1977, Lisbon, Portugal
Lives an works in Lisbon
Professional Experience
2021 – currently - Co-Head of Illustration/Comics Department at Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon) ; Senior Examiner – IB Visual Arts;
2017- currently - Head of Printmaking at Ar.Co; Assistant to the Development and Communications Office at Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon)
2017 – 2019 – Freelance set designer for the United Nations International School, New York
2015-2017 - Visual Arts Teacher at the United Nations International School; Senior Examiner and standardization team member for the IB – Visual Arts, Comparative study.
2015 - IB examiner, first examinations May 2015.
2014-2015 - Head of Creative Arts Department, St. Julian’s School; Acting Head of Art Department and Faculty of the Arts, St. Julian’s School, Portugal.
2011-2012 - Acting Head of Art Department and Faculty of the Arts, St. Julians School; Head Teacher of the printmaking studio, (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual) Lisbon.
2007-2009 - Visual Arts teacher at St. Julians School – KS3, GCSE, IB. Year 8 tutoring; Creative Arts teacher – set design, video Art, animation, St. Julians School.
2005-2007 - Visual Arts teacher at St. Julians International School, Lisbon; Art Department technician, St. Julians School, Lisbon; Set, costume and prop designer, St. Julians School.
2005 - Workshop of Lithography, Professor Bartolomeu dos Santos’s Studio, Tavira.
2003 –2005 - Head Teacher of the printmaking studio, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual)
2001-2002 - Development of a database for the Portuguese Art Collection of the Luso-American Foundation for Development
2000-2003 - Technical assistance and personal work development with Professor Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, Tavira.
1999-2002 - Printmaking and Drawing Assistant, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual)
Education
2013-2014 - IPGCE in Secondary Education at the University of Buckingham, England
2002-2003 - MA Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art, The University of the Arts, London.
1999-2001 - Advanced course in Fine Arts, Ar.Co. (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual), Lisbon.
2000 - Printmaking Workshop, Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Gestão e Arte e Design (ESTGAD), with Prof. Bartolmeu Cid dos Santos, Caldas da Raínha.
1994-1999 - Complete studies in Drawing, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual),Lisbon.
1999 - Certificate of Proficiency in English – (University of Cambridge, International Examinations)
1995 - Finished High School, Escola Secundaria do Restelo, Lisbon.
Scholarships
2002-2003 - Scholarship for the MA program, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Shows
2021 - SPAM - Constança Arouca e Madalena Parreira, Ruam da Bempostinha, Lisboa.
2018 – AZUL? Exposição por ocasião do Mês do Azulejo 2018: Do presente para o futuro 2006 – Ar.Co “Bazar” – Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.
2004 – CELPA/Vieira da Silva Award, Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation, Lisbon. 2004 –“Hot of the Press IV”, Curwen Gallery, London
“Prints”, Ar.Co, Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisboa
2003 – “Arrivals”, Pump House Gallery, London.
“Promoting Works on Paper”, R.K. Burt Gallery, London
“Master Degree and Postgraduate Diploma Show”, Camberwell College of Arts, London
2002 – Finalists Exhibition, Ar.Co, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
2001 – Printmaking Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
“Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
2000 - Drawing Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
1999 – Printmaking Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada 1998 – Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
Awards
2003 – Marlborough Fine Art Award, Marlborough Gallery, London
2000 –Prémio de Desenho Américo Marinho, Câmara Municipal do Barreiro
Lives an works in Lisbon
Professional Experience
2021 – currently - Co-Head of Illustration/Comics Department at Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon) ; Senior Examiner – IB Visual Arts;
2017- currently - Head of Printmaking at Ar.Co; Assistant to the Development and Communications Office at Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon)
2017 – 2019 – Freelance set designer for the United Nations International School, New York
2015-2017 - Visual Arts Teacher at the United Nations International School; Senior Examiner and standardization team member for the IB – Visual Arts, Comparative study.
2015 - IB examiner, first examinations May 2015.
2014-2015 - Head of Creative Arts Department, St. Julian’s School; Acting Head of Art Department and Faculty of the Arts, St. Julian’s School, Portugal.
2011-2012 - Acting Head of Art Department and Faculty of the Arts, St. Julians School; Head Teacher of the printmaking studio, (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual) Lisbon.
2007-2009 - Visual Arts teacher at St. Julians School – KS3, GCSE, IB. Year 8 tutoring; Creative Arts teacher – set design, video Art, animation, St. Julians School.
2005-2007 - Visual Arts teacher at St. Julians International School, Lisbon; Art Department technician, St. Julians School, Lisbon; Set, costume and prop designer, St. Julians School.
2005 - Workshop of Lithography, Professor Bartolomeu dos Santos’s Studio, Tavira.
2003 –2005 - Head Teacher of the printmaking studio, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual)
2001-2002 - Development of a database for the Portuguese Art Collection of the Luso-American Foundation for Development
2000-2003 - Technical assistance and personal work development with Professor Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, Tavira.
1999-2002 - Printmaking and Drawing Assistant, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual)
Education
2013-2014 - IPGCE in Secondary Education at the University of Buckingham, England
2002-2003 - MA Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art, The University of the Arts, London.
1999-2001 - Advanced course in Fine Arts, Ar.Co. (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual), Lisbon.
2000 - Printmaking Workshop, Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Gestão e Arte e Design (ESTGAD), with Prof. Bartolmeu Cid dos Santos, Caldas da Raínha.
1994-1999 - Complete studies in Drawing, Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual),Lisbon.
1999 - Certificate of Proficiency in English – (University of Cambridge, International Examinations)
1995 - Finished High School, Escola Secundaria do Restelo, Lisbon.
Scholarships
2002-2003 - Scholarship for the MA program, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Shows
2021 - SPAM - Constança Arouca e Madalena Parreira, Ruam da Bempostinha, Lisboa.
2018 – AZUL? Exposição por ocasião do Mês do Azulejo 2018: Do presente para o futuro 2006 – Ar.Co “Bazar” – Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.
2004 – CELPA/Vieira da Silva Award, Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva Foundation, Lisbon. 2004 –“Hot of the Press IV”, Curwen Gallery, London
“Prints”, Ar.Co, Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisboa
2003 – “Arrivals”, Pump House Gallery, London.
“Promoting Works on Paper”, R.K. Burt Gallery, London
“Master Degree and Postgraduate Diploma Show”, Camberwell College of Arts, London
2002 – Finalists Exhibition, Ar.Co, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
2001 – Printmaking Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
“Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
2000 - Drawing Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
1999 – Printmaking Exhibition “Espaço Caminus”, Lisboa
Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada 1998 – Summer Exhibition “ Ar.Co”, Almada
Awards
2003 – Marlborough Fine Art Award, Marlborough Gallery, London
2000 –Prémio de Desenho Américo Marinho, Câmara Municipal do Barreiro