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Maria Isabel

Queimado Murteira

Évora (Portugal) 1997

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Completed her bachelor degree in Painting, at the University of Fine Arts of Lisbon (FBAUL) in 2019.

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Completed the Erasmus Program (Jan.-Jul. 2019) by joining the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium, at the Engraving Department (class guided by Professor Peter Bosteels).

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Did an internship at the Educational Service Department of Museu do Oriente, Lisbon (Nov. 2019 - Aug. 2020).

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Currently doing a Master degree in Painting (class guided by Professor Antje Majewski) at Muthesius-Kunsthochschule, Kiel, Germany. (Oct. 2021 -)

 

Participated in several exhibitions, namely:

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  • “Encontros Internacionais de Arte Jovem” with the attribution of Golden Medal, Évora (2004-2007);

  • "Reflecto" group exhibition at Clube Mercearia, Lumiar, Lisbon (2018);

  • "Exaltado Despertar" exhibition at Clube Mercearia, Lumiar, Lisbon (2018);

  • “It’s Happening” Festival at Escola Artística António Arroio, Lisbon (2018);

  • 3rd edition of the “Prémio Paula Rego”, at Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais (2018);

  • Individual exhibition at the Metropolitana building, Lisbon (2018);

  • "Devo-vos a Verdade" group exhibition in Saldanha, Lisbon (2019);

  • "Gosto mais de ti pela internet" virtual group exhibition created by Residência Independente;

  • "I am a calm person but I get anger bursts", group exhibition at Arroz Estúdios, Lisbon (2020);

  • "Quantos Áquatros cabem no Áquatro", group exhibition at A4 Building, Barreiro (2020);

  • "Desconfinamento", group exhibition at Campo Pequeno Art Gallery, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon (2020);

  • "Liga para o artista e para a outra pessoa", 72H art residency with a 72H exhibition organized by Residência Independente at Prisma Estúdios, Martim Moniz, Lisbon (2020);

  • "A Clue to Reality", group exhibtion at Campo Pequeno Art Gallery, Campo Pequeno, Lisbon (2020);

  • "Invasora(mente)", solo exhibition at Espaço Cultural Mercês, Príncipe Real, Lisbon (Jan. 2021);

  • "CUTOUT", virtual group exhibition created by Subsolo (2021);

  • "Somewhere between now and then" organized by "In the Light of Day Collectiveat Lounge Bar, Cais do Sodré (May, 2021);

  • Mercado P'LA Arte at Prata Riverside Village, Braço de Prata (2021);

  • Coletivo EMER.GENTE collective exhibition, Moita Redonda, Fátima (Jul. 2021);

  • "The Limbo Plage" collective exhibition at Campo Pequeno Art Gallery, Lisbon (Jul-Oct 2021);

  • Coletivo Corrente de Ar collective exhibition at Príncipe Real, Lisboa (3-5 Sept. 2021);

  • 404_The First Try, 404 collective artistic residency + exhibition at Prisma Estúdio, Martim Moniz, Lisbon (Sep. 2021);

  • "Contexto... com texto!" collective exhibition at Armazém 5 ex-celeiros da EPAC, Évora (Sep. 2021)

  • "Something/Nothing to Declare" collective exhibition between the Fine Arts School of Bremen and Kiel, Bremen (Apr. 2022);

  • "Anonyme Zeichner" collective exhibition at Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Jun. 2022;

  • "Game Trails" collective exhibition at Galerie Cube Plus, Kiel (Jun. 2022);

  • Collective exhibition of the finalists nominated for the Elysee Preis. Galerie im Elysee, Grand Elysee Hotel, Hamburg (July 2022);

  • "Compaixão - escritas poligráficas" collective exhibition organized by EV.EX at Salão Nobre do Palácio do Barrocal, Évora, PT (July 2022);

  • Participation in the annual exhibition “Einblick Ausblick” organized by Muthesius Kunsthochschule | 20 – 23 Jul. 2022;

  • Participation at Vol. II da exposição do Coletivo Corrente de Ar , Rua da Alegria 136-138, Príncipe Real, Lisbon | 01-04 Set. 2022;

  • Participation in the artistic residence CAU in Cortém, Vidais, Portugal | 02-19 Sep. 2022;

  • Solo exhibition “Ruído de um Besouro” with the paintings made during the CAU artistic residence at Centro Cultural e de Congressos das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal (19 Sep. - 19 Oct.);

  • Participation at the collective exhibition "Spielplatz" organized by students of Muthesius-Kunsthochschule, Flemische Str. 6-10, Kiel, Deutschland. | 13-30 Oct. 2022;

  • among other events and group exhibitions.

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Her artistic career is manifested mainly in painting. Its expression is mostly figurative. The paintings usually display disturbing themes that trouble her mind. Other times they simply express personal inner feelings and divergent states of mind that suddenly and often appear such as melancholy, nostalgia and loneliness, but also joy and playfulness.

 

The paintings show us a parallel universe that exists only in her head. Everything is possible in that dimension, such as distorted scenarios and objects, imaginary creatures and places, combined with colors and patterns that don’t match our daily reality. Past, present, and future get mixed, giving us a contradictory feeling of either time traveling or getting stuck in time.

 

She wants to reveal to the spectator a universe that, in a way, creates discomfort and trouble and, in another way, that can give space for them to read and create their own story as so to connect to their personal symbols and ideologies. It’s a game of hiding something behind the paintings and challenging the spectator to guess what is going on in that unique parallel dimension, but never having a right or wrong answer. 

 

To sum it up, it is a constant questioning of the outer and inner world through painting.

 

In addition to painting, has knowledge of other artistic practices, namely: drawing, engraving, ceramics and ‘book biding’.

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