Sara de Jesus Bento is a visual artist luso-french doing both artistic and commercial work.
Currently living in Lisbon, she is available to work anywhere.
Graduated from the Fine Arts of Le Mans and after an exchange student at the Aalto University of Art and Design of Helsinki in Finland, she obtained a master in the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris acquiring a solid experience in the visual arts, photography of fashion and ambience.
Today, she offers a creative and singular know-how to realize unique projects with the ambition to introduce art and emotion in the everyday life. She supports each client through all the steps of their project offering a tailor-made service, developing and creating a story with elegant, sensitive and poetic images.
In her personal work Sara gives a particular attention to details and light. Her projects develop mainly around human and spatial encounters realized during exchanges, walking, but also rituals to create and explore an intimate and poetic relationship with her subject.
She participated in artistic residencies including “Conviver na Arte” in 2014, “AltoFest Residency” in 2015 and “Residency Cards” in Juazeiro in 2017, and her work has been presented in international´s independent magazines, galleries and video festivals.
RESIDENCIES
2017 Cartes Residency, Bahia, Br
2015 Alto Fest, Naples, It
2014 Conviver na Arte, Fundação Robinson, Portalegre, Pt
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Primeiras Vezes, Na Esquina, Lisbon, Pt
2018 Vestígios, Group Show at Bangbang Gallery, Lisbon, Pt
2017 O Fruto de Espinho, Solo show at Centro de Cultura João Gilberto, Juazeiro, Ba, Br
2016 Detail, Group Show at Festival Paratissima, Lisbon, Pt
2016 Em linha, Group Show at Galerie Bangbang, Lisbon, Pt
2015 In-contro, Solo Show at Alto-Fest International Contemporary Live arts, Naples, It
2014 Latitude at Scopio editorial layout
2012 The hunting down song, Solo and Group show at Grands Projets, Ensad, Paris, Fr
2010 Luontoni!, Group show at Helsinki, Fi
FESTIVALS
2017 Los Angeles CineFest, Usa
2016 15th Concorto Film Festival, Pontenure, It
2015 XVII Napolitan Film Festival, Film festival at Naples, It
2013 Film Festival Salon de la Luz Volume IV, Bogotá, Co
2012 Festival Traces de Vies, Clermont-Ferrand, Fr
PERFORMANCES
2011 The snow is the sand of the North with Maiju and Sibiri Konaté, Mamuska Festival, Helsinki, Fi
2008-2011 Place carrée with ANGA (Research Laboratory of music and contemporary dance)
in collaboration with EDDIE 135 musicians on the Théâtre du Lierre, Handi’danse Festival,
Artistes en Résidences, Ici et Demain, Paris, Fr
PUBLICATIONS
Le Monde Diplomatique pt
Olhar de Fotógrafos, Fundação Robinson
Catalogue des diplômés 2012 de l´Ensad