Marta Soares

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Marta Soares was born in Lisbon and studied Visual Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Between 1988 and 1993, she attended the experimental studio Atelier Livre under the guidance of Pedro Morais. Her work, which has been exhibited in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas and the Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, focuses on the role of process in painting and the relationship between created images and the spaces they inhabit. Her pieces are held in several notable collections, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the PLMJ Foundation.