Visual Artist
PT/EN
She develops an artistic practice centered on photography, video, and installation.
The human body occupies a central place in her work, serving as a space for tension, exposure, and critical reflection.
Surveillance, representation, and self-representation emerge as fundamental themes in her research, in which she analyzes how bodies are observed and recorded in contemporary experience. Her images place the viewer in an ambiguous space, somewhere between discomfort and humor, questioning the mechanisms of observation and the construction of identity in the digital age.
Education:
2026 Marina Abramovic - The art of being present, BBC Maestro
2023 - 2024 Master's in Communication and Multimedia, IADE - Institute of Visual Arts, Design, and Marketing
2020 Photography Editing, Artist’s book and Other Formats with Filipa Valladares, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon
2019 Course: Projecting and Building a Book with Bruno Pelletier Sequeira, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon
Workshop Theatre Photography, MEF- Movement of Photography Expression, Lisbon
2016 - 2018 Bachelor in Photography, Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon
2016 Curricular Internship with Inês Gil, teacher, photographer and film-maker, Lisbon
2014 - 2016 Cinema, Video and Multimedia Communication Studies, Lusófona University of Humanities and Technologies, Lisbon
Prizes and Highlights:
2026 Selected for Futures Photography
2023 Incentivo Duplacena Award in Fuso - Videoarte, Pi Pi Pi Pi Pi | Video
2022 Finalist in Photography Bienal Vila Franca de Xira, Eyes on you | Photography
2021 1st Prize, Youth Biennal Jov'arte 2021, Instructions Manual with Rita Leitão | Installation - Video, Photography, Sculpture and Painting
2020 Finalist in VI Edição do Prémio de Fotografia de Sintra, Inquietação | Photography
2019 2º Prize, Youth Biennal Jov’arte 2019, Dancing Cranes |Audiovisual Essay
2016 1º Prize, contest Novos Olhares.Ponte de Sor, A azinheira | Photography
Solo Exhibitions:
2026 ON: Smile! You're on camera | Livraria Zé dos Bois | Lisboa
2024 Eyes on you, Centro de Artes e Cultura de Ponte de Sor | Ponte de Sor
The King of The Rood, Segundas na Z, Galeria Zé dos Bois | Lisboa | Curadoria Mariana Baião Santos
Um Dó Li Tá, Festival Semente, Mamarrosa, Aveiro | Dupla com a artista Rita Leitão
7 Janeiro, Centro Interpretação José Luís Peixoto | Galveias
2022 Um Dó Li Tá, Galeria Vieira da Silva, Loures | Dupla com a artista Rita Leitão
Collective Exhibitions (selected):
2026 Fragmented Notes, Kubik Gallery | Curated Francisca Sarmento
2025 When the world is full of noise, Espaço.arte, Campo Maior | Curated Orlando Franco
Nervo - Observatório do Fotolivro Português no séc.XXI, CEHA-AV | Madeira
Corrente de Ar vol.V, Pavilhões da Mitra, Lisbon | Curated Mariana Baião Santos e Rita de Almeida Russ
Imagination - Tools to think about the future, Mono | Lisbon Art Weekend | Lisbon | Curated Leonor Carrilho
Montanha Invisível, Estúdio Atilho | Lisbon
2024 Nervo - Observatório do Fotolivro Português no séc.XXI, Ar.co Centro de Arte | Lisbon
Random - Azan Contemporary Art, Rua da Quintinha, Lisboa
Corrente de Ar vol.IV, Beato Innovation District, Lisboa | Curated Mariana Baião Santos e Rita de Almeida Russo
Quer curtas ou não #5 - Evento do Jornal s/título - Prosa Plataforma Cultural, Lisboa
2023 Nervo - Observatório do Fotolivro Português no séc.XXI, Centro Português de Fotografia | Porto
Fuso Insular - Videoarte, Igreja do Colégio | Ponta Delgada, Açores
Fuso - Videoarte, Maat - Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia | Lisboa
2022 Um Dó Li Tá, Galeria Municipal Vieira da Silva, Loures | with Rita Leitão
Bienal de Fotografia VFX, Celeiro Patriarcal, Vila Franca de Xira
Corrente de Ar vol.II, Rua da Alegria 136-138, Lisbon
RCA B-Day Fest #1, Sociedade Harmonia Eborense, Évora
Núcleo de Video-Arte, Galeria Municipal do Castelo de Pirescouxe, Loures
By Invitation Only, Passevite, Lisbon | Curated José Oliveira
Now, I Wonder, Lx Lapa, Lisbon | Curated by Carolina Ribeiro
2021 Youth Biennal Jov'arte 2021, Galeria Municipal Vieira da Silva, Loures
Casa da Dona Laura Itinerante, Casa do Capitão, Lisbon | Curated by Francisca Portugal e Francisca Aires Mateus
habitat, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon | Curated by Bruno Pelletier Sequeira
2020 VI Edition Photography Prize of Sintra, MU.SA - Museu das Artes de Sintra
Family Dinner, Museu de Cerâmica de Sacavém
2019 Youth Biennal Jov'arte 2019, Galeria Municipal Vieira da Silva, Loures
Artist’s Book and Author’s Editions:
2021 edge, Maria Peixoto Martins – Author’s Edition | Text by Bruno Pelletier Sequeira | Translation by Leonor Sousa – Available at Gulbenkian’s Art Library
2020 7th January, Maria Peixoto Martins – Single Copy
2017 Feito Num 8, Maria Peixoto Martins – Single Copy
Publications and Catalogues:
2021 Article about the Youth Biennal Jov'Arte 2021 Prize in Umbigo Magazine #79,
2017 LUMINA in catalogue Over & Out 2017
2016 Untitled in catalogue Over&Out 2016
Artists Residency:
2023 Inter.meada with Ana Marin e Jorge Gaspar, Alvito, Beja
2022 Artists Residency Serra do Açor with Jem Southam, Atelier de Lisboa
Presentations:
2021 Project Presentation, Photography’s Book Fair- Lisbon's Photobook Fair, Lisbon
Portfolio Review:
2024 Bienal Fotografia do Porto x Organ Vida 2024, Ci.CLO, Porto
Collections:
Atelier de Lisboa
Biblioteca de Arte Gulbenkian
Colection Municipal Loures
Colection Municipal Ponte de Sor
Colaborations:
2026 Counting the rice by Marina Abramovic | Performance | Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Países Baixos
2025 1/2 by Tatiana Macedo, Audiovisual Essay | Shooting and Editing Assistant | Museum Zero, Tavira
2023 Antídoto by José Luís Peixoto, Livro Edição Especial | Cover and photographs
2022 Jantar de Família by Rita Leitão, Carpe Diem, Pavilhão 31, Hospital Julio de Matos, Lisbon - with Rita Leitão e Leonor Sousa | Performance
2021 Jantar de Família de Rita Leitão, Casa do Capitão, Lisboa - Com Rita Leitão e Leonor Sousa | Performance
Film Book Film by Tatiana Macedo, Audiovisual Essay | Shooting and Editing Assistant| The Garage Journal: Studies in Art, Museums and Culture, Moscow
Morreste-me by José Luís Peixoto, Special Edition Book | Cover and Photographs
Chapéus Há Muitos! by Rita Leitão, Author’s Edition | Model and Photography
2016 Anthology Literary Prize José Luís Peixoto 2015/ 2016 Tale-Poetry, Book Cover