Biography of 

RAQUEL MARTINS

  About me

I was born in Mozambique in 1961. Fleeing my country in 1974, just after the collapse of the colonial empire, I arrived in Johannesburg and resided there until 1982. In 1982, I moved to Portugal where I work and reside. It was not until 2001 when I began exploring painting as a form of expression as a full-time painter, and as a professional artist. For the past three years my work has centred around figurative paintings ranging from a nearly abstract suggestion of form to a stylized graphic treatment.

Today, I live and work in Palmela.

Artworks are represented at:

Amoreiras Art Gallery -  Lisbon

Galeria SERVARTES - Porto

ARTESPAÇO - Porto

Galeria de Arte Luís Madureira - Sintra

Galeria OWO - Shopping Brasília - Porto

Galeria Paleta - Lisbon

Galeria El Corte Inglés - Lisbon

Education

  1980     Studied Graphic Design & Fine Art. After school I went on to experiment with different schools of visual art.       
          I also gained vast experience in Technical Illustration and Graphic Design.

  1984   Worked as Graphic Artist, Illustrator, in two leading Portuguese Advertising  Agencies for several years, while continuing with my oil painting at every opportunity.

1990-2000   Took commissions for portraiture and figurative paintings.

                   Today I paint full time.

2006 -  Galeria STA. TERESA, Setubal

2005 -  Telecom Picoas, Lisbon

           Garcia de Orta, Almada 

2004 – Galeria d’Arte DeDois, Vilamoura  

             Galeria d’Arte DeDois, Lisbon

2003 – Telecom, June, Lisbon

           Galeria Arte & Mar, Sesimbra  

           Galeria de Arte Respública, Santarem  

           Telecom, October, Lisbon

2002 – Arte & Mar, Sesimbra   

           ARS Pictorica, Lisbon

2001 - ARS Pictorica - Lisbon

1993 – Laitau, Setúbal

1985 – Pombal

      "Diversidades" - Ordem dos Médicos Porto

          SUMMER 2007 EXHIBITION  Blackheath Gallery - London

          Grupo Art Portugal - Edificio Central do Municipio - Camara Municipal de Lisboa

          "Colectiva de Pintura" - Galeria OWO - Porto

          "Colectiva de Artes" Galeria Santa Teresa - Setubal

2007 - "MODOS DE VER" Galeria Santa Teresa - Setubal

          Chicago Art Matrix Gallery - Zhou B Art Center, Chicago

          Centro Cultural da Nazaré - Nazaré
          Arte Galeria - Lisbon
          COWS EX-CREATORS - Montado - Lisbon

          2nd ANNUAL NATIONAL SELF-PORTRAIT EXHIBITION - 33 COLLECTIVE GALLERY - Chicago

          "Artists of May", GALERIA STA. TERESA, Setubal

          SERVARTES - Porto

2006 - "SHE" Juried Exhibition - 33 COLLECTIVE GALLERY - Chicago

        Galeria Zero - Winter's Juried Exhibition - Barcelona

          Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea - Florence

          Ordem dos Médicos - Porto         

          Art Portugal Group - Olivais Shopping Center, Espaço Portugal

          Fair of Antiquities and Works of Art - Lisbon Congress Center 

          Sici -  International Madrid Design Fair

2005 - 48th International Exhibition - San Diego Art Institute

2004 - Rotary Club of Sesimbra

           I International Exhibition of Fine Arts of Sesimbra  

           Finalist - Intensity 2004 Artrom International Juried Exhibition - Roma, Italia

2003 – Associação Rosa Cruz, Lisbon

            Biblioteca Municipal Camões - Lisbon

            Arte & Mar, Sesimbra  

2002 – Galeria Arte & Mar, Sesimbra

           Nova Imagem Gallery, Lisbon

           City Hall Arruda dos Vinhos

           Arte & Mar - Sesimbra

2001 – Nova Imagem gallery,  Lisbon

1984 – Salão de Outono, Casino Estoril  

1979 - City Hall, Johannesburg  

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