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Isabel Quaresma

/ Lapa
/ República
/ Marquês

Art / Arte
Textile / Têxtil
Catarina Santos Cunha
Isabel Quaresma has always been close to raw materials and a relationship with nature. After studying fashion design, he followed painting, enrolling in a degree in Fine Arts at the University of Porto. With a master’s degree in Drawing and Printing Techniques, he focused on the intersection between drawing and textiles. He created a multidisciplinary studio, developing fashion accessories and painting. With a career that spans fashion, painting, drawing and textiles, including professional education, Isabel is currently a teacher at the Faculty of Fine Arts and a researcher in the PhD in Fine Arts at FBAUP.

Isabel Quaresma sempre teve uma proximidade com as matérias-primas e uma relação com a natureza. Após estudos em design de moda, seguiu pintura, ingressando na licenciatura em Artes Plásticas na Universidade do Porto. Com mestrado em Desenho e Técnicas de Impressão, concentrou-se na intersecção entre desenho e têxtil. Criou um atelier multidisciplinar, desenvolvendo acessórios de moda e pintura. Com uma carreira que abrange moda, pintura, desenho e têxtil, passando pelo ensino profissional, Isabel é atualmente docente na Faculdade de Belas Artes e investigadora no Doutoramento em Artes Plásticas na FBAUP.


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