In Portugal, where the artist is from, a meal is not truly just, or at all, about food. Is about sharing, not just the necessary act of eating, but something of ourselves with others. Following this idea, the exhibition is arranged just as such - a menu for a banquet - made by the artist and for the artist, in which we are but spectators invited to take something, a metaphorical to-go bag perhaps, with us when we leave.
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Ana Malta (Lisbon, 1996), visual artist, lives and works in lisbon. Malta studied painting at the faculty of fine arts of the university of lisbon (PT) And has a master’s degree in creative industries management from ucp-porto (PT). Her work is developed through the study of colour, patterns, composition and scratching materials, vehicles of her plastic and visual unconscious. It’s a work where restlessness seeks aesthetics and where dialogue is based on transforming “error” into opportunity.
The artist is part of the artistic collective VÊS.TRÊS; Was one of the 10 finalists for the “PRÉMIO A ARTE CHEGOU AO COLOMBO” award in 2021; Won the “PRÉMIO JOSÉ MENDONÇA - ARTES VISUAIS | BETAR” award in 2023; She was recognised as the “Breakthrough Artist” by cultura inquieta at Art Madrid 2024; And was highlighted in the El Confidencial (ES) Article 2025: “The Most Outstanding Emerging Artists (Viii): The Pictorial Collages of Ana Malta”.