DRAWING AN Ensō (円相)
Drawing an Ensō (円相), 2018

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Mariana Romão (Lisbon, 1994) is a visual artist based in Paris whose work explores the material and conceptual possibilities of photography. Through experimental, often cameraless processes, she approaches the medium in ways that connect it to painting and sculpture, focusing on light, texture and physical engagement.

Her approach in photography began during her studies at the Faculdade de Belas-Artes de Lisboa, where she completed a BA in Multimedia Art (2016) and a postgraduate degree in Contemporary Photography Discourses (2017). Her academic foundation was complemented by hands-on experience at Diamantino Labo Photo, a traditional photographic lab, and by working as a photographer and lighting assistant. These experiences strengthened her technical understanding of photographic materials and lighting, which she now integrates into a process-based practice rooted in experimentation.

Exhibitions

2025

Mois du Dessin
Collective Exhibition
Galerie Setze Lepartking, Paris

2023

CULTERIM, BIESENTHAL
Collective Exhibition
Culterim Gallery, Berlin 

2022

FBAUL 2011*21, Prémios Awards 
Collective Exhibition
Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa

A room of her own  Solo Pop-Up Exhibition
2 Kláuzal Tér, Budapest, Hungary

Núcleo de Vídeo-Arte, Collective Exhibition
Galeria Municipal do Castelo de Pirescouxe

2018

Aurora, Solo Exhibition
Casa Azul, Torres Vedras, Portugal

Jov’Arte Biennial, Collective Exhibition
Loures, Portugal

2017

Colectiva De. Para. De. Em Correspondência,
Collective Exhibition
Gallery of Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa

A Imagem Contextualizada, Exhibition/Talk
Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa, Fotográfico

2016

Entre a Fidelidade e a Traição, Collective Exhibition
Gallery of Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa


Artist Residencies
 


2023

Culterim Gallery, Biesenthal, Germany

2022

Budapest Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 

Awards and Publications


Budapest Gallery Exchange Program,
Hungary, 2022

Published in Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa,
FBAUL 2011*21, Prémios Awards (Lisbon : 2022)


Published in Arquivo fotogfáfico de Lisboa,
| A Imagem Contextualizada | (Lisbon: 2022)

Member of the Jury of Bienal Jov’Arte
Loures, Portugal, 2021

Awarded by Emerge Agency with a solo exhibition, Portugal, 2018


Published in Emerge Agency,
Portuguese Emerging Art 2018 (Lisbon: 2018)

Published in Hélice, Propeller Magazine #1
(Lisbon, 2017)

2nd Prize, Bienal Jov’Arte,
Loures, Portugal, 2021

Published in the exhinition catalog 
De. Para. De. Em Correspondência (Lisbon: 2017)