Mafalda Sofia Paiva

Education

• Master degree in Scientific Illustration / ISEC and University of Évora, 2012
• Certificate Science Illustration Program / Autonomous University of Lisbon, Institute of Arts and Crafts, 2009/10
• Childrens illustration workshop / Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Lisbon / 2009
• Certificate in Illustration/Comics Illustration / ARCO, 2008
• Postgraduate in Urban Design / ISCTE, 1999
• 4-year degree (licenciatura) in Urban Furniture Design / Escola Superior de Artes Decorativas, 1994/97

Exhibitions and Prizes

• IL-lustracència 2014 organized by the Catalan Association for Science Communication (ACCC) 2014
• Focus on Nature XIII/New York State Museum, 2014,
  
• ​Eclosion / Art.Science Gallery / Austin, Texas, 2013
• 2.º Prize with Nucella lapillus at Casa das Ciências 2013, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon 2013
• Ciência e Arte, Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto, 2013
• Participate with two works in the exhibition Situation Anophthalmus Hitleri organized by the slovenian artist Jasmina Cibic for the Maribor 2012 - European Capital of Culture and in 2013 Venice Biennale / Italy
• Winner of the international contest IL-lustraciència 2012, organized by the Catalan Association for Science Communication (ACCC), Barcelona, 2012
• Selected for the GNSI Annual Members 2012 Exhibit in Savannah, USA
• Focus on Nature XII / New York State Museum, 2012

Associations

• Society for Industrial Archeology, Michigan, USA, since 2012
• Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) since 2011