Ana Pinho Vargas is a Portuguese artist, photographer and painter based in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto.
She has a master’s degree in photography from the School of Arts of Portuguese Catholic University in Porto in 2022 and a bachelor’s degree in photography and visual culture from the Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication in IADE European University in Lisbon in 2019.
Ana comes from a family of musicians, her father a pianist and composer and her mother a harpsichordist and music teacher. Also, her twin brother, a double bass player in Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. She studied music from a young age, starting with violin and then the piano and harpsichord.
Her main exhibitions include Silêncio, part of X'18, a collective exhibition in Mute Gallery in Lisbon in 2018, and O Diário, part of the Panorama21, a collective exhibition in the School of Arts of Portuguese Catholic University in Porto in 2021.
Her work “Silêncio II” was published in the latest ISSUE16 of AlTiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine and an interview was published in the artists interviews platform. Her work “O Diário” was published in the bilingual publication commemorating 20 years of IRI – Imagens of Real Imaginado, organized by ESMAD, Escola Superior de Media e Artes e Design do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, in November.
Ana Pinho Vargas will exhibit her work “Silêncio” with Leonardo Collective, at Matiz Art Gallery in Barcelona in November. The artist will also participate in the Contemporary Art Catalog “Artists of Today and Tomorrow 5”, curated by Monica Ferrarini with the collaboration of Alice Di Piero, launching at the beginning of December in Rome; and will also participate in ART Expo Trieste 2024, an international art event, in Trieste, in December.
She will participate in the XV Florence Biennale in 2025.
2025
• collective exhibition ⏤ XV Florence Biennale 2025 | Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy
2024
• publication ⏤ Imagens do Real Imaginado 20 anos | ESMAD - School of Media, Arts and Design of the Polytechnic of Porto | Vila do Conde, Portugal
• interview ⏤ Ana Pinho Vargas: The Harmony of Art and Music - article/interview for AATONAU, contemporary art blog by Bianca Kann, director of AATONAU
• interview ⏤ 10 Questions with Ana Pinho Vargas - Interviews Platform Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine
• publication ⏤ Silêncio II - Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art Magazine Issue 16 - work and interview
• publication ⏤ North of Portugal - Quadro Magazine - Nature & Travel August Issue 597 - work
• publication ⏤ South of Portugal - Quadro Magazine - Nature & Travel June Issue 530 - cover and work
• publication ⏤ Flores de música para instrumento de tecla e harpa (1620) Volume 3 - CD by Ana Mafalda Castro | Resonus Classics
• photography competition ⏤ Street Photo Contest 2024 ⏤ The Artist Gallery Awards
• photography work ⏤ Mini Seixas Órgaõs de Tubos em Portugal | UC Universidade de Coimbra ⏤ Coimbra, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ By Harmony and Love | ESMAE ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• photography competition ⏤ Portrait Awards 2024 Contest ⏤ Lens Culture
• photography work ⏤ VIII Junior Academy of Baroque Music | ESMAE ⏤ Porto, Portugal
2023
• publication ⏤ LAMENTOS - CD by António Pinho Vargas | ArtWay ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ XVII International Course of Early Music | ESMAE ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ VII Junior Academy of Baroque Music | ESMAE ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• photography competition ⏤ 8th International Photography Award ⏤ 35Awards
2022
• publication ⏤ O diário - CONTRAST II A FOTOGRAFIA NO ENSINO SUPERIOR | Scopio Editions ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• master thesis ⏤ O diário: diálogos entre a fotografia e a música| School of Arts of Portuguese Catholic University | EA.UCP ⏤ Porto, Portugal
2021
• publication ⏤ ESCOLA DAS ARTES ANUÁRIO 20-21| UCP ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• speaker ⏤ O diário - Presentation of the exhibitions of Panorama21, School of Arts of Portuguese Catholic University | EA.UCP ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• collective exhibition ⏤ O diário - Panorama21 Exhibition, School of Arts of Portuguese Catholic University | EA.UCP ⏤ Porto, Portugal
2019
• photography work ⏤ V Junior Academy of Baroque Music | ESMAE ⏤ Porto, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ Verão Sénior and Vamos à Aventura | Junta de Freguesia de Campolide ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• film and photography ⏤ Mario Raimundo ⏤ Documentary by Laura Klink and Ana Pinho Vargas | IADE ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• film and photography ⏤ Black Pottery of Bisalhães ⏤ Documentary by Ana Pinho Vargas | IADE ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• collective exhibition ⏤ Sombras - Photography work, IADE- Puppet Museum | Lisboa, Portugal
up to 2018
• photography competition ⏤ Street Photography Awards 2018 Contest ⏤ Lens Culture
• photography work ⏤ Pathos Collection - GOA Jewelry ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• publication ⏤ Ana Pinho Vargas Silêncio - blog Fascínio da Fotografia ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• publication ⏤ Fotografia X`18 12 Projects by young auhtors - blog Fascínio da Fotografia ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• speaker ⏤ Silêncio - Photography Conferences Series III - Student Photography Day, Lisbon Municipal Archive | Lisboa, Portugal
• collective photography exhibition ⏤ Silêncio - X`18 Exhibition - IADE, Mute Gallery | Lisboa, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ HOMEING 3rd edition ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• photography work ⏤ XIX Creatives Club Festival of Portugal ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• collective exhibition ⏤ Nextart 2015-2016 - Nextart ⏤ Lisboa, Portugal
• wardrobe assistant ⏤ XII International Course Early Music Course - ESMAE|ESML ⏤ Mafra, Portugal