ABOUT INÊS
BIOGRAPHY
Oeiras, 1984. Graduated in Applied Psychology, Clinical area and later specializing in Human Resources Management. After thirteen years working as a HR professional, she left the office setting behind to dedicate herself exclusively to photography, having sought to continually invest in her training.
Through photography she tries to work on social and psychological issues. She is interested in understanding how photography - never isolated from the social, economic and cultural context in which it is made - can be a tool for connecting and understanding people and social relationships, and whether it can have a place of voice in political issues. Themes such as identity, gender and gender identity have been addressed in projects such as ATLETA, QUEENS and Je te laisserai des mots.
Has attended the Master in Artistic Photography at IPCI (Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem), the Masterclass Narrativa 2022/2023 and is now enrolled in the master's degree in Anthropology, specializing in Visual Cultures (2024/2026), at the School of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon.
Member of the photography association NARRATIVA as a project manager, programming and production assistant and videographer.
EXHIBITIONS
2023
OMNIS - NARRATIVA 04.11 to 16.12
Inês Ventura, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Rodrigo Vargas, Francisco Romão Pereira and Mário Cruz present Narrativa's first collective project, whose exploratory scenario is World Youth Day, which took place in Lisbon from August 1st to 6th.
QUEENS - MAUS HÁBITOS 21.07 to 09.09
Solo exhibition of QUEENS at Maus Hábitos, Porto.
QUEENS - NARRATIVA 04.03 to 15.04
QUEENS was part of the collective exhibition of the 4th edition of the Masterclass Narrativa 22/23, led by photographer Mário Cruz, together with authors Bruno Saavedra, João Santos, Rui Costa, Rui Soares and Teresa Ribeiro.
2021
POVO QUE CANTA - POSTER MOSTRA
Povo que Canta had a winning image in the POSTER MOSTRA OPEN CALL, which was exhibited in the streets of Marvila together with other artists.
2020
TERRA DA SAUDADE
A project developed during the Artist Residency in the Algarve, supervised by Pauliana Valente Pimentel, was exhibited at the end of the Residency.
MUNDANO - CASA INDEPENDENTE
Project exhibited at Casa Independente as part of the Intendente Photographic Narratives, directed by Pauliana Valente Pimentel.
PRESS
Project QUEENS in the P3 segment of Público | 06.2023
Reportage Não quero ser mãe on Linha da Frente, RTP | 01.2023
Interview to Edit.Set.Go! | 02.2022
Project Suspenso on Sic Notícias Cartaz | 01.2021
Project Suspenso in the RDP International Program, Holofote | 09.2020
BOOKS
NARRATIVA's first publication as a collective, featuring the work of authors Inês Ventura, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Rodrigo Vargas, Francisco Romão Pereira and Mário Cruz on the World Youth Days that took place in Lisbon in August 2023.