Bicycle in the rain Painting

Biography I, Ilda Monteiro, am a Portuguese national. I was born and raised in a small village "Alhais" district of Viseu. I currently live in the city "Viseu". The passion for drawing and art began early. I am a descendant of a family linked to various types of art including a family member who followed the course of painting. In my works I portray the experiences and daily life of everything that surrounds me. Any gesture or movement serves as inspiration. As a rule, the public values ​​my work. In the criticism I have already been approached by the fact of having a multifaceted profile. While maintaining a style of its own, experientialism attracts me through new techniques and materials. I participated in fifty individual exhibitions, thirty collective exhibitions, fifty-five in painting contests, contests and workshops. I am represented in several public and private spaces in private collections. I was given the title of "artist" by the Serralves Museum. I got invitations to exhibit in France, in the town of Chaise de Dieu, at the Arts Festival in Orsay, in Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, Art Fair New York 2017, invitations that I declined for personal reasons. Prizes: Honorable Mentions, Participations and Contests of Painting; Honor of Merit of the Academy of Arts and Letters of Paranuapuã and by the Academy of Lusophone Arts and Letters in recognition of the National culture; Honor of Merit of the Museum Maria da Fontinha for the services rendered to the National culture.