Joana Pimentel graduated In Fine Arts from the University of Porto (1997) and pursued her studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (2005). She currently teaches at the Art and Architecture Faculty at Lusíada University (Portugal).
Her work has shifted from the production of images saturated with poetic references and kitsch elements to more refined, starker pieces. Thus, the references to the human figure repeated so often in her early works, even those where she usually included a self-portrait and text, has tended to disappear in her current pieces. Another constant in her work is a systematic reflection on the notion of landscape, mainly by means of close-ups of rough seas and heavy swell, in a clear allusion to the Romantic sublime. Black and white surfaces in graphite and inks, or printed on photographic paper, are among the techniques and procedures that she uses to play with the viewer’s perception and question the boundaries of representation.
Joana Pimentel’s work has been exhibited at the Pedro Oliveria Gallery (Porto, Portugal, 2016); the Nogueira da Silva Museum (Braga, Portugal, 2015); the Adhoc Gallery (Vigo, 2008); and the Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art (Badajoz, 2007 & 2012). She has been part of group exhibitions at the Dos Leões Gallery, at the Vice-Chancellor’s Office at the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal, 2014); the Domus Artium (Salamanca, 2010); and the exhibition to mark the Pilar Citoler Award at Cordoba University (2012).
Joana Pimentel graduated In Fine Arts from the University of Porto (1997) and pursued her studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (2005). She currently teaches at the Art and Architecture Faculty at Lusíada University (Portugal).
Her work has shifted from the production of images saturated with poetic references and kitsch elements to more refined, starker pieces. Thus, the references to the human figure repeated so often in her early works, even those where she usually included a self-portrait and text, has tended to disappear in her current pieces. Another constant in her work is a systematic reflection on the notion of landscape, mainly by means of close-ups of rough seas and heavy swell, in a clear allusion to the Romantic sublime. Black and white surfaces in graphite and inks, or printed on photographic paper, are among the techniques and procedures that she uses to play with the viewer’s perception and question the boundaries of representation.
Joana Pimentel’s work has been exhibited at the Pedro Oliveria Gallery (Porto, Portugal, 2016); the Nogueira da Silva Museum (Braga, Portugal, 2015); the Adhoc Gallery (Vigo, 2008); and the Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art (Badajoz, 2007 & 2012). She has been part of group exhibitions at the Dos Leões Gallery, at the Vice-Chancellor’s Office at the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal, 2014); the Domus Artium (Salamanca, 2010); and the exhibition to mark the Pilar Citoler Award at Cordoba University (2012).