Sandra Poulson

Este quarto parece uma República! [This Bedroom Looks Like a Republic!] marks the first museum exhibition of interdisciplinary artist Sandra Poulson (Angolan, b. 1995). Featuring an installation of new assemblage works, the exhibition includes sculptures made from furniture and garments, reflecting on the abstraction of nation-building within the domestic sphere. Poulson’s practice takes an archaeological approach to Angolan symbols, codes, and cultural objects to untangle histories, oral traditions, and geopolitics. Seen together, her works shed new light on the transnational circulation of images and material culture in the wake of the Angolan Civil War.

Sandra Poulson lives and works between Luanda, London, and Amsterdam, where she is currently a resident at Rijksakademie. Poulson has completed large-scale commissions for various institutions including the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2024) selected as part of Biennale College Art (2024); The Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023; Bold Tendencies, London (2023); and the British Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia (2023). She graduated with an MA in Fashion from the Royal College of Art, London, and a BA in Fashion Print from Central Saint Martins, London.