Isabel Nunes

I was born in Parede, Cascais.
I am anthologised in the works “Contemporary Macao Artists”, Orient Foundation, Macao (1994); “Ten years of Art – Retrospective of the collection of EPAL”, published by the Water Museum of EPAL, Lisbon (1998); “Macao – 20th Century”: Dictionary of Visual Artists” (volume I), published by the Orient Foundation, Lisbon; “Isabel Nunes – A journey in painting and in life”, published by Caleidoscópio, Lisbon (2003); dictionary “Female Art – who is who in Portuguese painting in the 21st century”, publisher Anifa Tajú, Lisbon (2007), “Florbela Espanca in the painting of Isabel Nunes”, published by Caleidoscópio, Lisbon (2018).
My work is represented in private and public collections, in Portugal, Macao, United Kingdom, Finland, Germany and in the collections of the Monetary and Foreign Exchange Authority of Macao, in the Waste Water Treatment Plant of Macau, in the International School of Art (Italy), in the Lisbon City Hall, in the Macao Mission in Lisbon, in the Water Museum of EPAL, in the Vendas Novas City Hall, in the Portimão City Hall, in the Setúbal City Hall, in British Petroleum Portugal, in the Mafra City Hall, in the Palácio da Bolsa (Oporto), in the Finantia Bank - head office (Lisbon), in the...

I graduated in History, in the area of History of Art, at the New University of Lisbon and, between 1991 and in 1993 I attended the Painting Course at the Visual Arts Academy of Macao, after years of practising free painting. Following I attended the International School of Art, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy and the Painting Master Class at the University College of London, Slade School of Fine Art, London, United Kingdom.

I have exhibited my work since 1993 and held over forty individual exhibits, three of which in Macao, namely in the Pousada de São Tiago, with the exclusive support of the Orient Foundation, in the Exhibitions Gallery of the Livraria Portuguesa, at the invitation of the Portuguese Institute of the Orient and in the Consulate General of Portugal as part of the 2012 celebrations of the 10th June - Day of Portugal, of Camões and of the Portuguese Communities.
In Portugal I held several thematic exhibitions: “Free Waters” and "Between Times”, at the Beau Séjour Palace, Lisbon City Hall; “Ambiences”, in the Macao Mission in Lisbon and in the Michel Giacometti Labour Museum, in Setúbal; “Fantasy”, "References of the passing time” and an Anthological Exhibition, on the occasion of the launch of the book “Isabel Nunes – A journey in painting and in life”, at the Water Museum of EPAL, centre sections of the Pumping Station of Barbadinhos and Mãe d’Água of Amoreiras; "Spring Water", at the Water Museum in Coimbra; “In the meantime... Florbela”, at the Natércia Ruivo Municipal Library, in Almeida, at the Eugénio de Andrade Municipal Library, in Fundão, and at the Afonso Duarte Municipal Library, in Montemor-O-Velho; “This Is My Body”, at th...