MOM - Mafalda D Oliveira Martins

Lisbon, 1994. Studied at SNBA, Drawing course. Completed a Degree and Masters in Painting at FBAUL, having spent a year of her studies at the FBA,UCM, Madrid. Has participated in several collective exhibitions at the Ordem dos Arquitectos, at the Museu da Electricidade, at the Medeiros de Almeida House-Museum, at ISEG, at Casa das Histórias, among others. Her last solo exhibition, Two Plus None, took place at Espaço Cultural das Mercês (2022).She is the director and founder of Pousio-Arte e Cultura, a non-profit association, since 2019, where she coordinates the air_Pousio artistic residency program and coordinates the cultural program of P.R.A.Ç.A.(former Mercado do Rato).

Education and training 

Master in Painting Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal. 2016-2019 

Degree in Painting Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal. 2012- 2016 Erasmus+ ScholarshipFaculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.  2014- 2015  

Drawing course National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal. 2009- 2012  

 Solo Exhibitions 

2022EC Mercês, “Two Plus None”, Lisbon. Portugal

2018Travessa das Mónicas 57, “Horas perdidas”, Lisbon. Portugal

2016A Avó Veio Trabalhar, “Patrão fora, dia santo na loja”, Lisbon. Portugal

Group Exhibitions 

2010 SNBA, “Selection of artworks”, Lisbon. Portugal

2011 SNBA, “Selection of artworks”, Lisbon. Portugal Ordem dos Arquitectos, “Casa Imaginada”, Lisbon. Portugal Ribeira das Naus, “Slum Cut”, Lisbon. Portugal

2012 SNBA, “Exposição Final de Ano”, Lisbon. Portugal

2014 Casa Museu Medeiros de Almeida, “D’Arte Asas”, Lisbon. Portugal

2015 Museu da Electricidade, “Transformação”, Lisbon. Portugal Instituto Câmara Pestana, “ A Mulher e o Cancro”, Lisbon. Portugal Hospital S. Francisco Xavier, “A Mulher e o Cancro”, Lisbon. Portugal Elephant Gallery, “Drawing B.A. Show”, Camberwell College of Arts, London. UK.

2016 Casino Estoril, “XXIX Salão de Primavera”, Estoril, Cascais. Portugal Espaço AZ, “Há Crocodilos no Tejo”, Lisbon. Portugal Casa das Histórias, “Prémio Paula Rego, I Edição”, Cascais. Portugal 2017Grémio Literário, “Cairos”, Lisbon. Portugal ISEG, “Oblíquos”, curadoria Anabela Mota, Lisbon. Portugal Convento do Espírito Santo, “Boliqueime, a terra e a gente”, Loulé, Algarve. Portugal2018Casa Museu Madeiros de Almeida, “Morfologia Humana”, Lisbon.Portugal Avenida Elias Garcia n77, “Devo-vos a Verdade”, Lisbon. Portugal Galeria de Santa Maria Maior, “Desenho(s) em construção”, Lisbon. Portugal

2019 Sublime Warehouse, “Pulau”, Lisbon. Portugal. Tecto- Falso, “Abertura”, Lisbon. Portugal Escola Primária Cachopo, “Barbeito”, Cachopo, Tavira. Portugal.

2020 Casa-Museu Medeiros e Almeida, “Barbeito”, curated by Ana Begonha, Lisbon. Portugal. JANUS PROJECT (online), “Sós”, curated by Joana Leão.JANUS PROJECT (online), “Distância”, curated by Francisca Gigante.JANUS PROJECT (online), “Título:______”, curated by Rita Silveira Machado.JANUS PROJECT (online), “Heaven is a Place where nothing ever happens”, curated by Duarte Amado.

2021 Tecto-falso, “Está na hora de embalar a Trouxa”, Lisbon. Portugal.P.R.A.Ç.A., “Pousio na Brotéria na P.R.A.Ç.A.”, Lisbon. Portugal.

2022 Fábrica Braço de Prata, “Pára depára-te”, Lisbon. Portugal.

Other training 

Encounter(s) with ImpactVVDA Foundation 2020 

Leadership and People Management Workshop with Sandra Serrano - FVVDA 2020

Strategy / Business PlanKaren Frisch Workshop - E3S, Association for the Support of Excellence in the 3rd Sector 2020 

Impact Measurement Workshop with Nathalie Ballan - Getting out of the Shell 2020

Composition and interpretation of contemporary liturgical musicLab'Oratorio - Pray & Create 2019

Planning and organization of an exhibition: the Curator's RoleWorkshop with curator Claudia Camacho - Antiframe, Lisbon. 2017 

Cultural Management 

POUSIO - Art and Culture, AssociationFounder and Chairman of the Board 2019 - currently 

P.R.A.Ç.A - Mercado do Ratocultural programmer 2021 - currently 

Air_ POUSIO : Barbeito(artistic residency in Cachopo, Tavira) director 2019 

Air_ POUSIO : Cardo(artistic residency at Convento dos Cardaes, Lisbon) director 2020 

JANUS PROJECT(cycle of virtual exhibitions with 85 artists, 8 curators and 8 designers) coordinator 2020 

Air_ POUSIO : Chapim(artistic residency in Vila Velha de Ródão, at Herdade da Tojeira) director 2021 

Curatorship “Têxteis - Lar”LX Lapa, Lisbon. 2022 Graça Exhibition CycleCoordinator and Curator 2021 

Others “Thumbelina” by Hans Christian AndersenScenography Coliseu dos Recreios 2018 

Atelier Eugenio Merino, MadridProject for ARCO Madrid Artist’s assistant 2015

Biodiversity of Vila Real,Illustrator of the Chamber's educational program2013-2015

Artistic Residencies POUSIO in Brotéria Artistic residency in Brotéria 2021 

Workshops, conferences, conversations:

Interview for the program “A Fé dos Homens”, Antena 1Ecclesia Agency | Antena 1 2022 The Importance of Artist Residencies | GeradorSpeaker with Mónica Duarte (the Graphic) and Tiago Fróis (Oficinas do Convento) 2021 Art and Society | BroteriaMediator with Manuel Costa Cabral (A.R.C.O.), Francisca Gigante (Friends in the Arts) and Cristina Felipe (PIN) 2021 Art and EconomyMediator with Ana Cristina Cachola (NOVA), Fábio Colaço (artist) and Miguel Cabral Moncada (Cabral Moncada Leilões)Prizes Public PrizeCanson School Awards, Paris. France 2016 Collections Artistic Heritage of the Lusíada University of Porto.Artistic Heritage of the Lusíada University of Lisbon.Artistic Heritage of the Lusíada University of Vila Nova de Famalicão

Published Works 

Oscarina and FatinhaCo-authored with Maria d'Oliveira MartinsEditora d’ideias2022Exhibitions