Carolina Serpa Marques, 1966 | Magic realism painter

Carolina Marques Serpa was born in Porto.

In 1989 she finished her Degree in Law at the Catholic University of Porto and since 1991 teaches at the University of Porto Lusiada.

Devotes himself to painting as an autodidact, running custom portraits.

In 2010 is selected as a finalist for the Prix Carmen Miranda.

While studying at high school, she made charcoal portraits.

In 1989 she graduated in Law at the Catholic University of Porto.

At the same time, she carefully studied some of the great masters of painting, with special emphasis on Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Monet.

During this period, she made several portraits in charcoal, pastel, watercolor and began to develop the technique of oil painting.

She practiced law from 1989 to 1991, when she started his activity as a professor of Public International Law and Community Law at the Lusíada University of Porto.

Despite her involvement in class and the performance of her tasks as a mother, she never failed to perform painting work by order: portrait, landscape and painting based on photographs.

From 2010, he started to dedicate herself almost entirely to painting, preferably using oil and acrylic.

In addition to orders, she has held numerous exhibitions, in Portugal and abroad. It is represented in some national public collections and in numerous national and foreign private collections.

She has worked in collaboration with furniture and decoration companies, executing originals of her own and adapted reproductions of Portuguese painting and tiles.

In 2016, her collection on festivals and pilgrimages in Portugal was used in the booklet for the album “Arrebenta a Festa” by Portuguese singer Roberto Leal.

Her themes are quite varied. In addition to the portrait and the human figure, music and musical movement are important themes.

Since 2011, she has developed a collection dedicated to Portugal’s festivals and pilgrimages.

There are also works dedicated to fado and classical music and ballet.

She also paints everyday scenes, rural and urban landscapes and symbolic / magical realism.

Carolina Serpa Marques è nata a Porto nel 1966.

Nel 1989 ha terminato la sua Laurea in Giurisprudenza presso l'Università Cattolica di Porto e dal 1991 insegna presso l'Università di Porto Lusiada.

Si dedica alla pittura da autodidatta, eseguendo ritratti personalizzati.

Nel 2010 viene selezionata come finalista per il Premio Carmen Miranda.

Ha esposto individualmente nella Galleria dei benefattori della Santa Casa da Misericordia di Porto - Ottobre 2010 Trinc'arte, Port-giugno 2011 Clik, Porto-dicembre 2011 e Janeiro 2012, Vivacidade- Spazio Criativo- febbraio 2012 ed ha ha partecipato a mostre collettive con la Fondazione António di Almeida, Porto (1995) Museo Comunale Carmen Miranda, Marco Canavezes (2010) e la Casa del Famalicão Arts (2012).

È rappresentata nella collezione della Santa Casa da Misericordia di Porto e in collezioni private in Portogallo e all'estero.