Graça Martins

Graça Martins. Born in Vila do Conde, February 23, 1952.
Degree in Design/Graphic Arts from FBAUP (Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto).
Fashion Design/Styling course, Ars Utória School, Milan, Italy.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1977 – Galeria Alvarez and Galeria Dois (joint exhibition with Isabel de Sá), Porto.
1990 – Árvore – O Negro Pó da Grafite [The Black Dust of Graphite].
2002 – 25 Years of Painting, Galeria Dois, Porto.
2004 – Sleeping Beauty, Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon.
2006 – Photoshop, Galeria Símbolo.
2017 – On the Other Side of Painting, Galeria Artes Solar St. António (Miguel Bombarda Gallery Circuit), Porto.

Group exhibitions (selection)

1977 – Eroticism in Modern Portuguese Art, MNSR (Soares dos Reis National Museum), Porto.
Since 1978 – International Art Biennials of Cerveira (invited artist).
2017 – 40 Years of Artistic Career, Galeria Artes Solar St. António – Miguel Bombarda Gallery Circuit, Porto.
2018 – Centenary of Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Municipal Museum of Espinho.
2019 – Jaime Isidoro Collection – Cerveira and Municipal Museum of Espinho; Private Visit / Drawing Collection of José Rodrigues – Lugar do Desenho, Valbom.
2024 – Pre/Post Visual Declarations of the 25th of April – Serralves Museum (curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez).
– Contemporary Art Center – 50 Years. Lived Democratization (curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez), MNSR, Porto.
– Post Scriptum on Joy – Almeida Garrett Library (curated by Rita Roque and Jorge Sobrado).
– II Contemporary Art Biennial of Trás-os-Montes – Linha D’Água (curated by Ágata Rodrigues).
Invited artist at the International Art Biennial of Gaia, 40 Years of the Cerveira International Art Biennial, and XXI Cerveira International Art Biennial 2020.

Collections

Represented in private and institutional collections: Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, José Rodrigues Sculpture Foundation, Cerveira Art Biennial Foundation, Jaime Isidoro Collection, and collections of Mário Cláudio, Eugénio de Andrade, Valter Hugo Mãe, Tomás Carneiro, José Mário Brandão, among others.Awards
1990 – 1st National Drawing Prize, Bicentennial of the Invention of the Pencil, Árvore, Porto.
2002 – Honorable Mention in Painting, VII City of Montijo Visual Arts Biennial – Vespeira Prize.