Ana Pimentel lives and works in Porto City / Portugal.
Is graduated in Painting / Plastic Arts by the Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto University.

With several solo exhibitions in the last few years, including a travelling exhibition organized by the Camões Institute (Brazil, 2004/2006).

Her works have appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions at such venues as the Barbican Art Centre(Londres 1993), Nordico Museum Der Stadt (Linz - Austrich 1998), Majdanek Museum ( Lublin - Poland 2000), Serralves Foundation (Oporto, Portugal 2000), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Paris 2003),Museum Historico National of Rio de Janeiro(Brazil 2004), Pará State Museum(Brazil 2004), Arts Palace of Belo Horizonte ( Brazil 2004), Bahía Art Museum ( Brazil 2006), ISM Gallery(Miami-USA 2007), Macau Military Club (Macao-China 2007), Focus Abengoa Foundation (Seville-Spain 2007), ARCO`08 - International Contemporary art Fair ( Madrid- Spain 2008 ) , Galerie Denise Van de Velde (Aalst -Belgium 2008)

Ana Pimentel's work with her colourful compositions conveys a various layers and compression of Space, Time and Identity.
Combining geometric motifs and shapes includes references to Portuguese Traditional Culture (Festivity, Folklore, ornamental shapes, symbols, Mosaic,Flowers, sewing, embroidery and lace).
In her highly worked and the vibrant and intense colour paintings Ana Pimentel creates new narratives, building plans and architectural forms; paintings that are built up through layers of acrylic paint on canvas and using a technique of collage.

Engaged both the composition visual of colour, line and textures, experimenting with different scale and materials.
The combination of harmony with often violent contrasts results in a visual experience that seems musical.