Education

2018-2022              Master degree in Painting by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon

2021                           The Postresearch Condition, online seminar, HKU, The Netherlands

2020                         Ethnographic Drawing course, NOVA_FCSH Summer School, Lisbon, Portugal

2019                           Erasmus period (one semester) at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

2015-2018               Bachelor Degree in Drawing, by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon

2017                           Erasmus period (one semester) at the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

2016-2017               Erasmus+ project (one semester) at the Faculty of fine Arts of Cetinje, Cetinje, Montenegro

2013-2015               Illustration (FBAUL, 2013-2014) and Drawing (ASIB, Budapest, 2015) courses

2003-2009            Bachelor and Master degree in Economics at the Catholic University of Lisbon – School of Business and Economics

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Professional experience

2022-present          Curatorial internship at "Vent Space", a student-run gallery from the Estonian Academy of Arts. Also periodic assistance 

                                    at EKA Gallery events and programming, Tallinn, Estonia

2022-present          Co-founder of the curatorial collective "Mais uno +1", dedicated to exploring incremental relations in a collaborative way,

                                    Lisbon, Portugal

2022-present          Co-founder of the project "Artists Anonymous", together with Nicole Sánchez. The projects consists in a support, crit

                                    group and informal educational project focused on the development of art practice, collaboration and the

                                    professionalization of the artist through monthly meetings. Lisbon, Porto, Portugal

2021-present           Creative coordinator of the project “Art&Craft Refúgio”, a project dedicated to the weekly practice of Art and Craft with

                                    a group of migrants and refugees. Residências Refúgio, Lisbon

2021-present           Co-founder of “Lisbon Drawing Club”, a project aimed at organising weekly life drawing sessions in different cultural

                                    places in Lisbon. 2020-present Resident artist at LARGO Residencies (cultural cooperative focused on participatory

                                     projects), working and researching on visual arts in the territory of Intendente. Lisbon, Portugal

2018-present           Co-founder of the project “PANORAMA – Emerging Art Community”. Curatorial project focused on the creation of a

                                     community of emerging artists and young collectors, focused on art education and professional mentoring, Lisbon

                                     Portugal

2019                           Artistic mentoring of the Painting Residency and curation of the exhibition at PaRTES Festival and promoted by the                                               council of Parque das Nações. Lisbon, Portugal 2017-2019 Private drawing teacher, Lisbon, Portugal

2015-present           Organisation and participation in exhibitions and artist residencies

2015-present           Freelancer of drawing, illustration and animation (Gerador, Talanti, MPAGDP). Lisbon, Portugal

2015                           Video editor for the project “A Música Portuguesa a Gostar dela Própria”, Lisbon, Portugal

2008-2015             Project management, training and consulting in management and marketing for different companies. Sweden, Hungary

                                   Portugal.

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Grants and Residencies

2022                       Incubadora DAO, Artist stipend program for art research/production. Selectad artist, Lisbon -Tallinn

2021                        UNIDEE Lab "Tools and tecnologies for embedded arts practice". Mentored by Jeanne Van Heeswijk, Paul O’ Neill, Mick 

                                  Wilson, Yvonne Carmichae, curated by Andy Abbott. Citadellarte, Biella, Italy

2021                        “Lisbon – Budapest Residency”: Selected artist for a one month residency in Budapest, promoted by Lisbon’s City hall.

                                  Project funded through grant. Budalest Gallery AIR, Budapest, Hungary

2021                        UNIDEE 2021 residency "Growndwork for embedded arts practice", Citadellarte,  Italy (online). Funded throught grant.

2021                        Resident Artist at LARGO Residências (Annual Residency), Lisbon, Portugal

2019                        Erasmus scholarship for the exchange program with the duration of one semester at Estonia

2017, 2018, 2019  Water and Time Festival Residency, Castelo de Vide, Portugal

2018                        NEXTSTOP Residency, LARGO Residências, Lisbon, Portugal

2018                        Erasmus scholarship for the exchange program with the duration of one semester at Latvia

2017 / 2018            Erasmus+ scholarship for the exchange program with the duration of one semester at Montenegro.

2017, 2018             RÉSVÉS residency, ar Alte (Loulé) and Branca (Albergaria-a-Velha), Promoted by the Faculty of FIne Arts of Lisbon

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Awards 

2019                        “Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award”: Highest grade for Bachelors concluded in 2018 at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon

2019                        “SGPCM-FBAUL Award”. 1º place. Award and monetary prize given to the work “The African women of fine-arts” at the

                                   exhibition promoted by the Secretaria Geral da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros and FBAUL.

2019                        “Prémio ZET gallery” Selected Artist for the collective exhibition curated by Helena Mendes Pereira

2017, 2018  e 2019 “Prémio Paula Rego”: Selected for the collective exhibition at Casa das Histórias Paula Rego for the three first editions

                                   of the prize in three consecutive years, Cascais, Portugal

 

Publications and Catalogues

2022                        "Visual arts, narratives and communities. A reflexion around socially engaged art". Msc Research in Painting, FBAUL,   

                                  Lisbon, ªPortugal

2021                         "5 minutes of drawing" - FBAUL

2020                        “Gaio-Rosário Leitura do Lugar” – Illustrations for the publication     

2019                        “A vida é um emaranhado de NÓS” – Exhibition Catalogue

2019                        “Desenho(s) em construção”. – Exhibition Catalogue

2019                        “Prémio SGPCM-FBAUL” – Exhibition Catalogue

2017, 2018, 2019     “Prémio Paula Rego” – Exhibition Catalogue for the years 2017, 2018, 2019

2009                        "Comparative healthcare systems through a socio-economic scenario appraisal. The cases of Portugal and Singapore"

                                   Research on socially embedded systems. Msc Research in Economics, FCEE-UCP, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Exhibitions and projects

Collections

General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

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Solo Exhibitions

2022 - "Grandma didn't tell me", Mais uno +1, Lisbon, Portugal

2019_"We are born by the seaside", Vent Space, Tallinn, Estonia

2018_“Tanto ao mar, tanto à terra”, Casa da Cultura da Comporta, Comporta, Portugal

2018_“Do tempo em que éramos ao Sol”, Ibirapi Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

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Group exhibitions and projects

2021       

"Who we are”, installation with Maen Machlan and Zé Luís C., Residências Refúgio Festival, Lisbon, Portugal

“THE SHELTER” Private View, PANORAMA, with Joana Galego and Teresa Arega; Lisbon, Portugal

“Grandma didn’t tell me”, collective exhibition, Budapest Gallery, AIR Studio, Budapest, Hungary

“Art&Craft Refúgio”, a project dedicated to the practice of Art&Craft with a group of people in the situation of migrant or refugee. (ongoing) “Artists Anonymous Meetings”, collaborative project based on the creation of a support group for Visual Artists online, LARGO Residências (online).

“Art talks on Instagram”, weekly discussions on art themes with different art workers – an on-going project since April 2020 (online).

 

2020       

“Amália, a contemporary view”, Galeria António Prates, Lisbon, Portugal

“GARDEN” Private View, PANORAMA, with Manu Romeiro and Engracia Cardoso; Lisbon, Portugal

“Make a Drawing, Take a Drawing”, Participative drawing exhibition, (Curator/coordinator), LARGO Residências, Lisbon, Portugal

“25 years of the DST Prize”,  ZET Gallery, Braga, Portugal

“Quantos A4 Cabem no À-Quatro?”, Estação Sul e Sueste, Barreiro, Portugal

“5 minutes to get to know you”, Participative project: Installation and performance for Festival Bairro em Festa, LARGO Residências, Intendente, Portugal

“ENCONTRO” Private View, PANORAMA; Lisbon, Portugal

               

2019       

"A vida é um emaranhado de NÓS", Zet Gallery, Braga, Portugal

“Prémio SGPCM-FBAUL”, collective exhibition, Secretaria Geral da Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, Lisbon, Portugal

“Memórias de Salgueiro Maia”, exhibition in public space for the “Festival da água e do tempo”, Castelo de Vide, Portugal

“NEXT STOP Galeria”, collective exhibition included in the festival “Bairro Intendente em Festa”, Palácio Visconde da Graça, Intendente, Lisbon

“Open Galleries”, collective exhibition Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

“De Castelo de Vide, PARA, Castelo de Vide, Logradouro da Bempostinha, Lisbon, Portugal

“People from here and there”, installation for the NEXSTOP festival, promoted by Largo Residencies, Anjos Metro Station, Lisbon, Portugal

 “Paula Rego Prize”, collective exhibition, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2018       

“Desenho em construção”, collective exhibition promoted by FBAUL, Gallery of Junta de Freguesia de Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon, Portugal

“Apontamentos do Mercado”, installation, Mercado Municipal 1º de Maio, Barreiro, Portugal (for the projec “Estação Sul e Sueste” – Terminal B)

“12 X 12” collective exhibition, Galeria Arte Graça, Graça, Lisbon, Portugal

“Da matéria ao traço” collective exhibition, Galeria Arte Graça, Graça, Lisbon, Portugal

“Understanding Montenegro” collective exhibition, Traça, Lisbon Portugal

“Galerias Abertas”, collective exhibition, FBAUL, Lisbon, Portugal

“Veraneiro”, private view, Cascais, Portugal

“Lembrança de primavera” Private View, Lisbon, Portugal 

 

2017       

“Move”, collective exhibition, The Metzendorff House, Riga, Latvia

“Student’s exhibition”, collective exhibition, Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

“RÉSVÉS”, collective exhibition (final work of an artist residency), Branca, Aveiro, Portugal

“A memória, a fonte e a passagem”, public exhibition for the arts festival “Clepsidra”, Castelo de Vide, Portugal

“Olhar sobre a Estátua”, collective exhibition (curated and participated), Galeria Passevite, Lisbon, Portugal

“Open Ateliers”, collective exhibition, Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon

“Prémio Paula Rego”, collective exhibition, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal

“12x12”, collective exhibition, Galeria Arte Graça, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2016       

“Galerias Abertas”, collective exhibition, FBAUL, Lisbon, Portugal  

“RÉSVÉS”, collective exhibition (final work of an artist residence), Alte, Loulé, Portugal

 “Prémio Paula Rego”, collective exhibition, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Estoril, Lisbon, Portugal

 “180’s anniversary open day”, collective exhibition, FBAUL, Lisbon, Portugal

 “Students’ exhibition”, collective exhibition, Podgorica, Montenegro

 “We draw from life”, collective exhibition, Art9 Galéria, Budapest, Hungary

 “12x12”, collective exhibition, Galeria Travessa, Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2015       

“12x12”, collective exhibition, Galeria Travessa, Lapa, Lisbon, Portugal

 

2014       

“Closing exhibition”, collective exhibition, Gallery Arte Algarve, Lagoa, Portugal