Carla Filipe (b. 1973, Porto) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work critically examines the intersections of art, politics, and collective memory. She studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, where she also earned a Master's in Contemporary Artistic Practices. Filipe was a co-founder of the independent art spaces Salão Olímpico (2003–2005) and Projecto Apêndice (2006) in Porto.
\n\nHer work has been exhibited at major institutions, including the Serralves Foundation (Porto), MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon), Museu Coleção Berardo (Lisbon), MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado (Lisbon), Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon), SESC Pompeia (São Paulo). Internationally, she has participated in the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016), the 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013), the 4th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art (Russia, 2017) and Manifesta 8 (Murcia - Cartagena, 2011). Other key exhibitions include La Réplica Infiel at CA2M (Madrid), Les Urbaines at MCBA (Lausanne), and Le lynx ne connaît pas de frontières at Fondation Ricard (Paris).
\n\nFilipe has been awarded several grants and residencies, including a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation grant for a residency at Acme Studios (London, 2009), AIR Antwerpen (Belgium, 2014), the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency (Florida, USA, 2015), Krinzinger Projekte (Vienna, 2017), and Peacock & The Worm (Aberdeen, Scotland, 2023). Her works are part of significant public and private collections, including the Serralves Foundation, MAAT/EDP Foundation, António Cachola Collection, Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), Centro de Arte Oliva, Foundation Leschot; PLMJ Foundation, among others.
\n\nFilipe received the FLAD Drawing Award in 2023 and in 2024 the best visual arts exhibition award for In My Own Language I am Independente at the Serralves Museum, by SPA, the Portuguese Society of Authors.
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