Leonor Poeiras

Lisbon, Portugal | 1980

Alongside her media career, Leonor Poeiras graduated in Painting from Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, in Lisbon. She began the course in the 2009/10 academic year and, after a long interruption, returned to complete it between 2017 and 2019.

Leonor Poeiras began her daily artistic practice in 2020, at the age of 40, closing a two-decade chapter in the Portuguese media.

In her creative process, she feels driven to imprint the noise and materiality of the real world, intervening on smooth surfaces in a personal reflection on what is natural and what is constructed.

Patches of strong color initially camouflage the gesture, which gradually reveals itself through physical proximity.

She is currently a student in the online course Tangible Things: Discovering History Through Artworks, Artifacts, Scientific Specimens, and the Stuff Around You, offered by Harvard University.

Em Abril de 2026 apresentou a sua primeira exposição individual, em Lisboa, Numa Sala.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025 – 2020: Journalist and communication consultant, freelance
2020 – 2003: Journalist and TV presenter, Televisão Independente S.A.

PROJECTS

2025/24: VoxPop Os Outros Somos Nós, Social Media

2023: Conception of the Postgraduate Program in Communication for Entertainment, for the Catholic University of Portugal

2021/20: Podcast Levantar Poeira, Spotify

2021/19: Guest Teacher, Etic

2017: Guest Editor, Cais Magazine, September issue

2017/2016: Columnist, Máxima magazine

2015: Book Oficina Poeiras / Casa das Letras (Leya)

2014: Blog Oficina Poeiras

2013: Department of Communication, ExperimentaDesign Biennial

Since 2018: WWF Ambassador, World Wide Fund for Nature

Volunteering in Portugal, Germany, Cape Verde and Brazil: Supporting the personal and collective development of the community, Visual arts workshops with children, Renovations of community spaces.

EDUCATION

Tangible Things Course, Harvard University online, 2026 (ongoing)

Layering and Overlapping Techniques Course, Joy Kinna, 2022

Complete Painting Course, Ar.Co, 2019

Licenciatura Comunicação Social e Cultural, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2003
Professional Journalism Course, Protocol Training Centre for Journalists, 2003–2004

Intensive Italian Course Università per Stranieri di SienaItaly, Summer 2002

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish – fluent | Italian – intermediate