{"id":80,"date":"2023-05-11T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:38:47","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/?page_id=80","title":{"rendered":"biography"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"grid":"{\r\n \"colCount\": 12,\r\n \"colGutter\": 1,\r\n \"rowGutters\": [\r\n 5\r\n ],\r\n \"frameMargin\": 5,\r\n \"leftFrameMargin\": 5,\r\n \"rightFrameMargin\": 5,\r\n \"topFrameMargin\": 10,\r\n \"mus\": {\r\n \"colGutterMu\": \"%\",\r\n \"rowGutterMu\": \"%\",\r\n \"topFrameMu\": \"%\",\r\n \"bottomFrameMu\": \"%\",\r\n \"frameMu\": \"%\"\r\n },\r\n \"bottomFrameMargin\": 5,\r\n \"rowAttrs\": [\r\n {\r\n \"relid\": 1\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"relid\": 3\r\n }\r\n ],\r\n \"bgColor\": null,\r\n \"bgImage\": null,\r\n \"cont\": [\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"
Pollyanna Freire nasceu em S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil, em 1982. Vive e trabalha em Portugal desde 2010. Licenciada em Artes Pl\u00e1sticas pela Universidade Estadual de S\u00e3o Paulo e mestre em Linguagens Visuais pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, concluiu sua forma\u00e7\u00e3o no Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Visual, tendo feito o Curso Avan\u00e7ado em Artes Pl\u00e1sticas.\u00a0 Das suas mais recentes exposi\u00e7\u00f5es individuais destacam-se: \\\"Mas Se Acaso\\\" na KubikGallery, Porto, 2026; \u201cA Pequena Forma\u201d no Ar.Co Xabregas, 2026; V\u00c3O no MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, 2023, seguindo-se VANO na Central Artistica de Bue\u00f1o, Espanha, 2024; \\\"Verde-azulado, Azul-amarelado\\\", n'A Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e das Artes, Fund\u00e3o, 2024. Em 2017 fez a sua primeira exposi\u00e7\u00e3o individual em Portugal, \\\"Escultura\\\", seguindo-se \\\"Cavalo Verde\\\", em 2020, ambas no M\u00f3dulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>Inaugurou sua primeira escultura p\u00fablica no ano de 2025, na aldeia de Sard\u00edn, Espanha.\u00a0 <\/span>Foi selecionada para o Pr\u00e9mio EDP Novos Artistas edi\u00e7\u00e3o 2015. <\/span>Em 2017, integrou a 8.a edi\u00e7\u00e3o da exposi\u00e7\u00e3o Artemar, em Cascais, comissariada por Lu\u00edsa Soares de Oliveira. De entre as exposi\u00e7\u00f5es coletivas que participou, refiram-se: \\\"N\u00e3o sei se posso desejar-lhe um feliz ano\\\", no MNAC \u2013 Museu Nacional de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea, Lisboa, 2022; \\\"Play is a serious matter\\\", Museu das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es \/ Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Lisboa, 2019; \\\"O pouco ou muito a diferen\u00e7a \u00e9 pouca\\\", M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, 2014, com curadoria de Jo\u00e3o Silv\u00e9rio. Foi selecionada em 2012 para o IV Certamen de Dibujo Contempor\u00e1neo Pilar y Andr\u00e9s Centenera Jaraba, integrando a exposi\u00e7\u00e3o \\\"Me, Myself and I\\\", em Madrid, onde recebeu uma men\u00e7\u00e3o honrosa. Os seus trabalhos integram v\u00e1rias cole\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas e privadas, entre as quais a Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o PLMJ, Col. SCAN - Londres, Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es, MG - Alvito, Quartel - Galeria Municipal de Arte de Abrantes, , Col. Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Visual, Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro, entre outras.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>
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Pollyanna Freire was born in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, in 1982. Lives and works in Portugal since 2010. Holds a degree in Fine Arts from the State University of S\u00e3o Paulo and a master's degree in Visual Languages \u200b\u200bfrom the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, she completed her training at Ar.Co - Center for Arts and Visual Communication, having taken the Advanced Course in Fine Arts. Among her most recent solo exhibitions are: \\\"Mas Se Acaso\\\" at KubikGallery, Porto, 2026; \\\"A Pequena Forma\\\" at Ar.Co Xabregas, 2026; V\u00c3O at MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, 2023, followed by VANO at Central Artistica de Bue\u00f1o, Spain, 2024; \\\"Verde-azulado, azul-amarelado\\\", at A Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e das Artes, Fund\u00e3o, 2024. In 2017 she held her first solo exhibition in Portugal, \\\"Sculpture\\\", followed by \\\"Cavalo Verde\\\", in 2020, both at M\u00f3dulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon. She inaugurated her first public sculpture in 2025, in the village of Sard\u00edn, Spain. She was selected for the EDP New Artists Award 2015 edition. In 2017, she participated in the 8th edition of the Artemar exhibition, in Cascais, curated by Lu\u00edsa Soares de Oliveira. Among the group exhibitions she participated in, it is worth mentioning: \\\"N\u00e3o sei se posso desejar-lhe um feliz ano\\\", at MNAC \u2013 National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon, 2022; \\\"Play is a serious matter\\\", Museum of Communications \/ Portuguese Communications Foundation, Lisbon, 2019; \\\"O pouco ou muito a diferen\u00e7a \u00e9 pouca\\\", M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, 2014, curated by Jo\u00e3o Silv\u00e9rio. In 2012, she was selected for the IV Certamen de Dibujo Contempor\u00e1neo Pilar y Andr\u00e9s Centenera Jaraba, participating in the exhibition \\\"Me, Myself and I\\\" in Madrid, where she received an honorable mention. Her works are part of several public and private collections, including the Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o PLMJ, Col. SCAN - London, Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es, MG - Alvito, Quartel - Galeria Municipal de Arte de Abrantes, Col. Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o Visual, Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro, among others.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\",\r\n \"align\": \"top\",\r\n \"row\": 0,\r\n \"col\": 0,\r\n \"colspan\": 12,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": 0,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"yvel\": 1,\r\n \"push\": 0,\r\n \"relid\": 2,\r\n \"absolute_position\": false\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"type\": \"text\",\r\n \"cont\": \"

S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil, 1982

<\/span>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2011-2012 Individual Project in Visual Arts, Ar.Co, Lisbon<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>

2009-2011 Advanced Course in Visual Arts, Ar.Co, Lisbon<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>

2007-2009 Master in Visual Languages, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>

2000-2003 Bachelor in Fine Arts, State University of S.Paulo, Brazil<\/span><\/span><\/span>

<\/span>SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2026 - Mas Se Acaso, Kubikgallery, Porto
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2026 - Bosques, montes, jardins e o mar, Espa\u00e7o Pontes, Fund\u00e3o<\/span><\/p>

2025 - A Pequena Forma, Ar.Co Xabregas, Lisbon<\/span><\/p>

2024 - Vano, CAB - Central Art\u00edstica de Bue\u00f1o, Spain<\/span><\/p>

2024 - Verde-azulado, Azul-amarelado, A Moagem , Fund\u00e3o<\/span><\/p>

2023 - No meio da pedra tinha um caminho, Galeria Bessa Pereira, Lisbon
2023 - V\u00c3O, MAAT \u2013 Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon
2020 - Cavalo Verde, M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon
2017 - Escultura, M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon<\/span>
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PUBLIC SCULPTURE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2025 - Sard\u00edn, Spain<\/span><\/p>

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2022 - N\u00e3o sei se posso desejar-lhe um feliz ano, Museu de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea do Chiado, Lisbon
<\/span>2021 - Ped\u00e1gio de mim - Foco Brasil, cur. Hugo Dinis, Not a Museum, Lisbon
<\/span>2019 - Play is a serious matter, Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Lisbon
2018 - JustMad #9 (M\u00f3dulo), Madrid
2017 - 8\u00aa Edi\u00e7\u00e3o da Exposi\u00e7\u00e3o ARTEMAR (Cur. Luisa Soares de Oliveira), Cascais
<\/span>2016 - Olhares Cruzados \/ identidades Diversas, M\u00f3dulo-Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon
2015 - Pr\u00e9mio Novos Artistas da Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, Lisbon
<\/span>2015 - JustMad6 (M\u00f3dulo), Madrid
<\/span>2014 - O Pouco ou nada a diferen\u00e7a \u00e9 pouca, cur. Jo\u00e3o Silv\u00e9rio, M\u00f3dulo, Lisbon
<\/span>2014 - Summa International Contemporary Art Fair (M\u00f3dulo), Madrid
<\/span>2014 - Est Art Fair (M\u00f3dulo), Estoril2014
<\/span>2014 - Bolseiros e finalistas da AR.CO 2013, Pavilh\u00e3o Preto, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon
<\/span>2013 - Bolseiros e finalistas da AR.CO 2012, Pavilh\u00e3o Preto, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon
<\/span>2013 - Me, Myself and I, Sala La Longa, Centro Cultural del Reloj, Madrid
<\/span>2012 - Open Studio, AR.CO, Lisbon<\/span>
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<\/strong>GRANTS AND AWARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2015 -<\/span> EDP Foundation New Artists Award <\/span>(shortlisted)
<\/span>2013 - Honorable Mention in the IV Drawing Contest<\/span><\/span><\/span>, Fundaci\u00f3n Centenera Jaraba
<\/span>2008-09 - CNPQ Scholarship for Graduate \/ Masters<\/span><\/span><\/span>

<\/span>COLLECTIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Funda\u00e7\u00e3o PLMJ
Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP
<\/span>SCAN, London
<\/span>M\u00e1rio Teixeira da Silva
<\/span>Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es
<\/span>Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro - Quartel - Galeria Municipal de Arte de Abrantes
<\/span>MG, Alvito

<\/span>BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

2017 Carlos Vidal Tenes, Pollyanna Freire-Escultura. Objectos e cores, in \u201cgps - S\u00e1bado\u201d, n\u00ba672, pg.16, 16-22 mar\u00e7o
<\/span>2015 Jo\u00e3o Pinharanda, Esculturas desenhadas da<\/em> parede, in Pr\u00e9mio Novos Artistas 2015 \/ Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, Documenta.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\",\r\n \"align\": \"top\",\r\n \"row\": 1,\r\n \"col\": 0,\r\n \"colspan\": 12,\r\n \"offsetx\": 0,\r\n \"offsety\": 0,\r\n \"spaceabove\": 0,\r\n \"spacebelow\": 0,\r\n \"yvel\": 1,\r\n \"push\": 0,\r\n \"relid\": 4,\r\n \"absolute_position\": false\r\n }\r\n ]\r\n}","phonegrid":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}