Joana is an art curator, writer, artistic director and podcaster. Her twenty-year career across Portugal, France and the UK has prompted her to launch a number of projects alongside her exhibitions and artistic direction of Drawing Now Paris.

Being a firm believer in creating what you long for but can’t find, Joana co-launched and co-directs the art and residency space Worlding, a much needed intermediary space between the studio and mainstream cultural or commercial ventures. She is the creator and host of the award winning podcast Exhibitionistas–Notes on Contemporary Art and Life (2024) and you can find her writing in her publication Exhibitionista. She is also in the process of launching CVT (Creative Voice Toolkit) - watch this space!

Joana is intent on sharing her multi-cultural knowledge and experience in navigating physical and digital spaces. She associates embodied art encounters with open-minded exploration which she calls art wonderment–a principle of mutual regulation between old wisdom and new technologies. Her work weaves a philosophy of reading aloud, connecting through attentive speech, writing as sharing, recording as performance and editing as caring.