Sofia Pratas Morais (Portugal, 1983) uses photography as a form of introspection, exploring personal discomforts and the ways others inhabit the world. In 2025, she presented desculpa in a solo exhibition at Adorna Gallery and in Granta magazine. Since 2021, she has participated in group exhibitions and projects, including with MNAC, Encontros da Imagem & Território and ZDB Gallery. She studied photography at Atelier de Lisboa and is a regular participant in the Ursel August Artistic Residency. She attended the Master's programme in Curatorial Studies at the University of Coimbra and holds a degree in Mathematics and a Master's in Software Engineering.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 desculpa, Galeria Adorna, Porto
2024 Between Science and Fiction, curated by Estefânia de Almeida, 2as da Z, Zé dos Bois Gallery
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2026 Inner Landscapes with desculpa project, Der Greif online exhibition (exhibition link, article link)
2025 Lugares Sem Atributos (“Places Without Attributes”), with Windward project, curated by José Maçãs de Carvalho, Encounters of Image and Territory, Museum of Guarda, Portugal2025 Contrast, with Windward project, Centro Português de Fotografia (“Portuguese Center for Photography”), Porto (link)
2025 Mit Eine Palme Spielen (“Playing with a palm tree”), MNAC initiative ("National Museum for Contemporary Art") at Centro Cultural Penedo da Saudade, curated by Isabel Calado
2024 Contrast, Centro Português de Fotografia (“Portuguese Center for Photography”), Porto
2023 Two Much of a Good Thing, XYZ Books 10th Anniversary, A Ilha, Lisbon
2022 Outros Mundos (Other Worlds), Atelier de Lisboa, Carpe Diem, Psychiatric Hospital Júlio de Matos, Lisbon
2021 habitat, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon
PUBLICATIONS
2025 Invited to Contrast collective project with Windward (link)
CO-CURATION
2023 Só Porque Foi e Voou (“Only Because it Was and it Flew”), at MNAC - ("National Museum for Contemporary Art"), Lisbon, curated by the students of Masters in Curatorial Studies, Universidade de Coimbra
2023 Clarity is Close to the Sun, at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, curated by the students of Venice Curatorial Course
ACADEMIC STUDIES
2023 Masters of Curatorial Studies with direction by José Maçãs de Carvalho, first year, University of Coimbra2012 Masters in Software Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, & University of Coimbra
2005 Licentiate degree in Mathematics, University of Coimbra
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
2024 Two-Day Photography Workshop with photographer Daniel Blaufuks, Ursel August Art Residency, Cascais
2023 Venice Curatorial Course
2022 Photography Residency, Jem Southam with Atelier de Lisboa
2022 Photography Project with photographers António Júlio Duarte and Pedro Alfacinha, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisboa
2021 Photography Project and Making of a Book with photographer Bruno Pelletier Sequeira, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisboa
2020 Three and Four-Day Photography and Film Workshops with photographer Daniel Blaufuks, Ursel August Art Residency, Cascais
2020 Photography Editions, Artist Books and Alternative Formats with bookseller Filipa Valladares, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon
2020 The Photography Book with photographer Bruno Santos
2019 Professional Course of Photography, APAF - Associação Portuguesa de Arte Fotográfica (Portuguese Association of Photographic Arts), Lisbon