Catarina Patrício

Catarina Patrício (b. Lisbon, 1980), visual artist with practice centered on contemporary drawing. Lives and works in Lisbon.
Education
Postdoctoral Research in Communication, specialization in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies, NOVA-FCSH (2022)
PhD in Communication, specialization in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies, NOVA-FCSH (2014)
Master’s Degree in Anthropology, NOVA-FCSH (2008)
Bachelor’s Degree in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2003)
Photography Studies, FH Bielefeld, Germany (2000)
Grants
DGArtes Grant for “O Resto e o Gesto: Drawings for the 21st Century” (2014)
Artistic Creation Grant, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2015)
FCT Doctoral Grant (2009–2014) and Postdoctoral Grant (2015–2020)
Public Collections
National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC)
Côa Parque Foundation
Adelino Amaro da Costa Foundation
Eng. António de Almeida Foundation
Norlinda and José Lima Collection
Red Bull Art Collection
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Balada do Condado Laranja (2024), MNAC, Lisbon
Garagem Patrício (2023), Marvila Studios, Lisbon
Out of the blast (2022), São Mamede Gallery, Lisbon
Maybe you understand fiction better than real life (2021), São Mamede Gallery, Porto
Selected Group Exhibitions
Biografia do Traço: Drawings from the MNAC Collection 1836//2024 (2024), MNAC, Lisbon
Descuradas (2023), Oliva Art Centre, São João da Madeira
ArtMadrid (2022)
Drawing Room Lisboa (2021)
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize (2020), Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante
Selected Essays in Publications
“Chronicle of a Narrator Lost in the Age of the Possibility of Planetary Information” (2024), Stolen Books
“On the Mediality of Ethnographic Tools” (2024), Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens
“Geo-aesthetics (from Baalbek to Palmyra) and the Earth as a Political Object” (2021), Documenta
“A Cut-Conversation on Techno-Aesthetics” (2025), JSTA (visual essay)
“A Garganta” (2023), Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens (visual essay)
Academic Activity
Lecturer, Department of Cinema and Media Arts, Universidade Lusófona (since 2010) and integrated researcher at CICANT
Visiting Assistant Professor, NOVA-FCSH (2022–2023)