Beatriz Manteigas, Lisboa, 1990.
In 2022 she completes her PhD in Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, while on a scholarship from FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology. At the same faculty she obtained a Master's degree in Artistic Anatomy (2014) and a degree in Painting (2012) - a cycle of studies that she completed with exchanges at the University of Porto, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and Royal Academy of St. Petersburg (Russia). During brief periods she also lived and worked in London (2019) and Dusseldorf (2012). In 2016 she co-founded the Quinta das Relvas Association, based in an ecological farm in which she lives and works, and of which she is currently president of the board and coordinator of the Arts Department. In the same year she became a collaborating researcher at CIEBA - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.
In 2022 she completes her PhD in Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, while on a scholarship from FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology. At the same faculty she obtained a Master's degree in Artistic Anatomy (2014) and a degree in Painting (2012) - a cycle of studies that she completed with exchanges at the University of Porto, Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and Royal Academy of St. Petersburg (Russia). During brief periods she also lived and worked in London (2019) and Dusseldorf (2012). In 2016 she co-founded the Quinta das Relvas Association, based in an ecological farm in which she lives and works, and of which she is currently president of the board and coordinator of the Arts Department. In the same year she became a collaborating researcher at CIEBA - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.
Current professional situation
Visual artist
NGO Director and Arts’ department coordinator
Quinta das Relvas Association, Branca, Portugal (2016 - ?)
More info at: http://quintadasrelvas.pt/
Collaborative researcher
CIEBA – Fine-Arts Research and Studies Centre of the University of Lisbon (2016 - ?)
More info at: http://cieba.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/
Education
PhD on Drawing
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2016-2022
Research funded by the Portuguese Science and Tecnology Foundation (FCT).
Thesis: Lifeline: drawing metaphors of the real.
Available here .
MA on Artistic Anatomy
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2012-2014
Thesis: Anthropometric variants of the face on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
Available here .
BA on Painting
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2008-2012
Other studies
Certified training on Permaculture Design
Aveiro, Portugal, 2023
Trainers: Lucy Legan e André Soares (IPEC, Brazil)
Training under the program Erasmus +
Muş, Turkey, 2017
Theme: Youth workers and sustainability
Exchange under the program Almeida Garrett
Fine-Arts Faculty of University of Oporto, Portugal, 2011-2012
Exchange under the program Erasmus
Politecnic University of Valencia, Spain, 2010-2011
Exchange under a protocol between universities
Royal Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
Training on Jazz
Interartes – Estoril, Portugal, 2012-2016
Subjects: singing, drums and theory
Main trainers: Jorge Lee; Vânia Fernandes
Training on Classic Ballet
Academia de Dança Michelle Destreez – Alcabideche, Portugal, 1998-2012
Certified by the Association Française de Maîtres de Danse Classique
Artistic residencies
Viarco
São João da Madeira, Portugal, January 2019
RésVés
Sertã, Portugal, 2014
Solo exhibitions (selection)
Spectacle Society
Cabe 184 - Porto, Portugal, 2020
Curatorship by Arte em Acção
Exhibition text by Simão Bolívar
Catalogue available here .
Liquid Societies
Serpente: Contemporary Art Gallery - Porto, Portugal, 2018
Curatorship by Isabel and Rodrigo Cabral
Catalogue available here .
After the storm
Vila Real de Santo António town council arquive, V.R.S.A. - Portugal, 2016
Madonas
D. Luís I Foundation/ Cascais Cultural Centre – Cascais, Portugal, 2015
Exhibition text by Artur Ramos
Collective exhibitions (selection)
2023:
Revolução: 50 anos, 50 artistas - Gaia International Bienal, Gaia, Portugal
2021:
As pedras também constrõem coisas - Faculty of Fine-Arts of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Gaia International Bienal – Gaia, Portugal
2020:
GRÃO – Residência Artística e de Investigação - Old Port Authority Museum, Aveiro, Portugal
XI D. Fernando’s Painting and Sculpture Prize, M.U.S.A. – Sintra, Portugal
2020:
Jov’Arte bienal – Loures, Portugal
2019:
Dos Modos nascem coisas – Cineteatro Alba, Portugal
Lusophone cultures – Odivelas, Portugal
Gaia bienal: invited artists – Gaia, Portugal
2018:
Sem norte nem sul - Palácio da Galeria, Tavira, Portugal
Nevertheless, she persisted - Art Village Gallery, USA
2017:
Em linha - Bessa Pereira Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2016:
Belém Art Fest – Jeronimo’s monestry, Lisbon, Portugal
2015:
É preciso fazer um desenho? Setúbal Illustration Capital – Setúbal, Portugal
2014:
ROTH - Kensington and Olympia, London, UK
VIVE-ARTE - Extremadura, Spain
2012:
Painting finalists: FBAUL 2011'12 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon
XVIII Spring saloon - Casino Estoril, Portugal
Collections
Fundação D. Luís I, Cascais
Galeria Malangatana, Lisbon
CM Loures, Loures
Isabel e Rodrigo Cabral, Porto
S&A, Porto
Prizes (selection)
Honor Prize in Aveiro Jovem Criador'13 Contest, November 2013
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2008
3rd Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2007
1st Prize in the etary level in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2007
2nd Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2006
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2005
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2005
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2004
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2003
Projects' coordination (selection)
SEEDS – Means for a sustainable art practice
Coordination and executive committees
Project funded by the Creative Europe Programme
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023-2024
More info at: https://projectseeds.eu/
Foundations – Permaculture principles for a sustainable living
Executive committee
KA2 project funded by the Erasmus + Programme
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023
Multiple Expression Colloquium: Theory and Practice on Drawing
Coordination and executive committees
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2019-?
GRÃO – research and artistic residence
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2019 - ?
More info at: https://www.instagram.com/grao_residencia.artistica/
POW – Art to the People artistic residencies
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023 - ?
5 Minutes of Drawing
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2020-2022
More info at: https://5md.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/
YETI - Youth Education Through Illustration
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2017-2021
Collaboration in other projects (selection)
Young curators’ artistic residency
Jury and Executive Committee
Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon, 2023
UW.A.R. – Ukrainian Women Artists Residence
Executive Committee
[A]Space, Lisbon, 2023
Lisbon Drawing Club artistic residence
Executive Committee and masterclass mentor
Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, 2023
Aveiro Jovem Criador 2019
Exhibition curator
Aveiro Museum, Portugal, 2019
Visual artist
NGO Director and Arts’ department coordinator
Quinta das Relvas Association, Branca, Portugal (2016 - ?)
More info at: http://quintadasrelvas.pt/
Collaborative researcher
CIEBA – Fine-Arts Research and Studies Centre of the University of Lisbon (2016 - ?)
More info at: http://cieba.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/
Education
PhD on Drawing
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2016-2022
Research funded by the Portuguese Science and Tecnology Foundation (FCT).
Thesis: Lifeline: drawing metaphors of the real.
Available here .
MA on Artistic Anatomy
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2012-2014
Thesis: Anthropometric variants of the face on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula.
Available here .
BA on Painting
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2008-2012
Other studies
Certified training on Permaculture Design
Aveiro, Portugal, 2023
Trainers: Lucy Legan e André Soares (IPEC, Brazil)
Training under the program Erasmus +
Muş, Turkey, 2017
Theme: Youth workers and sustainability
Exchange under the program Almeida Garrett
Fine-Arts Faculty of University of Oporto, Portugal, 2011-2012
Exchange under the program Erasmus
Politecnic University of Valencia, Spain, 2010-2011
Exchange under a protocol between universities
Royal Academy of St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
Training on Jazz
Interartes – Estoril, Portugal, 2012-2016
Subjects: singing, drums and theory
Main trainers: Jorge Lee; Vânia Fernandes
Training on Classic Ballet
Academia de Dança Michelle Destreez – Alcabideche, Portugal, 1998-2012
Certified by the Association Française de Maîtres de Danse Classique
Artistic residencies
Viarco
São João da Madeira, Portugal, January 2019
RésVés
Sertã, Portugal, 2014
Solo exhibitions (selection)
Spectacle Society
Cabe 184 - Porto, Portugal, 2020
Curatorship by Arte em Acção
Exhibition text by Simão Bolívar
Catalogue available here .
Liquid Societies
Serpente: Contemporary Art Gallery - Porto, Portugal, 2018
Curatorship by Isabel and Rodrigo Cabral
Catalogue available here .
After the storm
Vila Real de Santo António town council arquive, V.R.S.A. - Portugal, 2016
Madonas
D. Luís I Foundation/ Cascais Cultural Centre – Cascais, Portugal, 2015
Exhibition text by Artur Ramos
Collective exhibitions (selection)
2023:
Revolução: 50 anos, 50 artistas - Gaia International Bienal, Gaia, Portugal
2021:
As pedras também constrõem coisas - Faculty of Fine-Arts of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
Gaia International Bienal – Gaia, Portugal
2020:
GRÃO – Residência Artística e de Investigação - Old Port Authority Museum, Aveiro, Portugal
XI D. Fernando’s Painting and Sculpture Prize, M.U.S.A. – Sintra, Portugal
2020:
Jov’Arte bienal – Loures, Portugal
2019:
Dos Modos nascem coisas – Cineteatro Alba, Portugal
Lusophone cultures – Odivelas, Portugal
Gaia bienal: invited artists – Gaia, Portugal
2018:
Sem norte nem sul - Palácio da Galeria, Tavira, Portugal
Nevertheless, she persisted - Art Village Gallery, USA
2017:
Em linha - Bessa Pereira Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2016:
Belém Art Fest – Jeronimo’s monestry, Lisbon, Portugal
2015:
É preciso fazer um desenho? Setúbal Illustration Capital – Setúbal, Portugal
2014:
ROTH - Kensington and Olympia, London, UK
VIVE-ARTE - Extremadura, Spain
2012:
Painting finalists: FBAUL 2011'12 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon
XVIII Spring saloon - Casino Estoril, Portugal
Collections
Fundação D. Luís I, Cascais
Galeria Malangatana, Lisbon
CM Loures, Loures
Isabel e Rodrigo Cabral, Porto
S&A, Porto
Prizes (selection)
Honor Prize in Aveiro Jovem Criador'13 Contest, November 2013
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2008
3rd Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2007
1st Prize in the etary level in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2007
2nd Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2006
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2005
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by Staeples Office Center in 2005
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2004
1st Prize in the National Contest of Painting and Drawing by the Portuguese Staedtler in 2003
Projects' coordination (selection)
SEEDS – Means for a sustainable art practice
Coordination and executive committees
Project funded by the Creative Europe Programme
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023-2024
More info at: https://projectseeds.eu/
Foundations – Permaculture principles for a sustainable living
Executive committee
KA2 project funded by the Erasmus + Programme
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023
Multiple Expression Colloquium: Theory and Practice on Drawing
Coordination and executive committees
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2019-?
GRÃO – research and artistic residence
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2019 - ?
More info at: https://www.instagram.com/grao_residencia.artistica/
POW – Art to the People artistic residencies
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2023 - ?
5 Minutes of Drawing
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Fine-Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2020-2022
More info at: https://5md.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/
YETI - Youth Education Through Illustration
Coordination, executive and curatorial committees
Quinta das Relvas Association, 2017-2021
Collaboration in other projects (selection)
Young curators’ artistic residency
Jury and Executive Committee
Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon, 2023
UW.A.R. – Ukrainian Women Artists Residence
Executive Committee
[A]Space, Lisbon, 2023
Lisbon Drawing Club artistic residence
Executive Committee and masterclass mentor
Albergaria-a-Velha, Portugal, 2023
Aveiro Jovem Criador 2019
Exhibition curator
Aveiro Museum, Portugal, 2019
