Profile: Mónica Pinto de Almeida

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About Mónica Pinto de Almeida : Mónica Pinto who was born in the north of Spain and spent most of her childhood between Spain and the north of Portugal now has her own studio in Sintra, Portugal. Mónica is driven by her passion where her memories are an integral part of her imagery and are nouns such as memory, history, poetry and shapes that build her own personal and daily universe. All the lighting pieces and objects created by Mónica follow a narrative of emotions and stories creating a uniqueness and timeless design where her artistic education mixed with her sensorial universe is translated into designs of conceptual and architectural language, poetic and innovative at the same time.
STATEMENT OF ART:
Art for me is the purest form of expression of the humankind. The expression of the inconscient of the artist where all the questions, doubts and restlessness of the soul and mind become matter. Design is the translation of art through a conscient thinking of everything which makes your environment more special.
“Each line is the beginning of a story”

ORGANIZATION:
Mokki Design

NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION:
Artist, painter Media, graphic, printing, culture, design

EDUCATION:
1995, Decorative Painting Techniques-"Faux-Effects" by master Rainieri di Bernardo, Fundação Ricardo Espiríto Santo, Lisbon/Portugal.
1996, Fresco Technique-mural painting by master Rainieri di Bernardo, Fundação Ricardo Espiríto Santo, Lisbon/Portugal.
2000, Manufacture and painting of ceramic tiles from the 16th Century, Professional Heritage Restoration and Rehabilitation School, Sintra/Portugal.
2000, Fine Art Drawing, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon/Portugal.
2005, Wood Recovery and Restoration by master Henrique Silva, Professional Heritage Restoration and Rehabilitation School, Sintra/Portugal.
2006, Art History, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon/Portugal.

EXPERIENCE:
1996-until today, Founder, Mónica Pinto Studio, Sintra/Portugal.
2014-until today, Founder and Designer, Mokki Design Lighting and Objects, Lisbon/Portugal.

PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2001, Decorative Painting, FIL, Lisbon/Portugal.
2004, Decorative Painting, Holmes Place, Sintra/Portugal.
2005, Decorative Painting, Holmes Place, Cascais/Portugal.
2005, Painting, Mercedes Benz exhibition and auction, Sintra/Portugal.
2006, 10 year exposition works, Orixás's Gallery, Sintra/Portugal.
2006, Decorative Painting, "El Rastrillo" Novo Futuro institution, Lisbon/Portugal.
2007, Decorative Painting trough the years, National Museum of Antique Art, Lisbon/Portugal.
2007, Painting, Ford Gallery, Lisbon/Portugal.

MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2018, Mokki, LDF, with Associative Design, London/UK
2018, Mokki, Orgatec, with MBox, Köln/Germany
2018, Mokki, Sleep In, Porto/Portugal
2019, Mokki, Sleep In, with Associative Design, Porto/Portugal

EVENTS:
2010, "Women Under Construction", Creative director and Producer, fashion event, Lisbon/Portugal.

AWARDS:
2022, Winner, Loop Design Awards, Porto, Portugal
2022, Silver award, A'Design Award & Competition, Milano, Italy
2022, Silver award, A'Design Award & Competition, Milano, Italy
2022, Best Furniture & Lighting Design specialists Portugal, Global Awards, United Kingdom
2021, Furniture Design Firm of the Year, Build Architecture Awards, United Kingdom
2021, Best Lighting & Furniture Studio Portugal, Build Architecture Awards, United Kingdom
2021, Best Home & Bathroom Project. Moonlight Mirror
Buil Architecture Awards, United Kingdom
2021, Silver award, A'Design Award & Competition, Milano, Italy
2020, Lighting design specialists of the year, Global Awards, UNITED KINGDOM
2020, Best furniture & lighting design specialists Southern Europe, Build Architecture Award, UNITED KINGDOM
2020, Best lighting studio in Portugal, European Enterprise Awards, UNITED KINGDOM
2019-2020, Runner-up, A’Design Award & Competition, COMO, ITALY

PRESS APPEARANCES:
2004, Furniture Decorative painting, Caras Decoração, pages 92-93, January, Lisbon/Portugal

2006/7, Mural Painting Decorative techniques, Caras Decoração, page 56, special edition, Lisbon/Portugal.

2008, Decorative painting techniques "Faux Effects", Casa Claudia, pages 104-105, special edition, Lisbon/Portugal.

2008, decorative painting techniques, Ideias Casa Cláudia, page 98, september, Lisbon/Portugal.

2018, Mokki Design, Caras Decoração, page 36, July, Lisbon/Portugal.

2018, Treillis Floor Lamp, Pi- Project & Interieur, page 100, october/november, Amsterdam/The Netherlands.

2019, Woods lamp, Attitude, page 22, March-April, Porto/Portugal.

2019, Lorca Lamp, Roof an in & out magazine, page 8, March/April, Matosinhos/Portugal

2019, Mondrian lamp and U lamp, Project & Interieur magazine, page 94. Oct/Nov, Holland and Belgium

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Spanish, Native.
Portuguese, near native.
English, Advanced.
French, Beginner.

COMPUTER LITERACY:
Office, Expert.
CorelDraw, Expert.
SketchUp, Advanced.
AutoCad, Intermediate.
SolidWorks, fundamental awareness.
Adobe Photoshop, Expert.
Adobe Illustrator, Expert.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
2014, AICEP, Lisbon/Portugal.
2018, AIMMP, Porto/Portugal.
2018, Associative Design, Porto/Portugal.

HOBBIES:
Painting, Baking, Reading, Travelling, Hiking in nature, Cinema, Museums, Photography.

CLIENTELE:
Private Clients

WEB SITE:
www.mokkidesign.eu

PORTFOLIO URL:
http://mokkidesign.eu

REGISTRATION DATE:
2019-09-18 07:57:13

COUNTRY/REGION:
Portugal

ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional

Awards received by Mónica Pinto de Almeida


Mondrian Lighting

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2020
Monica Pinto de Almeida for Mónica Pinto De Almeida
Lorca Lighting

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2021
Monica Pinto de Almeida for Mokki Design
Cubes Lighting

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2021
Monica Pinto de Almeida for Mokki Design
U Table Lamp

Silver A' Design Award Winner for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2022
Monica Pinto de Almeida for Mokki Design

Runner-Up status designs by Monica Pinto de Almeida


Woods Lighting

Runner-Up for Lighting Products and Fixtures Design Category in 2019
Mónica Pinto de Almeida for Mónica Pinto De Almeida



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