b.1989, Portugal
Lives and works in London
Education
2025-26 – PGCert Academic Practice | University of the Arts London
2016-24 – PhD | University of the Arts London
2012-13 – MA in Fine Art | Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL
2012 – PG Dip in Fine Art | Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL
2007-11 – BA in Fine Art – Painting | University of Porto
Awards, Scholarships & Grants
2025 – Funding support for the Paula Rego symposium | Camões Institute
2023 – Grant contribution towards the exhibition Ninguém, se já nem tu me conheces | Camões Institute
2022 – Grant contribution towards the project Luso Arts Exchange | Camões Institute
2018/21 – Bolsa de Doutoramento | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 – Mead Scholarship | The Mead Family Foundation
2012 – Certificate of Merit for the highest grade in Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art | University of Porto, PT
2011 – Honorable Mention in XXIV Spring Salon | Casino do Estoril, Lisbon, PT
2011 – Honorable Mention in II International Biennial of PaintinG FRP | Coimbra, PT
2010 – Honorable Mention in XXIII Spring Salon | Casino do Estoril, Lisbon, PT
2008 – Painting and Sculpture Fernando Castro Award | Porto, PT
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2026 – Studies for a Swimming Pool – with Catarina Cubelo | Museu Municipal de Esposende | Esposende, PT
2021 – Death Ritual of TEI11343355 | The Morgue | London, UK
2021 – Lent Resurrected | Florence Trust | London, UK
2020 – Andrew Bick and Frank Bowling (PhD work) | Triangle Space | London, UK
2018 – negotiating another | Triangle Space | London, UK
2018 – Cosmic Playwith Ralph Overill | Triangle Space | London, UK
2017 – Studio Sessions I with Ana Linhares | Chelsea College of Arts | London, UK
2013 – Kim, Jamie, Vanessa and Ellen #2 | Chelsea Cafe Project | London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2025 – Spools of Night I Hypha, Sugar House I London, UK
2025 – Ana Teles invites… Babak Ghazi I Cubitt I London, UK
2025 – I’d rather be horizontal I Bomb Factory | London, UK
2025 – Group show I White City Warehouse | London, UK
2024 – Ana Teles invites… Anna Lytridou, Ana Milenkovic, Anna Sebastian I Cubitt | London, UK
2024 – Making Expansive (curated by Catherine Li) I Austrian Cultural Forum | London, UK
2023 – if not even youI Filet | London, UK
2023 – Analysis, Disruption, System I Museum Wilhelm Morgner | Soest, DE
2023 – Cubitt 30 | London Art Fair I London, UK
2022 – Four Favourites | Triangle Gallery | London, UK
2022 – Cubitt 30 | Victoria Miro | London, UK
2021 – ‘Discursivity’ II | Triangle Gallery | London, UK
2021 – Pacific Breeze II | White Conduit Projects | London, UK
2020 – ‘Discursivity ‘ I | Camberwell Space | London, UK
2017/18 – Work in exhibition at LEWIS | Düsseldorf, DE
2017 – other way round | Triangle Space | London, UK
2017 – Les dues antenes del repetidor de Rocacorba | Arts Santa Monica | Barcelona, ES
2016 – London / Milan (A Place in the Sun) | Encontros da Imagem | Braga, PT
2016 – Les dues antenes del repetidor de Rocacorba | Bolit Centre d’Art Contemporani | Girona, ES
2015 – Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism | Denny Gallery | New York, US
2014 – Young Masters Art Prize | Sphinx Fine Art | London, UK
2013 – 7 Positions | Cookhouse | London, UK
2012 – Saint Vincent European Art | Saint Vincent, IT
2012 – Chelsea Salon | London, UK
2011 – Projections 2011, FBAUP Drawing | Lugar do Desenho | Porto, PT
2011 – XXIV Spring Salon | Casino do Estoril | Lisbon, PT
2011 – 4 + 3 | Santander Totta | Porto, PT
2011 – II International Biennial of Painting FRP | Coimbra, PT
2010 – Projections 2011, FBAUP Drawing | Lugar do Desenho | Porto, PT
Residencies
2023 – Joya AiR | Almería, ES
2018 – Mead PhD Residency | British School at Rome, IT
2018 – Structures | Newlyn Art Gallery, UK
2013 – Flat Time House | London, UK
Teaching & Lecturing
MA Fine Art | University of Lincoln
BA and MA Fine Art | Cardiff Metropolitan University
BA Fine Art | Camberwell College of Arts, UAL
BA Fine Art | Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
Graduate Diploma in Fine Art | Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
MA Fine Art (Painting, Drawing, Printmaking) | Camberwell College of Arts, UAL
MA Painting | Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL
MA Fine Art | Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
UK Study Centre, London
Universidade Júnior | University of Porto
Professional Qualifications
2025 – Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
Talks & Publications
2025 – Study Day on Frank Bowling. Collage. Co-convened by Altair Brandon-Salmon and Ed Kettleborough, Roundtable 1: Paint and Process. Speakers: Ana Teles and Zoé Whitley | Hauser & Wirth Paris, FR
2025 – The loss of personal significance: the practice of copying; Truth, Reality and Artistic Invention symposium | Kristiania University College, NOR
2024 – DRIP–POUR–SPILL–THROW–BRUSH–SPRAY: A Panel Discussion | Brixton Library, London
2024 – Artist Talk | University of Lincoln, UK
2024 – The Copier and the Originator, a conversation with Ana Teles and Andrew Bick | Austrian Cultural Forum, London, UK
2024 – Painted Copies, Digital Reproductions, and Originals: A Case-Study of Copying Frank Bowling’s ‘Lent’ | The Korean Society of Art Theories, KOR
2023 – Painting in the Age of Digital Reproduction, Art Sonje Centre, Seoul, KOR
2023 – Arts Society | London School of Economics, UK
2022 – Four Favourites, conversation about painting | Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
2021 – Call & Respond 2021 | University of Greenwich, London, UK
2019 – Living Research: The Urgency of the Arts | Royal College of Art, London, UK
Professional Roles
2023-present – Associate Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan
2024-present – Editorial Assistant, Journal of Contemporary Painting, Intellect
2023-present – Editor, London Art Walk
2023-25 – Professional Practice Studio Manager, UAL
2023 – Co-Designer, Transforming the Gap: Inclusive Digital Arts and Humanities Research Skills, London College of Communication
2023 – Art Cataloguer for Milly Thompson Estate
2022 – Development Officer (Major Giving and Trusts & Foundations), UAL
2021-22 – Project Manager, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL
2021-22 – Picture Researcher for ‘Authentic Design’ (unpublished) by David Crow, Bloomsbury Publishing
2021-23 – Visible/Invisible Project Coordinator (collaboration with The Line), London College of Fashion
2021-22 – Gallery Assistant, White Conduit Projects, London
2018 – Peer Reviewer for Journal of Arts Writing by Students, Intellect
2014-16 – Artist and Restoration Assistant for Pedro da Costa Felgueiras, London
2014 – Fine Art Technician, Cadogan Tate
Memberships, Committees & Panels
2024-26 – FOPSCo (Fundraising and Operations Committee) Co-chair
2024-present – UAL Mead Fellowship Award (shortlisting)
2024-present – Preparing for Publication, Peer Review Group (founder and network coordinator)
2024 – Bounce Fund
2022-present – British Art Network
2017-present – Cubitt Artists
Curating, Writing & Other Projects
2025 – I’d rather be horizontal I Bomb Factory | London, UK (Co-curated with Catherine Li, Siobhán Lynch, and Alice Qianhui Sun)
2024 – Januário Jano | White Conduit Projects, London (Co-curated with Yuki Miyake)
2023-present – Current contributor for London Art Walk. Selected reviews: Angel with a Gun: Homage to Guy Brett (Alison Jacques, London); Mark Rothko (Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris); Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2024; Turner Prize 2024 (Tate Britain, London); Joseph Kosuth: The Question (Sprüth Magers, London); Ficre Ghebreyesus (Modern Art, London)
2023 – Ninguém se já nem tu me conheces (exhibition) | Filet, London
2023 – Second River | Five Years, London (Co-curated with Jade Gaskin)
2023 – Pacific Breeze III | White Conduit Projects, London (Co-curated with Yuki Miyake)
2022 – bbb-arb | Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts (Co-curated with Luis Sandes)
2022 – KIM-KIM | Januário Jano | White Conduit Projects, London (Co-curated with Yuki Miyake)
Press & Other Texts
2022 – Hip to be Square: Celebrating 30 years of Cubitt, by Holly Black
2022 – Cubitt Partner with Victoria Mirto & Vortic to Celebrate their 30th Year, by Mark Westall
2021 – ‘Lent’ Resurrected with Ana Teles at The Florence Trust, by Emma Gradin
2021 – ‘Lent’ Resurrected – Frank Bowling and Ana Teles, Modern Eccentrics, by Jonathan Dredge
2018 – Cosmic Play exhibition: Ralph Overill and Ana Teles, by Emma Gradin
2013 – Zabludowicz Collection, Back in London 2013
2012 – Artlyst, Chelsea College of Arts Bids Farewell to PG Dip