Country: Portugal

City: Mozambique

Born in Mozambique, Maria Resende has a BA degree in Arts, Witwatersrand University, South Africa. 

She was a lecturer at Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, teaching "Técnicas de Expressão da Língua Portuguesa ", for several years.

In Portugal, she continued her work in the educational field as a pedagogical director and later become an entrepreneur .

She has been showcasing her artworks in solo and collective exhibitions, in Portugal ( Espaço de Santa Catarina, Lisbon/ Galeria Europa-América, Lisbon/ Art Gallery D.Pedro, Oporto) .

She has participated in international exhibitions such as: 

BCM Gallery, Barcelona, Spain/ 

European Art Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark, as "ambassador of art"/

Kunsthaus Stove, Germany/ 

Rochester Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA/

Connect Art Show, California, USA

Salão de Arte Contemporânea, Brazil/

Larroque Art Festival, France

Lanzarote Art Festival, Las Palmas, Spain/

Artbox Art Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland/ 

Kunstsalon Kasteel Daelenbroeck, The Netherlands/ 

"Artsunami" Play Room Gallery, The Netherlands 

Last year (2019), she was awarded the GIOTTO PRIZE, for stylistic value.