Mariana Reis Gillot
Biography:
Mariana is on 3. December 1975 born in Lisbon. Today she lives and works in Sintra, because this place inspires you. 1995 She began studying architecture at the University of Lusíada in Lisbon. In the year 1997 she started a sculpture course at Arco – Center for Art and Visual Communication, which they do in the year 2000 completed. With this institution she took part in a collective exhibition at the Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon, took part in the Arco exhibition and in the realization of an installation in the port of Lisbon.
During her academic training and in the following years, she exhibited some of her works at art fairs in various fields. She has several plastic art workshops in the areas of painting, Drawing and modeling with clay in her own studio, in kindergartens and primary schools in Mucifal, necklaces, Azóia, Galamares, S. Pedro de Sintra and Colégio de S. José (Ramalhão) held.
Until the end 2005 She researched and directed 'Atelier 13' together with Salvador Reis’ in S. Pedro de Sintra. She was invited, to carry out a plastic art project for children aged one to ten years at the Catherine College of Bragança for a whole school year. She then worked there for two years as a teacher for artistic training with the therapeutic aspect of interpreting emotions and colors.
In the same school she led and organized participation in the 15. Mostra of the Theater of the Municipality of Sintra. She was responsible for the theater assembly, for the development of scenarios and props. At this exhibition she won the first honorable mention.
Although in recent years she has created several sculptures in her own studio, Created paintings and jewelry, she turned to sculpture and installation. The theme of her current work essentially focuses on human relationships and the interaction between people and their contemporary world. She focuses on problems and social issues, where the installation and the sculpture merge and ironize their eyes on everyday life.
Exhibition & Art fairs (Selection):
She took part in various art fairs in Germany, Luxemburg, of Switzerland, Portugal and Spain took part.
