About
Inês Miguel Oliveira (Santa Eufémia de Prazins, Portugal). Currently based in London, UK
My paintings are diaries. They collect fragmentary moments and objects, precious recollections of time and ephemeral existence.
Working predominantly on paper and textiles, materials such as colouring pencils and found objects populate my works alongside more traditional materials such as oil. This connection and cohabitation between formal and informal materials, fine art and childish scribbles, is one of the many apparent contradictions that populate my paintings.
I’m interested in contradiction and a paradigm of existence. The poetry of moments, of the time that has gone by, of our attempts to reminisce and collect, is fueled by the precise notion that such a mission is condemned to fail. Yet, we try; yet, we make marks and collect objects.
Reflecting on these conditions, my works present themselves informally, making use of contradiction and humour, of found objects, accidents and the unpredictability of the creative process. It’s a body of work that welcomes failure, that recognizes its fragile nature.
Intimacy, the self of self, is built on these premises, on what the work lacks, rather than what it tells. A lack of something, a fault, is always more telling than what is present.
Curriculum vitae
Solo Exhibitions
- 2026
To Eat the Sun / 太陽を食べる
AIR 3331, Iwamotocho Studio, Tokyo, Japan (upcoming)
- 2024
A Caldeiraria, Porto, Portugal
- 2023
Swimming with Whales
Liquid Gold Studios, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2026
Ecologia Quotidiana
Alfaia, Loulé, Portugal
- 2025
Pavilhões da Mitra, Lisbon
- 2025
Safehouse 1, London
- 2025
I Have Nothing But False Memories
Filet, London
- 2024
Hypha Studios x The Dispensary Open
The Dispensary Gallery, Wrexham, Wales
- 2024
Otherwise Implied
Take Courage Gallery, London
- 2023
Light on yout Feet
GG3, Berlin
- 2023
A Slash of Blue
Gerald Moore Gallery, London
- 2022
Custard Cowboy
Liquid Gold Studios, London
- 2022
Mind - be here, present/be here now
Kingshill House, Dursley
- 2021
Endless Summer
GG3, Berlin
- 2021
Distanced Domestic
Co-Curation, London
- 2021
Shame Shouldn’t be a Symptom
Improper Walls, Vienna
- 2021
Espinho International Art Biennial
Museu Municipal de Espinho, Espinho
- 2020
Vila Verde's Youth Biennial
Biblioteca Municipal, Vila Verde
- 2019
Glyndebourne Tour Art Competition
Gallery 94, Glyndebourne, Lewes
- 2019
Guimarães Noc Noc
Círculo de Arte e Recreio, Guimarães, Portugal
- 2019
1.0 - Desenho e Ilustração
Galeria Cozinha (FBAUP), Porto
- 2018
No Interior
Museu da Escola, Ribeira de Pena
- 2018
Prolepse
oMuseu, Porto
- 2017
Não é Sujo, É Nevoeiro
oMuseu, Porto
- 2017
Semana das Camélias
Biblioteca Almeida Garett, Porto
Awards
- 2019
Glyndebourne Tour Art Competition
2nd place award · Glyndebourne, Lewes
Residencies
- 2026
AIR 3331
Tokyo, Japan
Commissions & Publications
- 2024
Otherwise Implied
collaborative zine edited by Elspeth Walker
- 2024
Commissioned artist · Como (IT)
- 2023
Featured Artist · Volume Two, Issue Three, "Wind"
- 2021
Sona Zines Volume 1: Enzymes
- 2020
Fragmented Magazine Issue 01 - Location
online magazine
- 2020
House Letters Issue 3: Build and Dismantle
Online publication curated by Bethany Holmes
- 2020
House Letters Issue 2: Absence and Presence
Online publication curated by Bethany Holmes
Education
- 2018-2021
MA Communication and Art
FCSH-NOVA, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2014-2018
BFA Painting
Faculty of Fine Art, Porto, Portugal