My work reflects on the meaning of life and its transcendence. It is an expression of my reflection on the multiplicity of events I experience in the temporal space I inhabit, dominated by cycles, polarities, and rhythms.
In the construction of my creative process, I am interested in reading philosophical texts from Classical Antiquity, which deal with the objectives, relationships, and tensions inherent in human nature, and which are deposited in the unconscious of each one of us, as well as in the foundation of all cultures, from West to East.
Visually, my work is a construction of drawings that develop in two- and three-dimensional space through different supports, media, and disciplines (drawing, sculpture, and installation) where the line is the common defining element of all the visible and invisible visible and invisible, in its multiple dimensions.
To emphasize the theme, in the materialization of my pieces, I use shiny transparent materials, usually from the building site or from everyday realities, which I appropriate and deconstruct, decontextualizing and everyday realities, which I appropriate and deconstruct, decontextualizing and subverting their original decontextualizing and subverting their original use, thus creating new visual grammars that appeal to the archetypes of the human unconscious.
Born in Lisbon in 1960, she graduated in architecture from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (ESBAL) in 1985. She held fellowships from the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Camões Institute. Additionally, she has been serving as a Canson ambassador in Portugal since 2013. She has been a professor of contemporary art at the National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA) since 2015 and has served on its board since 2017. Her contributions extend to curating and speaking at art exhibitions for emergent artists in the SNBA and various galleries, starting in 2020.
2023 “Reminiscências ou Nostalgia?”, (curated by João Moniz), "Convento do Espírito Santo" Art Gallery, Loulé, Portugal; 2022 “A la poursuite du vent”, Centre Culturel Camille Claudel, Ville aux Dames, France; 2021“Rien de Noveau Sous le Ciel?”, (curated by ALFA), Château de Tours, France; “Nothing New Under the Sky? — preamble to an exhibition” (curated by ALFA and Jaime Silva), National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA), Lisbon, Portugal; 2018 “The Unpredictability of Things”, Setúbal City Library, Setúbal, Portugal; 2015 “From banal to Sublime”, António Prates Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal; 2014 “Between the Body and Silence”, (curated by Joaquina Soares), MAEDS Museum, Setúbal, Portugal; 2013 “Silêncio”, Galeria Bozart, Lisbon, Portugal.✭
2023 Gaia Biennial, (curated by Jaime Silva); F. Azevedo Gallery, National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA), Lisbon, Portugal; Arte no Feminino (curated by Cláudia Magalhães), Espaço M, Lisbon, Portugal; BIALE - 1st Alentejo Art Biennial, (curated by Jaime Silva), Estremoz, Portugal; 2022 “De Peau à Peau”, Imagine, FITE, (curated by Cláudia Santos Melo from Contextile, Biennial of Guimarães), Musée Roger Quilliot, Clermont Ferrand, France; “Take Action” (curated by Jaime Silva) International Cerveira Biennial, Via Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; “Rosarium” (curated by Marco Daniel Duarte) Shrine of Fátima Museum, Fátima, Portugal; 2020 “Women Artists in the FBAC Collection”, Cerveira Biennial Foundation, Cerveira, Portugal; “100 Years -100 Artists”, "Gare de Alcântara", Lisbon, Portugal; 2019 “Dressed in White”, (curated by Marco Daniel Duarte) Shrine of Fátima Museum, Portugal; 2018 “Appropriation, Desire, and Memory”, (curated by Jaime Silva and Ana David Mendes) Banco das Artes, Leiria, Portugal; 2017 “Appropriation, Desire, and Memory”, (curated by Jaime Silva), XIX Cerveira Biennial, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; “Arrábida Roteiro de Afectos”, (curated by Joaquina Soares) MAEDS Museum, Setubal, Portugal; 2016 “Collective of Art Today Awards”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal; 2015 “Passion For Freedom-London Art Festival”, London, United Kingdom; 2014 “Arte Hoje”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal.✭
2023 Shortlist for the “Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize”, Lisbon, Portugal; 2016 Award “Art Today Awards”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal; 2015 Shortlist for the “Passion for Freedom-London Art Festival”, London, United Kingdom; 2013 Appointed Canson's ambassador in Portugal.✭
Howard Bilton Art Collection, Estremoz, Portugal; Armando Martins Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Maria João Fernandes Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Quartel Art Collection, Figueiredo Ribeiro, Abrantes, Portugal; Antonio Prates Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Fundação Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; Loulé City Council Art Collection, Loulé, Portugal; Ville aux Dames Town Council Art Collection, Tours, France; Canson Ibérica, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima, Fátima, Portugal; MAEDS Museum, Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal; Museum of Macau, Macau, China.
✭ After 2012 synthetic list of exhibitions, awards, mentions, and nominations.
My work reflects on the meaning of life and its transcendence. It is an expression of my reflection on the multiplicity of events I experience in the temporal space I inhabit, dominated by cycles, polarities, and rhythms.
In the construction of my creative process, I am interested in reading philosophical texts from Classical Antiquity, which deal with the objectives, relationships, and tensions inherent in human nature, and which are deposited in the unconscious of each one of us, as well as in the foundation of all cultures, from West to East.
Visually, my work is a construction of drawings that develop in two- and three-dimensional space through different supports, media, and disciplines (drawing, sculpture, and installation) where the line is the common defining element of all the visible and invisible visible and invisible, in its multiple dimensions.
To emphasize the theme, in the materialization of my pieces, I use shiny transparent materials, usually from the building site or from everyday realities, which I appropriate and deconstruct, decontextualizing and everyday realities, which I appropriate and deconstruct, decontextualizing and subverting their original decontextualizing and subverting their original use, thus creating new visual grammars that appeal to the archetypes of the human unconscious.
Born in Lisbon in 1960, she graduated in architecture from the School of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (ESBAL) in 1985. She held fellowships from the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Camões Institute. Additionally, she has been serving as a Canson ambassador in Portugal since 2013. She has been a professor of contemporary art at the National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA) since 2015 and has served on its board since 2017. Her contributions extend to curating and speaking at art exhibitions for emergent artists in the SNBA and various galleries, starting in 2020.
2023 “Reminiscências ou Nostalgia?”, (curated by João Moniz), "Convento do Espírito Santo" Art Gallery, Loulé, Portugal; 2022 “A la poursuite du vent”, Centre Culturel Camille Claudel, Ville aux Dames, France; 2021“Rien de Noveau Sous le Ciel?”, (curated by ALFA), Château de Tours, France; “Nothing New Under the Sky? — preamble to an exhibition” (curated by ALFA and Jaime Silva), National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA), Lisbon, Portugal; 2018 “The Unpredictability of Things”, Setúbal City Library, Setúbal, Portugal; 2015 “From banal to Sublime”, António Prates Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal; 2014 “Between the Body and Silence”, (curated by Joaquina Soares), MAEDS Museum, Setúbal, Portugal; 2013 “Silêncio”, Galeria Bozart, Lisbon, Portugal.✭
2023 Gaia Biennial, (curated by Jaime Silva); F. Azevedo Gallery, National Society of Fine Arts (SNBA), Lisbon, Portugal; Arte no Feminino (curated by Cláudia Magalhães), Espaço M, Lisbon, Portugal; BIALE - 1st Alentejo Art Biennial, (curated by Jaime Silva), Estremoz, Portugal; 2022 “De Peau à Peau”, Imagine, FITE, (curated by Cláudia Santos Melo from Contextile, Biennial of Guimarães), Musée Roger Quilliot, Clermont Ferrand, France; “Take Action” (curated by Jaime Silva) International Cerveira Biennial, Via Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; “Rosarium” (curated by Marco Daniel Duarte) Shrine of Fátima Museum, Fátima, Portugal; 2020 “Women Artists in the FBAC Collection”, Cerveira Biennial Foundation, Cerveira, Portugal; “100 Years -100 Artists”, "Gare de Alcântara", Lisbon, Portugal; 2019 “Dressed in White”, (curated by Marco Daniel Duarte) Shrine of Fátima Museum, Portugal; 2018 “Appropriation, Desire, and Memory”, (curated by Jaime Silva and Ana David Mendes) Banco das Artes, Leiria, Portugal; 2017 “Appropriation, Desire, and Memory”, (curated by Jaime Silva), XIX Cerveira Biennial, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; “Arrábida Roteiro de Afectos”, (curated by Joaquina Soares) MAEDS Museum, Setubal, Portugal; 2016 “Collective of Art Today Awards”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal; 2015 “Passion For Freedom-London Art Festival”, London, United Kingdom; 2014 “Arte Hoje”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal.✭
2023 Shortlist for the “Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize”, Lisbon, Portugal; 2016 Award “Art Today Awards”, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal; 2015 Shortlist for the “Passion for Freedom-London Art Festival”, London, United Kingdom; 2013 Appointed Canson's ambassador in Portugal.✭
Howard Bilton Art Collection, Estremoz, Portugal; Armando Martins Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Maria João Fernandes Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Quartel Art Collection, Figueiredo Ribeiro, Abrantes, Portugal; Antonio Prates Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Fundação Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal; Loulé City Council Art Collection, Loulé, Portugal; Ville aux Dames Town Council Art Collection, Tours, France; Canson Ibérica, Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Museum of the Sanctuary of Fátima, Fátima, Portugal; MAEDS Museum, Setúbal, Setúbal, Portugal; Museum of Macau, Macau, China.
✭ After 2012 synthetic list of exhibitions, awards, mentions, and nominations.