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Fev.2017

Drawfugees | Exhibition

The exhibition Traces of Childhood – Drawings by Refugee Children in Greece, organised by the Drawfugees project with the support of UNICEF Portugal, presents a series of drawings by child refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq who are currently living in very difficult conditions in Greece.

Today’s refugee crisis is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War. There are an estimated 50 million displaced children around the world, children whose childhoods have been brutally disrupted by the armed conflicts of adults.

The drawings on display at the Galeria Wozen in Lisbon were made during two different stages of the crisis. The first sketches come from the refugee camp in the Port of Piraeus from April to June 2016. The second set of drawings date from August to December 2016 and come from Athens, where many refugees are now living while they wait for decisions about their status.

Drawfugees is an independent, non-profit initiative, founded and run by Brazilian journalist André Naddeo with the support of a team of volunteers.

Out.2016

Artists | Conjunção Exhibition

Após o projecto “Deslocados”, 2015 - marcante residência artística no espaço P31 do hospital Júlio de Matos (Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa – CHPL), idealizada pelo curador Marcelo Duarte – Graphos Brasil em parceria com Sandro Resende, que culminou numa exposição coletiva com os residentes do hospital, os artistas cariocas retornam a Lisboa – desta vez no território sem fronteiras da Wozen - para continuidade do projeto coletivo através da exposição integrada “Conjunção”, um exercício “work in progress” capaz de romper a lógica de diversas individuais no mesmo local.

Set.2016

Artist | Glocal Exhibition

Utopia Luanda Machine – Summer School é o novo projeto do artista luso-angolano Francisco Vidal inaugurado em Lisboa, que acontece em paralelo a exposição colectiva Glocal - No regional de um espaço sem fronteiras e marca o inicio da residência artística de Vidal no espaço atelier da galeria Wozen.

"O projecto Summer School, é uma experiência feita pela Andaime Cooperativa Cultural, pela galeria Wozen Lisboa (world citizen), e por mim que assino Francisco Vidal. Surgiu a ideia da necessidade de pensar sobre a educação artística que temos em Lisboa e em Luanda no séc. XXI, em Luanda porque a necessidade desenhou-se em Luanda e em Lisboa porque a satisfação da necessidade se faz no verão de 2016 desta cidade. Os workshops são desenhados para crianças e adolescentes, mas adultos que são pais ou não podem frequentar também. A experiência parte da pintura, passa pelo desenho e projecta-se para a escultura e para a arquitectura.

May.2016

Artist | Flecha Exhibition

Claude Charlier is a multi-faceted French artist, a well-known editorial photographer and a remnant of avant-garde pop art, famous mostly for the hyperrealistic painting of crumpled cans - an imposing symbol as well as Andy Warhol's legendary Campbell Soup. But first of all, Claude Charlier is a Wozen, a true citizen of the world. Based in the USA, where he remains active and always in contact with different people, the artist of French origin began his history with cans in the Japanese capital, where he arrived with only a handbag to explore the oriental culture. At the time, without speaking a word in Japanese, Charlier faced difficult times and even lived in the street - just as he began to look at the cans in a different way. Today, after numerous laps, his canvases run the world in awe-inspiring auctions and large rooms, while his work remains active in galleries or studios.