Margarida Penetra Prieto

Margarida Penetra Prieto serves as Assistant Professor at Lusófona University's Lisbon Campus and Invited Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (FBAUL), where she teaches in the bachelor's painting program. She directs the 1st cycle of studies in Visual Arts (DL132 Order 6766/2018) and the Organic Unit at the Polytechnic Institute of Lusophony (IPLUSO) within the School of Communication, Innovation and Arts (ECIA), while maintaining research roles at the Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA).

Her academic credentials include a PhD in Painting (2013), Master's in Fine Arts - Painting (2008), and Bachelor's in Visual Arts - Painting (1999), all from the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Fine Arts. Additional training encompasses a Complementary Piano Course (6th year equivalent to National Conservatory) and Basic Cello Course (4th year equivalent to National Conservatory).

Prieto's research centers on Painting and Drawing within Visual Arts, specializing in Installation Art and Site-Specific Art. She investigates hypotyposis, semiotics, and synesthesia through concepts like visibility, legibility, grids, and spatial relationships. Her work explores landscape, nature, sky, territory, and the interplay between language and image, with significant contributions to art-based teaching methodologies and artistic thought processes.

Her scholarly articles (2011-2022) consistently analyze Portuguese contemporary artists Rui Macedo and Teresa Palma Rodrigues, examining painting as installation, narrative figuration, and the transition from studio to exhibition. Recurring themes include artistic suggestion, spiritual communication, spatial voids, and the role of games in creation, demonstrating interdisciplinary connections between aesthetics, territory, and artistic identity across diverse media.

Three unspecified awards and honors recognize her contributions to the arts, though detailed names are absent from the source material.

Prieto directs Visual Arts undergraduate programs and collaborates with five researchers on scholarly works. She has organized 31 academic events and participated in 32, including exhibitions and conferences. No grant information appears in the text.

As an Integrated Researcher at CIEBA, she engages in art research and theory development. Her artistic practice includes exhibitions like 'Sob o Mesmo Tecto' (2023) and 'LE DEVINER FABLE DU MONDE' (2016), often integrating drawing, installation, and site-specific interventions with written criticism and interpretation.