Snow at Dawn

RUNA was born and lives in Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated from the University of Lisbon, and later received her Master's degree in Painting, at Fine Arts Faculty of the University of Lisbon (2022). Her master's thesis focused on the theme of artist-travellers and is titled “The experience of place: its influence on the pictorial production of the artist-traveller, in the 21st century”. Additionally, she studied Photography at Cenjor, the Professional Training Center for Journalists, in Lisbon (2018). RUNA was awarded a European Union Mobility Grant to undertake a one-month artistic residency in Armenia. She also completed an artistic residency in Bulgaria, as part of her approach as an artist-traveller, supported by the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture. RUNA has participated in more than thirty exhibitions, both individual and group, in Portugal, Spain, UK, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Armenia, Colombia, South Korea, Turkey and USA. Website: rutenorte.com