Theresia Malaise

THERESIA MALAISE (Belgium, 1983).
"4 Weeks. 2024.
Acrylic and oil on canvas.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 100 x 100 cm.

This work is part of an exhibition called "9 Months" that investigates the parallelism between the gestation cycle and the creative process. Just as our lives are governed by cycles, so is our psyche, and to my understanding the creative process follows the same pattern. This exhibition was built over 9 months, allowing each step to lead to the next, developing organically as a life in gestation does, with its own rhythms, cycles and stages.

Theresia Malaise was born and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. Since she was a child she felt the need to travel and as soon as she could she set out on a journey that would not end until she found herself, 12 years later, pregnant on a small island. She is still traveling, in constant search, in her studio with her paintings in that little corner of the Mediterranean Sea, the island of Menorca. She has studied art both in Belgium and in Spain and has received an intense artistic education since her childhood. His monochrome paintings, inspired by black and white archival photographs, were filled with color and light when he arrived on the island to the point of eliminating black from the color palette. His painting is still a reflection on the weight of memory and the past, on the search for identity, but now the masses of colors float in space creating a mosaic of overlapping layers, as does memory. The anthropomorphic references to the past, typical of the legends of the North, have vanished, although a feeling of strangeness still dwells in his work, a restlessness typical of those who seek to rethink reality. Carles Jimenez, Curator Ca n'Oliver Studies 2004-2006 Sint Lucas Beeldende Kunst, Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium 2007-2011 UB Belles Arts, Barcelona, Spain. Awards and Scholarships 2011 Beca d'Estudis Sant Cugat 2014 Finalist Premi Ciutat de Maó de Pintura 2014 Finalist Beca Reynolds 2017 Premi Sant Bartomeu 2017 Premi Sant Llorenç 2019 Finalist Premi Ciutat de Maó Pintura 2023 Beca Numa, Menorca 2023 Premi Ciutat de Maó de Pintura 2024 XLIV Salón de Primavera Guillermo Olives Pons Award, Honorable Mention Award, Ateneu Científic, Literari i Artístic de Maó, Menorca 2024 Scholarship Artistic Creation CIME, Menorca 2024 Finalist MIAA Awards, Mallorca. Group Exhibitions 2017 Cultural Centre Convent Sant Diego, Alaior 2017 Calbo Year, Museu de Menorca, Mahón 2019 Es Claustre, Mahón 2019 Espacio Cultural Omni, es Castell 2019 Alcaufar Vell, Sant Lluís 2020 DeVins, Mahón 2021 Oxímoron Art Hub, Mahón 2021 Distancia Social, Ca n'Oliver. Centre d'Art i d'Història Hernández Sanz, Mahón 2022 Distancia Social, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones del Roser, Ciutadella 2022 Encajarte, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones del Roser, Ciutadella 2023 Menorca i la Llum del Nord, Ca n'Oliver. Centre d'Art i d'Història Hernández Sanz, Mahón 2023 Exhibition Premi Ciutat de Maó de Pintura 2024 Eros, LaBocaErotica, Ática Gallery, Mahón 2024 XLIV Salón de Primavera Premio Guillermo Olives Pons, Honorable Mention Award, Ateneu Científic Literari i Artístic de Maó, Menorca 2025 Contemporary, Ática Gallery, Mahón. Solo Exhibitions 2017 Alaior Town Hall 2017 Ferreries Town Hall 2020 DeVins, Mahón 2021 Oxímoron Art Hub, Mahón 2024 9 Meses, Sala de Cultura Sant Antoni, Mahón 2025 Sedimentaciones de Identidad, Fundación Numa, Ciutadella.