https://conventodaterra.com/acoes/premio-geracao-terra/
Email: magdacorteral@gmail.com
Address: 1 Whitworth Park Drive, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6GP, GB
Local Authority: Sunderland Music, Arts and Culture Trust
