Bruno Cidra
The point of departure of BRUNO CIDRA’s (Lisbon, 1982) work is the synthesis between Sculpture and Drawing. His metal (iron, bronze, among others) and paper sculptures explore the tension and dialogue between the opposing materialities and the specific values attached to each field, such as resistance and fragility, weight and weightlessness, permanence and transience. Taking the exhibition space as a compositional space, Bruno Cidra’s Sculpture draws new paths, rhythms and framings, new axis and visual references, areas of concentration and dispersion, constantly inviting the viewer to a readjustment of his relation with space.
The following exhibitions can be highlighted: Passar pelas mãos, Galeria Bruno Múrias (2019), O cinzeiro e outros objectos brancos, O Armário (2018), Mexicano, Galeria Baginski (2016), Zinabre Azebre Azinhavre, A Certain Lack of Coherence, Porto (2016); Cortina, Galeria Quadrum, Lisboa (2015); Conversations: Recent Portuguese Art in the Serralves Collection, curated by Suzanne Cotter e Ricardo Nicolau, at Museu de Serralves, Oporto (2016); Sala dos Gessos, Fundação EDP, Lisbon (2016); Canal Caveira, Galeria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional de Lisboa, Lisbon (2015-16) Drawing the World, curated by Delfim Sardo, Filipa Oliveira and Moacir dos Anjos, at the Est Art Fair 14, Estoril (2014); Crystal Frontier, enBlanco Projektraum, Berlin (2012); Como proteger-se do tigre, at the XVI Bienal de Cerveira, curated by Luís Silva and João Mourão, Kunsthalle Lissabon (2011); Prémio EDP Novos Artistas, curated by João Pinharanda, Delfim Sardo and Nuno Crespo, at the Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon (2009) and Afterthought, at Irmaveplab, Reims, France, curated by Anja Isabel Schneider (2008). In 2017 was in artistic residence Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil. In 2013 was awarded a grant by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian to an artistic residence at the Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP), in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2009 was selected for the Prémio EDP Novos Artistas, at the Museu da Electridade, Lisbon, having won in 2005 the Prémio de Escultura D. Fernando II, Sintra.
His work is represented in several public and private collections, such as the CIFO- Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA; Serralves Collection, Oporto; FAAP Collection, São Paulo, Brazil; António Cachola Collection, Elvas; EDP/MAAT Art Collection; Teixeira de Freitas Collection, Lisbon; Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Abrantes; Ar.Co – Contemporary Art Collection, Lisbon, Coleção de Arte da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa/EGEAC; among others.

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Iron and paper
150,5 x 51,5 x 57 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Iron and paper
83 x 201 x 19,5 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
22 x 41 x 2,5 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
21 x 30 x 2 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
37 x 19 x 3 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
45 x 20 x 2,5 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
51 x 20 x 2 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
46 x 20 x 2 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled #10
2019
Bronze and paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
PASSAR PELAS MÃOS
2019
Bronze and paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Passar pelas Mãos
Exhibition view
Galeria Bruno Múrias, 2019

BRUNO CIDRA
Passar pelas Mãos
Exhibition view
Galeria Bruno Múrias, 2019

BRUNO CIDRA
PASSAR PELAS MÃOS (detail)
2019
Bronze and paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled #3 (detail)
2019
Bronze and paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Passar pelas Mãos
Exhibition view
Galeria Bruno Múrias, 2019

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2016
Rust on paper and rope
13 x 73 x 64 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
50 x 20 x 11 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Papier mâché on copper
50 x 20 x 8 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled #1
2019
Bronze and paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2017
Iron, papel and elastic
18 x 11 x 7 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Bronze and paper
220 x 2 x 2 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2019
Bronze and paper
72,5 x 124 x 20 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2015
Iron and paper
220 x 340 x 170 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2015
Iron and paper
220 x 340 x 170 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled – Drawing
2018
Iron and paper
Variable dimensions
EGEAC/CML Collection

BRUNO CIDRA
Cortina
2015
Exhibition view
Quadrum Gallery, Lisbon

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2015
Iron and paper
170 x 295 x 87 cm
MAAT/ EDP Foundation Collection

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2018
Brass and paper
60 x 160 x 20 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Rust on paper
2015
(40 objects)
Installation view
Galeria do Torreão Nascente, Cordoaria Nacional de Lisboa
Paper, rust and rope
Variable Dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled – Mexicano
2016
Rust and bronze oxidation on paper
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Mexicano
2016
Installation view
Iron, paper, leather and rust
Variable dimensions

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2016
Rust and bronze oxidation on paper and rope
40 x 23 x 5 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Budapest
2014
Indian ink on paper
20,5 x 42 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2016
Iron and paper
180 x 450 x 80 cm

BRUNO CIDRA
Untitled
2016
Iron and paper
180 x 450 x 80 cm