Born in 1998, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
Lives and works between Lisbon and Atalaia (Covilhã), Portugal.
EDUCATION
2016–2023
BA in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
MA in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 - Começo, meio e começo, Solo Project, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2025 - Shadows of the Landscape, curated by Gabriela Moldovan, Contemporar Gallery, Cluj-Napoca - ROMANIA
2025 - Enxoval, Segundas na Z, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2023 - Mover a Terra, CAU – Cortém Aldeia Urbana, Caldas da Rainha - PORTUGAL
2023 - Epígrafe, Municipal Library of Covilhã - PORTUGAL
2023 - O que ficou, curated by Inês Rebeca and Mariana Baião Santos, Espaço Cultural Mercês, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2023 - In Perpetuum, Cisterna, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2021 - In Perpetuum, Library of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon - PORTUGAL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 - CONTEXTILE – International Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Guimarães - PORTUGAL
2026 - Territórios sem Fronteiras, International Art Biennial of Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira - PORTUGAL
2026 - PACHARAMA, Centro de Artes, Caldas da Rainha - PORTUGAL
2025 - JOV'ARTE 2025, Galeria Vieira da Silva, Loures - PORTUGAL
2025 - Dar a Palavra, Military Museum of Elvas - PORTUGAL
2025 - MANIF, Coimbra Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Justice - PORTUGAL
2025 - BILP – Biennale Internationale du Lin de Portneuf, Québec - CANADA
2025 - Linha Ténue, Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra - PORTUGAL
2025 - Nectário, curated by Catarina Neves Ricci, PLATO, Évora - PORTUGAL
2025 - O fio que nos une, Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas - PORTUGAL
2024- A Casa, Festival Clarão, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2024 - Quimera, Festival Absurda, Arcos de Valdevez - PORTUGAL
2024 - Bem-vindo a Casa, MAR MOTTO, 9th edition, Faro - PORTUGAL
2024 - Sempre e Nunca Mais, curated by Ana Cachola and Tiago Candeias, Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas - PORTUGAL
2023 - PREMIÈRE, Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira - PORTUGAL
2023 - Habitar o Entre, Galeria Municipal Jovem, Vila Franca de Xira - PORTUGAL
2022 - Small Changes, Big Impact, Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington, DC - UNITED STATES
2022 - PREMIÈRE, Centre d’Art Contemporain Abbaye Saint-André, Meymac - FRANCE
2022 - The Female Thread, Emerge Revelations in Virtual Convergence
2021 - Αδράνεια ΙΙ, Hotel Bageion, Athens - GREECE
2019 - Contemporary Interventions on Memory – Dialogue and Silence, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon - PORTUGAL
2019 - Elogio da Matéria, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon - PORTUGAL
ART FAIRS
2026 - Contemporary Istanbul; Galeria Francisco Fino
2026 - ARCO Lisbon; Galeria Helena Rodrigues
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2026 - Patrimónios em Trânsito – Memória, Terra e Corpo, artist residency between Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe and Portugal, Porto de Mós — PORTUGAL
2026 - O gesto de fazer o ninho, Cultivamos Cultura, São Luís, Odemira — PORTUGAL
2026 - CAU Artist Residency, Peruvian Amazon and Altiplano, with the Shipibo-Konibo and Aymara communities -PERU
2025 -BILP – Biennale Internationale du Lin de Portneuf, Québec - CANADA
2025 - STUDIOTOPIA 2.0 – Enter the Symbiocene, Cluj-Napoca - ROMANIA
2023 - RAMA Grant – Artist Residencies, Fundação Millennium bcp / Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa - PORTUGAL
2023 - CAU – Cortém Aldeia Urbana, Caldas da Rainha - PORTUGAL
AWARDS
2025 - 2nd Prize, JOV'ARTE Young Art Biennial, Galeria Vieira da Silva, Loures - PORTUGAL
2025 - PRIX SIMONS, BILP – Biennale Internationale du Lin de Portneuf, Québec - CANADA
2023 -RAMA – Young Art Prize, Fundação Millennium bcp / Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa - PORTUGAL
GRANTS | SUPPORT | SELECTIONS
2026 - Internationalisation Support, DGARTES, Ser Campo, XI Biennial of Arts and Culture of São Tomé and Príncipe 2027- PORTUGAL / SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
2025 - STUDIOTOPIA 2.0 – Emerging Artists, international selection, Creative Europe
2019 - SGPCM Prize, FBAUL - PORTUGAL
2024 - Artistic Creation Grant, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, O gesto de fazer o ninho - PORTUGAL
2024 - Project Rooms, Porto Photography Biennial - PORTUGAL
2024 - PEA – Portuguese Emerging Art - PORTUGAL
2022 - Young Creators, MOSTRA - PORTUGAL
COLLECTIONS
António Cachola Collection
Cultivamos Cultura Collection
Loures Municipal Council Collection
Porto Municipal Art Collection
As well as in private collections in Portugal, Germany and Brazil.
ESSAYS | TEXTS ON THE WORK
2025 - Ânia Pais: Shadows of the Landscape, by Gabriela Moldovan
2025 - Entre Matérias, by Inês Santos
2025 - A subtileza do Dialogar, by Lia Cachim
2022 - Ânia Pais: Teatro Paisagístico, in PREMIÈRE, by Ana Martins
2021 - In Perpetuum: Do corpo ao traço, by Carlos Vidal
2021 - Se tem corpo, tem peso e sombra: Ânia Pais e o processo da contemplação, by Helena José
2019 - Onze artistas num Elogio da Matéria, by Ilídio Salteiro
CATALOGUES
2026 - CONTEXTILE – International Contemporary Textile Art Biennial
2026 - Territórios sem Fronteira, XXIV International Art Biennial of Cerveira
2026 - Minha Senhora de Mim, Galeria Helena Rodrigues
2026 - ARTES JOVEM (2016–2025), Fundação Millennium bcp
2025 - Ânia Pais: Shadows of the Landscape, Contemporar Gallery
2025 - Linhas de Elvas: 75 anos – Dar a Palavra, Military Museum of Elvas
2025 - JOV'ARTE – Young Art Biennial, Galeria Vieira da Silva
2023 - Arte Jovem – 9th Edition, Fundação Millennium bcp
2022 - PREMIÈRE, 28th edition
2022 - Passantes / Páreas Párias (artist's publication)
2021 - In Perpetuum
2021 - Jovens Criadores MOSTRA
2021 - MM – Arte e Paisagem, University of Beira Interior
2020 - PURO INÓSPITO ou a transcendência dos objetos corpóreos
2020 - Finalistas de Pintura, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes
2020 - CONTEXTILE, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
2019 - Manuel António Pina: Dos Olhos e das Matérias
2018 - CONTEXTILE, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
MEDIA | DOCUMENTATION
XXIV BIAC – International Art Biennial of Cerveira - Ânia Pais presents Gracinda - PORTUGAL
STUDIOTOPIA 2.0 – Enter the Symbiocene - interview on the artistic practice and project developed during the residency, Cluj-Napoca - ROMANIA
Vozes da Artes – Ser Mulher no Mundo Artístico - Espaço AE, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon - PORTUGAL
Linha Ténue - conversation with Catarina Gentil, Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra - PORTUGAL
Porto Photography Biennial – Project Rooms - conversation about the project presented - PORTUGAL
MANIF – Residências nos Espaços da Justiça - documentary - PORTUGAL
BILP – Biennale Internationale du Lin de Portneuf - interview/conversation about the project and artistic practice, Québec - CANADA
Cultivamos Cultura - documentary on the artistic process of Pelo Ventre, São Luís, Odemira - PORTUGAL
KABO × CAU - documentary on the residency and artistic practice, Cortém Aldeia Urbana, Caldas da Rainha - PORTUGAL
RTP Palcos - O desperdício da indústria como catalisador para a criação, Festival Iminente - PORTUGAL
Arquivo Municipal Fotográfico de Lisboa - A Imagem Contextualizada - PORTUGAL