Carla Filipe's work is built upon the appropriation of objects and documents or through the fluid relationship between art objects, popular culture, and activism.
In her research, the artist employs materials and elements such as flags, posters, newspapers, and railway artifacts.
Her artistic journey began in Porto in 2001, where she was part of the artist-run spaces movement. She co-founded Salão Olímpico and Projecto Apêndice, and in 2009, she was awarded a scholarship by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for an artistic residency at ACME Studios (UK).
Since then, her career has gained increasing national and international recognition, with participation in significant exhibitions and biennials, including:
Manifesta 8 – Dialogue between the Region of Murcia and North Africa, curated by Tranzit.org, Murcia, Spain (2010)
EDP Awards – New Artists, curated by João Pinharanda, Nuno Crespo, and Delfim Sardo, Lisbon, Portugal (2011)
V Jafre Biennial, curated by Carolina Grau and Mário Flecha, Jafre, Spain (2011)
Deaf / Dumb Archive, curated by Zbyněk Baladrán, Tranzit.Display, Prague, Czech Republic (2011)
Mon, Am I Barbarian?, curated by Fulya Erdemci, 13th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey (2013)
From Tail to Head, curated by Pedro Lapa, Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal (2014)
Air Traces, curated by Alan Quireyns, Antwerp, Belgium (2014)
12 Contemporaries: Present States, curated by Suzanne Cotter and Bruno Marchand, Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (2014)
Re-Discovery III, curated by Ulrich Loock, Autocenter, Berlin, Germany (2015)
Natural Instincts, curated by Samuel Leuenberger, Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland (2015)
Le Lynx ne connaît pas de frontières, curated by Joana Neves, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris, France (2015)
Au Sud d’Aujourd’hui, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris, France (2015)
Artistic Residency, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Captiva, Florida, USA (2015)
Incerteza Viva, curated by Jochen Volz, 32nd São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (2016)
Incerteza Viva: An Exhibition from the 32nd São Paulo Biennial, curated by João Ribas and Jochen Volz, Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (2017)
4th Ural Industrial Biennial, curated by João Ribas, Ural, Russia (2017)
Ecstatic Sphinx – Drawing and Animism Part II, curated by Nuno Faria, CIAJG, Guimarães, Portugal (2016)
The Unfaithful Replica, curated by Nuria Enguita Maio and Nacho París, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain (2016)
Yesterday Died Today, Today Dies Tomorrow, curated by Carla Filipe and Ulrich Loock, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal (2018)
Tomorrow There Is No Art, curated by João Mourão and Luis Silva, MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal (2019)
Volver: A Suggested Presence, curated by Angel Calvo Ulloa, EACC, Castellón, Spain (2019)
