Joana Villaverde, (b. Lisbon 1970), lives and works in Avis, Alentejo, Portugal. She has exhibited regularly in Portugal and abroad since 1998. Fellow of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for the Location One in New York City. Resident artist at the Qattan Foundation, Ramallah, Palestine. She published “Emma” (Cavalo de Ferro) and “Animals Nightmare” (Edições Documenta). She developed the project “Mar”, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Bensaúde Group. In 2018 opened her Officina Mundi studio in Avis, where she is also the artist director for the public program. Joana Villaverde is represented in the CACE - State’s Contemporary Art Collection, Portugal; EDP Foundation; Carmona e Costa Foundation; FLAD - Foundation for Luso American Development; CESAR Collection - Colecção Espírito Santo Almeida Roque; quARTel - Fernando Ribeiro Collection; Almada City Council; Diocese of Beja and several private collections in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, France, Belgium, Palestine and the United States of America.