Xana Abreu

Xana Abreu was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1975 and currently lives in Aroeira, a sunny city near the sea in the south of Lisbon. 

She was always very open minded, being able to let herself be influenced by all artistic expressions around her and drawing inspiration from the great masters as well as contemporary and street artists. 

She has been painting mainly on canvas, wood and also on resin and fiberglass sculptures but is always looking for other mediums to explore.

Xana Abreu knew since she was a child she wanted to be a visual artist. She attended António Arroio Art School and then the Lisbon College of Arts. 

Though she did exhibitions in the 90’s, she suddenly became a huge success in Portugal has a composer and singer. The first DVD she recorded went straight to nº 1 in Portugal’s charts and stayed nº1 for 41 weeks, with sold out concerts everywhere she went. This unexpected success took her away from her exhibitions for several years, although she never stopped painting.

She restarted exhibiting her work since 2017.