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Clara Quintela (b. 1976, Brazil. Currently living in Montreal, Canada)

Education

2014 - 2018 Concordia University - Bachelor in Fine Arts - Major in Fibre and Material Practices

1995 -1999 Universidade Federal do Ceará - Bachelor in Social Communication (Journalism)

Exhibitions

2018 "Everyday". Fine Arts Graduating Students Exhibition / FOFA & VAV (Montreal, CA)

2018 "Everyday". Darnt it Exhibition, Popop Gallery (Montreal, CA)

2017 "I made cloth". Fibres Show Case - Concordia University (Montreal, CA)

2017 "That star is hers". 3,250, Popop Gallery (Montreal, CA)

2017 "The women who came before me". Making Spaces, Fofa Gallery (Montreal)

2016 "The women who came before me". Fibres Show Case - Concordia University (Montreal, CA)

2016 No title (ceramics) . Locker Gallery - Concordia University (Montreal, CA)

Awards

2018 Fibres and Material Practises IMPACT Award. “Everyday - 13”.

Teaching

Knitting teacher at Université de Montreal - UdeM (since 2022). Montreal, Quebec.

Knitting and embroidery teacher in my own studio in Montreal.

Knitting teacher at Knit City Canada (april 2022). Montreal, Quebec.

Knitting teacher at Twist Festival (2017 / 2018 / 2019). Saint André-Avellin, Quebec.

Knitting teacher at La Maison Tricotée (since 2013). Montreal, Quebec.