Ana Manso was born in 1984 in Lisbon, where she lives and works. She graduated in Fine Arts – Painting at the Lisbon University Faculty of Fine Arts and has been exhibiting regularly since 2007. Solo and group exhibitions include: Não significam nada quando as faço – só uma confusão. Com o passar do tempo encontro algo onde me agarrar – como por exemplo – como – como.., A Certain Lack of Coherence, Oporto (2016); Menthol, Ar Sólido, Lisbon (2016); Rinoceronte-Ananás, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Oporto (2016); Cidra Da Luz Escoval Manso Mendes Romão Sena, AR Sólido, Lisbon (2015); Sirena, Galleria Umberto di Marino, Naples (2015); Contemporary Divan, Palazzo Milio, Ficarra (2015); WET WET SUNSET EAR ON A WALL, Syntax, Lisbon (2015); Through Painting, Fondazione Rivolidue, Milan (2015); The Go-Between, Museo Di Capodimonte, Naples (2014); Sereia, Museu Nogueira Silva, Braga (2014); Group show, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin (2014); Quotes from the Left Left hand, Galleria Massimodeluca, Mestre Venezia (2014); Entre lo Fugitivo y lo Infinito, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid (2013); Z, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (2013); Sob Fogo/Under Fire, Galeria Baginski, Lisbon (2012); Transition and Duration, Galleria Umberto Di Marino, Naples (2012); Gótico, Parkour, Lisbon (2012); O sol morre cedo, Pavilhão Branco – Museu da Cidade, Lisbon (2009); Democracy among Tyrants, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (2009) and A River Ain’t Too Much to Love, Spike Island, Bristol (2008). In 2008 Ana Manso was selected by Lisbon’s City Council to the Artistic Interchange Schoolarship Lisboa-Budapeste, Hungary. In 2011 Ana Manso was shortlisted for the “Prémio EDP Novos Artistas 2011” and “Fidelidade Mundial 2011 Prémio Jovens Pintores”, both in Portugal.