About me
Biography
Hello
I am an artist who lives and works in Porto. I was an only child and also the youngest of the children in the family. In my childhood I didn’t always have friends my age around to play with. This circumstance developed my creativity often leading me to imaginary places and invented games. All this background has influenced my art work in the sense that many of my paintings reveal unreal places and this happens naturally because imagination was present at most of my childhood games.
I started painting (acrylic) in 2007 to fill up a deep need, which ended up being imperative, to develop a craft work using my gaze, my hands and the creative impulse as tools to express myself and communicate in a visual way. I am interested in the observation of everyday life and nature and I try to recreate what I see and to share with people what thrills me through my art work.
I use different techniques and materials (watercolour, coloured pencils, soft pastels, oil pastels, collage, drawing, mixed media), depending on the subjects that inspire me. In 2022 I also started in oil painting and have been influenced by trips I have made to recreate some landscapes.
In addition to my art work, I like listening to music, hiking, going to the seaside, travelling, reading, learning new subjects, watching films and series and going out with friends.
What inspires me
Nature is for me an inexhaustible source of inspiration (landscapes, wildlife, birds, etc).
Other sources of inspiration are oriental painting (sumi- e) and, in general, everything I pay attention to: every day scenarios, readings, trips, music, films, conversations, are the yeast that, consciously or unconsciously, is at the basis of my creative process.
My artistic practice
- GET OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE
In my artistic practice there are two essential aspects : Observe and Experiment, both assuming availability to leave my comfort zone. Without this positioning there is no evolution.
– SKETCHBOOKS
I use sketchbooks either I go out to make quick drawings or sketches or in the studio to experiment with materials and/or to make small drawings or paintings.
Sketchbooks allow me to experiment freely and in them often appear new ideas for larger- sized paintings. In them I use a great range of materials.
- WORK
In my work, regardless of the technique I use, I try to capture the light (real or imagined), I use colours in a intense and often intuitive way and I like to explore textures. Some of my works are Abstract and others are Figurative.
- ABSTRACT WORKS
In these works I do not start from a specific reference, but I will let myself be carried away by the colours, by the light, also taking advantage of the potential of the materials.
- FIGURATIVE WORKS
In some of these works I refer to a photo I have taken or to a drawing I have made on the spot and recreate them using the most suitable technique for the subject. In others, I pick up the memory of a place or a moment lived and try to retain them through painting.
The techniques I use
I use different techniques according to the subject I choose – drawing, watercolour, dry pastels, oil pastels, graphite, liquid acrylic, oils, collage) and often I combine several techniques in one work: MIXED MEDIA.
- drawing
- watercolour
- dry pastel
- oil pastel
- graphite
- liquid acrylic
- oil on canvas
- collages
- WATERCOLOUR WORK
Watercolour is one of the techniques I explore the most.
I am interested in it’s transparency, in the way it reveals the light and in its versatility: I can use it alone or combined with other media and even with collage.
Watercolour is a challenging medium because although it requires control there is always room for the impredictable and this is what makes it fascinating.
In my watercolour works I try to create interesting atmospheres, I use vibrant and even unexpected colours to convey surprise and emotion.
- MIXED MEDIA
In these works, the use of different materials (watercolour, acrylic ink, charcoal, dry pastel, oil pastel, coloured pencil, graphite and collage), and their interaction, create a narrative that often ends up being the subject of the work.
How working with art has impacted on my life
My artist’ s journey has been aligned with my personal growth process.
Working with art has helped me to become a more observant and attentive person and has therefore been essential to deepen the connection with myself and the world.
Trough my art practice I believe that I visually communicate with people at a more intuitive than rational level.
Courses / Workshops
Multidisciplinary Summer Art Classes (2 weeks) at MART School in Lisbon
(with Teachers: André Almeida e Sousa, Paulo Brighenti, Ana Natividade e Mariana Dias Coutinho).
Coutinho)
- Workshops in Watercolour ( with Tutors Mustapha Bem Lahmar, Francisco
Castro and Idoia Lasagabaster), in Sumi-e painting with Tutor Mami Higuchi
and in Montype with Jelly with Tutor Najla Leroy.
Concluded the following Training Courses at
Fine Arts Faculty of Porto’s
University:
-“Light as a subject in painting“
- “Colour as a subject in painting“
- “Contemporary practices and techniques in painting “
all of them with PHD Domingos Loureiro
- “Children’s illustration for beginners“ with Illustrator Júlio Vanzeller
Attended regular drawing classes at the Drawing Club in Porto (namely with
Teachers Sofia Barreira, Marco Mendes and Sofia Neto, among other).
Exhibitions
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Exposição Colectiva de Pintura “Alteridad en el Arte” – Galeria Sala Aires (Córdoba, Espanha)
100 Artistas Gondomar 2024, GensArte - Sala d’Ouro Multiusos (Gondomar)
Arte pela Paz, GensArte e Galeria Geraldes da Silva- Galeria Geraldes da Silva (Porto)
Exposição Colectiva de Arte em Góis – Galeria Geraldes Silva (em Góis)
Itinerante (I) 2024, GensArte - Clube Gondomarense (Gondomar)
Caminhos Cruzados, GensArte - Biblioteca Municipal Albano Sardoeira (Amarante)
Itinerante 2024, GensArte - Biblioteca Lúcio Craveiro Silva (Braga)
Caminhos Cruzados, GensArte - Sede da Associação GensArte, Foz do Sousa (Gondomar)
Itinerante 2024, GensArte - Edifício da Junta de Freguesia de Medas (Gondomar)
Arte e Poesia - 50 Anos de Liberdade - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
Caminhos Cruzados, GensArte - Galeria Magenta, Associação dos Artistas pela Arte ( Figueira da Foz)
Itinerante, GensArte - Galeria Geraldes da Siva (Porto)
Itinerante, GensArte – Sede da Associação GensArte, Foz do Sousa (Gondomar)
Itinerante 2024, GensArte – Biblioteca Municipal de Castelo de Paiva (Aveiro)
Residentes/ 20 anos da Galeria Geraldes da Silva – Galeria Geraldes da Silva (Porto)
OTHER PARTICIPATIONS 2024
- Participação no Encontro Mensal do dia 28/12/2024 organizado pela Dra Conceição Viterbo @mconceicao.viterbo no seu Espaço em Matosinhos, com 2 actividades criativas no contexto do tema do Encontro “ Ao Encontro do Ano Novo” (colorir uma ilustração minha; orientar a construção de um Vision Board para o ano de 2025).
- Criação de 2 ilustrações originais para o VISION BOOK 2025, um ebook criado por @mconceicao.viterbo e disponível gratuitamente pela Dra Conceição Viterbo.
- Realização de Actividade Artística com crianças e adolescentes no ATL de Verão da União de Freguesias de Foz do Sousa e Covelo, em Julho/2024, a convite da GensArte, em colaboração com a referida Junta de Freguesia.
- Participação com uma obra em Técnica Mista no Projecto Ode à Primavera, uma Instalação colectiva e comunitária, que decorreu na cidade das Caldas da Raínha de 23/03 até 05/05/2024 (*).
(*) Evento organizado por @ode_a_primavera, iniciativa dos Artistas: Zélia Évora, Mónica Correia, Manuel Bandeira Duarte e Ana Hermenegildo.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
Gens'Arte Collective Exhibition 2023" _ Gens'Arte Association Headquarters, Foz do Sousa, Gondomar
- Group Exhibition "100 Artists in Gondomar 2023" _ Sala D'Ouro, Multiusos Gondomar
• Itinerant Painting and Sculpture GensArte - Galerie Artes (Paris, France)
• The Art of Being and Words - Art Gallery D. Pedro ( Porto)
• Itinerant of Painting and Sculpture GensArte - Regional House-Museum of Oliveira de Azeméis (Oliveira de Azeméis)
• Itinerant of Painting and Sculpture GensArte - Royal Palace, Sítio da Nazaré (Nazaré)
• Encuentro Mexico-España-Portugal - Exhibition of the GensArte Collective - Nauart Gallery - Community of Artists (Barcelona, Spain)
• 1st National Collective Exhibition Painting/Ceramics - Gallery of Modern Contemporary Art and Antiques - Associação Revelação Mistério-Vila Real
• Itinerant of Painting and Sculpture GensArte, in collaboration with Galeria Magenta - Centre of Arts and Shows of Figueira da Foz (Figueira da Foz)
• Itinerant of Painting and Sculpture GensArte - Condomínio das Artes, Auditorium Amália Rodrigues (Rio Tinto, Gondomar)
• Collective Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and Ceramics - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS of TOUR ITACA/ 1st Half 2023, organised by GOYART/ INTERNATIONAL/Gorgónio Sanjuán
• I Transiti-Mostra d'Arte Contemporanea - Ex-Conservatorio S.Anna (Lecce, Italy)
• Itaca-Special Collective Exhibition of ITACA Members - Crearium Gallery (Monzón, Spain)
• ITACA Collective Exhibition - Ascenart Gallery (Córdoba, Spain)
• ARTERIA XX-Contemporary Art Fair (Monzón, Spain)
• FIARTE-Granada International Art Fair (Granada, Spain)
• Por la Igualdad - Martos 2000 Gallery (Martos, Spain)
• Bautando - Mostra Venezia '23 - Scuola Grande S. Teodoro (Venice, Italy)
• Rome 23 - Galleria Il Laboratório (Rome, Italy)
OTHER PARTICIPATIONS 2023
• Participation in the collection "Amantes da Poesia e das Artes" by Editora In-Finita, coordinated by Maria Isabel Rodrigues - 93rd Lisbon Book Fair.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
This land - Domus Arte (Oporto)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
• Special Christmas and New Year Exhibition - ITACA/ GOYART Group ( Barcelona/ Spain)
• Christmas Market - Galeria Geraldes da Silva (Porto)
• Group Exhibition of Students from the Painting Atelier Geraldes da Silva (Oporto)
• Gens' Artists in Art Gallery D. Pedro, Collective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
• Eclectic - I Collective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture / Gens' Arte / Space Trilhos (Valongo)
• Collective Exhibition of Art - Gens' Arte Headquarters (Foz do Sousa)
• Autumn Colours - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto) - Art Market, Collective Exhibition of Art - Domus Arte (Porto)
• D. Pedro - Porto at its heart - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
• The doors that April opened - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
• Women and Art - Art Gallery D. Pedro (Porto)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS through Gens' Arte and Itaca/GOYART/ Gorgonio Sanjuán
• Arte Libro Itaca at the Parliament of Romania- Parliament Hall Bucharest (Romania)
• CREARIUM Arte - Group Exhibition Gens' Arte Portugal ( Monzón, Huesca, Spain)
• Exhibition Castello Populonia Toscana Marittima (Tuscany, Italy)
• Contemporary Art Fair XIX ARTÉRIA ( Monzón, Spain)
• Fair "Delights with Art - 1st Edition " - Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
**All necessary materials included.**
Representations
- Art Gallery D.Pedro (Porto)
- Gens' Art ( Foz do Sousa)
- Art Tour Itaca 2023 ( ITACA/ GOYART)
Professional organizations
- Gens' Arte (Partner)
- ITACA/ PORTUGAL/ ITACA/ GOYART Group (Partner)
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