Renowned Brazilian sculptor to present major new work at Glasgow’s Tramway

Tramway presents the first major presentation in a UK Institution of Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa (b.1961 Ferros Belo Horizonte, Brazil). One of Brazil’s most renowned sculptors, Pessoa will create a new commission for Tramway’s cavernous main gallery. This newly commissioned body of work consists of large-scale sculptural forms created from ceramics, bronze and Hebridean fleece, produced between Glasgow and Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The exhibition brings together constellations of organic materials, referencing landscapes, archaeology and historical narratives from both Brazil and Scotland. A series of sculptures will be realised in several clusters across the vast gallery space, inspired by diverse materials and forms ranging from seedpods, nests, plant-life, erratic boulders and Scottish bronze age standing stones, to large-scale sculptures created from raw sheep’s wool. Speaking to the colonial, agricultural, archaeological and material histories that have shaped the landscape of both Brazil and Scotland, this new body of sculptures will manifest as an ecological, visceral and sometimes otherworldly landscape unfolding across the gallery floor, creating connections that span the prehistoric past to the present ecological crisis.

Part of the British Council UK-Brazil Season of Culture
Solange Pessoa’s exhibition is generously supported by The Henry Moore Foundation

Solange Pessoa at Tramway
10 May – 22 September 2025
Preview 9 May, 7 – 9pm