Maria Pia Oliveira

Maria Pia Oliveira was born in Lisbon (1964), where she still lives and works. She studied Fine Arts at Ar.Co, Lisbon, and at the School of Visual Arts, New York, and works in various media, including sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, video, and ceramics. She has been exhibiting regularly since the 1990s. Between 2006 and 2013 she participated in and organised the exhibitions of Coletivo Laboratório.
Selected solo exhibitions: 2017, Mundos Ardentes, Salão Belas-Artes, Lisbon; 2015, Caminhando pelos Céus, Giefarte, Lisbon; 2011, Clarear as Nuvens Densas Acumuladas, Palácio Belmonte, Lisbon; 2010.
Selected goup exhibitions: 2017, Metanóia, Livraria Sá da Costa, Lisbon; 2015, Doações 2009-2014, Museu Nacional do Azulejo; 2014, Prometheus fecit, Museu Soares dos Reis, Porto; 2013, O Poder do Fazer, Museu Nacional do Azulejo, Lisbon; 2013, 50 Anos a Refinar Emoções, Casa do Infante, Porto; 2012, Refining Emotions, Casa do Infante, Porto; 2011, Secret Archives, Photographic Archive, Lisbon; 2011, Contemporary Ceramics, Manuel Castilho Antiques, Lisbon; 2010, Laboratory #5 Welcome, Museum of Portuguese Decorative Arts, Lisbon.
Selected collections: Lisbon Municipal Photographic Archive, Carmona e Costa Foundation, EDP Foundation, PLMJ Foundation, National Tile Museum, Lisbon; Benetton Foundation, Treviso; Caja Ahorros El Monte, Seville; CAC, Malaga; Galician Centre for Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela; Coimbra Encounters, Inês de Castro Foundation, Coimbra; CPF, RAR, Porto; SPAL, Alcobaça.