about

b. 1999, Mira de Aire, Portugal
Lives and works in Copenhagen

mariarodtristao@gmail.com

education

2018 – 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting
University of Lisbon, Faculty of Fine Arts

2014 – 2017
Design, Ceramics and Sculpture Degree (L4)
Colégio de S. Miguel, Fátima

solo exhibitions

2024
Tanto Sonho à Flor das Águas, Igreja Velha, Mira de Aire

2023
Tempestade, Galeria Arte Periférica, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

2022
Perseguição, (inc.) Casa das Artes de Tavira, Tavira

group exhibitions (selected)

2023
Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains, Hangzhou, China.
Piso 3, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa
Onde está o Erro?, Galeria Campo Pequeno, Lisboa
Surto Infindável de Auto-Sabotagem, Castelo de Ourém/ Paço dos Condes, Ourém

2022
Calafrio, Galeria Arte Periférica, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
Floating Paths, Campo Pequeno Art Gallery, Lisbon

2021
The Limbo Plage, Campo Pequeno Art Gallery, Lisbon

2019
Coletivo Pangeia: Primeiro Lugar, Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon
Quem Sou Para Onde Vou, Fátima

residencies

2023
Silk Road – Artists’ Rendezvous, Hangzhou, China
RGB2023: Memória Processual, Cycle for Artistic Practices and Contemporary Thought, Ourém, Portugal

2022
Sound and Vision, Painted Responses to Music, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

scholarships and awards

2023
Bolsa Pintor Rocha de Sousa, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa

(shorlisted) Bienal Internacional de Arte Jovem de Vila Verde, Vila Verde, Portugal
(shorlisted) II Árvore da Virtudes Award, Árvore Cooperativa, Porto, Portugal
(shorlisted) XVIII D. Fernando II Painting Award, MU.SA Sintra Museum of Art, Lisbon, Portugal
(shorlisted) XVII D. Fernando II Painting Award, MU.SA Sintra Museum of Art, Lisbon, Portugal

main collections

Faculty of Humanidades of the University of Lisbon Collection
People’s Republic of China Liangzhu Collection

Other private collections in Portugal, Colombia, Canada, Denmark and Luxembourg