{"id":80,"date":"2023-05-11T11:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T11:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollyannafreire.com\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2026-01-09T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:06:31","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":5,"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 1982 em S\u00e3o Paulo, Brasil. Vive e trabalha desde 2010 em Portugal. Das suas mais recentes exposi\u00e7\u00f5es individuais destaca-se V\u00c3O no MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisboa, em 2023. Em 2024 inaugurou VANO na Central Artistica de Bue\u00f1o, Espanha e <\/span>\\\"Verde-azulado, Azul-amarelado\\\", n'A Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e das Artes, Fund\u00e3o. Destaca-se ainda <\/span><\/em><\/span>\\\"No meio da pedra tinha um caminho\\\", na Galeria Bessa Pereira, 2023. Em 2017, realizou sua primeira exposi\u00e7\u00e3o individual \\\"Escultura\\\", seguindo-se \\\"Cavalo Verde\\\" em 2020, no M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa. Das exposi\u00e7\u00f5es coletivas que integrou, destacam-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. Em 2012, participou na exposi\u00e7\u00e3o \\\"Me, Myself and I\\\" relativo ao IV Certamen de Dibujo Contempor\u00e1neo Pilar y Andr\u00e9s Centenera Jaraba, Fundaci\u00f3n Centenera, em Madrid, onde recebeu uma men\u00e7\u00e3o honrosa. Em 2017, foi convidada para integrar a 8.\u00aa edi\u00e7\u00e3o da exposi\u00e7\u00e3o Artemar, em Cascais, comissariada por Lu\u00edsa Soares de Oliveira. Foi selecionada, em 2015, para o Pr\u00e9mio Novos Artistas Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP. Os seus trabalhos integram v\u00e1rias cole\u00e7\u00f5es p\u00fablicas e privadas, entre as quais a Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, 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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<\/em>Pollyanna Freire was born in 1982 in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil. She has lived and worked in Portugal since 2010. Among her most recent solo exhibitions, highlights include <\/span><\/em>V\u00c3O<\/span> at MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, in 2023. In 2024, she inaugurated <\/span><\/em>VANO<\/span> at the Central Artistica de Bue\u00f1o, Spain, and <\/span><\/em>\\\"Verde-azulado, Azul-amarelado\\\"<\/span> at A Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e das Artes, Fund\u00e3o. Also noteworthy is <\/span><\/em>\\\"No meio da pedra tinha um caminho\\\"<\/span> at the Galeria Bessa Pereira, 2023. In 2017, she held her first solo exhibition, \\\"<\/span><\/em>Escultura\\\"<\/span>, followed by \\\"<\/span><\/em>Cavalo Verde\\\"<\/span> in 2020 at M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon. Among the group exhibitions she has participated in, highlights include: \\\"<\/span><\/em>N\u00e3o sei se posso lhe desejos um feliz ano\\\"<\/span>, at the MNAC \u2013 Museu Nacional de Arte Contempor\u00e2nea, Lisbon, 2022; \\\"<\/span><\/em>Play is a serious matter\\\"<\/span>, Museu das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es \/ Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es, Lisbon, 2019; \\\"<\/span><\/em>O pouco ou muito a diferen\u00e7a \u00e9 pouca\\\"<\/span>, M\u00f3dulo \u2013 Centro Difusor de Arte, 2014, curated by Jo\u00e3o Silv\u00e9rio. In 2012, she participated in the exhibition Me, Myself and I related to the IV Certamen de Dibujo Contempor\u00e1neo Pilar y Andr\u00e9s Centenera Jaraba, Fundaci\u00f3n Centenera, in Madrid, where she received an honorable mention. In 2017, she was invited to participate in the 8th edition of the Artemar exhibition, in Cascais, curated by Lu\u00edsa Soares de Oliveira. In 2015, she was selected for the EDP Foundation New Artists Award. His works are part of several public and private collections, including the EDP Foundation Collection, SCAN Collection - London, Portuguese Communications Foundation Collection, MG - Alvito, Quartel - Abrantes Municipal Art Gallery, Ar.Co Collection - Center for Arts and Visual Communication, Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro, among others.<\/span><\/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 \"frameOverflow\": \"\"\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 Viisual 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 - 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>

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

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>

Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o EDP, Lisbon
<\/span>Col. SCAN, London
<\/span>Col. M\u00e1rio Teixeira da Silva
<\/span>Col. Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Portuguesa das Comunica\u00e7\u00f5es
<\/span>Col. Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro - Quartel - Galeria Municipal de Arte de Abrantes
<\/span>Col. 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}]}}