About joana

I am an Anglo-Portuguese artist based in Sintra. My work draws on personal memory and connection to the landscapes of Portugal, translated into large-scale abstract paintings. After returning to Portugal in 2024, I completed a cycle of work which culminated in my third solo exhibition, and in 2025 I was shortlisted for the Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize.

I am currently developing a multidisciplinary project that brings my painting into dialogue with archival material from my family history — including photographs, recipes, ceramics and oral testimonies — to explore how women’s lives and stories are preserved, forgotten or transformed over time.

My work is held in public, private and corporate collections internationally.

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  • Notable Collections:

    • Public Collection Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth. Muscat, Oman
    • Public Collection Port Sohar Museum 
    • Private Collection of High Royal Highness Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said
    • Private Collection of HH Sayyid Taimur bin Shabib Al Said 
    • Private Collection of HH Sayyid Tarik bin Shabib Al Said  

  • Exhibitions/Major Commissions:

    Upcoming:

    November 2025: Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize Finalists Exhibition

    Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal

    June 2025: Commissioned restoration mural for a C18th fountain at OIS, Portugal

    October 2024: Peter's Garden

    Solo exhibition - Casa Holstein, Sintra, Portugal

    March 2024: ESO Art Fundraiser

    Crowne Plaza Hotel Muscat, Oman Group exhibition to raise funds for The Environment Society of Oman

    June 2023: Commissioned 18m ocean inspired mural for OIS, Portugal

    June 2022: Commissioned large scale collaborative piece foe OIS, Portugal

    Oct 2021: Paredão - Entrelinhas 

    Public display Paredão de Cascais, Portugal

    Group exhibition A’Linha Collective, supported by Câmara de Cascais, Portugal

    October 2021: Thank You Ocean, Lisbon, Portugal

    Fundraising Group exhibition, JCI International, in support of Sea Shepherd, Shark Educational Institute

    November 2020: Coastline, Community & Conservation

    Bait al Baranda Museum Muscat, Oman

    Solo exhibition in collaboration with Ministry of Culture Sports and Youth and in support of The Environment Society Oman

    Jan - April 2020: Paisagens do Agora

    Tagus Park Exhibition Centre. Oeiras, Portugal.

    Group exhibition A’Linha Collective

    Dec 2019: OmanVista - 49 Lanscapes of Oman

    Arabian Arts Academy. Muscat Oman

    Group exhibition celebrating 49 years of HM Sultan Qaboos’ reign

    Jan 2019: Ghala Art Open, Muscat, Oman

    Sept-Jan 2018: Art At Denton’s Program, Denton’s Law Firm. Muscat, Oman

    Group Exhibition showcasing local artists and photographers

    June 2018: Memories of the Wadi

    Centre Franco-Omanais. Muscat, Oman

    Solo Exhibition at French Omani Cultural Centre, supported by French Embassy

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