Leonor Antunes

 
Born 1972 in Lisbon, Leonor Antunes lives and works in Berlin. Solo exhibitions were presented at CAPC (Bordeaux), Tensta konsthall (Stockholm), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museo Tamayo et Museo Experimental El Eco (Mexico), Pérez Art Museum (Miami), Kunsthalle Basel, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof (Hamburg), Kunstverein Dusseldorf, Museu de Serralves (Porto), Museo Nacional Reina Sofia ( Madrid), Credac (Ivry-sur-Seine)... Her work has also been included in a number of international group exhibitions, including the 12th Sharjah Biennial, UAE, and the 8th Berlin Biennial, and has recently been exhibited in venues such as the Bronx Museum of the Arts (New York), Kunsthalle Wien (Vienna), CNEAI (Chatou), and MIT List Visual Arts Center (2012).
 
Leonor Antunes - A seam, a surface, a hinge, or a knot
2020
English edition
Sternberg Press - Monographs and artists' books
Catalogue of the artist's exhibition in the Portuguese pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale: a sculpture project engaging the heritage of post-war Italy's architecture and Italian vernacular craftsmanship.
Leonor Antunes - Le plan flexible
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
CAPC
This catalogue / artist's book inaugurates a new series dedicated to the site-specific installations exhibited in the nave of the CAPC. The eponymous project by artist Leonor Antunes is a sculptural ensemble influenced by textile and architectural works, thus recalling the commercial past of the nave as well as the cultural legacy of modernism. The publication features an interview with the artist and a text by textile artist Anni Albers.
Leonor Antunes - The last days in Chimalistac
2016
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
(last copies available!)
This richly illustrated monograph documents a series of sculptural works engaging with the histories of 20th-century architecture, design and art—particularly the heritage of the Black Mountain College and the international Modern Movement.
Leonor Antunes - The tiny pliable plane (box set)
2016
no text
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
A series of seven silk-screen prints depicting close-up images of Antunes's sculptures inspired by the works of Anni Albers and Lina Bo Bardi (artist's edition).
Leonor Antunes - Villa, how to use
2013
English edition
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
First monograph.
Leonor Antunes - 1785/87/90-2010
2010
no text
Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite
sold out
An extraordinary book-sculpture.


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