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TÂNIA OP

Contemplative and eco-social art

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GLAD YOU CAME!

Welcome to this page. It is the result of an investigation about artistic
practices to achieve inner peace. It is also an active work about important
social issues to signal in silence and peaceful protest. Reflecting on these
issues, through contemplative paths, bringing peace to these wounds of humanity.

I hoppe that you enjoy and if you want to share some experience please contact
me.


ABOUT TÂNIA OP



Hi! How nice to welcome you on my page.

If you opened this page, you certainly want to know me a little more, as well as
the work I have been developing. Thank you in advance for this interest.

Talking a little about myself, I am a person who really likes to know the world
in depth, to see new realities and to question myself about all this. I have
always been very communicative, but also I alsoneed my moments of silence and
solitude. I experience things and then I need time to integrate and process them
inside of me.

I walked several paths, trying to get to know all forms of life and my own,
always questioning myself about my role in this world and the reason of my
existence. And frankly, these are questions that I continue to feel unfinished.
Our role in this world is neither static not permanent and depends on our entire
process, experience and choices.

At the artistic level, I have always enjoyed working with natural and poor
materials. Reaching places within nature and transforming seemingly lifeless
materials into new uses. Enter abandoned places and take advantage of the
still-existing resources to create. I also entered the world of Byzantine
Christian Iconography, a type of painting done in contemplation, silence and
fasting, with natural pigments, wine and egg in wood – a fascinating world. And
at this moment, in addition, I contemplate sensitive social issues that need
attention and investigate how artistic practices can collaborate in the
development of inner peace. Performance art, social and ecological sculpture,
contemplative drawing and painting are undoubtedly the practices that
characterize my work.

Tânia OP in a Contemplative Path . Palestine, 2022.



CURRICULUM VITAE

Tânia OP was born in the city of Bragança in 1980. She graduated in Visual and
Technological Education (2001) and later in Sculpture at Faculty of Fine Arts of
the University of Porto (2008). Still at the same college, she specialized in
Sculpture. Her interest in the spiritual plane has always been a constant and,
in 2011, she decides to get to know the monastic life, living for a while in a
monastery, where she began to learn Christian Iconography. She wrote his first
Icon in France and continued his studies with different masters and monasteries
in Italy and Palestine. She has works in various parts of the country and also
abroad (Spain, Italy and East Timor). She currently has her studio – Atelier
Sabbath – in Bragança, where she works daily and is a PhD student in Media Arts
at the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã. Her research focuses on the theme:
“Places of Silence and artistic practices as facilitators of inner peace”. She
is an invited painting teacher at Bethlehem Icon School in
Palestine. Her life completes itself in the areas of Spirituality, Visual Arts,
Music and Syntropic Agriculture. In Visual Arts, she went through Land Art and
currently works on Christian Iconography, Walking art and Performance, always
associated with “being”. Her great passion is Traditional Portuguese Music and
she created the project “Adélia”, with which she collects traditional music
and plays in concerts. She also started a community project about 6 years
ago, named “Casa Comum e Arte na Terra”, on which she has been organizing, in
the space of Atelier Sabbath and together with some friends, courses on
Syntropic Agriculture, an agroforestry system based on the concept of Sintropia
(system organization) that contributes to the recovery of degraded ecosystems.



Tânia OP, nasceu na cidade de Bragança em 1980.
Licenciou-se em Educação Visual e Tecnológica (2001) e posteriormente em
Escultura pela
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (2008).
Ainda na mesma faculdade, especializou-se em Escultura.
O seu interessa pelo plano espiritual sempre foi uma constante e, em 2011,
decide ir conhecer a vida monástica, vivendo algum tempo num mosteiro, onde deu
início à aprendizagem da Iconografia Cristã. Escreveu o seu primeiro Ícone em
França e deu continuidade aos seus estudos com diferentes mestres e mosteiros em
Itália e Palestina.
Tem obras em vários pontos do país e também no estrangeiro (Espanha, Itália e
Timor Leste).
Atualmente tem o seu atelier – Atelier Sabbath – em Bragança, onde trabalha
diariamente e é doutoranda em Media Artes na Universidade da Beira Interior,
Covilhã. A sua investigação incide sobre o tema: “Lugares de Silêncio e práticas
artísticas como facilitadoras de paz interior”.
É professora de pintura convidada pela Bethlehem Icon School na Palestina.
A sua vida completa-se entre a Espiritualidade, as Artes Plásticas, a Música e a
Agricultura
Sintrópica.
Nas Artes Plásticas, passou pela Land Art e atualmente trabalha sobre a
Iconografia Cristã, a Walking art e a Performance, sempre associadas ao “ser”.
Tem como grande paixão a Música Tradicional Portuguesa e criou o projeto Adélia,
com o qual faz recolha de músicas tradicionais e concertos. Iniciou também um
projeto comunitário há cerca de 6 anos “Casa Comum e Arte na Terra”, sobre o
qual tem vindo a organizar, no espaço do Atelier Sabbath e juntamente com alguns
amigos, cursos de Agricultura Sintrópica, sistema de cultivo agroflorestal
baseado no conceito de Sintropia (organização do sistema) que contribui para a
recuperação de ecossistemas degradados.



EXHIBITIONS

2022 – 2019 – MIRANDA, ALFANDEGA, MACEDO, BRAGA

2016 – Collective Exhibition at the Monastery of São Salvador de Grijó, Vila
Nova de Gaia; 2016 – Collective Exhibition at the Noble Hall of Armamar City
Council, Armamar;

2016 – Collective Exhibition “Douro/Port Wine”, Tabuaço;

2015 – Collective Exhibition at the Multipurpose Space Exhibition Gallery in
Lamego, Lamego;

2015 – Collective Exhibition at the Bienal de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia;

2013 – Individual Exhibition of Christian Painting/Iconography at the Nossa
Senhora do Naso Sanctuary, Miranda do Douro;

2012 – Exhibition of Christian Painting/Iconography at the Parish of Santos
Mártires, Bragança;

2012 – Solo exhibition of Christian Painting/Iconography at the Paredes de Coura
Cultural Center;

2012 – Group exhibition at the opening of the space “O Mato”, Cucujães;

2011 – Participated in the II Meeting “The new Creators in the Youth Space North
of Portugal – Galicia”;

2010 – Group Exhibition at Casa Museu Teixeira Lopes/V.N. of Gaia;

2010 – Development of an artistic work with the community of Crestuma, within
the scope of Social Art. Intervention in the public space and landscape of Vila
de Crestuma, through the project (des) Location#1;

2010 – Social Art and Site Specific with the community of Crestuma, Vila Nova de
Gaia; 2010 – Artist Residency, Freixo de Numão, with the project (des)
Location#2;

2010 – Artist Residency, Mação, with the project (des) Location#3;

2010 – Collective drawing exhibition “What Matters Most?”, Eco Art Space, New
York. 2009 – Sculpture Assistant invited to the 1st Stone Sculpture Symposium in
Vila Nova de Gaia;

2009 – Collective exhibition “Homem T”, Porto;

2009 – Participated as a sculptor in the “Cultural, environmental and artistic
meeting “Sonosde Linna”, performing the piece in wood “El Cervo”/”O Veado”,
Belví, Italy;

2009 – Collective exhibition and Honorable Mention in the area of Sculpture in
the contest “Aveiro Jovem Criador`09”;

2008 – Collective exhibition “Drawing the same and another way”, held at the
Centro de Arte de S.J da Madeira.









EXPOSIÇÕES


2022 – Exposição individual no Museu do Abade de Baçal, Bragança;

2019 – MIRANDA, ALFANDEGA, MACEDO, BRAGA, guarda

2016 – Exposição Coletiva no Mosteiro de São Salvador de Grijó, Vila Nova de
Gaia;
2016 – Exposição Coletiva no Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal de Armamar,
Armamar;
2016 – Exposição Coletiva “Douro/Vinho do Porto”, Tabuaço;
2015 – Exposição Coletiva na Galeria de Exposições do Espaço Multiusos de
Lamego, Lamego;
2015 – Exposição Coletiva na Bienal de Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia;

2013 – Exposição individual de Pintura/Iconografia Cristã no Santuário Nossa
Senhora do Naso, Miranda do Douro;
2012 – Exposição de Pintura/Iconografia Cristã na Paróquia dos Santos Mártires,
Bragança;
2012 – Exposição individual de Pintura/Iconografia Cristã no Centro Cultural de
Paredes de Coura;
2012 – Exposição coletiva na inauguração do espaço “O Mato”, Cucujães;
2011 – Participou no II Encontro “Os novos Criadores no Espaço Juvenil Norte de
Portugal – Galiza”;
2010 – Exposição Coletiva na Casa Museu Teixeira Lopes/V.N. de Gaia;
2010 – Desenvolvimento de um trabalho artístico com a comunidade de Crestuma, no
âmbito da Arte Social.
Intervenção no espaço público e na paisagem da Vila de Crestuma, através do
projeto (des) Location#1;
2010 – Arte social e Site Specific com a comunidade de Crestuma, Vila Nova de
Gaia;
2010 – Residência Artística, Freixo de Numão, com o projeto (des)
Location#2;2010 – Residência Artística, Mação, com o projeto (des)

Location#3;
2010 – Exposição Coletiva de desenho “What Matters Most?”, Eco Art Space, Nova
York.
2009 – Assistente de Escultura convidada no 1º Simpósio de Escultura em Pedra de
Vila Nova de Gaia;
2009 – Exposição coletiva “Homem T”, Porto;
2009 – Participou como escultora no ” Encontro Cultural, ambiental e artístico
“Sonosde Linna”, realizando a peça em
madeira “El Cervo”/”O Veado”, Belví, Itália;
2009 – Exposição coletiva e Mensão honrosa na área da Escultura no concurso
“Aveiro Jovem Criador`09”;
2008 – Exposição coletiva “Desenho igual e de outra maneira”, realizada no
Centro de Arte de S.J da Madeira.
Obras Públicas

“El Cervo” no Museu ao àr Livre, Belví/Itália, 2009.








CONTEMPLATIVE PATH/PERCURSO CONTEMPLATIVO

“Contemplative Path” is a registered project, which consists in the creation of
contemplative Paths with the aim of achieving inner peace as well as
making silent and peace manifests regarding social, human and ecological
problems.

All the paths are chosen with the aim of reflecting on a certain topic which is
part of our personal development, as an invitation to confrontation, questioning
and internal growth. They are registered and shared, so that each person can
also perform them if they feel that desire or need.

Guidance and proposal of a performative act, on which each person walks their
own flow of breath, being invited to contemplate the beauty of their inner
emptiness, as a cathartic process. It is intended to provoke an experience, with
a sensitive and affective dimension in the act of walking and breathing. Body as
presence. Presence as space.

Percurso Contemplativo é um projeto registado, que consiste na criação de
Percursos Contemplativos com o objetivo de alcançar paz interior bem como também
fazer manifestos de forma silenciosa e com paz relativamente a problemas
sociais, humanos e ecológicos.

Todos os percursos são escolhidos com o objetivo de refletir sobre determinado
tema que faz parte do desenvolvimento pessoal, como convite ao confronto,
questionamento e crescimento interno. São registados e partilhados, para que
cada pessoa os possa também realizar caso sinta essa vontade ou necessidade.



Orientação e proposta de um ato performativo, sobre o qual cada pessoa percorre
o seu próprio fluxo da respiração, sendo convidadas a contemplar a beleza do seu
vazio interior, como um processo catártico. Pretende-se provocar uma
experiência, com uma dimensão sensível e afetiva no ato de caminhar e respirar.
Corpo como presença. Presença como espaço.



CONTEMPLATIVE PATHS (Performance art):



“WHAT REMAINS”, Carmo st, Lisbon. Portugal, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“FOLLOW THE LINE”, Particular space, Bragança. Portugal, 2022. (SCULPTURE)

“SPIRAL” – Museu do Abade de Baçal, Bragança. Portugal, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“THE WALL THAT SEPARATE US” –Wall that separates Israel from Palestine,
Bethlehem. Palestine, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“COLD” – Near Cremisan Convent, Bet-jalla. Palestine, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“AT YOUR DOOR”, St Mark st, Jerusalém. Israel, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“I AM HERE”, St David st, Jerusalém. Israel, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“FROM SHADOWS TO LIGHT”, St Mark st, Jerusalém. Israel, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)

“PRESENCE”, Bethlehem Icon School, Bethlehem. Palestine, 2022. (PERFORMANCE)










ECO-SOCIAL WORK

I have always really enjoyed working with communities. Therefore, whenever i
can, i collaborate and integrate artistic residencies or create and participate
in social projects. My exhibitions are also interactive, inviting the visitor to
participate in the works.

Sempre gostei muito de trabalhar com comunidades. Por isso, sempre que posso,
colaboro e integro residências artísticas ou crio e participo em projetos
sociais. As minhas exposições são também interativas, convidando o visitante a
participar nas obras.

MEDITATION GUIDANCE

Orientação de meditação

PORTUGAL

Organization of a Sintropic Agriculture Courses:





Performance, 2022.

“Contemplative Path and Place of Silence” (part of “Via Sacra do Vazio” project)





Performance with a group of mothers of students from the Santa Maria School
Center. 2015.



TIMOR LESTE

Artistic practices with a group of children. 2017.

Working with children through meditative and artistic practices. Timor-Leste,
2017.



PORTUGAL

Collection of traditional music and ancient knowledge. Gimonde, 2017.


PLACE OF SILENCE/LUGAR DO SILÊNCIO

“Place of Silence” is a registered artistic project, which consists of creating
places of silence around the world. All locations should have a neutral place
dedicated to silence and these project consists in creating these places,
together with the communities. It is a social project where, in addition to
creating places of silence, the artist Tânia OP works with communities so that
they can explore and enjoy these places of silence in the best way possible.

All the materials used in the sculptures and instalations are ecological,
respecting the environment and natural resources as much as possible.

All the work with communities is based on freedom and respect for each person,
for their time and for their interests and goals.



Sculpture “Place of Silence”, Museu do Abade de Baçal, 2022. Performance in the
sculpture “Place of Silence”.


CONTACT

oliveirapires.tania@gmail.com


CONTACT

oliveirapires.tania@gmail.com

 


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