María Renée Morales Lam

MARÍA RENÉE MORALES LAM

Born in 1985 in Guatemala City. 

Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal

BA in Industrial Design, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala, 2010

MA in Glass Art and Science, VICARTE, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, 2016

Research Lab CRAFT, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019

The physical nature of light and the transformation of matter are the main concerns present in Morales’ work. More specifically, how they interact and how they metaphorically relate to the interaction of the artist with space and material. This relationship points to the invisible scale in which the interaction between energy and matter happen, inevitably influencing one's perception and the way one shapes Reality.  In this sense, Morales seeks to translate the world hidden to the human eye, approaching factual information from an imaginative way. Her work attempts to formulate a tangible vocabulary, in an effort to generate further understandings of light, life and the universe around her. Her work also questions time, but mainly through the physical absence of things or, in other words, the powerful presence of the Invisible. 

NEWS

LO-INVISIBLE STUDIO, Lisbon - Glass studio dedicated to the production of art and design. Skill-sharing through collaborations, commissions, and workshops. @lo_invisible_studio

North Lands Creative AiR, Scotland, April 2023

Alexander Tutsek Stiftung - Grant to attend Bild-Werk Frauenau, July, 2022

Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Visiting Artist, Wrocław, Poland, 2022

S12, AiR, Bergen, Norway, July - August 2019

Konstnärsnämnden - Swedish Arts Grants Committee - Travel Grant, June 2019

Estrid Ericson Stiftelsen - Grant for publication of catalogue, 2019

Konstfack Grant - Publication of catalogue, 2019

PORTFOLIO REVIEW, Arbetsförmedlingen Kultur Media, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, January 2018

IASPIS Konstnärsnämnden, Artist in Residence Program, Stockholm, Sweden, March, 2017,

EXHIBITIONS

FUTURE PAST, Solo Exhibition, Galeria de Arte Convento do Espíritu Santo, Câmara Municipal de Loulé, Portugal, 2022

DISPLACEMENT, Solo Exhibition, Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021

MILANO VETRO 35, Group Exhibition, Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Italy, 2020

IRELAND GLASS BIENNALE, Group Exhibition, Dublin Castle, Ireland, 2019

YOUNG & LOVING, Group Exhibition, S12, Bergen, Norway 2019

Entanglements, Group Exhibition, Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm - Sweden, May - June 2019; Konstkraft, Ljusne - Sweden, July 2019

Space Morphology, Solo Exhibition, Embassy of Guatemala in Sweden, Stockholm, 2017

Contemporâneos VI, Group Exhibition, Museo do Vidro da Marinha Grande, Portugal, 2017-2018

Void, Duo Exhibition, Galeria Belo Galsterer, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017

Transmuted Spectra, Solo Exhibition, Glasbolaget i Bro, Sweden, 2016

Barrio das Artes, Group Exhibition, Science and History Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016

European Glass Context, Biennal for Contemporary Glass, Grønbechs Gård, Bornholm, Denmark, 2016

Aura Festival, Group Exhibition, Sintra, Portugal, 2016

Evidência Intangível de uma Ação Recíproca, Solo Exhibition, Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon, Portugal, 2016

1180º, Group Exhibition, Biblioteca Camões, Lisbon, Portugal, 2015

Frecuencia Etérea, Solo Exhibition, Biblioteca FCT, Almada, Portugal, 2014