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Sarah Maia

Artist Statement
“I am a Portuguese artist, born in Lisbon and currently living between Ilha das Flores
(Azores) and Lisbon.
My work talks about the Human Being, its relationships, hierarchies, powers, the rational
and the irrational, as well as the inconstancy and beauty of Life.
I tell stories, often delusional, and create images where symbolism is always present.
Stories that convey and translate ideas and feelings.
My imagination feeds on everyday records, my childhood, memories, past, present and
who knows, an invented future.”

Sara Maia is a Portuguese artist, born in Lisbon and currently living between Ilha das Flores
(Azores) and Lisbon.

Sara completed the Visual Arts course at AR.CO in 1997 and has exhibited regularly
since 1992. She has worked with national and international galleries and participated in
projects both in Portugal and in countries such as Spain, France, England, Ireland and
Italy, among others.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

1999 at Galeria Ratton, in Lisbon;
2004 "Le couer au bord des lévres" - Patrice Trigano Galerie, Paris
2002 Cascais Cultural Center, “Aversion e Riso”
2013 “No bread, eat cakes” at the Museum of the Presidency, as part of the Belém Art Fest.
2015 Culturgest, collective exhibition, “Novas Aquisições Culturgest”.

2013, "Locked in Locked out", MoxieStudios (Imoca), Dublin, Ireland and Open studios / Chateau de Serviérs, Marseille

Sara regularly participates in art fairs, such as “JustMad”, in Madrid (2019 and 2020) and
JustLX. She is also present at ARCO, International Art Fair (Cologne) and FAC – Contemporary Art Fair, in Lisbon. She has participated several times at ARCO Madrid and at the Grand Palais in Paris. Sara is also represented at the FIAC in Paris.

Her works are part of important contemporary art collections, namely those of Banco
Privado, Berardo Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Mário Sequeira Collection, Juan
Bartez Collection (Madrid), Galerie Patrice Trigano (Paris), Ilídio Pinho Foundation, Caixa
Geral de Depósitos , Sáragga Leal, Luciano Benettone and P.L.M.J.

In 2000, she was awarded the "Montijo Biennial" Drawing Prize (Lisbon). In 1993, the 3rd
Prize for Drawing "Fidelidade" (Lisbon) and the distinction "João Barata Award (Lisbon).

Her most recent exhibitions took place at the Museu de São Roque, a partnership
between Galeria Cisterna and Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, and at Palácio Anjos,
at the new Pedagogical Museum of Sex, Musex.

Impressions