Cristina Cabrita

Observant by nature and attentive to details, I found in painting a way to broaden the plane of my observations and explore their meanings. Painting is for me, the most genuine way of communicating my inner Universe. My relationship with art comes from an early age. I had my first contact with a painting studio during the teens and since then i´ve been exploring painting in a self-taught way.

In addition to my particular taste for urban design and architecture, dance and photography are also a source of inspiration for him. My artwork ranges from drawn and colored cities, abstract landscapes and ballerinas portrayed against black backgrounds in medium light. Sometimes the paintings reflects the nature and female sensuality, symbolizing themes such as acceptance and detachment, withdrawal and surrender, escape and freedom, and sometimes they reflect urban order and chaos, through the interpretation of everyday experiences of the different cultural contexts of the cities.

I'm Portuguese, I was born in Lisbon in 1984. I completed mydegree in Architecture in 2007 at the Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon, at the Technical University of Lisbon, and at the end of this year I went to Barcelona to work in Arata Isozaki Atelier. During my stay in the city, I specialized in “Architecture and Ephemeral Art”, by the Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, in Barcelona, in 2010.

I always was passionate by history of art, old architecture and ruins. In 2004, i participated in an exchange year at Facoltà di Architettura, Sapienza Università di Roma with a focus on architecture and conservation.

In 2014, i founded, in Lisbon, my own company dedicated to the restoration of old buildings and vintage interior decoration. In 2022, i established my painting and restoration studio in Lisbon.

2023. "Cores da Vida", Palacio da Anunciada, Lisboa, Jun.
2023. "Para Além da Cor", Palacio da Anunciada, Lisboa, May.
2023. "Tempo Suspenso", Vista de Lisboa, FCT Nova, March.
2023. "She is the One", Palacio da Anunciada, Lisboa, Feb.
2023. "Yambaru Art Festival", Japan, Jan.
2022. "Small Format", Galeria Monumental, Lisboa, Dec.
2022. "Wrapping a Dream", Welcome to Art, Nov.
2022. "Autumn Exhibition", Welcome to Art, Oct.
2022. "Be Art", Palácio Baldaya, Lisboa.
2022. "Chercher la Femme", Livraria Ler Devagar, Lisboa, April.
2021. "New Beginnings Exhibition", Welcome to Art, Lisboa.
2020. "Welcome To Art Online Exhibition". Welcome to Art, Lisboa, Nov. 2020.
2020. ICE2020 - Lisboa International Contemporary Exhibition, Lisboa.

Articles:

2021. "Art Special Edition", in HOUSE & GARDEN, Ed. Nov.
2020. Lock, Marta (2020), "Cristina Cabrita’s artworks", in L'Opinionista Magazzine, Dez.
2020. "Special Award", BestPicture & ArtWeek, in Art Jobs Magazzine, Ed. Nov. 2020.