TIZ LEÃO

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

Polytechnic of Bari, Italy


2016-2019

Design Degree

Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Portugal



UPCOMING INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS


2027

GALERIA SANTA MARIA MAIOR, 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,

Lisboa, 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


Art Rio

online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte


Das Artes

online article exhibition: Esticando o Horizonte