APO

Ana Pais Oliveira (Vila Nova de Gaia, 1982) lives and works in Espinho, Portugal. She graduated in Painting at the School of Fine Arts, University of Porto (2005) and she has a PhD on Art & Design – Painting with the project Colour between pictorial and architectural space: relational processes in contemporary artistic practices (2015, School of Fine Arts, University of Porto). She obtained the diploma of Merit for the best classification in the PhD on Art & Design, academic year 2015/2016. She is a resident artist at FACE – Fórum de Arte e Cultura de Espinho, where she has her studio and collaborates in several initiatives since April 2016. She is a collaborator member in the Art and Design Nucleus at the Research Institute in Art, Design and Society (i2ADS), School of Fine Arts, University of Porto and was a member of the investigation group “Bases Conceptuais da Investigação em Pintura” (2014-2019). She had an investigation scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) between 2011 and 2015. She was part of the Portuguese selection for the Young European Biennial 2013/2015, was selected to the XV Open Call of Galeria Luis Adelantado in Valencia (2013) and won Kunstpreis Young Art Award