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Gabriela Torres is a visual artist and has a PhD in the specialty of Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL), where she is a researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA). She also has a degree in Drawing with a minor in Conservation and Heritage from FBAUL. Her area of specialization is figure drawing from the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Her thesis is entitled: "Light and dark in the representation of the body: between the interpretation of drawing and the literalness of photography". She has taken part in various conferences and published articles on this subject. She was part of the organization and executive committee of the event "5 Minutes of Drawing" and the organization of the Colloquium Expressão Múltipla, both organized by CIEBA. Since 2014, she has participated in dozens of collective and solo exhibitions. She was the director of Atelier de Arte Realista do Porto from 2022 to 2024. In 2024 after finishing her PhD, she founded Atelier Artístico Aeminium in Coimbra, where she teaches drawing and painting classes (with a special focus on figure drawing with a model) and organizes artistic residencies and workshops in collaboration with other institutions. She also taught oil lessons at Associação de Solidariedade Social dos Professores.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Gabriela Bernardes Torres Ferreira da Costa
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Torres, Gabriela

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
C016-F588-4E1A
ORCID iD
0000-0003-0970-5990

Email addresses

  • agabrielatorres@gmail.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Arts

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/01 - 2025/02
Concluded
 19th century Academic Painting (Outros)
Ramon Hurtado Workshop, United States
2020/09/15 - 2024/06/21
Concluded
 Fine Arts (Doutoramento)
Major in Drawing
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
"Light and dark in the representation of the body: between the interpretation of drawing and the literalness of photography" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Distinção e Louvor
2021/11/04 - 2021/11/16
Concluded
 19th century Academic Drawing (Outros)
Ramon Hurtado Workshop, United States
2021/04/01 - 2021/04/01
Concluded
 Introduction to contemporary art production: development and management of a cultural project. (Outros)
Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/02
Concluded
 The dance between painting and photography (Outros)
Bend Academy of Art, United States
2020/07/15
Concluded
 Drawing Degree and Minor in Conservation and Heritage (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
 17
2019/02/16 - 2019/02/16
Concluded
 Ephemeral drawings (Outros)
Convento São Francisco, Portugal
2015 - 2015
Concluded
 Drawing and Painting course (Outros)
Ar.Co Art Center & Visual Communication, Portugal
2015 - 2015
Concluded
 Artist residency at Carpe Diem Art and Research Center (Outros)
Ar.Co Art Center & Visual Communication, Portugal
2014 - 2014
Concluded
 Comics and Illustration Lab (Outros)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2011/07/29
Concluded
 Dental Medicine (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Evaluation of the fracture resistance of teeth subjected to endodontic therapy - in vitro study (in collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra - robotics laboratory) - 2011" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/08 - 2024/07 Director Atelier de Arte Realista do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/10 - Current Founder and Teacher Atelier Artístico Aeminium, Portugal
2020/09 - Current Researcher (Drawing) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2011 - 2013 Dentist Clínica Dentária Eduardo VII, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Dentist Clínicas de Medicina Dentária Dentalcare, Portugal
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2020/03 - 2022 5 Minutes of Drawing
5 Minutes of Drawing
Organizing committee
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Portugal
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Costa, Henrique; Ramos, José Artur; Manteigas, Beatriz; Romãozinho, Ana; Quintas, Catarina; Elias, Frederico; Passarinho, Hugo; et al. Expressão múltipla VI : desenho aplicado e teoria e prática do desenho : atas das conferências : 2022. Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa. 2023.
  2. Ramos, José Artur; Marcelino, Américo; Costa, Henrique; Rego, Domingos; Manteigas, Beatriz; Torres, Gabriela. Colóquio Expressão Múltipla V : teoria e prática do desenho : atas das conferências. Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas Artes, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Universidade de Lisboa. 2022.
Conference abstract
  1. Torres, Gabriela. "The posed body in drawing at the Fine Arts Academies in the 19th century - The influence of photography". Paper presented in II Encontro Internacional Todas as Artes | Todos os Nomes, Porto, 2021.
    Accepted
Conference paper
  1. Torres, Gabriela. "Charcoal in the expression of the passions of the soul - a look at Artur Ramos' exhibition". Paper presented in VI Colóquio Expressão Múltipla, 2022.
    Published
  2. Torres, Gabriela; Ramos, José. "The emancipation of charcoal drawing in the 19th century and photography. Analysis of drawings from the portuguese Academies.". Paper presented in V colóquio Expressão Múltipla, Lisboa, 2021.
    Published
  3. Torres, Gabriela; Ramos, José. "The posed body in drawing at the Fine Arts Academies in the 19th century - The influence of photography". Paper presented in II Encontro Internacional Todas as Artes | Todos os Nomes, Porto, 2021.
    Published
  4. Torres, Gabriela. "Paula Rego: a look at the human figure". Paper presented in 4º Colóquio Expressão Múltipla: Teoria e Prática do Desenho, Lisboa (online via zoom), 2020.
    Published
Exhibition catalog
  1. José Artur Ramos; Portella, Grazielle; Linhares, Mário; Torres, Gabriela. Prologue and Design of "As faces de Plotino", catalog published in 2022 by artist Prof. Dr. Artur Ramos. Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Belas Artes, 2022.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Light and dark in the representation of the body: between the interpretation of drawing and the literalness of photography". PhD, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/96219.
  2. Torres, Gabriela. "Evaluation of the fracture resistance of teeth subjected to endodontic therapy - in vitro study (in collaboration with the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Coimbra - robotics laboratory)". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, 2011.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Collective exhibition "Arte à mesa - edição 283". 2024.
  2. Collective exhibition 13th edition "Arte de Bolso". 2024.
  3. Collective Exhibition "MiniArte '24" - Galeria de Arte Casa da Mutualidade. 2024.
  4. Collective Exhibition "Memoir". 2024.
  5. Collective Exhibition 12th edition "Arte de Bolso". 2023.
  6. Collective Exhibition "Arte à mesa". 2022.
  7. Collective Exhibition 11th edition "Arte de Bolso". 2022.
  8. Collective Exhibition "The Last". 2022.
  9. Solo exhibition - "The ephemerality of the body and the immortality of drawing" - Penedo da Saudade Cultural Center - Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (PhD exhibition). 2022.
  10. Collective Exhibition 10th edition "Arte de Bolso". 2021.
  11. Solo exhibition - "The truth of nature and the beauty of Antiquity" - Pinho Dinis Gallery - Coimbra Municipal House of Culture (PhD exhibition). 2021.
  12. Solo exhibition - "Entre Coimbra e Lisboa". 2021.
  13. Collective Exhibition 9th edition "Arte de Bolso". 2020.
  14. Solo exhibition - "Drawing heritage". 2020.
  15. Solo exhibition - "Drawing heritage". 2020.
  16. Collective Exhibition - Conversations with Illustrators - Caminhos Portuguese Film Festival. 2020.
  17. Collective Exhibition - "Squared". 2020.
  18. Collective Exhibition 14th edition "Galerias Abertas das Belas Artes". 2020.
  19. Collective Exhibition - Conversations with Illustrators. 2020.
  20. Collective Exhibition 3rd edition "Prémio Paula Rego". 2019.
  21. Collective Exhibition - Conversations with Illustrators - Caminhos Portuguese Cinema Festival. 2019.
  22. Collective Exhibition "A Dream within a Dream". 2019.
  23. Collective Exhibition "Obra Prima". 2018.
  24. Collective Exhibition 2nd edition "Prémio Paula Rego". 2018.
  25. Collective Exhibition "A night at the movies". 2017.
  26. Collective Exhibition "The Dark One". 2016.
  27. Collective Exhibition "8x8". 2016.
  28. Collective Exhibition "Memento Mori". 2015.
  29. Solo Exhibition "Kaleidoscopic Dream" (Aveiro). 2015.
  30. Solo Exhibition "Kaleidoscopic Dream" (Leiria). 2015.
  31. Collective Exhibition "Góis Oroso Arte". 2015.
  32. Solo Exhibition "Kaleidoscopic Dream" (Coimbra). 2015.
  33. Collective Exhibition - Artistic Residency (Carpe Diem Art and Research Center). 2015.
  34. Collective Exhibition "One story - drawing and photography". 2014.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/12/13 Charcoal in the expression of the passions of the soul - a look at Artur Ramos' exhibition VI Colóquio Expressão Múltipla
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2022/03/27 Light and shadow: the photography of Louis Igout and its relation to nineteenth-century academic figure drawing Nineteenth Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Nineteeth-Century Art
Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art (AHNCA), Dahesh Museum of Art (New York, United States)
2021/12/13 The emancipation of charcoal drawing in the 19th century and photography. Analysis of drawings from portuguese academies. V Colóquio Expressão Múltipla
Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa , Portugal)
2021/07/02 The body in pose in the drawings of the Fine Arts Academies of the 19th century: the influence of photography II Encontro Internacional Todas as Artes | Todos os Nomes
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2021/02/05 18th and 19th century academic figure drawing and the origin of photography Corpo a Corpo Art Talks - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts
Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa , Portugal)
2020/12/15 Paula Rego: a look at the human figure 4º Colóquio Expressão Múltipla: Teoria e Prática do Desenho 2020
Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/11 - Current Figure drawing sessions with nude model (biweekly) (2024/11)
Other (Other)
 Atelier Artístico Aeminium, Portugal
2021/12 - Current Organization committee Colóquio Expressão Múltipla (FBAUL) (2021/12/13)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2021/02/23 - Current Member of the Organization and Executive Committee of the online event "5 minutes of Drawing". Interviews organized by the CIEBA/FBAUL Design Research Group. (2020/06/01)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e de Estudos em Belas-Artes, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal
2025/03/15 - 2025/03/16 Artistic Residency (with workshop by Romas Tauras) in collaboration with Coimbra Municipal Museum (2025/03/15 - 2025/03/16)
Workshop (Other)
 Museu Municipal de Coimbra - Museu do Chiado, Portugal
2023/05/20 - 2023/05/20 Classical realism in Conimbriga - drawing and painting roman ruins (2023/05/20 - 2023/05/20)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Atelier de Arte Realista do Porto, Portugal

Museu Monográfico de Conimbriga, Portugal
2022/07/12 - 2022/07/13 Workshop "Charcoal statue drawing" (guest artist: Ramon Hurtado) (2022/07/12 - 2022/07/13)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
 Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2023/04/18 - 2023/04/18 Workshop "Fotografia alternativa: cianotipia e papel sevia" with Renato Ferreira
Workshop
Museu Municipal de Coimbra - Museu do Chiado, Portugal
2022/02 - 2023 Collaboration with Victor Costa Gallery in weekly live drawing sessions (execution of drawings to support the research project).
Other
Galeria Victor Costa, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Volunteer at the conference "A Universidade de Lisboa e o Património"
Conference
 2º Encontro - A Universidade de Lisboa e o Património
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - Current Affiliation to the Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (CIEBA/FBAUL). Investigadora Colaboradora
2022/03 - 2023/03 Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/01 - 2025/03 Oil painting classes (Outros) Associação de Solidariedade Social dos Professores, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/07/15 - 2021/07/15 Interview for the event "5 Minutos de Desenho" - Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon http://5md.belasartes.ulisboa.pt/2021/07/05/gabriela-torres/ The human figure in 19th century drawing and its relationship with the invention of photography - presentation of doctoral research