9 DIAS DEPOIS DA QUEDA
MONITOR GALLERY07.2026 LISBON
Bringing together multiple different expressions of painting and drawing, this exhibition explores the idea of a non-linear course through foreign, sometimes scary and alien-like environments, witnessing this very idea through the broad spectrum of artists represented in the show.

Evoking this idea of a dangerous and unclear traverse, Nove dias depois da queda invites the viewer to analyze both the difficult journeys and challenges found in life, and how these reflect the changes and evolutions found in ourselves and our paths. These traverses, both figurative and literalm, whose length and sceneries we do not know, are mimicked in the title of the show, a reference in old mythology of the amount of time it would take for an anvil to fall from the Heavens to the Earth, trying to give measure to what is essentially an immeasurable distance.

“Wild Within” | “Silver Lining”
Soft pastels on dibond.
70 x 50 cm 

“Air Systems” 
I. Vitalis 
II. Ascension 
III. Solarisation 
Soft pastels on dibond. 
100 x 70 cm 

HOLBEIN SYNDROME
GALERIA FRANCISCO FINO01.2025 LISBON
It is not uncommon in Art History to find artistic decisions that immortalize the gesture of the creator, often transcending the original context of the work. In 1533, Hans Holbein (1497/8-1543) completed the famous painting The Ambassadors, a work that still intrigues its audience today. Holbein subverts the classical rules of painting by introducing, into a composition that exalts knowledge and science in a sober and academic universe, an unusual symbol that disturbs it. The vanitas, occupying a large area of the lower part of the canvas, evokes the ephemerality of life and the inevitability of death, and instigates a premonition—a reminder of the transience of reality, even for those who master earthly knowledge, as is the case with the portrayed subjects.  

Text and Curation by Francisca Portugal

“Treatise” (II, I, III) (from left to right) 
Iron and inox. 
Dimensions vary. 
2025

“Circe’s Hex” and “Dance of the Nine Opals” 
suspended drawings shown in photos
Graphite on gravure paper, mounted on a stainless steel frame.
50 x 70cm 
2025

CARING IS SHARING 2.0ARBAG Lisbon05.2023

The premise of Caring is Sharing stems from the creation of a collective exercise based on the sharing and cross-pollination of artistic practices. 

“Courage, audacity, and rebellion will be key components of our adventure.”

A curatorial project by Francisco Trêpa.  

bloodbath
Oil and soft pastels on paper over inox.  
21 x 29cm. 
2022

SERENDIPITY2025
Soft pastels on Arches paper | 350g 
150 x 140cm 

VIVID SONGS
2026
Soft pastels and graphite on recycled paper 200g 
42 x 59cm

SHAPESHIFTER2023
Soft pastels and linseed oil on Fabriano paper 300g 
70 x 100cm

body unpacked
2023 - 2024
Graphite and linseed oil on etching paper 250g
25 x 35cm

drawings, drawings & related affairs2023-2024


This section is dedicated to my drawer of drawings — a beloved piece of furniture that holds much of my practice.

1. nébula
Soft pastels and linseed oil on Arches paper 350g 
60 x 100cm
2024

2. hunter
Soft pastels on Fabriano paper 350g 
40 x 70cm

3. no title
Soft pastels on Fabriano paper 250g
21 x 42cm


4. burning garden
Soft pastels on Fabriano paper 250g 
21 x 42cm


5. tree on a heel  
Soft pastels on Fabriano paper 250g 
21 x 42cm

6. snake
Soft pastels and linseed oil on Fabriano paper 250g
21 x 42cm 

visions and pearls
2021
Graphite on paper, 100g
29,7 x 21cm 

Joana Coelhojoanagpcoelho@gmail.com