Ana Ventura, Lisbon 1972
Lives and work in Antwerp
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2000 - 1994: Degree in Visual Arts - Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon with 4 years of specialisation in Engraving techniques
1994-1993 - Artistic Drawing Course at National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon
1994-1993 - Drawing Course - Arts and Crafts Institute, Ricardo Espírito Santo Silva Foundation
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1999 - Engraving and Arts internship under the Erasmus program, at the École National Supérieure de Arts Visuels, La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium. do item
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2024 - [from 03/06 to 28/06 ] AGA LAB Foundation, Print Studio, Amsterdam
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2024 . Merit winner, Professional Show > Corporate Communications/Institutional > 3×3 International Illustration Annual No.21, USA;
2023 . 11th Hiii Illustration International Competition , “Best of the Best” Winner Award, Hangzhou, China,
2022 . Portuguese Nacional Illustration Award, PNI, Portugal;2022 . Distinguished Merit winner > Published Books > 3×3 International Illustration Annual No.19, USA;
2022 . Selected for 9th Ilustratie Festival PICTURALE, Ronse, Belgium;
2019 . Selected for 8th Ilustratie Festival PICTURALE, Ronse, Belgium;
2017 . Special Award – The 6th Book Illustration Festival “BookILL Fest”, Serbia;
2016 . Lürzer’s Archive selected 200Best Illustrators worldwide 2016/2017;
2015 . Selected for 25th Bienále Ilustrácií Bratislava, BIB 2015, Bratislava, Slovakia;
2015 . Selected for second Nami Island international picture book illustration concours, Korea;
2014 . Selected for ILUSTRARTE 2014, Fábrica da Eléctricidade, Lisbon, Portugal;
2013 . Selected for 24th Bienále Ilustrácií Bratislava, BIB 2013, Bratislava, Slovakia;
2012 . Selected for Bologna Book Fair Guest Country Exhibition, Italy;
2010 . Selected for International contest “Titan: Illustration in Design”, Portugal;
2008 . “spread the news” Design selected for Converse (PRODUCT) RED, USA;
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2023 . MUDAR, Galeria do Paço, Braga, Portugal
2019 . Ana Ventura, Kornél koffie, Antwerp, Belgium
2019 . Ana Ventura – Inside/outside, Gallery Labyrint, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2016 . Na PELE, Fábrica das Histórias – Casa Jaime Umbelino, Torres Vedras, Portugal
2014 . Settemostre – Un percorso a cura di ZOO “Ana Ventura”, Rizoma Architetture, Bologna, Italy
2014 . Our Sky, Galeria Branco, Art-District, Cidadela de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal
2013 . Das Raízes – Ana Ventura, Auditório Municipal Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, Portugal
2012 . Ana Ventura, Titlee showroom, Paris, France
2011 . RDV, Les Libellules, Bologna, Italy
2011 . Nine Geschichten über die Liebe, La Manufacture d’Anouk, Marburg, Germany
2011 . Nine Stories about Love, Panta Rhei, Madrid, Spain
2011 . Nove Storie sull’Amore, Neirami, Bologna, Italy
2007 . Jardins Brancos – Bourgeois Pig Gallerie, Heidelberg, Germany
2006 . Jardins na Cabeça – serigrafias e colagens, Galeria da Arquivo Livraria, Leiria, Portugal
2002 . Ata-te a mim, Galeria Franco Steggink, Lagoa, Azores
1998 . Jardim – Escola, Galeria Arte Periférica, Massamá, Portugal
1996 . O trabalho dos Avós, Casa da Cultura de Mora, Mora, Portugal
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2024 . 11th Hiii Illustration Exhibition of Award-Winning Works, December 14th - January 15th, Culture and Art Center, Hangzhou, China
2024 . PARA O BONECO, Exposição efémera de ilustração feita em Portugal, Bairro do Grilo, Lisboa,
2023 . BRAGA EM RISCO 7th edition, Braga, Portugal
2023 . UIVO 12a mostra de ilustração da Maia, Maia, Portugal
2023 . PIM! Mostra de Ilustração: O Risco de Ler Devagar – Exposição integrada no FOLIO, Festival Literário Internacional de Óbidos, Galeria Nova Ogiva, Óbidos, Portugal.
2022 . PIM! Mostra de Ilustração: Ai…se eu mandasse – Exposição integrada no FOLIO, Festival Literário Internacional de Óbidos, Galeria Nova Ogiva, Óbidos, Portugal.
2017 . Ver Lisboa – 16 serigrafias, Museu Bordalo Pinheiro, Lisboa, Portugal.
2017 . É Preciso Fazer um Desenho?, Exposição integrada na Festa da Ilustração Setubal, Museu de Setúbal – Convento de Jesus, Portugal.
2016 . Ver Lisboa, Abysmo Galeria, Lisboa, Portugal.
2015 . PIM! Mostra de Ilustração para imaginar o Mundo – Exposição integrada no FOLIO, Festival Literário Internacional de Óbidos, Galeria Nova Ogiva, Óbidos, Portugal.
2015 . Mons S’illustre 11 edition Les Enfants du livre, Exposição integrada no MONS 2015 – Capitale Européenne de la Culture, Mons, Belgium.
2014 . Como as Cerejas Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.
2013 . Lá e Cá: os livros viajantes, Sesc Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil. 2013 . “CASA” Studio Banana, Madrid, Spain.
2013 . Como as Cerejas International book fair Bogotá, Colombia.
2012 . Octopus Henna – Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran.
2012 . Mots, Brots i Gargots – Exhibition with Camilla Engman, Estufa fria do Jardim botânico de Valencia, Spain.
2012 . Como as Cerejas, Bologna Children book Fair, Bolonha, Italy.
2011 . O museu ilustrado -10 anos, 10 ilustradores, Museu da Marioneta, Lisbon, Portugal.
2011 . Distant Friends – Exhibition with Camilla Engman, Hamelin, Bologna, Italy.
2010 . You’re Here – converse, MUDE – Museu do Design e da Moda, Lisbon, Portugal.
2009 . The Incredible Print Show, ArtStream Gallery, Rochester, USA.
2008 . Friends and Aquaintances, manos shop, Solna, Sweden.
2007 . Uma Casa, Todas as Leituras – Exposição colectiva integrada no IX Palavras Andarilhas, Beja, Portugal.
2007 . Vorhang Aud – Bourgeois Pig Gallerie, Heidelberg, Germany.
2004 . Dressing up Nature, Parque Monteiro Mor, Museu do traje e da moda de Lisbon, Portugal.
2002 . Habitar o Hábito, Academia das Artes dos Açores, Ponta Delgada, Azores.
2002 . O jogo da Mala, Caldas Late Night, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
2000 . Salão Lisboa 2000 , Ilustração/BD, Standard Eléctrica, Belém, Portugal.
2000 . Nonstopopening Lisboa, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.
2000 . Viewers Digest, Antiga cantina da Faculdade de Ciências, Museu da Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal.
2000 . Microart – obras de arte originais em maquinas de venda automática, Expo Hannover, Germany.
1999 . Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores’99, Braga, Portugal.
1997 . Exposição comemorativa do 6.° aniversário da Galeria Arte Periférica, Massamá, Portugal.
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A scandal in bohemia and other adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Cover], text by Arthur Conan Doyle, published by Livraria Lello, Porto, Portugal, August 2023
Land Zonder Fiets, Eds, published by Wablieft, Belgium, November 2023
Mudar, published by Pato Lógico, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2021.
Guia LER e VER Lisboa, Eds, published by PRADO+EGEAC, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2016.
O rapaz que não se tinha quieto, text by Rita Taborda Duarte, published by Caminho, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2014.
Tankene lager ingen lyder, text by Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen, published by Magikon Forlag, Oslo, Norway, November 2013.
A habitação de Jonas, text by Inês Fonseca Santos, published by Abysmo, Lisboa, Portugal, March 2013.
Nove storie sull’amore, text by Giovanna Zoboli, published by Topipittori, Milano, Italy, 2011.
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“UIVO: Expedições – Do Real e do Fantástico“, de 8 Dezembro a 26 de Fevereiro 2023, pag. 11.
“200 Best Illustrations worldwide 16/17”, Published by Luerzers Archive, Frankfurt 2016, pag. 84.
“Little Big Books – illustrations for children’s picture books”, Edited by Hendrik Hellige and Robert Klanten, published by Gestalten, Berlin 2012, pag. 104-105 .
ISBN: 978-3-89955-446-5“DIY”, Published by Art Power, Hong Kong, April 2012.
ISBN: 978-7-5611-6753-3“Illustration . Play 2, An Expedition to the Extraordinary”, Publish by Victon:ary, Hong Kong, August 2010. ISBN 978-988-17328-6-6.
“Print & Patern”, Edited by Bowie Stile, published by Laurence King, March 2010.
ISBN: 978 1 85669 646 3“Mascotte 2 – selected by Delicatessen” Happy Books, Italy 2006, pag. 156-161.
ISBN: 888 641 667 9