Fatima Fernandes is a photographic and digital artist born in 1955 in Chimoio, Republic of Mozambique. She earned a law degree from Eduardo Mondlane University. She now lives in Portugal, in the village of Sobrainho dos Gaios.
Although she has no formal art training, Fatima Fernandes has been practicing as a professional artist since 1987. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and is included in art collections primarily in Southern Africa. . She has participated in events and artistic residencies.
Fatima Fernandes is a collage and mixed media artist whose approach is expressionist and figurative. Gestural marks, drawings and scribbles build many juxtaposed layers that give density to his work.
Fatima Fernandes also broadened her interest in digital photography and digital collage by taking a photography course at Atelier de Imagem in Lisbon. Her work is testimony to her passion for art and her ability to explore new creative grounds using different techniques.
Living in a time of extreme greed, social injustice, corruption and threats of extintion of all living beings at. a planetaty level be it caused by wars or climate change and after giving it much thought I felt compelled to try. to create a series of works in mixed media with the intent of addressing these iniquities. The works are still in a very incipient stage and the image inserted here is just a small fragment of a sketch.
Municipal Gallery of Proença a Nova
This show is happens in the context of the delebration of the year of Art promoted by the Municipality of Proença a Nova in Portugal
