© Jorge das Neves

© Jorge das Neves

Maja Escher

In colaboration with Artur Pispalhas e Norberto Lobo
À noite cantamos a sussurrar, 2022
Mixed media installation
Courtesy of the artist

Graduated in Audiovisuals and Master in Multimedia Art by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon (2014), she completed the Post-Graduation in Waldorf Pedagogy at the Waldorf Pedagogy Institute in Witten/Annen, Germany in 2016 and the ceramics course at Ar.co in 2017. In addition to her artistic practice, she teaches at the António Arroio Art School. He works in the areas of installation/site-specific and ceramics, around the search for an archetypal place, exploring the idea of ​​belonging to a place (shelter, home) of being at home in the world. In addition to ceramics, her practice involves collecting: popular sayings, branches, stones and songs… Her focus is on the relationship with others, on the perception and exploration of aspects of nature, celebrations, ancestral rituals, festivities and popular expressions.