Mara Giliberti

Mara Giliberti (b. 1977, Argentina) is a contemporary visual artist working in oil, watercolour, and ceramics. Based in Porto, Portugal, her practice explores the botanical world — cacti, succulents, agaves, monsteras — as a meditation on cycles, isolation, and the natural sublime. Her work has been shown solo at Corretger5 Gallery (Barcelona), Maison826 (Braga), and in group exhibitions across Europe.

My artistic practice centers on the profound exploration of nature and its vital cycles, seeking to unearth transcendental meanings within the everyday. Through a meticulous gaze, I dissect the botanical universe —abstracting elements such as cacti, succulents, agaves, and monsteras from their usual surroundings— to investigate the boundaries between the natural, the fictitious, and the elusive reality.

Conceptual Axes

Cycle and Permanence: I am fascinated by the paradox that everything which by definition ends, by doing so constantly and relentlessly, becomes unalterable. The circular time of life and death redeems the mortality of organic beings.

Isolation and Enigma: By stripping flora of its context and placing organic, sensual forms against one- dimensional backgrounds or within nocturnal, dreamlike atmospheres, I invite the...

Born in Argentina in 1977. Graduated from Siglo XXI University in Córdoba, Argentina, with a degree in Graphic Design. She has been painting and drawing since she was young. She began his artistic studies at the National University of Art in Córdoba, Argentina, after which she moved to Europe.

She studied Creative Painting at Escola Massana in Barcelona, Spain, for two years under artist Gabriel Sanz's tutelage. She also studied Art History for two years at the University of Girona in Spain. In 2016, she began studying and working ceramics at Misako Homma's studio in Barcelona, Spain.

In 2021, she relocated to Denmark and founded a small ceramics and art school. She exhibits her ceramic pieces at fairs, specializing in ceramic painting, and sells her paintings all over the world.

Solo Exhibitions
2026 "Into the Wild" Fae & Feral Gallery, Portugal.
2019 Maison286 Gallery, Braga, Portugal.
2017 “Between the Ephemeral and the Permanent”. Corretger5 Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.
2015 “Succulents”. Corretger5 Gallery. Barcelona, Spain.

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Galeria Papoila, Porto, Portugal.
2022 Dokk1, Aarhus, Denmark.
2015 Villa del Arte Galleries. Barcelona, Spain.
2015 #GIGOLOVE009. Plástica Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain.
2013 404 INEFABLE. Art Exhibition Party. Studio P52. Barcelona, Spain.
2011 Studio P52 Opening. Barcelona, Spain.
2010 Carla Lombardo and Mara Giliberti Exhibition. Galería Corretger5. Barcelona, Spain.
2005 “NAVEGANT” Museo de la Marina. Vilasar de Mar, Spain.
2003 “ANÁMNESIS” Imágenes de la forma, formas del pensamiento. Sala Busquets. Barcelona, Spain.

Residencies
2020 Artist Residency at Cerdeira Home of Creativity, Portugal.

Art Fairs
2022 Godsbanen Julemarket, Aarhus, Denmark
2014 C5 Affordable Art Fair. Barcelona, Spain.