ABOUT ME
Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize - Public Vote Winner
MEXTO Property Investment Acquisition Prize - ARCOlisboa 25
Award "A Arte Chegou ao Colombo" | Museu Berardo
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; won the MEXTO Property Investment Acquisition Award at ARCOlisboa 2025; and won the Public Vote Prize at the Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025 exhibition.
Malta has taken part in residencies in São Tomé and Príncipe (Roça Mundo in São João dos Angolares, 2025), the United States (Kunstraum in Brooklyn/New York, 2024), and Portugal (José Mendonça Prize in Guarda, 2023; Iminente in Alustrel, 2024).
She has already taken part in the following international art fairs: ARCOlisboa, Drawing Room Lisboa, Estampa Art Fair Madrid, Art Madrid, Atlanta Art Fair, Art Paris, Hamptons Art Fair.
Malta has had solo exhibitions at Galeria São Mamede, Lisbon; María Porto Gallery, Madrid; Crack Kids, Lisbon; Passevite, Lisbon; at Yiri Arts Gallery, Taiwan; and soon at This Is Not A White Cube.
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).