SARA GONÇALVES
Sara Gonçalves, born in 1998 in Porto, Portugal, has a background deeply rooted in the arts. She studied ballet intensively for 12 years, including participation in workshops with Pina Bausch’s company and Aterballetto/Fondazione Nazionale della Danza.
However, painting has always been a significant passion for her, becoming her main form of artistic expression since 2018, when she emigrated to Barcelona, where she lived until returning to Porto in 2020. She attended the Artistic School Soares dos Reis in Porto and is currently studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto.
2024
Duo exhibition “Common Denominator” with Max Freund at Ainori Gallery, Lisbon.
Group exhibition “Coletiva de Verão II”, Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon.
2023
Group exhibition “A Arte no Feminino” at Associação Mutualista do Montepio, Lisbon.
Solo exhibition “Desenhos” at Temporada Cowork, Porto.
Group exhibition “Um Lugar Depois o Outro” at Associação 289, Faro.
Group exhibition “5 em Linha”, at Galeria São Mamede, Porto.
2022
Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Trás-os-Montes.
Group exhibition “São ou Não” at Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon.
2021
Solo exhibition at Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I paint what I see, what I feel, what I am.
I paint to rediscover the essence of a memory. Of what I am, of what I've seen and felt. I paint my life.
Expression and spontaneity are key elements in my work because I want to induce the observer into a dream.
I want to create a sense of familiarity with daily objects and settings that we know but do it through a colourful and innocent lens, transporting you to the world I want to see.
A world tainted with emotion, feeling, and intuition.
- Sara Gonçalves