Sobre | About
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Oeiras, 1984. Através de fotografia e de filme procura trabalhar questões sociais, antropológicas e psicológicas. Interessa-se em compreender de que forma é que estes meios podem ser, em si mesmo, uma forma de produção de conhecimento, e de que forma podem ter um lugar de voz em questões políticas.
O seu trabalho já foi exposto nos Maus Hábitos, Porto (2023), na XXIII Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira (2024), no m|i|mo - Museu da Imagem em Movimento, na Casa do Comum e na Saatchi Gallery, Londres, como parte da International Photography Exhibition 166 da The Royal Photographic Society (2025).
Recebeu apoio do Programa de Apoio a Projectos da DGARTES - Artes Visuais 2023 para produzir o seu primeiro livro de fotografia QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS, publicado em 2025.
Realizou a sua primeira curta-metragem documental na Guiné-Bissau, intitulada CONTRA A MARÉ (2024).
Frequentou o Master em Fotografia Artística no IPCI (Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem), a Masterclass Narrativa 2022/2023 e actualmente a frequentar o Mestrado de Antropologia, especialização em Culturas Visuais, na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2024/2026).
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Oeiras, 1984. Through photography and film she seeks to work on social, anthropological and psychological issues. She is interested in understanding how these media can be, in themselves, a form of knowledge production, and how they can have a voice in political issues.
Her work has been exhibited at Maus Hábitos, Porto (2023), the XXIII International Art Biennial of Cerveira (2024), at m|i|mo – Museum of the Moving Image, Casa do Comum and at the Saatchi Gallery in London as part of the International Photography Exhibition 166 by The Royal Photographic Society (2025).
Has received support from the DGARTES Visual Arts Project Support Programme 2023 to produce her first photography book, QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS, which has been published in 2025.
Has directed a short documentary in Guinea-Bissau called CONTRA A MARÉ (2024).
Has attended the Master in Artistic Photography at IPCI (Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem), the Masterclass Narrativa 2022/2023 and is now enrolled in the Master’s degree in Anthropology, specializing in Visual Cultures (2024/2026), at the School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon.
Exposições | Exhibitions
2025
QUEENS - Saatchi Gallery, London | 05.08 - 16.09
Selected to be part of the collective International Photography Exhibition 166 from The Royal Photographic Society.
2025
2025
QUEENS - Casa do Comum, Lisboa | 25.06 - 29.06
Pop-up exhibition within Mercado Maroto.
KINGS - m|i|mo - Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Leiria | 01.06 - 31.08
2025
2025
QUEENS - m|i|mo - Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Leiria | 22.03 - 25.05
2024
RETROSPECTIVA - Masterclass Narrativa 2018-2024
4.ª Edition Photography Month at Barreiro | Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita
2024
2023
OMNIS Collective Exhibition | Narrativa | Lisboa | 04.11 - 16.12
Inês Ventura, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Rodrigo Vargas, Francisco Romão Pereira and Mário Cruz present Narrativa's first collective project, whose exploratory scenario is World Youth Day, which took place in Lisbon from August 1st to 6th.
2023
2023
QUEENS - Narrativa | Lisboa | 04.03 - 15.04
Collective exhibition of the 4th edition of the Masterclass Narrativa 22/23, led by photographer Mário Cruz, together with authors Bruno Saavedra, João Santos, Rui Costa, Rui Soares and Teresa Ribeiro
2021
POVO QUE CANTA | POSTER MOSTRA | Lisboa
Povo que Canta had a winning image in the POSTER MOSTRA OPEN CALL, which was exhibited in the streets of Marvila together with other artists.
2020
TERRA DA SAUDADE | Castro Marim
A project developed during the Artist Residency in the Algarve, supervised by Pauliana Valente Pimentel, was exhibited at the end of the Residency.
2020
MUNDANO | Casa Independente | Lisboa
Project exhibited at Casa Independente as part of the Intendente Photographic Narratives, led by Pauliana Valente Pimentel.
Exibições | Screenings
2025
CONTRA A MARÉ, Unidade Escolar Amílcar Cabral, Bolama, 04.02
2025
CONTRA A MARÉ, Centro Cultural Português, Bissau, 31.01
2024
CONTRA A MARÉ, Casa Independente, Lisboa, 12.12
2024
CONTRA A MARÉ, Academia FUJIFILM, Vila Nova de Gaia, 18.11
2024
CONTRA A MARÉ, Cinema Fernando Lopes, Lisboa, 27.10
2024
CONTRA A MARÉ, Casa dos Direitos, Bissau, 27.09
Prémios | Bolsas /// Awards | Grants
2024
Filmmaking Lab, from UnionDocs | DocLisboa 2024
2024
Selected for Emergentes Portfolio Reviews at Encontros da Imagem - International Photography and Visual Arts Festival, Braga
2023
DGARTES Project Support Program - Visual Arts 2023 to produce her first photography book KINGS & QUEENS.
2023
Fellow at the Workshop Follow Your Intuition with Bieke Depoorter and Newsha Tavakolian | MAGNUM PHOTOS
Publicações | Books
2025
Self-published photography book QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS
Support: República Portuguesa - Cultura | Direção-Geral das Artes
2024
2023
OMNIS | Narrativa’s first publication as a photo collective featuring the works of Inês Ventura, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Rodrigo Vargas, Francisco Romão Pereira and Mário Cruz
Conversas | Talks
2025
QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS photobook presentation | Casa do Comum | Lisboa | 28.06
Presentation of the book Queens, Kings & Queers, with a conversation between the author, Inês Ventura and Philipe Gabriel, author of the book's text. Performance: Drag King Broken Playboy
2025
QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS photobook presentation | Casa Independente | Lisboa | 17.06
Presentation of the book Queens, Kings & Queers, with a conversation between the author, Inês Ventura, Philipe Gabriel, author of the book's text, and Raquel Smith Cave (former Drag King Joaquim Fónix), moderated by Filipa Valladares, from STET - livros e fotografia. Performance: Drag Queen Kina Karvel.
2025
QUEENS, KINGS & QUEERS photobook launch | m|i|mo - Museu da Imagem em Movimento | Leiria | 01.06
Launch of the book Queens, Kings & Queers, with a conversation between the author, Inês Ventura, Drag Queen Cherry Flavour and Raquel Smith Cave (former Drag King Joaquim Fónix), moderated by Catarina Mateus, the museum's coordinator.
2024
I'm not everything I want to be | Cinema Fernando Lopes | 14.12
Moderated the conversation between the director Klára Tasovská, the photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková and the producer Lukas Kokas.
2023
Talk with the authors of the 4th Edition of Masterclass Narrativa | 14.04
2023
Look! At the Artists | Talk with Inês Ventura, Luísa Ferreira and Sandra Valle, moderated by Susana Paiva, about women in photography | IPCI Lisboa | 30.03
Educação | Education
2024
Master’s degree in Anthropology, specializing in Visual Cultures (2024/2026) | Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas | Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2022
Masterclass Narrativa (2022/2023), led by Mário Cruz | NARRATIVA
2021
Master in Artistic Photography (2021/2022) | IPCI, Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem
2020
Artistic Residency, with Pauliana Valente Pimentel
2020
Intendente’s Photographic Narratives, led by Pauliana Valente Pimentel
2018
Photography course (2018/2019) | RESTART
2013
CAE level certificate (C1 or Advanced) through Cambridge English Language Assessment exams | British Council, Lisbon
2008
Master degree in Human Resources Management (2008/2011) | ISEG - Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão
2002
Degree in Applied Psychology, Clinical area (2002/2008) | ISPA - Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada
Imprensa | Press