Mariana Duarte Santos was born in 1995 in Lisbon, Portugal. She studied at an arts specialised high school and later went on to study drawing and printmaking at university.

She’s had group and solo shows in Portugal, Spain, U.S.A., U.K. and in Ireland.

In 2019 she painted her first large scale outdoor mural and to dare has ovr 50 murals throughout Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg and Ireland.

Her work is figurative in nature, centered mainly around painting, drawing and printmating but also influenced by other artistic areas such as cinema and literature.

When it comes to public art, the themes she works on are mostly focused on concepts of memory, collective identity and local stories, thus archive pictures are key in her mural work.

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EDUCATION:

2019 Individual Project on Printmaking – Ar.Co, Lisbon
2018 Advanced Course in Visual Arts – Ar.co, Lisbon
2016 Drawing and Painting Degree – Ar.co, Lisbon
2013 Arts Specialised High School Degree – Escola Sacundária Artística António Arroio, Lisbon

EXHIBITIONS:

2023 “Timeline”, Group Show at Espaço Exibicionista Gallery – Lisbon, Portugal
2023 “Mar Motto”, Group Show – Faro, Portugal
2023 “Does Art Enrich Life”, Group Show at The Narrow Space Gallery – Clonmel, Ireland
2023 “5th International Art Bieneal of Gaia”, Group Show – Gaia, Portugal
2023 “Biale Estremoz”, Group Show – Estremoz, Portugal
2022 “Fleeting Memories”, Solo Exhibition at Quattro Gallery – Leiria, Portugal
2022 “The Everyman”, Solo Exhibition at Galeria Espaço Exibicionista – Lisboa, Portugal
2022 “Double Exposure”, Solo Exhibition Underdogs Gallery – Lisboa, Portugal
2021 “Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future”, Solo Exhibition at Galeria Artur Bual – Amadora, Portugal
2021 “Collected Memories”, Solo Exhibition at Galeria Útero – Lisboa, Portugal
2021 “6th International Biennial of Art from Espinho – Museu Municipal de Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
2021 “Behind The Shadows”, Solo Exhibition at Galeria Paços do Concelho – Torres Vedras, Portugal
2020 “Amália, um olhar Contemporâneo”, Group Exhibition at Galeria António Prates – Lisboa, Portugal
2020 Exhibition of the 12º Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Award – Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal
2020 “Cromática VI” Bienal de Pintura Joven – Museo Municipal de Ourense, Espanha
2020 Group Exhibition “MOSTRA2020” at Antigo Instituto da Água – Lisboa, Portugal
2020 “Bolseiros & Finalistas ’19, Group Exhibition at Museu de Lisboa – Lisboa, Portugal
2020 Group Exhibition “Prémio de Pintura e Escultura D. Fernando II” at MUSA Museu de Artes de Sintra – Sintra, Portugal
2019 Group Exhibition “Plastika19” at Museo do Mar de Galicia – Vigo, Spain
2019 “Jov’arte – Bienal Jovem 2019” Group Exhibition at Galeria Municipal Vieria da Silva – Loures, Portugal
2019 Group Exhibition “À Descoberta do Mestre” at Centro Cultural Gil Vicente – Sardoal, Portugal
2019 “Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Santa Catarina”, Group Exhibition – Leiria Portugal
2019 Solo Exhibition “Up Close and Far Away” at Custom House Studios and Gallery – Westport, Mayo, Ireland
2019 9th International Ceramic City Biennial of Talavera – Ciudad de Talavera, Spain
2019 5th International Biennial of Art from Espinho – Espinho, Portugal
2019 “Bolseiros & Finalistas ’18 Parte II”, Group Exhibition at Ar.Co – Lisboa, Portugal
2018 Solo Exhibition “In The Jockey’s Room” and “Far Away and Close Up” in Casa da Cultura dos Olivais – Lisboa, Portugal
2018 Group Exhibition “Chronicles of a Future Foretold” at 33 Contemporary – Chicado, U.S.A
2018 XX Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira – Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
2018 Cromática V Bienal de Pintura Joven – Museo Municipal de Ourense, Spain
2018 “Base Lx” Group Exhibition at Forte Santo António da Barra, Estoril, Portugal
2017 “Summer Exhibition” at Ar.Co – Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Group Exhibition “Destination C.Q. Window” – Belfast, U.K.
2017 “XV Artis” Festival de artes de Seia – Seia, Portugal
2016 “Fall Exhibition” at Ar.Co – Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Group Exhibition “Galway 1916 Exhibition” at Connacht Tribune Print Works. – Galway, Ireland
2015 Solo Exhibition at Atelier Bombarda – Lisbon, Portugal
2015 Group Exhibition “Poetry in Visual” at Museu da Cidade de Aveiro – Aveiro, Portugal
2014 Group Exhibition “Aresta com Aresta, Ceramics Retrospective” at António Arroio – Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Group Exhibition “IlustraLisboa” at Palácio das Galveias – Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Group Exhibition “Copos de Terra” at The National Museum of Contemporary Art – Lisbon, Portugal
2013 Group Exhibition “Interpretação contemporânea de azulejos do século XVII” National Tile Museum – Lisbon, Portugal

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS:

2023 2 murals for Wicklow Maritime Mural Project in Wicklow Town, Ireland
2023 2 murals for LAC in Lagos, Portugal
2023 Mural about gender equality for the project Zambujal 360, Lisboa, Portugal
2023 Mural for Murarcos Festival, Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal
2023 Artistic Residence LEPAC “Art and Memory”, Bairro da Tabaqueira, Portugal
2023 Mural Commemorating the centenary of “Leões da Serra” for Wool Festival in Covilhã, Portugal
2023 Mural in Vine and Wine Institute – Torres Vedras, Portugal
2023 Mural in Carvoeira e Carmões, Portugal
2023 Mural for Festival VIA – Valongo, Portugal
2023 Mural in Alfeiria, Portugal
2023 Mural in Limerick (for the festival Drawout Limerick), Irlanda
2023 Mural in Corujeira, Portugal
2023 Mural in the old Bairro da Curraleira, Lisboa, Portugal
2023 2 Murais in tuneels, part of the project Ennis Artways, Ennis, Irlanda
2023 Mural in Filha Boa, Portugal
2023 Mural in Curvel, Portugal
2022 Mural in Sertã. Portugal
2022 Mural in Ourém, Portugal
2022 Mural in Oviedo (for the festival “Parees”), Oviedo, Spain
2022 Mural in Wexford (for the festival “Wall of Wexford”), Ireland
2022 Mural in Santiago do Escoural (for the festival “Estendal”), Montemor o Novo, Portugal
2022 Mural in Amadora (for the festival “Conversas na Rua”), Portugal
2022 Mural in Estarreja (for the festival Estau), Estarreja, Portugal
2022 Mural in Água Hotels Riverside, Portimão, Portugal
2022 Mural about Festas do Povo in Campo Maior, Portugal
2022 Mural in Dundalk (for the festival Seek Dundalk), Dundalk, Ireland
2022 Mural in Santiago de Compostela (For Dellas Fest), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2022 Mural in Esch Sur Alzette, Luxembourg
2022 Mural at Pavilhão Negro do Museu de Lisboa for an exhibition with the theme “The roaring 20s”, Lisboa, Portugal
2022 Mural in Valongo (for the festival “VIA”), Valongo, Portugal
2022 Mural honouring Mário Zambujal in São Domingos de Benfica, Lisboa, Portugal
2021 Mural in street steps for the Bienal de Coruche, Coruche, Portugal
2021 3 Murals in Bairro 2 de Maio – Ajuda (for Gebalis and Junta de Freguesia da Ajuda in partnership with Museu de Lisboa and with the coordination of G.A.U.), Lisboa, Portugal
2021 Mural in Alcaria (as part of the EDP Arte Pública festival), Fundão, Portugal
2021 Mural in Figueiró dos Vinhos (for Fazunchar festival), Figueiró dos Vinhos, Portugal
2021 Mural in homage of Alfredo Marceneiro in Campo de Ourique, Lisboa, Portugal
2021 Mural in Ulme (for Pin’Arte festival), Santarem, Portugal
2021 Mural in Pêro Viseu (as part of theEDP Arte Pública festival), Fundão, Portugal
2021 Mural in Dún Laoghaire (for the Dún Laoghaire Anseo Street Art Festival), Dublin, Ireland
2021 Mural in Carreiras, Torres Vedras, Portugal

2021 Mural for Plant & Hemp – Praia do Ribatejo, Portugal
2021 Mural in Caria “Santa Bebiana the pagan saint of drunk women” – Caria, Portugal
2021 Mural in Intendente in collaboration with G.A.U. and Câmara Municipal de Lisboa – Lisboa, Portugal
2020 Mural for the Street Art Festival “Conversas na Rua” – Amadora, Portugal
2020 Private mural commission for “Ajasom” – Lisboa, Portugal
2020 Participation in “Home Mural Fest” an initiative by “Void Projects” – online
2019 Mural in Capinha for the fesrival Arte Pública, a project by Fundação EDP – Capinha, Fundão, Portugal

In The Jockey’s Room Series

Small Paintings Project

Other Paintings

Far Away And Close Up Series

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