Maria Saunders

EDUCATION 

MA Fine ArtsChelsea College of  Art and Design - University of  the Arts London from October 2012 to September 2013 

Art & Finance in a Global MarketSotheby’s Institute of  Art London, short course of  12 hours from 30 April to 11 June 2013 

Erasmus program Accademia di Brera, Milan, Italy from September 2010 to December 2010 

BA Painting Faculty on Fine Arts - University of  Lisbon from September 2008 to June 2012 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

- CORPOS COLADOS exhibition, at Art Room, Príncipe Real Lisboa, April 2022 

- MOSTRA’16, group exhibition, www.mostra-online.com, June 2016 

- ARTIST 2015, Galeria do Casino Estoril, Portugal 

- MARIA SALGADO solo exhibition, ISPA main gallery, Lisbon, 2014 

- MOSTRA’14, group exhibition, Central Station Lisboa, 2014 

- Signature Art Prize Finalist - Signature Art Prize’s Gala / Finalists Exhibition at Old Spitafields Market, London, 2014 

- MA program Final Show - Chelsea College of  Art and Design, London, 2013 

- FLY BY NIGHT Group Exhibition - Brunel Museum’s Tunnel - English Heritage, London, 2013 

- HIERARCHIES Group Exhibition and Publication - Suarts Space, Chelsea College of  Art & Design, London, 2013 

- MA Fine Arts Interim Show IN TWO PARTS - Chelsea College of  Art and Design – 2013 

- Final year exhibition - Faculty of  Fine Arts Lisbon, at National Portuguese Fine Arts Society, Lisbon, 2012 

- XXV Salão Primavera, group exhibition and an Honorable Mention at Casino Estoril, Portugal, 2012 

- Once we were heroes - Maria Salgado & Catarina Vaz exhibition at Centro Cultural de Cascais, Portugal, 2012  

- Birds, solo exhibition at Sintra’s Natural History Museum, Portugal, 2012 

OTHER PROJECT AND PRIZES 

-Children's book illustration - The Rumplings, The Age of  Dawn by Francisco Moreira (1st edition) 

-To p   Te n   A r t i s t s   t o   Wa t c h   i n   2 0 1 4   -   D e g r e e A r t   G a l l e r y   -DirectArts International Magazine  

- article on the New Talents section, issue number 3, December 2012  

EXTRA COURSES 

- Photoshop for Digital Production, 90 hours, Odd School  

- Digital Entertainment School, Lisbon, From October to November 

- Drawing course of  10 hours - Focusing the Body at Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal, from September to October 2011  

- Painting course at Filipe Rocha da Silva’s Art School Arte Ilimitada, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2007- Art History course of  20 hours  

- The 16th Century in Portugal at Nacional Ancient Art Museum, Lisbon, Portugal, from April to May 2007 

- Painting course at Filipe Rocha da Silva’s Art School Arte Ilimitada, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2005