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Mariana Santos, known as" Mariana, a miserável" (the miserable one), was born in 1986 in Leiria, Portugal. When she was a small child, her dream was to be a florist but, soon enough, she entered a life of "misery, cesspit and rock'n'roll". One step behind the fall and a marriage of convenience, she sold her heart in a souvenir store to pay the bills. She studied graphic design at Escola Superior de Artes e Design (Caldas da Rainha), where she developped her taste for "not-knowing-how-to-draw". Two years ago she moved to Oporto and is currently taking a Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects at FBAUP. Besides studying, she is involved in a number of illustration projects: she is the Director of Illustration at JUP, she takes part in many exhibitions (collective or solo), small publications, collective murals and she oftens design posters for her friends as well as calendars, magazines and books. Read Less

2013

MAR : solo show - Objectos Misturados, Viana do Castelo
18 APR : solo show - IDRAWALOT, Berlin
21 SEP : solo show - ó!galeria, Porto

2012

1 JAN : Guimarães Agenda 2012
3 JAN : Uivo collective show - Fórum Maia

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4 FEB : Drawing on glass show window - Avesso, Esposende
11 FEB : Crazy Cat&Dog People collective show - Casa Ruim, Torres Vedras

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1 MAR : Farrapeira wall drawing- Maria vai com as outras, Porto
4 MAR : This Bliss Project launch - Porto
10 MAR : Dr Love collective show - Braga
23 MAR : Duel collective show - FBAUP, Porto
23 MAR GRRRL Riot collective show- Plano B, Porto
30 MAR : MU collective show - NAD, Research and Design Center Évora

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28 APR : Before We Die collective show - Galeria dos Leões, Porto
28 APR : White Collar collective show - Entre Linhas, Porto

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15 MAY : Workshop Drawing on glass show window - mArte, Barcelos
16 MAY : Dentro de Portas collective show - Ep, estúdio Café, Penafiel
18 MAY : fanzine Alice launch - FBAUP, Porto
25 MAY fanzine CRU launch - v5, Porto
26 MAY : 6764,257 km collective show - Rv Galeria, Brasil
31 MAY : fanzine Leopardo Surdo launch - Montana shop, Lisboa

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1 JUN : Circus collective show- Maus Hábitos, Porto
8 JUN : Solo show - Mercado Negro, Aveiro

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12 JUL : Drawings for wall projections | Quintas de Leitura - TCA, Porto
18 JUL : Exquisite Collective show - Espacio Cabrera, Buenos Aires
13 JUL : work presentation - Instituto do Design, Guimarães
27 JUL : Walk and Talk collective show- Açores

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4AUG : Post-it Collective Show - ó!Galeria Porto

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8 SEP : solo show - a9))), Leiria
15 SEP : LOWBRA collective show - Influx Contemporary Art, Lisboa

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OUT : Participation in Fanzine El Freskito
OUT : Participation in Fanzine EL TEMERARIO
OUT : Draw for auction "Help the Iberian Wolf" - Azul Caramelo and Associação do Lobo Ibérico

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1 NOV : collective wall illustration - pop-up store ó!galeria, Centro Comercial Bom Sucesso, Porto
9 NOV : Tornado collective show - Biblioteca Municipal Rocha Peixoto - Póvoa de Varzim
10NOV : Participation in Fanzine "Nem tudo o que brilha é ouro"
17NOV : Collective show - Alley art gallery, Hasselt, Belgium

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5DEC : Rojo Collective show - Miscelanea Bcn, Spain
8DEC : Zoo Collective show - ó!Galeria, Porto




2011
19 FEB : Flash show - ó!Galeria, Porto
18 MAR : Deambular Collective Show - Biblioteca Municipal, Porto
9 APR : Illustration Collective Show - Mercado Negro, Aveiro
JUN : Arte em Segredo Collective Show - Galeria dos Leões, Porto
17 SET : The end show - Ó!Galeria, Porto
NOV :Collective show Pão de Forma - ó!Galeria, Porto
19 NOV : Avesso Solo Show - Avesso, Esposende
8 DEC : Maga Collective Show - Silos, Caldas da Rainha
10 DEC : Collective show - a9))), Leiria


2010
27 MAR : Exposição miserável que apesar de tudo tem rissóis solo show - Atelier de Arte e Expressão, Caldas da Rainha
12 JUN : solo show - Contagiarte, Porto
3 JUL : Maria Goes With Others solo show - Maria vai com as outras, Porto
23 JUL : Histórias do Cinema Collective Show II - Biblioteca Municipal, Póvoa de Varzim
11 SET : Bolinha Vermelha solo show - Vanity Land, Caldas da Rainha
9 OUT : Um tiro no Escuro solo show - Livraria Arquivo, Leiria
27 NOV : Mariana, a Miserável solo show - Casa Ruim, Torres Vedras Read Less