Isabel Baraona was born in Cascais, Portugal in 1974. She has been teaching at ESAD.CR since 2003 in the Fine Arts course. In 2013, as part of a post-doctoral program, she was a fellow at the University of Rennes 2, where she conducted research that led to the creation of the project Tipo.pt, an online archive about artist books and self-publishing in Portugal. She is also a co-editor of the Portuguese Small Press Yearbook. In 2001, she began her professional career with a solo exhibition titled “mythologies” and has since participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Portugal and abroad.