ABOUT ME
A Arte Chegou ao Colombo Award | Berardo Museum
6th Espinho International Art Biennial
Ana Malta (Lisbon, 1996), artist, lives and works in Lisbon.
Malta studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and has a master's degree in Creative Industries Management from UCP-Porto.
Her work develops through the study of colour, patterns, composition and scratching materials, vehicles of her plastic and visual unconscious. It's a work where restlessness seeks aesthetics and where dialogue is based on transforming ‘error’ into opportunity.
The artist is a member of the artistic collective VÊS.TRÊS, was one of the 10 finalists for the ‘Prémio A Arte Chegou ao Colombo’ in 2021, won the ‘Prémio José Mendonça - Artes Visuais | Betar’ in 2023 and was recognised as a ‘Breakthrough artist’ by Cultura Inquieta at ArtMadrid 2024.
Malta has a residency in Guarda for the José Mendonça Prize in 2023 and an artist residency at the Kunstraum in Brooklyn/New York in 2024.
She has already taken part in the following international art fairs: Estampa Art Fair Madrid, Art Madrid, Atlanta Art Fair.
Malta has had solo exhibitions at Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon; María Porto Gallery, Madrid; Crack Kids, Lisbon; Passevite, Lisbon; and soon at Yiri Arts Gallery, Taiwan.
Ana has participated in group exhibitions with Underdogs Gallery, Lisbon; Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon; Yiri Arts, Taiwan; Bienal de Espinho, Espinho; Bienal de Gaia, Paredes; Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon; among others.
Ana Malta has also been invited to collaborate on artistic intervention projects such as: POR:TA Association projects; the San Miguel stage at the Kalorama Festival with Underdogs Gallery (Lisbon 2024); the "Portais do Tempo" project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of 25 April at Lisnave in Almada with Underdogs Gallery; the "Transforming a Land Rover into Rolling Art" project by Cool n Vintage (2023).