Tiago Madaleno (1992, Portugal). Visual artist that uses a multimodal approach to artmaking in order to develop fictional universes that reflect upon image making, language and performance. Madaleno studied at the Department of Fine Arts, University of Porto, where he was awarded a Master’s degree in Painting (2016). He has exhibited his artwork since 2013. Highlights to the solo shows Smoke Room (2023), Museu Guerra Junqueiro, Porto; Light of September (2022), Galeria do Paço, Braga; A Garden at Night (2020), RAMPA, Porto, Criatório 2019 grant; and Clepsydra (2017-2018), Serralves, Porto, after winning Novo Banco Revelação Prize 2017. In 2022, he made “A leaf in the pocket”, a mural painting commissioned by Serralves Foundation, within the scope of their project “Windows to the World” and carried out at Porto Penitentiary Institution (Custóias), Matosinhos.