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“A brief moment to tell you that my art is my soul.”
Graduating in Belas Artes from the Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa, she specialized in painting.
Studying Arts and Crafts, including ceramics, the Portuguese painter, also graduated from the private ArCo School of Art in Lisbon, where she undertook Intensive Painting.
More than 70 solo and group exhibitions, she represented her country in international exhibition such as Italy (in the biggest international Human Rights exhibition), in Brazil (the most important south America Arts and Fashion Exhibition Casa Cor), in Miami (World Tour Exhibitions Contemporary Artists) and the first Portuguese Artist in Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe Festival), New York (The Power of Perception II represent Portugal), Moscow (Russia invited by the Portuguese Embassy), France (Bordeaux invited to present her work for comemoration of Portugal day at the emassy), London (Hay Hill Gallery solo exhibition and representation), East-Timor (Human Rights solo exhibition and Live Painting performence to Portuguese embassy in Dili).
Winner of several contests for exemple “Best Rolling Stone Alternative Logo” for Major Portuguese Radio Comercial in 1999 (win a trip to London and meet Rolling Stones in Bridges to Babylon Tour in Wembley.
Her works are represented in several private and institutional collections all around the world, to refer Portugal, Austrália, USA, Brazil, Italy, Russia, France, UK, East-Timor, Singapore and India.
She is represented by London´s Hay Hill Gallery, Creative Concept in USA, Artz Space for Asia Market and meetiNG art gallery for Portugal.
EXHIBITIONS
Fourthcoming
Meet Art Miami 15 @ Nina Torres Fine Art (Miami)
Lisbon International Contemporary Exhibition 15 (Portugal)
“In Frame” @ meetiNG art Chiado (Portugal)
“Stock Off” @ meetiNG art Chiado (Portugal)
“Summertime” @ meetiNG art Chiado (Portugal)
CONTESTS
2008
“Young creative 2008” (Montijo)
“1st International Biennial of Montijo (IX Premio Vesperia)” (Montijo; Lisbon)
“Young Artists 2008” (Lisbon)
2007
“Drive in Art 2007” (Seixal; Lisbon)
“II Competition Arts IPL” (Leiria)
1999
“Best Rolling Stone Alternative Logo” for Major Portuguese Radio Comercial (won a trip to London and meet Rolling Stones in Bridges to Babylon Tour in Wembley)
1997
1st Place (Costumes and decoration) Important Popular fest (Marchas Populares) @ Almada; Lisbon
1996
1st Place “The Sticker” COMMEMORATIVE STICKER OF 25th APRIL (date of Freedom (the end of Dictator regime)) @ Almada
1st place along with five colleagues in the contest POSTCARDS CHRISTMAS @ Almada
PUBLIC WORKS
Represented in several private and institutional collections, such as Mayor of Laranjeiro and the Municipality of Almada; Lisbon.
2 walls painted as final school course @ Escola São João de Barros ( 200x200cm)