Francisca Sandmann

From the age of 15, she began selling her first watercolours and paintings in a café in Baixa-Chiado (Lisbon).
To reach the public, who were seeing her art for the first time, she did live portraits. Appreciating and selling art allowed her to discover the world. She travelled around Europe with her sketchbook and visited the greatest art museums.
Later, she decided to share her passion with children by organising painting courses, reflecting and remembering her first steps.
In 2020/2021, she developed her work by choosing graphite markers with extended and bold colours to paint directly onto canvases, creating a fusion of self-portraits mixed with what she saw of the world around her.
Last year, 2023, after a trip to Japan, a new set of colours invaded the blank canvas... "Full of sound and fury"... as the poet wrote. But this time everything had meaning and was discovered in a large solo exhibition "Sound and Fury", in 2024, first in Vila Franca at the Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos Gallery (PJV. Art), then followed by a body painting performance at LAAF - LISBON ART AND ANTIQUES FAIR with a new approach to ultraviolet (UV).
In cacilhas, in a new partnership between PJV.Art, SAL Concept Store and TLC Home present the exhibition "SAND an...

Sandmann completed his studies in drawing and painting at the AR.CO school in 2018, while studying at IADE University, which he finished in 2019.

Bus Paragem Cultural - July 2017
Casa das Histórias - December 2017
Birraria Gallery - December 2018
Ó Gallery - June 2019
Art Fact Gallery - November 2019
Braancamp - "Casa Cheia" September 2020
Braancamp - "Chegar" in May 2021
El Corte Inglês - "Arrive" in August 2021
Braancamp - "Get Around" in November 2021
Palco 13 Auditorium - January 2022
Lx Lapa - "Chegar e Contornar" in June 2022
Garagem Lisboa - December 2022

Mercado P'la Arte - April 2023
Fondazione Mazzoleni, Bergamo - April 2023

Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos Gallery - "Sound and Fury" January 2024
Galeria Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos in partnership with Galeria Sá da Costa - Group exhibition April 2024

Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos Gallery in partnership with SAL Concept Store TLC Home - "Sand and Sal" June 2024
Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos Gallery in partnership with Howard's Folly Gallery June/July 2024

Upcoming events:
Pedro Jaime Vasconcelos Gallery in partnership with Coletivo 284 - "UV Identity" November 2024