Born in 1976, in Oeiras, Portugal, Ana Gonçalves studied Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon and has a postgraduate degree in Curatorial Studies.
Since 2007, she has been learning Art with artist collaborative Rosenclaire, in Florence, Italy, through their workshops and residency programs. She has also been engaged in Drawing and Creativity practices, as well as in Teaching Art, with Bodil Eide and Paulo Borges.
Her art practice comprehends drawing, painting and mixed media. In 2012, she started working mainly from reference images, in order to focus on qualities of space and atmosphere. More recently, she’s taken a direction towards the exploration of processes of perception and illusion within the painted image.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 – Ha, Tha e Outras Paisagens / Ha, Tha and Other Landscapes, Galeria dos Paços do Concelho de Lagoa, São Miguel, Açores
2003 – Um Bosque / A Wood, Galeria Palmira Suso, Lisboa
2003 – O Sal da Minha Boca / The Salt From My Mouth, Galeria Palmira Suso, Lisboa
1996 – Desenhos Com Água / Drawings With Water, Biblioteca Operária Oeirense, Oeiras
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 – Dressing Up Nature, Museu Nacional do Traje, Lisboa
1999 – A Second to Be, Pavilhão da Estufa Fria, Lisboa