Francisca Pinto (b. 1995)
Francisca Pinto (b. 1995)
Francisca Pinto (b.1995, Portugal) graduated from The Royal Drawing School in December 2019. Previously she studied Fine Art at Faculty of Fines Arts of the University of Lisbon, from 2013 to 2017.
Francisca is a draughtsman and a painter who creates images that are about relationships and a search for connection between the interior and exterior world, usually in response to feelings or situations. Although the imagery is based often in her own experiences, and there is a sense of story present in what she depicts, she doesn’t aim to create narratives. Instead, she is more interested in exploring how emotions can be transmitted through images, and how these can affect the viewer.
In her most recent work Francisca has been exploring notions of choice, change and unearthing. She has been questioning the representation of time in a still image, how to create tensions in the pictorial space between planes and shapes, and the duality between figuration and abstraction.
Profile
Current RA Schools student
Born: 1995 in Vila do Conde
Nationality: Portuguese
RA Schools student from 2023 to 2026
Gender: Female
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Works by Francisca Pinto
![Francisca Pinto, In the Small Hours]()
Francisca Pinto, In the Small Hours, 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, Informal Meeting]()
Francisca Pinto, Informal Meeting, 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, It's the Old Time]()
Francisca Pinto, It's the Old Time, 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, Looking Down (series part 1)]()
Francisca Pinto, Looking Down (series part 1), 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, Looking Down (series part 2)]()
Francisca Pinto, Looking Down (series part 2), 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, O'o Bird]()
Francisca Pinto, O'o Bird, 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, Shattered or Photo Album]()
Francisca Pinto, Shattered or Photo Album, 2022.
![Francisca Pinto, Winter Light]()
Francisca Pinto, Winter Light, 2022.
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CV
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Group exhibitions
2023 Roer o risco, Gallery of the Faculty of Fines Arts of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 A Drawing Show, V.O Curations, London, United Kingdom
2020 Dose nº 5, Balcony Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2020 In the Woods, Linwood Close, Peckham, London, United Kingdom
2019 Best of The Drawing Year, Christie’s, London, United Kingdom
2019 The Greek Street Art Show, Maison Bertaux, London, United Kingdom
2018 O Escritório, Rua Bernardim Ribeiro nº 52, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 Quarto room.fourth, Casa da Dona Laura, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 A Dispensa, Pavilhão 31 do Hospital Júlio de Matos, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Prémio Paula Rego, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal -
Residencies
2022 Grão Artistic Residence at Quinta das Relvas, Branca, Portugal
2019 Residency at Borgo Pignano. Pignano, Italy
2018 Residency at Center of Contemporary Art Studies, Foundation EDP. Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal -
Publications
2023 Who is Kicking me now (first issue)
2022 Umbigo magazine #82 (Nov.) Diaboli Janua, she who deforms: A preliminary foray into new bad painting, text by Carolina Machado
Dose nº2 (+info @dose_mag)
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