Born 1976, Lisbon, Portugal
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Santa Ana2023 California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Grant recipient
EDUCATION
2018 Master of Fine Arts in Public Practice | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles
2006 Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, Cum Laude | Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA
1999 Film Studies | I@T (Instituto de Ensino e Investigação em Audiovisuais e Tecnologias da Comunicação) | Lisbon, Portugal
1995-97 Intermediate Photography Program | Maumaus School of Visual Arts | Lisbon, Portugal
1994-95 Painting Courses | Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes | Lisbon, PortugalSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 As Pure As Fresh Snow | Radical Patience Los Angeles | Los Angeles
2022 As Pure As Fresh Snow | She/They Gallery | Santa Ana, CA
2018 Maternal Matters | Bolsky Gallery | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles
2012 Untitled | The Neighborhood Cup | Aliso Viejo, CASELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Artist Showcase | Santa Ana Arts Collective | Santa Ana
2021
MoitaMostra | Serra Centro d’Arte | Moita, Castro Daire, Portugal
Brand 49 Works on Paper | Brand Library and Art Center | Glendale. Juror: Marvella Muro, Director of Artistic Programs and Education at Self Help Graphics in Los Angeles
ARTIS | Posto de Turismo | Seia, Portugal
Maternochronics | Virtual exhibition | maternochronics.com
2020
Portraits | Las Laguna Gallery | Laguna Beach, CA
2019
Arte Nostra Damus | Centro Cultural da Malaposta | Olival Basto, Odivelas, Portugal
2018
IX Feira de Arte Contemporanea | Espaco Fernando Relvas | Amadora, Portugal
Moita Mostra | Casa das Artes | Moita Castro Daire, Portugal
SoCal MFA | Claremont Graduate University and Millard Sheets Art Center | Pomona. Juror: Howard N. Fox, former curator of contemporary art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
See Something Say Something | Bolsky Gallery | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles
MFA Open Studios | Graduate Studios | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles
2017
Pico Block Party Open Studios | 18th Street Arts Center | Santa Monica
Cryin' Out Loud | Center for Contemporary Arts | Santa Fe. Juror: Micol Hebron
MFA Open Studios | Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles
2012
Something Superbly Small: Pint-Sized Art | City of Brea Art Gallery | Brea, CA.
Made in California | City of Brea Art Gallery | Brea, CA. Juror: Rebecca Morse, Associate Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles | Catalog
2011
Summer Juried Show | Sylvia White Gallery | Ventura, CA
Centered on the Center | Huntington Beach Art Center | Huntington Beach, CA
2010
National Juried Exhibition | Sylvia White Gallery | Ventura, CA
2006
Centered on the Center | Huntington Beach Art Center | Huntington Beach, CA
2005
Class Works | Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA
2004
Soka Art Exhibition | Soka University | Tokyo, Japan
Student Artworks | Student Gallery at Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA
2003
Class Works | Founders Hall Art Gallery at Soka University | Aliso Viejo, CA
1997
V Bienal de Fotografia | Edificio da Patriarcal | Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal | Catalog
Tinturaria Portugália | abandoned Tinturaria Portugália warehouse | Lisbon, Portugal
1995
Artistas do Vale do Ancora | City Hall | Vila Praia de Ancora, PortugalAWARDS & EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Individual Artist Fellowship Grant | California Arts Council | 2023
Essay published in An Artist and a Mother book | Demeter Press | Ontario, Canada | 2023
Emphasis Award Prémio Destaque | ARTIS 2021 | Seia, Portugal
Chang, Richard. “OC Goes for Group Shows” | The Orange County Register | 5 Feb. 2006, Sec. Arts and Entertainment: 1, 6 | Reproduction.
CDQ Millennium Award in Art | Soka University | 2005
“Works From the Student Exhibition” | Soka University The Pearl | April 2004, p. 16 | Reproduction.