Graça Morais

Graça Morais (1948, Trás-os-Montes region, Portugal) graduated in Painting from the School of Fine Arts of Porto (ESBAP) in 1971. Between 1976 and 1979, she lived in Paris as a grantee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She has held and participated in over 100 solo and group exhibitions, both in Portugal and abroad. In 2008, the Graça Morais Contemporary Art Centre (CACGM) was inaugurated in Bragança. The building, designed by architect Souto Moura, has hosted several exhibitions of the artist's work. Ten years later, the Laboratory of Arts in the Mountain - Graça Morais (LAM-GM) was established to promote new opportunities for teaching and research activities.