Lives and works between Lisboa and Gavião, Portugal
“By gradually archiving samples of naivité, similar to a child observing the world, I ask myself: ”Why are certain feelings evoked in me?” . Smell, sound and taste, light, interpersonal relationships and connections all merge within my practice blending a perfect synesthesia of materiality and sentiment. Human behaviour feeds my work. Energy jolting through ones body, the ecstatic joy of being in love, gripping fear of the unknown, the wonder of approaching an abyss, curiosity for each other... These interactions nurture my practice and spark my artistic force towards bending, welding and transforming metal into abstract gestures.
My aim is to explore the intersection between feelings, the way they are processed and how they are physically expressed. It is a search for varied spaces within the human body : where can these areas be found? How can we access them? Unravelling as winding and fluorescent forms, my sculptures traverse introspective realms towards what lies beyond. Beyond colour, beyond death, beyond life, or in the exact clash between these opposing forces.
It is as aggressive as it is fragile. A gripping quest to find the space where all things exist, where nature, textures, memories can be felt.”
After completing a Foundation Year in Painting at Camberwell College of Arts (2015-2016), she pursued a Bachelor’s degree in the same field and at the same university, culminating in a BA (Hons) in Painting (2016-2019). Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions internationanlly, including Cookhouse (2018), GB; CGP Gallery (2018), GB; Copeland Gallery (2019), GB; 226 Honeymoon (2019/2020), GB; Lewisham ArtHouse (2020), GB; Fundação Carmona e Costa (2024), PT; AZAN (2020), PT; Casa das Artes de Tavira (2022), PT; ARBAG (2023), PT. She is also the co-founder of the curatorial collective 226 Honeymoon, with whom she has exhibited and co-curated several exhibitions.
“By gradually archiving samples of naivité, similar to a child observing the world, I ask myself: ”Why are certain feelings evoked in me?” . Smell, sound and taste, light, interpersonal relationships and connections all merge within my practice blending a perfect synesthesia of materiality and sentiment. Human behaviour feeds my work. Energy jolting through ones body, the ecstatic joy of being in love, gripping fear of the unknown, the wonder of approaching an abyss, curiosity for each other... These interactions nurture my practice and spark my artistic force towards bending, welding and transforming metal into abstract gestures.My aim is to explore the intersection between feelings, the way they are processed and how they are physically expressed. It is a search for varied spaces within the human body : where can these areas be found? How can we access them? Unravelling as winding and fluorescent forms, my sculptures traverse introspective realms towards what lies beyond. Beyond colour, beyond death, beyond life, or in the exact clash between these opposing forces.
It is as aggressive as it is fragile. A gripping quest to find the space where all things exist, where nature, textures, memories can be felt.”
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- Education
- 2
- 016-2019
- BA (Hons) Painting - University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts, UK
- 2015-2016
- Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - University of the Arts London, Camberwell College of Arts, UK
- 2012-2015
- Artistic Production, Jewellery – Escola Artística António Arroio, PT
- 2007-2012
- Escola de Dança do Conservatório Nacional, PT
- Solo shows
- 2022
- Going Back in Sound Time, Casa das Artes de Tavira, PT
- 2020
- Sweet Dreams form a Shade, 226 Honeymoon, UK
- Group shows
- 2024
- 4 Capítulos, Fundação Carmona e Costa, curated by Francisca Portugal, PT
- Random, Rua da Quintinha 54 (Meanwhile Buildings), PT
- 2023
- Drowning Room, Cosmos (Campolide Atlético Clube CAC), PT
- WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND, ARBAG, curated by RATO AO SOL , PT
- 2022
- If Only, MONO Lisboa, curated by Hugo Cantegrel, PT
- 2021
- Beijinhos, collaborative work done with Alice Macrae (two-person show), Cosmos (Campolide Atlético Clube CAC), PT
- Freddie Wise, India Mello, Kerri Cole (three-person show), Atelier Concorde, PT
- I Will Take The Risk, AZAN, curated by Tomaz Hipólito, Lisbon Art Weekend, PT
- 2020
- It’s not you, it’s me, 226 Honeymoon, Lewisham ArtHouse, curated by Honeymoon, UK
- Pritismantis Mutabilitis!, collaborative work done with Sîan Newlove-Drew (two-person show), with performance by Corpse Boy and Others, 226 Honeymoon, UK
- 2019
- Plastic Chair Piazza II, 226 Honeymoon, curated by Honeymoon UK
- Camberwell Degree Show, Camberwell College of Arts, UK
- P2, Copeland Gallery, UK
- 2018
- LITTERBUGS, collaborative work done with Alice Macrae, Alice Davies Ciara Reddy, New Cross Gardens, UK
- Over Capacity, CGP Gallery, UK
- Out of Control, Cookhouse, Chelsea College of Arts, UK
- Residencies
- 2024
- Curso de Artes Visuais, Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD), hosted at Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos
- Collections
- Fundação Carmona e Costa, PT
- Press
- “Exposições: Geração de 90 na Fundação Carmona e Costa” 2024 Expresso pp. 142 - 143; www.expresso.pt