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RUNA (aka Rute Norte) The Place Where I Hide Acrylic, oil and oil bar on paper 2025 Lisbon, Portugal - SHIPS FROM Lisbon, Portugal RUNA has multiple interests, with no conscious boundaries between them, converging on a broad artistic practice in thematic terms. In addition to the themes related to her individuality, death and the ephemerality of life, she also deals with concepts in the field of social and environmental sustainability, which are incorporated into her approach to art from a poetic perspective. Her works present a critical view of social and environmental issues using figures, colours and textures in her paintings to portray, through visual allegories, her thoughts on various subjects. RUNA (aka Rute Norte) 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 (182 hours of classes, 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 the USA. Website: rutenorte.com 29,7 x 40,7