Photo: Lara Negreiros Rosa
BIO
Cecília Lima, Brazilian, born in 1997, is a visual artist who lives and works in Porto, Portugal. Her artistic practice stems from everyday experience and the scales between the ordinary and the cosmic, through the collection of sounds, images, and discarded objects.
Her works configure new spatial and poetic relationships between ordinary materials and the economic, ecological, and temporal circuits of which they are part, exploring dynamics of scale, light, shadow, repetition, balance, and an understanding of the vibrant materiality of all things. Her research unfolds in languages such as sculpture, drawing, video, sound art, and others. Along this path, there is a dialogue between the visible and the invisible, the ephemeral and the lasting, in an intersection between art, geography, astronomy, and the natural sciences.
The artist holds a degree in Visual Arts from the University of Brasília – UnB, Brazil, and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal. She has been exhibiting regularly since 2017 in Brazil and other countries. In 2019, she held her first solo exhibition at Espronceda Art and Culture, in Barcelona, Spain. In 2020, she was nominated for the 11th edition of the PIPA Prize in Brazil. In 2025, she was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 8th International Art Biennial of Espinho.
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 Lusco-fusco, presentation text by Marília Panitz, DeCurators, Brasília, Brazil
2021 Hospitalidade, curated by Yana Tamayo, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, Brazil
2019 Arquitecturas Cambiantes, Espronceda, Centre for Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibitions
2025 Topografias do ar, Fisga Warehouse Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2025 #25Umpontodesituação, presentation text by Rute Rosas, Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto, Portugal
2023 Constellation, Casa Aerada Varjão, Federal District, Brazil
2023 Máscara, Maré, Memória, curated by Mateus Nunes, Galeria Lima, São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
2023 Trânsito-tecido, curated by Mariana Leme, Galpão 556, São Paulo, Brazil
2023 iracema barbosa: textura dos afetos, curated by Renata Azambuja, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, Brazil
2023 Extas’e.1, curated by Ianni Luna and Antenor Ferreira, Casa da Cultura da América Latina, Brasília, Brazil
2022 NÓS, curated by Vivian Faingold, Galeria Dezoito, São Paulo, Brazil
2022 "Um dia abri os olhos e era Brasília", curated by Ana Avelar and Renata Reis, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
2021 Cosmografias, curated by Clarissa Diniz, Galeria Index, Brasília, Brazil
2021 Brasília em obras, Galeria Index, Brasília, Brazil
2020 A invenção do silêncio, curated by Malu Serafim (online)
2019 Triangular: arte deste século, curated by Ana Avelar and Gisele Lima, Casa Oscar Niemeyer, Federal District, Brazil
2019 Hospitalidade, Dona Lembrança, Olhos D’Água, Brazil
2019 Transmito, Galeria Manoobra, Federal District, Brazil
2018 Pélago, curated by Malu Serafim, A Pilastra, Federal District, Brazil
2018 Se eu fosse dizer que é aqui, curated by Yana Tamayo, NAVE, Brasília, Brazil
2018 Todo espaço entre, curated by Yná Kabe Rodrigues, A Pilastra, Federal District, Brazil
2017 Mostra Tubos de ensaios – tubos urbanos, Casa da Cultura da América Latina, Brasília, Brazil
2017 #16. ART International Meeting of Art and Technology Brazil. Imaginar o real, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, Brazil
2017 Além da forma, artist’s book, Casa do Cantador, Federal District, Brazil
Residencies
2020 Transmetatlanticus, Casa da Cultura da América Latina and EMERGE, Brazil and Portugal (online)
2019 Espronceda Residency Program, Institute of Art and Culture, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Residência Hospitalidade, Olhos D’Água, Brazil
Awards and Salons
2025 Special Jury Prize, 8th International Art Biennial of Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
2023 3rd Mestre D’Armas Salon, Museu Histórico e Artístico de Planaltina (MHAP), Federal District, Brazil
2020 Nominee, 11th PIPA Prize, Instituto PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2019 2nd Vera Brant Contemporary Art Prize, curated by Rogério Carvalho, Espaço Cultural Renato Russo, Brasília, Brazil
Collections
Museu Municipal de Espinho, Espinho, Portugal
Casa da Cultura da América Latina, Brasília, Brazil
Education
2024 – Master’s student in Fine Arts, University of Porto
2015–2021 Bachelor’s in Visual Arts, University of Brasília
Contact
@cecilialimastudio
cecilialima.arte@gmail.com