Born in Lisbon in 1964, Maria is a passionate person.
Her professional career started with ballet dance but an unfortunate accident took the dream away. She then turned to singing and after some years of training, she became one of the few jazz female singers in the Portuguese musical scene of her time.
Writing poetry since adolescence she entered some collective books and was finally published with “Voar” words and drawings, in 2005.
Since then, painting stroked her with such passion, that she decided to embrace it fully and so, for the last 10 years it has been her mission, to learn and experiment, developing her attributes and skills.
Starting with the classics, drawings and portraits, landscapes and details, acrylic was at first the chosen vehicle in a very unique technique: thinly layered coats in a hyperrealist mode. Slowly, tired of such fine details her work became more and more strong and abstract. Oil was introduced and then many different pigments found her acquaintance. Since 2014, earth, land, sand and every other grain made part of her palette for “Terra Mesmo”.
She works predominantly in the medium of painting, adding also words and music for every annual exhibition.
Maria’s major call is nature; land, trees, bees, birds. In 2015 she included some sculptures in resine, wood and stone, a new path for the future. In 2016, with “Wind Metaphors” she continued to work in mixed midia.
2017 brought her back to her previous technique, very thin layers in oil and liquin, so that her clouds would express the fragility of our atmosphere.
EXHIBITIONS
2016
“Wind Metaphors”
(Oil and oil with mixed techniques on canvas)
Solo Exhibition at Steinwall, Lisbon.
2015
“Terra Mesmo” | “Earthly Land”
(Oil and oil with mixed techniques on canvas, wood and paper)
Solo Exhibition at Renascimento, Lisbon.
2013
18 canvas on demand for the Tofo Mar Hotel - Mozambique
"Dance.me" – solo Exhibition at Vértice Gallery, Estoril.
2012
"Dance.me" – Preview (acrylic on canvas)
with "The Lisbon Ballerina Project" by Luís Rocha dos Reis, Lisbon.
2011
"I've got a bird on my mind" (acrylic on canvas)
Group exhibition at the Palace Hotel, Estoril.
2010
"Wake-up trees, wake-up lovelies ..." (acrylic on canvas)
Group exhibition in Chiado, Lisbon.
2008/2009
"Elementos"| “Elements” and many Portraits on demand (acrylic on canvas)
Gallery Arte Contempo - X Initiative – Group exhibition, Lisbon
2007
"O tempo do Silêncio" | Time for Silence (acrylic on canvas)
Collective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture at the Hotel Inglaterra in Estoril
Gallery Arte Contempo - X Initiative – Group exhibition, Lisbon
2006
"Olhares" | “Looks” (acrylic on canvas)
Group Exhibition of Painting and Photography, the Gallery Alberto Sarmento, Lisbon
2005
“do lado raso” | "the shallow end"
Works on acetate, K-line and paper
Group Exhibition of Painting and Photography, at the Gallery Alberto Sarmento, Lisbon
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2005 | Voar, poesia e desenho, Editorial Magnólia
2002 | Luz e Sombra, Arnaldo Giraldo
2001 | Tempera(Mental) poesia a 16, Editorial Minerva
Her professional career started with ballet dance but an unfortunate accident took the dream away. She then turned to singing and after some years of training, she became one of the few jazz female singers in the Portuguese musical scene of her time.
Writing poetry since adolescence she entered some collective books and was finally published with “Voar” words and drawings, in 2005.
Since then, painting stroked her with such passion, that she decided to embrace it fully and so, for the last 10 years it has been her mission, to learn and experiment, developing her attributes and skills.
Starting with the classics, drawings and portraits, landscapes and details, acrylic was at first the chosen vehicle in a very unique technique: thinly layered coats in a hyperrealist mode. Slowly, tired of such fine details her work became more and more strong and abstract. Oil was introduced and then many different pigments found her acquaintance. Since 2014, earth, land, sand and every other grain made part of her palette for “Terra Mesmo”.
She works predominantly in the medium of painting, adding also words and music for every annual exhibition.
Maria’s major call is nature; land, trees, bees, birds. In 2015 she included some sculptures in resine, wood and stone, a new path for the future. In 2016, with “Wind Metaphors” she continued to work in mixed midia.
2017 brought her back to her previous technique, very thin layers in oil and liquin, so that her clouds would express the fragility of our atmosphere.
EXHIBITIONS
2016
“Wind Metaphors”
(Oil and oil with mixed techniques on canvas)
Solo Exhibition at Steinwall, Lisbon.
2015
“Terra Mesmo” | “Earthly Land”
(Oil and oil with mixed techniques on canvas, wood and paper)
Solo Exhibition at Renascimento, Lisbon.
2013
18 canvas on demand for the Tofo Mar Hotel - Mozambique
"Dance.me" – solo Exhibition at Vértice Gallery, Estoril.
2012
"Dance.me" – Preview (acrylic on canvas)
with "The Lisbon Ballerina Project" by Luís Rocha dos Reis, Lisbon.
2011
"I've got a bird on my mind" (acrylic on canvas)
Group exhibition at the Palace Hotel, Estoril.
2010
"Wake-up trees, wake-up lovelies ..." (acrylic on canvas)
Group exhibition in Chiado, Lisbon.
2008/2009
"Elementos"| “Elements” and many Portraits on demand (acrylic on canvas)
Gallery Arte Contempo - X Initiative – Group exhibition, Lisbon
2007
"O tempo do Silêncio" | Time for Silence (acrylic on canvas)
Collective Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture at the Hotel Inglaterra in Estoril
Gallery Arte Contempo - X Initiative – Group exhibition, Lisbon
2006
"Olhares" | “Looks” (acrylic on canvas)
Group Exhibition of Painting and Photography, the Gallery Alberto Sarmento, Lisbon
2005
“do lado raso” | "the shallow end"
Works on acetate, K-line and paper
Group Exhibition of Painting and Photography, at the Gallery Alberto Sarmento, Lisbon
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2005 | Voar, poesia e desenho, Editorial Magnólia
2002 | Luz e Sombra, Arnaldo Giraldo
2001 | Tempera(Mental) poesia a 16, Editorial Minerva