Artist Name: Beatriz Manteigas
Residency Dates: February 2026
Born: 1990
Hometown: Lisbon, Portugal
Lives & Works: Branca, Portugal
URL: beatrizmanteigas.com | Instagram: @beatrizmanteigas
Education:
2022 – PhD in Drawing, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
2014 – MFA in Artistic Anatomy, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
2012 – BA in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
Bio/Statement:
Beatriz Manteigas is a visual artist whose work moves between drawing, interdisciplinary approaches, and research-based practices. Manteigas’ body of work consists of compositions inspired by cultural, social, and ecological issues, primarily taking the form of drawings on paper. To achieve this, she employs representative elements that interact with each other and the viewer in choreographed organizations. This creative process seeks associations, confrontations, mistranslations, and errors that highlight what may seem different from the objective while allowing for plural interpretations. The content of these works can revolve around any theme and is rooted in human intersubjectivity—a desire for understanding and solidarity—which they aim to celebrate by emphasizing and assuming what happens during the creative process: accidents that reference time, space, and change—unreproducible, unrepeatable, and uncontrollable. Yet, because they are anchored in representation, these elements are interpreted as such, becoming metaphors for what is and isn’t intelligible, and merging both for consideration.
She has exhibited her work since 2009. Beatriz Manteigas’ solo exhibitions include “Realidaderana”, D. Luís I Foundation / Cascais Cultural Centre – Cascais, Portugal (2026); “Soft Power”, ArtLab24 Gallery – Espinho, Portugal (2025); “It is the intention that matters”, Casa da Cerca – Contemporary Art Centre – Almada, Portugal (2025); “Vaigotas”, Cabe 184 – Porto, Portugal (2024); “Ferro Velho”, Casa Rio – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); “Liquid Societies“, Serpente: Contemporary Art Gallery – Porto, Portugal (2018). She has participated in artistic residencies such as Speculative Ecologies International Program, Amazon, Brazil (2025); Residency Unlimited, NYC (2024); Casa Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); Cycladic Arts, Greece (2024); Joya: Arte + Ecologia, Velez Blanco, Spain (2024); Viarco, São João da Madeira, Portugal (2019); RésVés, Sertã, Portugal (2014). Beatriz Manteigas has also implemented interventions in public spaces, such as “Per aegros ad stellas”, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal (2025); and worked on the artist book “Vaigotas”, Porto, edition of 30, signed and numbered (2024). Her work is held in public and private collections in Portugal and abroad.
She is currently a Professor of Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, where she earned a PhD in Drawing in 2022. In 2016, she co-founded Associação Quinta das Relvas, an ecological farm and cultural association where she lives and works, and became a collaborating researcher at CIEBA.
Support:Beatriz Manteigas’ residency is made possible with support from FLAD – Luso-American Development Foundation, CABE 184/Arte em Acção Lda, and Associação Quinta das Relvas.
