LIGA /13 | Antónia Labaredas + Vanda Madureira
19 Abril 2026 16h00
LIGA #13 | Antónia Labaredas + Vanda Madureira
Curated by João Fonte Santa
Curated by João Fonte Santa
SCHEDULE | April 19, 16:00 – 20:00 (free entry)
SUPPORT | República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes
SUPPORT | República Portuguesa – Cultura, Juventude e Desporto / Direção-Geral das Artes
In metal production, it is common to use alloys (ligas), combining metals with other elements (usually non-metals). The resulting mixture gives rise to materials that generally differ from the base metals, providing them with new qualities—namely greater mechanical strength, hardness, or corrosion resistance.
Organized by João Fonte Santa, LIGA is an artistic project that fosters a co-authorial approach, where the results of a dialogue between artists materialize in a joint installation exhibited for one day in Zaratan’s black box.
Organized by João Fonte Santa, LIGA is an artistic project that fosters a co-authorial approach, where the results of a dialogue between artists materialize in a joint installation exhibited for one day in Zaratan’s black box.
Biographies:
ANTÓNIA LABAREDAS | (Évora, 1979) holds a degree in Industrial Design from the Caldas da Rainha School of Art and Design (ESAD), which she attended between 1997 and 2004. She has been developing visual arts work in painting, sculpture, and ceramics since 2007. She is a member of the Motor collective, the M.I.O. – Movimento Independente do Oeste, and has collaborated with Origami Produções since 2002. She lives in Caldas da Rainha. Her works were presented in 2022 and 2023 in O verdadeiro lado da manta, an exhibition by Sara & André, who invited Antónia Labaredas and Filipe Feijão to reflect on the idea of sharing based on a common interest or profession, at Palácio Vila Flor. In 2018, she presented Ó aranha! Grande aranha! Trazes a cura, aranha?, with Hugo Canoilas, at Galeria Quadrado Azul. In 2017, her work featured in the exhibitions Incerta Desambiguação (Zaratan, Lisbon), Guimarães Noc Noc 7 (Guimarães), Factor Cavalo (Bienal de Cerveira), and the Art+feminism Edit-a-thon (MIO, Caldas da Rainha). Other highlights include Guimarães Noc Noc 4 (2014) and Na senda da raposa (XV Bienal de Cerveira, 2008).
VANDA MADUREIRA | Born in 1973, she is a visual and performance artist who lives and works in Coimbra. In 2002, she graduated in Fine Arts from ESAD.CR; between 2008 and 2009, she attended the Master’s in Contemporary Art at the Catholic University of Porto; she is currently a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra. She has been an active member of several artistic collectives, most notably "Pizz Buin." Since 2005, she has explored the relational dimension of drawing in the project Desenho de Depois do Buraco. In this exploration, drawing serves as a trigger for crossing into other disciplinary fields, stimulating artistic-performative actions often carried out in collaboration with fellow artists. Recent exhibitions include: Abril Vermelho (CAV, Coimbra, 2024); O verdadeiro lado da manta (Vila Flor, 2022); Baahahal (CAPC, 2023 and ZDB, 2025); Colosso (CIAJG, 2021); and O Museu como Performance (Serralves Foundation, 2021). Her work is represented in the State Contemporary Art Collection (Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado) with the video Tribuo and the sculptural drawing Demersus, acquired in 2021.