Inês Gato was born in Lisbon in 1966.
She studied at António Arroio High School and graduated from AR-CO with a degree
in Graphic Design. She is also a graduate of ETIC where she studied Computer Design.
In 1992 she joins Central Press becoming Art Editor of a teenage magazine. One year
later she joins Grupo Forum as Art Editor of Cyber@net magazine, also renewing the layout of other group publications.
Inês started painting in oils in 1995. However she continued working as a designer in advertising agencies.
In 1999 she takes part in the team that was to launch the first Portuguese Biennal of Design - Experimentadesign99.

2002 | First solo exhibition at the “Heróis Lounge” in Chiado , Lisbon.
collective exhibition at the gallery “ARS Pictórica”, Lisbon.
2003 | Is invited by Oeiras City Hall to take part in the first edition of “ArteEstoril - Contemporary Art Fair”.
Solo exhibition in “Lagar do Azeite Gallery”, Oeiras.
2004 | Represented by “9arte Gallery “, Lisbon.
2005 | Collective exhibition at the Tourist Office of Ericeira.
2008 | Solo exhibition in “Arqué - ArtGallery” , Lisbon.
2010 | Exhibition in “Cooperativa de Comunicação e Cultura” , Torres Vedras.
Solo exhibition in “Praça das flores – Galeria”, Lisbon.
2012 | Represented by “Art | Form”, Estoril.
Solo exhibition at “Spazio Dual”, invited by the artistgroup “ArtinPark” in Lisbon.



"The precision of Inês Gato's paintbrush and her accurate gesture, noticeable in each canvas, are not intended to hide the emotional universe that defines her work. Instead, they do underline it.If we find ourselves absorbed by the self-assurance of her brush, what really impresses us in her paintings is their powerful emotional content that, on all levels, strikes us both physically and mentally, leaving us unarmed before such strength. This impact, that requires time in order to be fully understood, is perhaps one of the main features of her work.But there is more to it. There is colour. We cannot avoid the presence of colour in her work, neither its importance. Ins Gato uses it in a truly impressive manner, managing to keep its presence visible even when we close our eyes, as if colour was to be perceived through our skin.In Transformation, her increasing mastery of colours and their interplay becomes evident, although we can also witness her prominent ability to provide her drawing with rhythm and motion. In this series, rhythm and movement are so expressive and intentionally explored that they make us believe that paintings move from one to the other, complementing each other at the same time. This world of metamorphosis and transformation reveals itself on each glance and on each change of perspective, and what a constantly and extraordinarily coherent and challenging world it is."
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