About
I’m Vânia Colaço, a Colored Pencil Portrait Artist
I explore expression in portraits.
Music and art inspire me.
I’m on a quest for my own form of contemporary realism with colored pencils.
Group Exhibitions
- 2005
* Mostra de Arte NON-STOP, Voarte, Santiago Alquimista, Lisboa, Portugal - Colective Show, Miranda do Corvo, Coimbra, Portugal
- Colective Show “Four plus Oneâ€, Centro Cultural, Marinha Grande, Portugal
- Colective Student Show “Equipa-te #02â€, ARCA-EUAC, Coimbra, Portugal
- 2004
Summer Colective, Posto de Turismo, S. Pedro de Moel, Mª Grande, Portugal - “Equipa-te #01â€, ARCA-EUAC, Coimbra, Portugal
- Design Show & Competition (Group work), HANDITEC, Paris, France
- 2003
Summer Colective Show, Posto de Turismo, São Pedro de Moel, Portugal - Design Show & Competition, Centro Português do Design, Lisboa, Portugal
- 2002
Summer Colective Show, Posto de Turismo, São Pedro de Moel, Portugal - Spring Colective Young Talents Show, Galeria de Arte Capitel, Leiria, Portugal
- 2001
Summer Colective Show, Posto de Turismo, São Pedro de Moel, Portugal - Colective Show, Instituto de Artes e OfÃcios, Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
- 2000
Spring Colective Young Talents Show, Galeria de Arte Capitel, Leiria, Portugal - Summer Colective Show, Posto de Turismo, São Pedro de Moel, Portugal
- 1998
Salon Summer Group, Posto de Turismo, S. Pedro de Moel, Portugal - Art Student Show, Posto de Turismo, Alcobaça, Portugal
- Art Colective Show, Town Gallery, Marinha Grande, Portugal
- 1997
Spring Colective Young Talents Show, Galeria de Arte Capitel, Leiria, Portugal - Art Colective Show, Town Gallery, Marinha Grande, Portugal
- 1996
Art Colective Show, Town Gallery, Marinha Grande, Portugal
Solo Exhibition
- 2021
Expo Mirada, Bambi Caffe -São Pedro de Moel, Leiria, Portugal - 2020
*Solo Show, Pedra d’Ouro Gallery, Alcobaça, Leiria, Portugal
Press & Media
- 2022
Colored Pencil Magazine, USA (link) - 2021
Colored Pencil Magazine, USA (link) - Região de Leiria, 20 de Agosto (link)
- Jornal da Marinha Grande, 26 de Agosto (link)
- Jornal de Leiria, "Palavra de Honra", 6 de Maio (link)
- Jornal da Marinha Grande, 8 de Abril (link)
- â€Tertúlia “Os artistas e a nossa cultura†(como oradora convidada), (link) 1 de Abril, Associação Marinha em Movimento (AMM), Portugal (link)
- 2019
â€Visãoâ€, Revista Semanal, Portugal (link) - 2012
Television “Europa Contactoâ€, RTP Internacional, Portugal - “Visãoâ€, Revista Semanal, Portugal (link)
- “Região de Leiriaâ€, Jornal Semanal, Portugal (link)
- 2005
Diário de Coimbra, Jornal , Coimbra, Portugal - 2000
Jornal de Leiria, Semanário, Leiria, Portugal (link) - â€Região de Cisterâ€, Semanário, Alcobaça, Portugal (link)
- Jornal da Marinha Grande, Semanário, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal (link)
- Correio, Semanário, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal
- 1997
Correio, Semanário, Marinha Grande, Leiria, Portugal
Awards & Honours
- 2021
Faber- Castell Official Sponsorship - 2004
Final Selection for Design Show & Competition (Group work), HANDITEC, Paris, France - 2003
Bombay Sapphire Cocktail Glass Design Competition - Exhibition Selection - Centro Português de Design - 1997
Drawing Selected for print - Ragazza Magazine - Grupo Planeta
Education
- 2010-2011
Business and Marketing, Masters Degree | CESIF, Madrid, Spain - 1999 – 2005
Bachelor Degree Design | University of Arts, Coimbra, Portugal
Workshops & Classes Attended
- Drawing
Prof. Painter José Mouga, Museu Joaquim Correia, Marinha Grande - Painting
Irene Gomes | Olinda Colaço | Gama Diniz | Carlos Reis
