Ana Sofia Gonçalves was born in Lisbon, in 1979. She is a Plastic Artist, Set designer, Illustrator and Teacher. She graduated in Fine Arts-Painting at the Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa in 2003 and in 2012 completed a Master’s degree in Teaching Visual Arts at the Universidade de Lisboa. She has been teaching Visual Arts since 2004.
Francisca S. Coutinho, Lisbon, 1993. Since she was a young girl, she has been using her hands, brushes and paints as a means of expressing herself, having exhibited at a very young age at the Oficina de Cores e Pintores. From her artistic creation emerge her intuitive forms, often unconscious. Immersion and artistic introspection are an intrinsic part of her daily life.
Luís Bruno combines the pleasure of travelling with photography. Travel is one of his sources of inspiration. Having focused his professional life on his area of education (Business Administration and Economics), Photography has becoming more and more important, as now he dedicates a large part of his time to this art.
Miriam Faria was born in Évora in 1973, but moved to Lisbon to study Visual Arts/Painting at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, completing her degree in 1996. There she began to develop an interest in engraving and under the Erasmus program she attended a Printmaking and Photo Media course at Norwich School of Art and Design, in the UK.
Natércia Correia, born in Lisbon but raised in Paço de Arcos, where she lives. She started a taste for photography at a young age, influenced by her father. Over the years photography has become a pure pleasure. In 2018, together with her father, she participates in the exhibition "Tal Pai, Tal Dilha", still in 2018 she participates in the "Collective Exhibition" and in the "Exhibition Salão da Vila", organized by Associação Paço de Artes. In 2019, she participates in the “Spring Hall” also organized by the Associação Paço de Artes and holds a solo exhibition at the Hotel Real Oeiras, Paço de Arcos. Photography has nothing to do with her professional career, she works at a Scientific Research Institute in the area of Microsystems and Nanotechnologies.
Rafaela Nunes, born in Lisbon (1991), lives between Lisbon and Palmela — between the city and the countryside. She completed an undergraduate and a Master’s degree in Painting at the Pintura pela Faculdade de Belas-Artes de Lisboa, where she explored the possibility of creating extraterritorial spaces and painting.
Sílvia Patrício was born in Vincennes, France, in 1974. Fine artist, graduated from the Art and Design College in Caldas da Rainha in 2000, she soon started paving her way. In 1997 she organized her first individual exhibition. In 2018 she participated in the first edition of “International biennial of Macau”.