Joana Ramalho
Joana Ramalho has been a Manicómio artist since 2019. She works in calligraphy, painting and drawing.
Biography
Joana Ramalho was born in 1990, in Lisbon. She studied Painting and Drawing at Ar.Co (2010), attended the Fine Arts degree at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, and completed a Postgraduate course in Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2017).
Her periods of hospitalisation were accompanied by poetry books, which became the starting point for the work she develops today. She specialises in Painting and Drawing, with a particular interest in calligraphy.
She has taken part in several group exhibitions, including Não há amor, só existem provas de amor, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa (2015); 12×12, Galeria Arte Graça, Lisboa (2019); Poster, Arte Pública em Marvila, Lisboa (2020); Feira Internacional de Arte Bruta Outsider Art Fair, Nova Iorque (2020); e Incómodo, Museu Municipal de Faro (2020). Her first solo exhibition, Em Suspenso, no 86 Cocktail Bar, em Lisboa (2019). Joana Ramalho has been represented by Manicómio since 2019.
Exhibitions
- Group exhibition “Não há Amor, só existem provas de amor” – Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal – 2015
- Group exhibition “12×12” – Galeria Arte Graça, Lisboa, Portugal – 2019
- Individual exhibition “Em Suspenso” – 86 Cocktail Bar, Lisboa, Portugal – 2019
- Group exhibition "Outsider Art Fair" - New York, United States of America - 2020
- Group exhibition “Poster” – Arte Pública em Marvila, Lisboa, Portugal – 2020
- Group exhibition “Incómodo” – Museu Municipal de Faro, Portugal – 2020
- Group exhibition “O Outro como Epifania do Belo” – Museu de São Roque, Lisboa, Portugal – 2021
- Group exhibition “A Hunted Time” – Casa do Capitão, Lisboa, Portugal – 2021
- Group exhibition “Amor Incondicional”, com Francisco Vidal – Stolen Books, Lisboa, Portugal – 2022
- Group exhibition “Limiar da Trilogia” – Fidelidade Arte, Lisboa, Portugal – 2022
- Group exhibition “Alta para Ensaio” – Ar.Co, Lisboa, Portugal – 2022/ 2023
- Group exhibition “Quero um dia em que não se espera nada de mim” – Appleton Associação Cultural, Lisboa, Portugal – 2023
- Collective exhibition 5ª Bienal Internacional de Arte Gaia – Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal – 2023
- Group exhibition “Perdidos mas não tanto” – Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisboa, Portugal – 2023
