ABOUT ME
With over a decade of experience, I’m thrilled to have published more than fourteen picture books with wonderful publishers like Pato Lógico, Ediciones Mónimo, and Sexto Piso Editorial. My books have reached readers in various places, including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, Peru, Mexico, and the USA.
I also create editorial illustrations, covers, posters, visual identities, packaging, and murals for public spaces.
Research is fundamental to my process. I face each project as a new cycle of challenges, with the dominant unpredictability that leads me to different and unexpected directions beyond myself.
I hold a degree in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto. Since 2018, I have been a professor of Illustration at ESAD Art + Design.
My work has been recognized namely by being twice winner at the Illustrators Exhibition Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the AOI World Illustration Awards, Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Competition, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, White Ravens, CJ Picture Book Awards and the National Illustration Prize given by DGLAB. In 2021 I won the Baba Kamo Illustration Award in Valencia. I was a nominee for the ALMA prize in 2024 and 2025.
CLIENTS INCLUDE
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação de Serralves, Público, Visão,
Quatro Cinco Um, Silvadesigners, Adobe, Assembleia da República Portuguesa, Casa da Música, Teatro Municipal do Porto, Pato Lógico, APCC, Bas Bleu Illustration, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, B Eat, Center for Design Books,
Circo de Ideias, Edições Eterogémeas, Editorial Milrazones, Illusalon, INCM, Mistaker Maker, Mónimo ediciones, O Beija-flor, Sacoor Brothers, Sexto Piso Editorial, Significa, Slanted, Studio Dobra, UPTEC, Kalandraka.
My work has been recognized by
2025 Selected
BRAW Amazing Bookshelf - Sustainability, 17 goals for a better future. Bologna Ragazzi Awards. Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2025, 2023 Finalist
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition. Bologna
2025, 2024 Nominated
ALMA Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Swedish Arts Council. Sweden
2024 Selected
Ibero America Ilustra. Fundación SM. Guadalajara International Book Fair
2023, 2024 Nominee
ALMA Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, Swedish Arts Council. Sweden
2023, 2018, 2015 Special Mention
Portuguese National Illustration Prize. Lisbon.
2023 Winners
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Landscapes and Portraits Exhibition. Bologna.
2023 Selection
BIG. Bienal Internacional de Ilustração de Guimarães. National Illustration Award BIG. Guimarães
2022 Best Illustrations. 2nd place, Best Cover Design 2nd Place, Picture Books 6 & Older Honorable Mention. Purple Dragonfly. USA
2022 Finalist
LADAWARDS. Latin American Design Awards
2022 Selection
The Amazing Book Shelf at the BRAW, Bologna Ragazzi Award. Bologna
2022 Short-listed
Communications Arts Illustration Annual. USA.
2021 Selection
Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award (CICLA). 'Common Journey' exhibition. Shanghai.
2021 Winner
Baba Kamo Illustration Award. Exhibition "Babalunga i Kamolongos". BabaKamo Festival and book fair. Valencia.
2021, 2019 Acquisition Award
BIG. Bienal Internacional de Ilustração de Guimarães. National Illustration Award BIG. Guimarães.
2019 White Ravens
Internationale Jugendbibliothek. Munique.
2018, 2013 Winners
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition. Bologna.
2016 Shortlisted
The AOI World Illustration Awards, London.
2015 Honourable mention
ProShow, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, NY.
2015 Shortlisted
Nami Concours - Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Competition, Seoul.
2014 Selected
200 Best Illustrators worldwide 2013/2014, Lürzer’s Archive, Vienna.
2014 Honourable mention
ProShow, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, NY.
2013 Jury Distinction
17th Portuguese National Illustration Award. Lisbon.
2012 Merit
Children’s Illustration ProShow Annual, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. New York City.
2012 Selected
100 Books for the Future, Bologna Children’s Book Fair Guest Country Exhibition. Bologna.
2010 Selected
Grammar of Figures, Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Bologna.
2010 Finalist
CJ Picture Book Awards, Cj Cultural Foundation. Seoul
Collective exhibitions
2024
Prémio Nacional de Ilustração. DGLAB.
Fólio International Literary Festival of Óbidos
2024
Para o Boneco. Curated by Jorge Silva. Bairro do Grilo. Lisbon
2024
Ilustração Portuguesa. Curated by Jorge Silva and José Teófilo Braga. Portuguese Illustration Festival. Setúbal
2024
A paz, o pão, habitação, saúde, educação (Peace, Bread, Housing, Health, Education). Gallery of the Nogueira da Silva Museum. Braga. Monção House Museum. Monção
2024
Unseen Civilians: Art for Freedom Exhibition. Curated by Pictoric. Germany, France, and Portugal
2024
Hiberno. Jukebox Exhibition. A tribute to Rui Massena. Curated by Ó! Galeria. Porto
2024
Viagem à Lua. My Favorite Movie II Exhibition. A tribute to Méliès. Curated by Ó! Galeria. Porto
2024
Exhibition of illustrations from the Missão: Democracia collection, published by the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic and the Era uma Voz association.
- Casa Branca. April and May
- Lourinhã. Livros a Oeste Festival. May
- Sertã. Reading Marathon. June and July
- Vila do Conde. aMOSTr – Independent Editions Showcase. October
2024
Uma Assembleia de Assembleias Exhibition. Illustrations from the Missão: Democracia collection, published by the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.
- LuCa. September and October
- Pim! Fólio – International Literary Festival of Óbidos
2023
BIG. Guimarães International Illustration Biennial. National Illustration Award BIG. Guimarães
2023
Ilustração Portuguesa. Curated by Jorge Silva and José Teófilo Braga. Portuguese Illustration Festival. Setúbal
2023
Ilustre Sintra. Hipopómatos da Lua Bookstore. Sintra Municipal Library
2023
Livraria Imaginária. PIM Illustration Exhibition – To Imagine the World. Curated by Mafalda Milhões. Nova Ogiva Gallery. Literary Village of Óbidos
2023
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Landscapes and Portraits Exhibition. Bologna
2023
Pictoric. When Everything Matters. International Book Arsenal Festival. Kyiv, Ukraine
2023
Erasmus+ International Week Exhibition. ESAD Matosinhos. Screen prints by Catarina Lopes
2023
Increbible Animals. Ó! Galeria. Porto
2023
Ilustrar Malhoa 2019-2023. Fazunchar Festival. Curated by Mistaker Maker. Figueiró dos Vinhos
2023
Ilustração ao Quadrado. Luís Mendonça Illustration Collection. FBAUP. Porto
2023
Two Dollar Bill. Circus Network
2023
Bibó Porto!. Ó! Galeria. Porto
2023
Collective Ceramics Exhibition. Ó! Cerâmica. Porto
2022
22x22 - Ondina Ilustrada. Braga em Risco Festival. Casa dos Crivos. Braga
2022
Prémio Nacional de Ilustração. DGLAB. Fólio International Literary Festival of Óbidos
2022
Ilustração Portuguesa. Curated by Jorge Silva and José Teófilo Braga. Portuguese Illustration Festival. Setúbal
2022
Crescer. Exhibition. Curated by Ó! Galeria. Client: LuCA
2021
Collective ceramic exhibition. Ó! Cerâmica. Oporto, Portugal.
2021
Collective exhibition. UIVO. Curated by Claúdia Melo. Fórum da Maia. Maia, Portugal.
2021
Ilustração Portuguesa. Curated by Jorge Silva and José Teófilo Braga. Festa da Ilustração Portuguesa.
2021
Selection. Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award (CICLA). 'Common Journey' exhibition. Shanghai.
2021
Winner. Baba Kamo Illustration Award. Exhibition "Babalunga i Kamolongos". BabaKamo Festival and book fair. Valencia.
2021
Acquisition Award. BIG. Bienal Internacional de Ilustração de Guimarães. National Illustration Award BIG. Guimarães.
2021
Collective exhibition No man is an island, Ó! Galeria. Oporto, Portugal.
2021
Collective exhibition Optimistics/Skeptics. Pictoric. Arsenal Book Fair. Kyiv, Ucrânia.
2020
Collective exhibition Ilustra 33. Curated by Jorge Silva, Silva! Designers for Clube de Criativos de Portugal. ADCEUROPE.
2020
Ilustração Portuguesa. Curated by Jorge Silva and José Teófilo Braga. Festa da Ilustração Portuguesa.
2020
Collective exhibition. 30 Voltas ao Sol. Escola Profissional de Música. Espinho.
2020
Collective exhibition. Untitled #2020. Ó!Galeria. Oporto. Portugal
2019
Collective exhibition. Ilustração Portuguesa. Festa da Ilustração. Setúbal.
2018
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Tour in Japan - Itabashi Art Museum. Tokyo.
2018
Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
2018
Ilustração Portuguesa. Festa da Ilustração. Setúbal.
2018
All about your favourite movie, Ó! Galeria.
2017
By the way life it’s Wonderful, Pictoric, Kiev.
2017
Ilustração Portuguesa. Festa da Ilustração. Setúbal.
2017
Os Milagres da Santa, Circus Network, Guimarães.
2016
This is not a souvenir, Ó! Galeria, Lisbon.
2016
Ilustração Portuguesa. Festa da ilustração, Setúbal.
2015
Nami Concours Winning Works Exhibition, Nami Island, South Korea.
2015
Bibó Porto Carago!, Circus Network, Porto.
2015
Porto and Douro, Galeria Porto Cruz, Gaia.
2015
Uivo 4, Galeria Torre Lidador, Maia.
2014
Last Christmas, Ó! Galeria, Porto.
2014
Portugal Ilustrado, Ilustopia Illustration Agency, Casa do Jardim do UPTEC PINC, Porto.
2014
Outro Modo de Ler - Illustration for Books in Portugal, Galeria Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto.
2014
Love Boat, Ó! Galeria, Porto.
2014
Ilustra 33, curated by Jorge Silva. Creative Jam, XVI Festival Clube de Criativos de Portugal, IADE, Lisbon.
2013
Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition Tour in Japan - Itabashi Art Museum (Tokyo), Otani Memorial Art Museum (Hyogo), Takahama Kawara Museum (Aichi), Ishikawa Nanao Art Museum (Ishikawa).
2013
Ilustra 33, curated by Jorge Silva. Creative Jam, XV Festival Clube de Criativos de Portugal, Central Station, Lisbon.
2013
Illustrators Exhibition, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2012
100 Books for the Future, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
2012
PORTO, Take Away Porto e ESAD
2011
Grammar of Figures, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
2010
CJ Picture Book Awards, Cj Cultural Foundation, Seoul
2010
Illustra Teatro, Mostra Internazionale di Illustrazione per l’Infanzia di Sarmede, Vicenza
2010
16th International Illustration Competition The Cannonball Lady, Venice
2010
Grammar of Figures, Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Transparente. Casa dos Hipopómatos. Sintra Municipal Library. Sintra
2023
Nascidos no silêncio, Ó! Galeria, Porto.
2022
Sem Medo. Biblioteca Municipal de Viana do Castelo.
2019
A casa da Doutora Farnsworth, Casa do Professor, Braga.
2019
A casa da Doutora Farnsworth, Casa da Esquina, Coimbra.
2018
A casa da Doutora Farnsworth, Livraria Circo de Ideias, Porto.
2017
A casa do senhor Malaparte, Biblioteca Municipal de Estarreja.
2017
A casa do senhor Malaparte, Biblioteca Municipal de Serpa.
2015
Imaginary Places. Ó! Galeria, Porto.
2015
A casa do senhor Malaparte, Livraria Circo de Ideias, Porto.
2014
Today’s Thought - Flash Show. Ó! Galeria, Porto.
2014
Illustration Mariana Rio, Biblioteca Municipal de Gondomar.
2013
O Quebra-Cabeças, UPTEC PINC, Porto.
2011
Illustration Mariana Rio, livraria Velhotes, Gaia.
2011
Illustration Mariana Rio, Biblioteca Municipal de Sever do Vouga.
Lecturer and professor