Dalila Gonçalves (Castelo de Paiva, Portugal, 1982) lives and works in Porto. She graduated in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto (2005) and she obtained a Master’s Degree in Visual Arts Education (MA) from the The Faculties of Fine Arts and Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Porto (2009). She finished the first year of the PHD at the same university. She has selected for the second edition of the Photography Course Programme Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation (2008). From 2010 to 2011, Dalila worked at Ignasi Aballí’s studio in Barcelone (under the scholarship programme Inov – Art, Portuguese Ministry of Culture.
She has been an “artist-in-residence” at Residence Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2014); Artist-in-Residence Programme KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria (2017); Residence Pivô Art and Research, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Fundación Marso Residence, Mexico DF (2019) and Fidalga Project, São Paulo, Brazil (2023).
She exhibits regularly in Institutions and Galleries in different countries of Europe and South America where is represented in public and private collections. Dalila Gonçalves regularly displays her work at several international art fairs such as ArcoMadrid (solo Show); ArteRio e SPArte (solo show), Brazil; ArtBO, Colombia, Zona MACO (Solo Show) Mexico; ArtLima, Peru, ArcoLisboa (Portugal); Vienna Contemporary, Austria; Artissima, Italy; Untitled Miami, USA, among others. Main Colletions Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE); Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Berlin (Germany); Otazu Foundation Collection (Spain); Institución Pilar Citoler (Spain); Frances Reynolds Collection (Brazil); Colección Olor Visual (Spain); Davis Museum at Wellesley College, USA; Colección Navacerrada (Spain); Kells collection, Santander (Spain); Campocerrado collection, Salamanca (spain); Coleção António Cachola, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas; Câmara Municipal do Porto, Collection, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Collection; Museu ao Ar Livre (Public Art collection), Porto (Portugal); Josep María Civit Gomis collection, Barcelona (Spain); Belle Epoque Centrum (Belgium); Colección Fundación Fundomar. Sevilla (Spain); Marin Gaspar collection, Alvito (Portugal). Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto; Coleção PLMJ; Coleção Figueiredo Ribeiro; Marval Collection (Milan, Berlin); Coleção Instituto IPSAR, Roma (Italy); LxFactory, Lisbon; S&A collection, Oporto; Private collections in Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Poland, Italy, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and USA.