Joana graduated from the University of Lisbon in 2016 and subsequently attended the Royal Drawing School between 2016 and 2017. Her work has been exhibited in numerous group shows in London and Portugal including the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize for which she was shortlisted in 2019. Solo exhibitions include: ‘Spring and All’ (Royal Drawing School, London 2019); ‘o Lugar indeciso’ (Museum has Artes de Sintra, Portugal 2016) Joana has been awarded prizes including the Sir Denis Mahon Award from the Royal Drawing School (2017). She has undertaken artistic residencies in the USA and Portugal and her work is held in numerous private collections. She currently lives and works in south east London.