Valéria Martins (b. Portugal) is a visual artist working across photography, video, and performance, currently based in Brussels, Belgium. Her practice explores auto-fiction and feminism, weaving together personal narrative, memory, and embodiment to reflect on identity, gender, and the politics of representation.
She holds a BA in Visual Arts – Photography from Escola Superior Artística do Porto and is currently completing her MA in Arts at LUCA School of Arts. She also studied at the Portuguese Institute of Photography and took part in various international programs, residencies, and research internships.
CONTACTS
valeriamacedomartins@gmail.com
(+351) 918 077 126
(+351) 918 077 126
(+32) 492 98 09 48
Studies
2024 - ongoing
MA, Arts
Luca School of Arts, BE
2020-2023
BA, Visual Arts - Photography,
Escola Superior Artística do Porto, PT
2017-2019
Professional Photography Course,
Instituto Português de Fotografia, PT
Programs & More
2025-2027
Visões Úteis
Associate artist w/ Carla Gomes
2023-2025
Credited Research Internship
Archive and Mediation: from Teófilo's Douro to Contemporary Artistic Practice, Porto, PT
2024
Participant in the Workshop From I to You, from WE to US by Roberta Miss
Luca School of Arts, Brussels, BE
2024
Participant in the Sekoia Artistic Residency - Performing Arts
Artist Residency, Artists' Shelter with the support of Sekoia- Performing Arts, Porto, PT
2021-2023
Participant of the collective PING!
Gallery Incursion Program, Galeria Municipal do Porto, PT
2023
Participant in the artistic residency- O Douro dos Fotógrafos
Casa da Imagem, Vila Nova de Gaia, PT
2023
Participant of the program Erasmus+ | Blended Intensive Programmes
Performing in Public Spaces, Girona, ES
2021
Participant of the seminar - Rerouting Capital w/ Erica Love & João Enxuto
Escola Superior Artística do Porto, PT
2019
Participant of the program Erasmus+ | Youth Exchange "Shoot!"
Connected for Future, Lozen, BG
Exhibitions and presentations
2025
Performance ARENA w/ Carla Gomes
Opening MA Photography Exhibition
Botanic Tower, Brussels, BE
2025
Will Our Paths Cross On The Surface
collective exhibition
Botanic Tower, Brussels, BE
2024
Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores
collective exhibition
Museu de Lamas, Santa Maria da Feira, PT
2024
The Future is Ours, Ideas Festival
collective exhibition
Full Circle Brussels, BE
2023
Árvore das Virtudes 2023 3rd Edition
collective exhibition
ÁRVORE, Porto, PT2023
Dupla Exposição
collective exhibition
Casa da Imagem, Vila Nova de Gaia, PT
2022
Bas-Bleu
presentation
Ermo do Caos, Porto, PT
2021
Crises
collective exhibition
Galeria de Exposições Tinturaria, Covilhã
Casa das Associações, Porto, PT