Rita Ferreira

Portugal

Rita Ferreira (Óbidos, 1991) lives and works in Lisbon. She graduated in painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon. In 2016 she received the Young Creators Grant from the National Centre for Culture.
Selected solo exhibitions: Mal-me-quer, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2020); Parasita, Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon (2019); Tara, Galería F2, Madrid (2019); Boca Seca Coluna Húmida, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon (2017).
Group exhibitions include: EDP Foundation New Artists Award, Museum of Art Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (2022); Who Saves Us?, Elvas Museum of Contemporary Art, Elvas (2022); Objetos Específicos Parte 1 - Obras da Coleção Figueiredo Ribeiro, Abrantes Iberian Museum of Archaeology and Art, Abrantes (2022); Um Corpo, Um Rio, Liminare Gallery, Lisbon (2021); Badabum!, UPPERCUT, Lisbon (2021); Painting: Field of Observation, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2021); Mais nada se movimento em cima do papel, Águeda Art Centre (2020); 2012-2020: Works from the António Cachola Collection, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (2020); A Terceira Margem, Anozero’19 Coimbra Biennial, Coimbra (2019).
In 2022, Rita Ferreira was one of the finalists for the EDP New Artists Award. Her work is included in national and international collections, such as NMNM Collection (Nouveau Museé National de Monaco), Monaco; EDP Foundation, Portugal; António Cachola Collection, Portugal; De Bruin-Heijn Collection, Netherlands; Fernando Ribeiro Collection, Portugal; PLMJ Collection, Portugal; Millennium BCP Foundation, Portugal; State Contemporary Art Collection, Portugal; among other private collections in Portugal, Spain, Denmark, USA, Canada, and the UK.