"Waves" (1995) Sculpture by Maria Antónia Santos

Born and lives in Lisbon. Course at the António Arroio School of Decorative Arts and Degree in Painting at ESBAL. Scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in France for the study and learning of Tapestry.
He was a teacher at the Escola Artística António Arroio. He is a member of the Association International des Arts Plastiques (UNESCO).
Representative of Portugal at the “8th International Tapestry” in Lodz (Poland).
Exhibitions in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Poland and Finland .
Honorable mentions in Barcelona and Estoi. Bronze Medals in Portimão and Estoril and 2nd Prize ERA ART in Gdynia (Poland).
Presentation texts by Guillaume Santos, Maria Antónia Santos,
António Moreira, Iván de la Torre Amerighi, Laura Fajardo, Rodrigues
Vaz, João Viegas, Louro de Almeida, Leonoreta Leitão, Madalena Braz
Teixeira and Maria Teresa Horta.

Bibliography and Press
“Dictionary of Portuguese Painters and Sculptors ” by Fernando Pamplona; “The Great Museums of Portugal”; “Correio da Manhã”, 04/22/1990; “A Women in Arts Publications”. London, November 1993; “Official Journal of Communities”, volume 37 of 07/01/1994; ”Visão”, 11.05.1995; “International Tapestry Journal”, summer 1995; “Ouest-France”, 18.12.1996; ”Textil Forum”, September 1999; ABC. Cultural. Madrid 20.09.03; La Voz de Alcalá - Cultura nº138, Year XII; ABC.Cultura nº32.071, Sevilla 22.09.03.

• Nationality: PORTUGAL
• Date of birth : unknown date
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Portuguese Artists