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Ana Pais Oliveira (Portugal, 01.03.1982) is graduated in Plastic Arts - Painting by the Fine-Arts Faculty of Oporto University (Portugal - July 2005).

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2009 - Inabitável (Uninhabitable), Estoril Casino's Art Gallery, Portugal [catalogue]
  • 2009 - Entre(tanto) e quase nada (Meanwhile, almost nothing), Culture House / Barbot House, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal [catalogue]
  • 2008 - Passagens (a ferro), Parábola Gallery, Porto, Portugal
  • 2006 - Não-Lugares (Non-places), Municipal Auditorium of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal [invitation]

Prizes:

  • 2009
    1. First Painting Prize Aveiro Young Creator 2009 [winning work];
    2. Third Prize in the 1st Young Prize of Plastic Arts, Figueira da Foz [winning work];
    3. Firt Prize Arte XX1 10, Espinho [winning work];
    4. First Prize "Engenho e Arte" - Best National Work [winning work];
    5. Honourable Mention, 6th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde;
    6. Unique portuguese artist selected to the 19 finalists of the XIII Painting Iberian Prize "Doñana", Almonte (Huelva) [selected work];
    7. Painting Prize "Best artistic work from Vila Nova de Gaia municipality", Engenho e Arte Contest [winning work];
    8. Prestige Prize 2008, Audiência newspaper, Vila Nova de Gaia.

  • 2008
    1. Painting Prize, Art XXI 9, Espinho [winning work];
    2. First Prize Eixo Atlântico, VIII Biennial Atlantic Axle of Peninsular Nor-west 2008-2010 [winning work];
    3. Honourable Mention, Estoril's Casino Art Gallery.

  • 2007
    1. Honourable Mention, Painting and Sculpture Prize Artur Bual, Amadora;
    2. Honourable Mention, 5th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde;
    3. Eng. António de Almeida Prize for the best Painting degree (2004/2005) by Fine Arts Faculty of Oporto University;
    4. Honourable Mention (painting), Aveiro Young Creator 2006;

  • 2006
    1. 1th Painting Prize Estoril Sol.

  • 2005
    1. Honourable Mention (Photography), Aveiro Young Creator 2005;
    2. Honourable Mention, 4th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde.

  • 2004
    1. Honourable Mention, Estoril;
    2. 2nd Painting Prize "Young Art Students/2004", C.I.D.C. de Rotary International.

  • 2003
    1. Merit Scholarship, FBAUP, concerning 2002/2003 school year.

  • 2003
    1. Scholastic prize (best student finishing secondary school - 18,75/20), Espinho's Lion Club.

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2010
  1. XI Edition of the Painting and Sculpture Prize D. Fernando II, Sintra;
  2. XXVIII International Painting Prize Eugenio Hermoso, Badajoz;
  3. XIV Iberian Painting Prize "Doñana", Amonte, Huelva;
  4. "Concepts in Progress", Galeria 57, Leiria;
  5. Contemporary Art 2010, Estoril's Casino Art Gallery.
  • 2009 
  1. Painting Prize Focus-Abengoa 2009, Hospital de los Venerables, Sevilha;
  2. Iniciativa X, Arte Contempo;
  3. Aveiro Young Creator 2009;
  4. 7th Edition of the Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize, Amarante;
  5. 1st Young Prize of Plastic Arts, Figueira da Foz; 
  6. Arte XX1 10, Espinho;
  7. IV Coruche's Biennial;
  8. XXV Certamen de Artes Plásticas de Ciudad Rodrigo 2009, Ciudad Rodrigo - Salamanca;
  9. 6th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde; 
  10. Arte no Morrazo, XVII Painting and Sculpture Group Exhibition, Concello de Cangas;
  11. Joaquim Afonso Madeira's Prize, IV Painting Biennial of small size, Moita;
  12. XIII Iberian Painting Prize "Doñana", Almonte (Huelva);
  13. Art and Skill, Municipal Library of Vila Nova de Gaia.
  • 2008
  1. Art'let do Almada - Contemporary Art, Porto;
  2. V Painting Biennial Young Art of Penafiel;
  3. Art XXI 9, Espinho;
  4. VI Cicle of artistic presentations, Penafiel;
  5. Aveiro Young Creator;
  6. On Europe, 1th Montijo's International Biennial, IX Vespeira Prize;
  7. 7th Plastic Arts Biennial of Marinha Grande, Prize Fernando de Azevedo;
  8. Painting Prize Abel Manta, Gouveia;
  9. 30+6, Estoril Casino's Art Gallery;
  10. Steer to open sea, Youth Foundation, Porto;
  11. VIII Painting Prize Atlantic Axle of Peninsular Nor-west Biennial 2008-2010.
  • 2007
  1. Painting and Sculpture Prize Artur Bual, Amadora;
  2. III Coruche's Biennial;
  3. 5th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde;
  4. XV + 15, OWO Art Gallery, Porto.
  • 2006
  1. 1st Contemporary Art International Biennial of Aveiro, Galeria da Antiga Capitania;
  2. Plastic Arts Competition Shopping Center Brasília (30 years), Charlot cinema;
  3. 12th Plastic Arts International exhibition of Vendas Novas;
  4. VII Painting Prize Atlantic Axle of Peninsular Nor-west Biennial 2006-2007;
  5. Art XXI 7, Espinho;
  6. Painting and Sculpture Prize Artur Bual, Amadora.
  • 2005
  1. Mascararte 2005, Bragança;
  2. 2th Coruche's Biennial;
  3. IX Painting and Sculpture Prize D. Fernando II, Sintra;
  4. 4th International Young Art Biennial of Vila Verde;
  5. 14th Europ'Art Genève, International Art Fair, Palexpo, Switzerland;
  6. 8th Young Painters Prize Fidelidade - Mundial, Lagoa, Algarve;
  7. Art in Feminine, Eng.º António de Almeida Foundation, Oporto.
  • 2004
  1. 8th Young Painters Prize Fidelidade - Mundial, Culturgest, Oporto and Lisbon;
  2. Transfigurations - photography exhibition, FBAUP museum;
  • 2003
  1. 1st Plastic Arts Biennial of Espinho.
 

Publications:

  1. Bluecanvas Magazine - Issue #2, Los Angeles, pages 56-57. October 2009
  2. The Gopher Illustrated - Ana Pais Oliveira's Strange Dwellings, by Michu Benaim, London. February 2010.

Collections:

  1. Focus-Abengoa Foundation's collection, Sevilha, Spain.

 

Representations:

  1. Dedobox Gallery, Nice (France) [link];
  2. Art Gallery of Estoril's Casino [link];
  3. Vila Nova de Gaia's Municipal Auditorium;
  4. BPI Bank;
  5. Culture House/Barbot House (Vila Nova de Gaia)/ Gaianima;
  6. Grupo Lena Construções;
  7. Atlantic Axle.