Simone dos Prazeres

Simone Martins dos Prazeres, born in Paris (France) is living in Portugal for more than 30 years. She studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. She started acareer in higher education as a Plastic Expression Teacher, kipping alive her artistic life. She is currently dedicated to watercolor, focusing on portraits and etching where aspects of nature are questioned. She has already participated in many group exhibitions and won some awards.

AWARDS:

• 2025: “Encouragement Award”, “Blooming Art - Art Value Development Project" - 11th Geoje International Art Festival”, Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea;
• 2025: 2nd award (ex aequo) in ilustration - Concurso Literário e de Ilustração Professora Rosinda de Oliveira, Mamarrosa, Portugal;
• 2024: “Encouragement Award”,“Language of Co-existence, Art -10th Geoje International Art Festival”,Haegeumgang Theme Museum, Geoje, South Korea;
• 2023: 2nd award: iberic watercolor contest - Winsor and Newton [on-line], Iberic, France and Italy;
• 2023: 2nd award: CreArt2023 - FundaçãoVoxPopuli, Lisbon, Portugal;
• 2021: Winner of Painted leaves - SM-LT art and PALETA ART[on-line];
• 2018: 2nd e 3rdawards: CreArt2018 - Fundação VoxPopuli, Lisbon, Portugal;
• 2017: 1st prize: CreArt2017 - Fundação VoxPopuli, Lisbon, Portugal;
• 2007: honorificmention: II Concurso de Fotografia, INATEL, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2005: honorificmention(photography): “Aveiro Jovens Criadores 2005”, Aveiro, Portugal.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• 2025: Exposition at the Guarda's Museum, named "Entre Gramagens", Guarda; Portugal.
• 2006: Exposition in Paço da Cultura da Guarda, named“Fertilitas”, Guarda; Portugal.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (listlatestfirst, andexhibitionname, location, city, country):

• 2024 December 1- 25: “4th Jeongeup International Art Festival” at “Language of Co-existence, Art -10th Geoje International Art Festival”, Jeongeup Living Culture, Jeongeup, South Korea;
• 2024 November 1-25: “Language of Co-existence, Art -10th Geoje International Art Festival” in Haegeumgang Theme Museum / Yukyung Art Museum Exhibition Hall 1-5, Geoje, South Korea.
• 2024 July 6 - August 3: "XI Bienal de Pintura de Pequeno Formato 2024", Moinho de Maré, Alhos Vedres, Portugal;
• 2024 May 8 - March 8: "8M - 8+2 Exposição Livros de Artistas", Colégio do Espírito Santo Library of the University of Évora, Évora, Portugal;
• 2023: collectiveexhibition:"Eu diria que nevava", Museu da Guarda, Portugal;
• 2023: collectiveexhibition: Arte Postal, TOPICGalery, Saint-Raphaël, France;
• 2022-2023: exposition: "Rasgos de lucidez", SIAC#6, Museu da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2022: artisticresidence, SIAC#6, Museu da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2021-2022: III Convocatória de Arte Postal, Quinta da Cruz, Viseu, Portugal;
• 2021: III Goldrartes, collectiveexhibition: Artistas Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal;
• 2021: artisticresidence in Biblioteca Municipal Eduardo Lourenço; Guarda, Portugal;
• 2020: CoviDesign, Greve Museum, Greve, Denmark;
• 2020: VII Bienal Internacional de GrabadoAguafuerte, Valladolid, Spain;
• 2019: participation in Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition 2019, Tokushima, Japan;
• 2019: participation in IVº Salão de Outono, Museu da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2019: Festival d'Art Sacré de Senlis, Senlis, France;
• 2019: collectiveexhibition: Desassossego do Sossego, Galeria Days Are, Miguel Bombarda, Porto, Portugal;
• 2018: participation in Via Pictorica, IIIº salão de Outono do Museu da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal;
• 2018: participation in Erotic - Print inCalcografria, Salamanca, Spain.