Martinha Maia (S. Mamede do Coronado, 1976). Lives and works in Oporto. She has a degree in Plastic Arts from ESAD (Caldas da Rainha) with a post-graduation in Art Theory from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Since 2007 she has been exhibiting individually: Sobre Barroco (2007) at Casa Velázquez in Madrid and Negro, at Vera Cortês Agency in Lisbon; Transferences (2009) at Giefarte, Lisbon; Superfície (2011) Round the Corner, Lisbon; De sensu et sensato (2012) Espaço Tranquilidade, Lisbon;  Imaginarius (2018) Centro de Artes e Cultura de Ponte de Sor; Anything contrary to nature, Chaos, (2019) Casa d'arte e ofícios, Viseu; Coleópteros, (2019) Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto; Poética do Obtuso, (2019) Quase Galeria, Porto. Of the group exhibitions the following stand out: 2005 J'en rêve, Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris; Artistas de la Casa Velázquez (2007) , Casa Velázquez, Madrid; 2008 Land_scape, (2008) Pavilion 28, Hospital Júlio de Matos, Lisbon; ... and then again... (2010), Museu da Cidade, Lisbon When from the shoe we see the sky, (2011)The Mews, Project Space, London; 30anos do CAM (2013), Ciclos de performance, CAM, Lisbon; 2014 Da Fábrica que fade à baía do Tejo (2014) Parque Empresarial Baía do Tejo (Quimiparque), Barreiro; Studiolo XXI Desenho e Afinidades (2019) Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora; Uivo (2019) Mostra de Ilustração da Maia, Maia In 2016, he obtained the 1st prize Artistic intervention of the façade of Teatro Carlos Alberto (TECA).