Andrea Paz (Viña del Mar, Chile 1988) studied visual arts at the University of Chile and has a degree in audiovisual communication with a mention in cinema from UNIACC (Santiago de Chile). Between drawing, collage and ceramic techniques, the artist alternates scenes of what is most organic and common in life and death. However, she chooses to work with what is almost invisible to us: minerals, grains, the growth of fungi, the multiplication and division of human cells, as well as memory, landscape and fragility.

Beatriz Neto (1999, Lisbon) has a Master’s degree (MFA) in Visual Arts from the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden, on a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, under the guidance of the artist João Penalva. She previously graduated in Multimedia Art from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon in 2020, for which she received a Merit Scholarship. She was awarded 1st prize at the 9th edition of Jov’Arte – Bienal Jovem and has held solo exhibitions such as Third Eye at Galeria KHM1 (2023), in Malmö, and Before It All at Galeria Vieira da Silva (2022), in Loures. She has taken part in group shows such as Short Film Day Festival, Cinema Panora, Malmö II Community Biennial at Espaço Rehab Kultur, New Students Exihibition 2021 at Galeria KHM2, in Malmö, and in Lisbon she took part in Vou mas Fico – 1ª Bienal da Fábrica and 9ª Edição da Jov’Arte, 2019.

Flor de Ceres Rabaçal (1995, Lisbon), FBAUP, i2ADS and FCT [2023.02603.BD], is a Portuguese visual artist who lives and works in Lisbon.
Her work is primarily concerned with violence, atmosphere and nature, as well as the application of these concepts to her work in etching, which in turn focuses on experimentation with materials, surfaces and chemistry. The artist has taken part in multiple group exhibitions, such as “Hammer Time” (2021, 2022, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon), “Arte Emergente I” (Leiloeira Santo Eloy, 2022, Lisbon), “Coração Partido” (Galeria Sala d’Estar, 2023, Lisbon), “Corrente de Ar Vol. III” (2023, Lisbon), among others. She has works in some private collections.

Leonor Lloret (Lisbon, 1981) – CURATOR
Independent curator and cultural manager from Portugal and Spain. Dedicated to historical and artistic heritage and contemporary art. She has a degree in Art History (FLUL-La Sapienza) and a postgraduate qualification in Art Market Management (INDEG/ISCTE). She was a researcher and conservator at the University of Seville and later responsible for the conservation and inventory of the old book collection of Friar Manuel do Cenáculo at the Évora Public Library. She has dedicated herself to contemporary art since 2014. She currently runs Aderno, a cultural institution focused on the particular experience of the Mata Nacional do Bussaco, its territory, landscape and communities, and is part of the management and programming team of the Ursel August Art Residency, an alternative space for cultural dialogue and artistic reflection focused on issues of exile. She works closely with artists and in partnership and cooperation with other contemporary cultural organisations and associations. It co-operates with and supports the following projects: Emerge, Casa de Gigante, Grão – Quinta das Relvas, and Celeiro Artistic-In-Residency.

Inês Quente (1992, Avintes) is an image-maker who works with various visual languages.Inês has a degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (Portugal, 2015) and completed her MA in Documentary Film at the University for the Creative Arts (England, 2017). As a result of her master’s, the short film Balancé premiered in 2017 at the British Film Institute (BFI) in London and, in 2018, was shown at the FEST Film Festival in Espinho. She lives and works on both banks of the Douro River, Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, where she is part of the Subcultours platform, dedicated to supporting and showcasing local artists and providing learning experiences, and where she dedicates herself to developing and exploring her artistic practice. Her practice compiles personal stories and collective mythologies, weaving man’s relationship with nature through superstition, folklore, tradition and a contemporary gaze to navigate themes of memory, thought and transformation. The images she creates materialise from a combination of multidisciplinary techniques such as drawing, collage, photography, moving image and alternative processes. She has been exhibiting regularly since 2013, most notably her solo show Day Dream (2023), at Galeria Júlio Resende, in the Alfândega do Porto building. In 2023 he held his first international artistic residency in Iceland, at ArtsIceland, as well as the artistic and research residency Grão, his first in Portugal, which will be presented twice this year, in Coimbra and Lisbon.Some of his work is included in private collections in Portugal.

Paulo Madureira (1999) is a visual artist from Porto, based in London, who explores the intersection between art, nature and environmental awareness. With a degree in Photography from Middlesex University (2019-2022), and Curating and Exhibition Management from City University (2023), his work addresses themes inherent to his sexuality, the human psyche and his connection with nature.
He harmoniously incorporates natural objects from these landscapes, imprinting them on rocks and other materials he finds in the landscapes he photographs.
Paulo uses sustainable and experimental photographic techniques, utilising vegan emulsion, plant-based developing chemicals and alternative printing processes. He advocates conscious approaches to photography by using reused materials in analogue processes.

Sandra Teixeira (1993), visual artist, lives and works in Porto. In 2018, she completed her Master’s degree in Audiovisual Communication – Documentary Photography at the School of Media Arts and Design (ESMAD), with the final project titled
Visual Spaces of Change: from image and space to their limits. She collaborated with the research group CCRE – Centre for Communication and Spatial Representation at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, where she worked with Scopio Editions in the area of Architecture, Landscape and Territory Photography. She was selected as a finalist for the IPCI Documentary Photography Scholarship. In 2021 she completed her Master’s in Artistic Photography at IPCI and was selected as an Emergent Artist by Scopio Magazine. She is currently studying Cultural Production at IPCI. She does audiovisual work for various agencies. She takes part in artistic residencies and solo and group exhibitions.