Catarina Garcia
@catarina_garcia_art
Catarina Garcia is a Portuguese artist, illustrator and designer whose work moves between painting, drawing, illustration and surface pattern design. With a background in Fine Arts – Painting (University of Lisbon) and a Master’s in Drawing, her artistic practice blends vibrant abstraction with figurative elements, creating expressive, colorful worlds full of rhythm and movement.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Lisbon, Oporto and Setúbal, including solo exhibitions at Trindade Gallery and Novo Século Gallery. Beyond painting, she has illustrated children’s books, scientific publications and CD covers, always bringing her strong sense of color, line and storytelling.
Catarina believes art should bring inspiration and beauty into everyday life.
Through her paintings, illustrations and designs, she seeks to connect with people who value creativity, originality and the joy of living with art.
Catarina is currently expanding her artistic practice through two complementary courses: the Repertoire course in surface pattern design, where she’s developing collections of contemporary patterns for different applications, and a ceramic painting course, exploring traditional and experimental approaches to tile and object painting. These studies allows her to merge her background in fine arts with new creative possibilities, bridging drawing, painting, ceramics, and design.
