Tiz Leão (b. 1998, Lisbon) is a Portuguese artist whose practice explores the body’s relationship with nature and the metamorphosis of the self. Transitioning from a background in Design to a Master’s in Painting, she works across oil painting, ceramics, printmaking, and sculptural objects. Her work is deeply rooted in the "border territory" between the plains of Monsaraz and the coastline of Parede, drawing inspiration from Maurice Sendak’s wild universes to create a personal mythology inhabited by symbolic animals and monstrous figures. Through a ritualistic methodology influenced by Winnicott’s "transient objects," she uses fragments of the Mediterranean landscape to investigate themes of belonging, ritual, and the triad of time.
Tiz holds an MA in Painting, a degree that consolidated her transition from material construction to a deeper psychic exploration. Her process often extends beyond the canvas, utilizing drawing as a fluid daily gesture and ceramics to give physical weight to her "unborn myths." By blending the technical structure of her design heritage with the expressive density of oil painting, she materializes restless thought into forms that inhabit both domestic and collective spaces.
Tiz Leão (b. 1998, Lisbon) is a Portuguese artist whose practice explores the body’s relationship with nature and the metamorphosis of the self. Transitioning from a background in Design to a Master’s in Painting, she works across oil painting, ceramics, printmaking, and sculptural objects. Her work is deeply rooted in the "border territory" between the plains of Monsaraz and the coastline of Parede, drawing inspiration from Maurice Sendak’s wild universes to create a personal mythology inhabited by symbolic animals and monstrous figures. Through a ritualistic methodology influenced by Winnicott’s "transient objects," she uses fragments of the Mediterranean landscape to investigate themes of belonging, ritual, and the triad of time.
Tiz holds an MA in Painting, a degree that consolidated her transition from material construction to a deeper psychic exploration. Her process often extends beyond the canvas, utilizing drawing as a fluid daily gesture and ceramics to give physical weight to her "unborn myths." By blending the technical structure of her design heritage with the expressive density of oil painting, she materializes restless thought into forms that inhabit both domestic and collective spaces.
Tiz Leão (b. 1998, Lisbon) is a Portuguese artist whose practice explores the body’s relationship with nature and the metamorphosis of the self. Transitioning from a background in Design to a Master’s in Painting, she works across oil painting, ceramics, printmaking, and sculptural objects. Her work is deeply rooted in the "border territory" between the plains of Monsaraz and the coastline of Parede, drawing inspiration from Maurice Sendak’s wild universes to create a personal mythology inhabited by symbolic animals and monstrous figures. Through a ritualistic methodology influenced by Winnicott’s "transient objects," she uses fragments of the Mediterranean landscape to investigate themes of belonging, ritual, and the triad of time.
Tiz holds an MA in Painting, a degree that consolidated her transition from material construction to a deeper psychic exploration. Her process often extends beyond the canvas, utilizing drawing as a fluid daily gesture and ceramics to give physical weight to her "unborn myths." By blending the technical structure of her design heritage with the expressive density of oil painting, she materializes restless thought into forms that inhabit both domestic and collective spaces.
EDUCATION
2021-2023 Master’s in Fine Arts - Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts University of Porto, Portugal
2018-2019 Erasmus+ Industrial Design at the Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
2016-2019 Design Degree Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Creating and Holding Space, Bohio Creative Gallery, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024 Esticando o Horizonte (Stretching the Horizon) Tiz Leão e Ricardo Sousa Monteiro, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pequenos Formatos, Galeria Monumental, Portugal
2023 Eu quero a minha Cama do Alentejo (My Alentejo’s Bed), Túnel Space, Portugal
2022 Entre Portas, FBAUP Museum, Portugal
Open Studios, FBAUP, Portugal
2021 Boa Hora, FBAUP Museum, Portugal
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2026 Monte da Japónica Residency, Alentejo, Portugal
2024 Art Residency EV_LARGO, Largo das Artes e Espaço Vazio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pela palma do Pé Project, Gap Year Portugal Grant in partnership with Cascais Municipal Council (https://jovem.cascais.pt/pt-pt/node/2456)
2023 Árvore das Virtudes, shortlisted, Cooperativa Árvore, Portugal
Henrique Silva Visual Arts Prize, shortlisted, Casa da Cultura de Paredes, Portugal
PUBLICATIONS & COMMISSIONS
2024 Intervalo Analítico, Journal of the Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro cover
(https://www.sbprj.org.br/_files/ugd/45e118_3ea8c3dc98084dbca29971e3de2476cf.pdf)
Art Rio, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
Das Artes, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
(https://dasartes.com.br/agenda/ricardo-monteiro-e-tiz-leao-largo-das-artes/)
Antena 1, interview by José Candeias (Podcast) (https://www.rtp.pt/play/p855/e741746/jose-candeias-ha-conversa)
EDUCATION
2021-2023 Master’s in Fine Arts - Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts University of Porto, Portugal
2018-2019 Erasmus+ Industrial Design at the Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
2016-2019 Design Degree Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Creating and Holding Space, Bohio Creative Gallery, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024 Esticando o Horizonte (Stretching the Horizon) Tiz Leão e Ricardo Sousa Monteiro, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pequenos Formatos, Galeria Monumental, Portugal
2023 Eu quero a minha Cama do Alentejo (My Alentejo’s Bed), Túnel Space, Portugal
2022 Entre Portas, FBAUP Museum, Portugal
Open Studios, FBAUP, Portugal
2021 Boa Hora,FBAUP Museum, Portugal
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2026 Monte da Japónica Residency, Alentejo, Portugal
2024 Art Residency EV_LARGO, Largo das Artes e Espaço Vazio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pela palma do Pé Project, Gap Year Portugal Grant in partnership with Cascais Municipal Council
2023 Árvore das Virtudes, shortlisted, Cooperativa Árvore, Portugal
Henrique Silva Visual Arts Prize, shortlisted, Casa da Cultura de Paredes, Portugal
PUBLICATIONS & COMMISSIONS
2024 Intervalo Analítico, Journal of the Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro cover
(https://www.sbprj.org.br/_files/ugd/45e118_3ea8c3dc98084dbca29971e3de2476cf.pdf)
Art Rio, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
Das Artes, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
https://dasartes.com.br/agenda/ricardo-monteiro-e-tiz-leao-largo-das-artes/
EDUCATION
2021-2023 Master’s in Fine Arts - Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts University of Porto, Portugal
2018-2019 Erasmus+ Industrial Design at the Polytechnic of Bari, Italy
2016-2019 Design Degree Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal
EXHIBITIONS
2026 Creating and Holding Space, Bohio Creative Gallery, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024 Esticando o Horizonte (Stretching the Horizon) Tiz Leão e Ricardo Sousa Monteiro, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pequenos Formatos, Galeria Monumental, Portugal
2023 Eu quero a minha Cama do Alentejo (My Alentejo’s Bed), Túnel Space, Portugal
2022 Entre Portas, FBAUP Museum, Portugal
Open Studios, FBAUP, Portugal
2021 Boa Hora,FBAUP Museum, Portugal
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2026 Monte da Japónica Residency, Alentejo, Portugal
2024 Art Residency EV_LARGO, Largo das Artes e Espaço Vazio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pela palma do Pé Project, Gap Year Portugal Grant in partnership with Cascais Municipal Council
2023 Árvore das Virtudes, shortlisted, Cooperativa Árvore, Portugal
Henrique Silva Visual Arts Prize, shortlisted, Casa da Cultura de Paredes, Portugal
PUBLICATIONS & COMMISSIONS
2024 Intervalo Analítico, Journal of the Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro cover
(https://www.sbprj.org.br/_files/ugd/45e118_3ea8c3dc98084dbca29971e3de2476cf.pdf)
Art Rio, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
Das Artes, online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte
https://dasartes.com.br/agenda/ricardo-monteiro-e-tiz-leao-largo-das-artes/