Adriana Proganó

Adriana Proganó (Luzern, 1992) lives and works in Lisbon. Proganó’s work is based on her own imaginary, in which the gesture of painting is an impetus, not only spontaneous, but necessary. Paintings with vibrant colours and fearless, unrestrained brushstrokes are testimony to what occupies the artist’s mind at that moment. The body and the weight of social norms are frequent themes in her works, never forgetting genuineness and humour, in a will to create that cannot be contained. Proganó graduated in Visual Arts, ESAD, Caldas da Rainha, studied painting at the Accademia di Belli arti di Venezia, Italy, and did a Post-Graduation in Visual Arts at ESAD as well. Since 2018, Proganó has been participating in individual and collective exhibitions.

Solo exhibitions include: Echoes of whispers, plimplim, curated by John Romão, BoCA Bienal, Lisbon (2025); I kissed the snake hello, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2023); We are all ducks wanting to be horses [Somos todos patos a querer ser cavalos], curated by Filipa Oliveira, Casa da Cerca, Almada (2020); Oouups, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon (2019); BAD BEHAVIUOUR, curated by Sara Antónia Matos and Pedro Faro, Galeria da Boavista – Galerias Municipais, Lisbon (2019).

Among the group exhibitions, highlights include: Turn around. Um olhar sobre a Coleção de Arte Fundação EDP, curated by João Pinharanda, Margarida Chantre and Sérgio Mah, Museu de Arte Arquitectura e Tecnologia – MAAT, Lisbon (2026); Um Silabário Por Reconstruir II, curated by José Maçãs de Carvalho and Tiago Candeias, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (2025); JARRA HUMANA, curated by Francisca Portugal and Sandra Vieira Jürgens, MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (2024); Hoje Soube-me a Pouco, Curated by João Pinharanda and Sérgio Mah, Museu de Arte Arquitectura e Tecnologia – MAAT, Lisbon (2024); Fantasma Gaiata, curated by Bruno Marchand, Culturgest, Lisbon (2023); Foundation EDP New Artists Award (winner), curated by Luís Silva, Luísa Santos & Sara Antónia Matos, Museu de Arte Arquitectura e Tecnologia – MAAT, Lisbon (2022);  Quem nos salva?, curated by Ana Cachola, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (2022); Tenho de continuar, não posso continuar, vou continuar, curated by Victor Pinto da Fonseca, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon (2022); Sonic Youth, curated by Filipa Oliveira, Galeria Municipal de Almada, Almada (2019); Artists on the line, curated by Carolina Trigueiros, Lisbon (2019); Umbigo, curated by Ana Vidigal, Espaço Real, Lisbon (2019);  I will take the risk, curated by Carolina Trigueiros, Tomás Hipólito Studio, Lisbon (2019); LOCUS19, Lisbon (2018); Bienal da Cerveira, Vila Nova da Cerveira (2018). Her work was on the cover of Contemporânea#5 (2020). In 2022 Adriana won the EDP Foundation New Artists Award. Publications dedicated to her work feature in Contemporânea, “2019: presenteeism and precarization”, article by Marta Mestre (March, 2020); Umbigo Magazine, “Bad Behavior by Adriana Proganó, at Galeria da Boavista”, article by Francisco Correia (2019); Umbigo#69, Interview by Ana Vidigal and Umbigo (2019); Revista do Expresso, critic by Celso Martins (2019); Dose#3 (2019).

Her work integrates collections such as the Contemporary Art Collection of the State, PT; EDP Foundation Collection, PT; António Cachola Collection, PT; Norlinda and José Lima Collection, PT; Caixa Geral de Depósitos Collection, PT and Vasco Santos Collection, PT.

I kissed the snake hello

To dream once more or the violet freshness…, Laila Algaves Nuñez, June 2023

Purple plain, Proganó na terra da gente púrpura, João Borges da Cunha, June 2023

Somos todos patos a querer ser cavalos…, Bárbara Valentina, December 2020

Bad Behaviuouor by Adriana Proganó, at Galeria da Boavista, Francisco Correia, November 2019