Santaella Norma Lopez, daughter Malaga Spanish immigrants, was born in Catanduva, São Paulo, Brazil, began her art studies in 1946 when he joined the Paulista Association of Fine Arts as a student of Professor Borghese and participates in several exhibitions of drawings that organized that institution.
Joined later in the course of Sculpture FAAP - Faculty Armando Alvares Penteado, as a student of Professor Godinho, to devote himself exclusively to the three-dimensional art in various materials. It began with the ceramic sculpture, and in parallel with metal loaded resins and finally get the bronze. As a result of their investigations and experiments, he created his own art foundry using the technique known as Lost Wax.
Exhibitions:
1977 - XIV Arts Salon - Embu das Artes - SPaulo
1978 - I Mostra de Arte - Grupo Sakai - São Paulo
- 42. Paulista Hall of Fine Arts - Gallery Prestes Maia - SPaulo
- Escola de Aplicação - University of SPaulo - USP
- Arts Salon III - Itu - SPaulo
1979 - II Hall of Fine Arts - Galeria Portinari - SPaulo - SP
- 43. Paulista Hall of Fine Arts - SPaulo - SP
- Messages d'Amerique Latine et Images - Paris / France
1980 - III Mostra de Arte - Paço das Artes - SPaulo - SP
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1981 - Museum of Fine Arts - Mococa-SP
- Impact of Communication Gallery - SPaulo - SP
- 45. Paulista de Bellas Hall Arts - SPaulo - SP
1982 - Hundred Years of Sculpture in Brazil - MASP - Museu de Arte of SPaulo - SP
- Described in the book "A Century of Sculpture in Brazil" PMBardi / page.
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- National Festival of Women in the Arts - Gallery of Nova Mulher / SPaulo / SP
- First Exhibition of Arts - Business Center - SPaulo - SP
- Collective - AA Banco do Brasil - SPaulo - SP
- Ceramic Art - Cultural Center - Campinas - SP
1983 - Ceramic Art Exhibition - (Purchase Award) - Curitiba - Paraná
- 16. Contemporary Art Exhibition - Piracicaba - SP
- Arts Salon IV - (Gold Medal) - Marília - SP
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- "Four Sculptors" - Gallery Itau - SPaulo - SP
- Final Touch Gallery - Porto Alegre - RS
- Gallery Itau - Brasília - DF
- Gallery Itau - Goiânia - GO
- Gallery Itaú - Ribeirão Preto - SP
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- 47. Hall Paulista de Bellas Artes - SPaulo
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- "Art Collections" - Buenos Aires - Argentina
- Gallery Skultura - (participation Skultura Club) SPaulo-SP
- Gallery Babelidus - Ceramics Club
- 6. Auction / Gallery Hebraica - SPaulo-SP
- Ceramic Exhibition Paranaense - (purchase award) Curitiba - Paraná-PR
- Artists Collective Brasileiros - Palácio Espelho d'Agua - Lisbon - Portugal
- "Sculptures" - Gallery Itaú - Goiânia-GO
- Traveling Arts Office - Goiânia - GO
1986 - "Five Sculptors" - Gallery Itaú - Ribeirão Preto - SP
- "Tickets and Flags" - Bienal de São Paulo - SP
- "Tickets and Flags" - Museo da Imagem e do Som - SPaulo-SP
1987 - "Tribute Artists to Your City" - Itapecerica da Serra - SP
1988 - "Onze Artists Brasileiras" - Washington DC and New York - USA
2001 - Memorial Hall Minha Cidade - Itapecerica da Serra - SP
2008 - III International Exhibition Small Format - Córdoba - Spain
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REPRODUCTION OF LARGE PROJECTS:
Tomé de Souza - Salvador - Bahia (4 meters)
Rod da Ancestralidade - Rio Vermelho - Salvador - BA (8 meters)
Memorial for Minha Cidade - Itapecerica da Serra - SP (6 meters)
Image of Christ - Sacred Heart of Jesus Church - Sao Paulo-SP (3 meters)
Sculpture - Spanish Center - Catanduva-SP (1.90 m)
Our Lady of Pleasures - Itapecerica da Serra - SP (2.50 m)
WORKS IN SPAIN
"La Leona" - Santaella - Córdoba - Spain (1.50 meters)
"Rereading of Dali" - Santaella - Córdoba - Spain (1.90 meters)
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
"Rereading Dali Francisco Martín Ruiz - Madrid
"Woman Seated" Christopher Rio Bermudo - Santaella (Córdoba)
"Genesis" Joaquín Sabina - Madrid
"Flamenco" Joan Manuel Serrat - Barcelona
"La Leona" Alvaro Rio and Francisco Luque - Santaella (Córdoba)
"Reading" Urban CEIP Palma - Santaella (Córdoba)