{"product_id":"joana-galego-not-asleep-listening","title":"244. Joana Galego - Not asleep, listening","description":"\u003cp\u003e2026\u003cbr\u003eOil on linen\u003cbr\u003e15 x 10 cm\u003cbr\u003eSigned on Verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoana Galego is a contemporary artist working between drawing and painting, exploring what is left unsaid: the potentials and limitations of communication, and the contradictory nature of human relationships. Memory, imagination, and observation are central to her practice, allowing her to articulate emotions and experiences that resist language. Through delicate and psychologically charged compositions, Galego constructs spaces where intimacy, ambiguity, and vulnerability coexist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGalego completed \u003cem\u003eThe Drawing Year\u003c\/em\u003e, the MA-level postgraduate programme at the Royal Drawing School, London (2016–2017), following a BA in Fine Art – Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (2012–2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecent exhibitions include \u003cem\u003eBaroque \/ Rococo\u003c\/em\u003e at New Art Projects, London (2026); \u003cem\u003eTable Manners\u003c\/em\u003e at Barbati Gallery, Venice (2026); \u003cem\u003eHiding Behind Gifts\u003c\/em\u003e at Oliver Projects, London (solo, 2025); \u003cem\u003eSeashells in My Mother’s Garden and the Giant Boulder Rolling Down\u003c\/em\u003e at Isabel Sullivan Gallery, New York (solo, 2025); \u003cem\u003eArt Paris Fair\u003c\/em\u003e with Soho Revue, Paris (2025); \u003cem\u003eMonotypes\u003c\/em\u003e at Messums London (2025); \u003cem\u003ejardins\u003c\/em\u003e at Galeria Belard, Lisbon (solo, 2024); \u003cem\u003eLiminality\u003c\/em\u003e at EY Projects, Beijing (2024); \u003cem\u003eA Hand is Not a Cage\u003c\/em\u003e at Soho Revue, London (2024); \u003cem\u003emole lunar sinal\u003c\/em\u003e at Soho Revue, London (solo, 2023); \u003cem\u003espring and all – The Sir Denis Mahon Award Show\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Drawing School, London (solo, 2019); and the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition, London (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAwards and distinctions include being shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (2019), receiving The Sir Denis Mahon Award (2017), and the Drawing Marathon at RISD Residency Award (2017). In 2016, she received a full scholarship for \u003cem\u003eThe Drawing Year\u003c\/em\u003e at the Royal Drawing School and was shortlisted for both the Queen Isabel de Bragança Prize and the inaugural Paula Rego Award in Portugal. Her work is held in The Royal Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AOAP Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57733115478390,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2714\/0060\/files\/Artwork244.jpg?v=1776950000","url":"https:\/\/aoapprojects.com\/products\/joana-galego-not-asleep-listening","provider":"AOAP Projects ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}