Joana Galego
b. 1994, Cascais, Portugal.
Lives and works in Lewisham, London, UK
Member of the Artistic co-op Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK, since 2020.
Education
Solo Shows
Selected Two Person and Group Shows
Artistic Residencies
Awards and Bursaries
Publications
Collections
b. 1994, Cascais, Portugal.
Lives and works in Lewisham, London, UK
Member of the Artistic co-op Lewisham Arthouse, London, UK, since 2020.
Education
2016-2017 The Drawing Year, MA-level post-graduate course at the Royal Drawing School, London, UK
2012-2016 Painting BA, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Solo Shows
2025
Hiding Behind Gifts, Oliver Projects, London, UK
Seashells in my mother’s garden and the giant boulder rolling dow, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, NY, USA
2024
jardins, Galeria Belard, Lisbon, PT
2023
mole lunar sinal, Soho Revue, London, UK
2019
spring and all - The Sir Denis Mahon Award Show, Royal Drawing School, London, UK
2016
o lugar indeciso, Museu das Artes de Sintra, PT
Selected Two Person and Group Shows
2025
Art Paris Fair with Soho Revue, FR
Monotypes, Messums London, UK
2024
I was carefree, green and golden, Isabel Sullivan Gallery, NY, USA
Whose Muse?, Palo Gallery, NY, USA
[2.0], Galeria Belard, Lisbon, PT
Liminality, EY Projects, Beijing, CN
Almost Blue, Oliver Projects at Royal Watercolour Society, London, UK
A Hand is Not a Cage, Soho Revue, London, UK
2023
Biennale Jatim X ‘Cultural Synthesis’, East Java, IDN
O limite do meio, Galeria Municipal do Montijo, Lisbon, PT
2022
Aleph Contemporary Booth, London Art Fair, UK
There’s a Real World Outside, AHWNN Gallery, Ostende, BE
Prelúdio, Galeria Belard, Lisbon, PT
Out of Nowhere, Soho Revue, UK
A Drawing Show, Paint Talk, UK
2021
This is Where We Meet, Carousel London, UK
What I See I WIll Never Tell, Wilder Gallery London, UK
Silhouettes and Vignettes, Crownpoint Space, Glasgow, UK
2020
Reflections, Aleph Contemporary (online)
Original Paper, Wilder Gallery (online)
Tangled up in blue, Purslane Art (online)
2019
A High Hang , Eccleston Project Space, London, UK
Lameiro, Porto, PT
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London, UK
Summer 2-person show, Serena Morton Gallery, London, UK
FRESH AIR / HOT SAUCE, Arebyte Studios, London, UK
estoutro, Espaço Cultural das Mercês, Lisbon, PT
2018
The Sir Denis Mahon Award at the Royal Drawing School, British Museum, London, UK
Downsizing, Cave Space, London, UK
2017
The Drawing Year 2016-17, End of Year Exhibition, London, UK
The Best of the Drawing Year, Christie’s, London, UK
Painting Final Degree Show, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, PT
2016
40 graus à sombra, Casa das Artes Mário Elias, Mértola, PT
Artistic Residencies
2024 Palazzo Monti, Brescia, Italy
2023 Bienalle Jatim X ‘Cultural Synthesis’, East Java, Indonesia
IIFA Residency, India
2021 Dumfries House, Scotland
2019 Holker Hall - Research and Drawing Weekend, UK
2018 The Drawing Marathon (in partnership with The Royal Drawing School), RISD, Providence, USA 2017 Summer Painting Residency in Pignano with the Royal Drawing School , Italy
2016 RÉSVÉS Mértola, Mértola, Portugal
Awards and Bursaries
2019 Shortlisted, Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2019
2017 The Sir Denis Mahon Award
The Drawing Marathon at RISD Residency Award
2016 Full Scholarship, The Drawing Year, MA-level postgraduate programme at the RDS, London, UK.
Shortlisted, Queen Isabel de Bragança Prize, Casino Estoril, Lisboa, Portugal
Shortlisted, 1st Paula Rego Award, Lisbon, Portugal
2015 Honourable Mention, Casa das Artes de Tavira’s 30 Years, Tavira, Portugal
Publications
2023 VOGUE Portugal, The Arts Issue
2019 Ways of Drawing, Thames and Hudson
Collections
The Royal Collection (UK), Sir Michael Moritz & Harriet Heyman’s Collection, Piccolino Collection (Italy), Palazzo Monti Collection (Italy).