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Currículo Vitae

Individual Exhibitions

2024 – Painting – Arte Graça Gallery, Lisbon
2014 – Painting, Drawing and Tiles – “Dança Lazuli”, Verney Gallery, Oeiras
2013 – Painting and Tiles – “Cou-de-Pied”, São Paulo Convent, Serra de Ossa Hotel Museum
2011 – Performance Action Painting – “Dentro do Atelier” with dancer Catarina Ascensão
  · Paula Cabral Gallery – Príncipe Real, Lisbon
  · Ler Devagar Bookstore – LX Factory
2010 – Performance Action Painting – “Voyeur de Atelier” with dancer Catarina Ascensão
  · Estefânea Palace – part of the “Dance, Body and Movement” Festival
  · Utopia Painting Award – Amadora Theater
2009 – Painting and Drawing – “Persona”, Amadora Contemporary Art Center
2008 – Drawing – “Mulher Rizoma”, Morgado Cultural Center, Arruda dos Vinhos
2008 – Drawing – “Charcoal Portraits”, Braço de Prata, Ler Devagar Bookstore, Lisbon
2007 – Painting and Drawing – “Cats and Dolls”, Quadriarte Gallery, Lisbon
2006 – Painting and Tiles – “Azul Entre Linhas”, Gallery 59, Bairro Alto, Lisbon
2005 – Painting – “Miausótis”, Water Museum – White Room, Calçada dos Barbadinhos, Lisbon
2005 – Painting and Tile Painting – “Nude and Naked”, Escudero Gallery, Lisbon
2002 – Action Painting – “Phaeton” and “Óptica Volkswagen”, FIL – Lisbon Motor Show
1999 – Tile Painting – A Tertúlia, Bairro Alto, Lisbon
1993/94/95/97 – Tilework and Drawing – Bar Imprevisto, Lisbon
1990 – Tile Painting – “Cá e Lá”, Tile Mirror Frames, The Other Side of the Mirror, Sintra

Collective Exhibitions

2025 – Painting – Former Students of António Arroio School, ONZE Municipal Gallery, Setúbal
2024 – Painting – Former Students of António Arroio School, MU.SA Gallery, Sintra
2022 – Painting – Former Students of António Arroio School, Santiago Art Gallery, Monsaraz
2011 – Painting – ALA, Monte Estoril
2008 – Painting – “7 Women”, Gallery of the Ministry of Justice, Lisbon
2007 – Painting and Tilework – Corrente de Arte Gallery, Lisbon
2004 – Tilework and Painting – Ribeira Market, Cais do Sodré, Lisbon
2001/02/03/04 – Painting – Vendas Novas Fine Arts Exhibition
2002 – Painting – Mitra, Lisbon
2000 – Painting – Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon
1992/93/94 – Tilework – Fine Arts Biennial, Avante Festival, Seixal, Portugal
1993 – Tilework – Caldas da Rainha Art Fair, Portugal
1992 – Tilework – Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition, Reguengos de Monsaraz
1992 – Tilework – Monastery of Santa Maria da Vitória, Batalha, Portugal
1991 – Tilework – Azeitão Gallery (Paulo Óscar), Azeitão, Portugal

Public Collections

 . EPAL – Águas de Lisboa Company

 . Amadora Municipality

 . Arruda dos Vinhos Municipality

 . Oeiras Municipality

Private Collections

 . SIVA

 . Volkswagen

 . Sousa Pedro Comercial

 . Henrique Leote Foundation

Additional Information

 . Featured in the book “Ceramics and Sculpture: Artists' Panel” by Carlos Bajouca

 . Featured on the cover of the book “Pantaleão is the Name of a Captain” by José Manuel Pedroso

 . Worked as artistic coordinator in the areas of dance and art exhibitions at the Convento de São Paulo / Hotel Museu da Serra de Ossa, Alentejo, between 2011 and 2016

Education

 . Stenography and Typewriting Course – Escola Lusitânea Feminina

 . Fire Arts Course – Decorative Arts School António Arroio

 . Introduction to Ceramics – Master Querubim Lapa

 . Studied American Tap Dance with Michel de Roubaix in Lisbon, then in New York and Paris

 . Model Drawing at SNBA (National Society of Fine Arts) with Quintino Sebastião

 . Several Visual Expression workshops in the 1980s at various artists’ studios in Lisbon

 . Worked on personal projects with Serrão de Faria, Hipólito Clemente, Romualdo, and Paulo Guilherme D’Eça Leal

 . Studied Painting for four years at Arte-ilimitada School with Teresa Dias Coelho, Filipe Rocha da Silva, and Manuel Vilarinho

 . Attended for five years artists’ gatherings/model drawing at the studio of Master Sculptor Domingos Soares Branco

 . Course “Training for Trainers” – NHK School

 . Studied Iconography and Museology at NOVA University, FCSH (2014/2015)

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