Bio
I was born in 1980 in Guimarães, a small town in the north of Portugal. At the age of 18, I moved to Porto to attend college and 5 years later I obtained my Master’s degree in Nutrition Sciences. In 2004, I moved to The Netherlands to pursue a PhD in Human Biology that I completed successfully in 2008. A couple of years later I moved to Berlin, where I built a family and a home, and in 2022 I moved to the Boston area in the US.
With a biology background, I built a successful scientific career working as a cancer researcher for the past 20 years, both in academia and in the pharmaceutical industry.
Despite being an art lover for as long as I can remember, it was not until the beginning of 2021 that I decided to create my own art. In the middle of a global pandemic and going through a period of maternity leave, I felt an immense need to find my own space among an unusually stressful and isolated time. Creating art became a life-changing new passion and mission.
As an emerging artist, I have already exhibited my work in several virtual and physical shows and saw some of my artworks published in different Art Magazines.
Statement
My abstract minimalism has a strong focus on neutral and monochromatic tones and is often enriched by a variety of textures. My apparently silent paintings hide countless layers of mark-making, collages, and textures. They are allusive to the urban roughness of Berlin and other cities that deeply influenced my aesthetic. In their essence, they are a metaphor for the personal traits that I appreciate the most: quietness and self-reflection hiding a deep, kind, and compassionate core that needs to be discovered. My interpretation of minimalism is not emptiness, but rather introspection; it’s about the silence that precedes a meaningful conversation and an invitation to look beyond the surface.
Exhibitions
Exhibition at Inside-Out Gallery, CVS Window in Davis Square, Somerville, MA, USA, January 2024
ART ON LOOP Berlin, Digital Art Show, The Holy Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany, December 2023
Mixtape No.6, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, November 2023
Mixtape No.5, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, April 2023
Mixtape No.4, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, March 2023
Mixtape No.1, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, October 2022
Impart, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, March 2022
KICKOFF VOLUME 0, Online Exhibition, Contemporary Art Chronicle, January 2022
BLINK ART WEEK, Virtual Exhibition, BLINK BRLN, September 2021
“Athens Open Art”, Art Number 23 Gallery, Athens, Greece, September 2021
REBERATION, Virtual Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, August 2021
“Shades of Grey” Art Exhibition, Online Exhibition, ART ROOM Gallery, July 2021
2021 ALL Abstract Exhibition, Online Exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, June 2021
Saturation, Online Exhibition, Cultivate Gallery, June 2021
ABSTRACT ART / Garden of Colorful Mists, HAZE GALLERY, Berlin, Germany, May 2021
The Dreamers, Virtual Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, April 2021
“Abstract” Art Exhibition, Online Exhibition, ART ROOM Gallery, April 2021
Genesis, Virtual Exhibition, The Holy Art Gallery, March 2021
Press
Interview, ART RADAR, New & Abstract, November 2023
NewArt Project Magazine, Issue 2, September 2023
Interview, AATONAU, Clara Lemos: from science to canvas, August 2023
Book Volumes of Darkness 2021 by Bruxelles Art Vue, November 2021
No Name Collective Gallery VWorld ART MAGAZINE – August Issue, 2021
Interview, Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art, August 2021
Issue 16 of Artist talk Magazine, July 2021
APERO Fine Art Publication – July Issue, 2021
BOOMER MAGAZINE I SECOND EDITION I SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY, June 2021
Cover of Issue 15 of Artist talk Magazine, April 2021
Education
PhD in Human Biology, 2008
Master’s in Nutrition Sciences, 2003