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Lives and works in Lisbon.
In her personal work, she focuses mostly on social issues, where the human body have a prodominant place. Questions of surveillance, representation, and self-representation are central to her projects. She examines the limits of digital imagery, such as pixelation and chromatic aberrations.
Education:
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:
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:
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:
2025 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 | Curadoria 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
2018 Over & Out 2018, Galeria do Museu São Roque, Lisbon
Finalist’s Projects, Galeria do Museu São Roque, Lisbon
2017 Over&Out 2017, Hospital Militar da Estrela, da Santa Casa da Misericórdia, Lisbon
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
Collections:
Colection Municipal Loures
Colection Municipal Ponte de Sor
Colaborations:
2021 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
Performance:
2021 Family Dinner, Casa do Capitão, Lisbon - wtih Rita Leitão and Leonor Sousa
Presentations:
2021 Project Presentation, Photography’s Book Fair- Lisbon's Photobook Fair, Lisbon