Catarina Garcia

A young artist from Lisbon, Portugal, born in 1986. She pursued a Master’s degree in Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. She completed her Bachelor’s and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Painting in 2006 and 2008, respectively, at the same faculty. During her studies, she specialized in printmaking technology. In 2007/08, she was an Erasmus scholar at the Accademia Albertina delle Belle Arti di Torino in Italy. She has also participated in various drawing workshops. Since 2009, she has been regularly exhibiting her work individually in Portugal and Spain. Her work is often centered around the human figure, not only in portraiture, which is her main focus, but also in her recent paintings. These paintings evoke a universe where dreams and childhood imagination converge, creating stories through images. At the same time, she dedicates herself to observational drawing in her sketchbook, constantly seeking spontaneity. It is a continuous graphic investigation, always based on observational drawing.