Morning Light de Jolanta Rikveile Mourinha

The Artist

Jolanta Rikveile Mourinha was born in 1985 in Madona, Latvia. There she attended the Art School for Young People between 1996 and 2001. He completed her degree at the University of Latvia in Finno-Ugric Languages (Finnish and Estonian) in 2007.
That same year she moved to Lisbon where she enrolled at the National Society of Fine Arts - a drawing and colour theory course. She attended it from 2007 to 2016 where she saw several works included in the Society's exhibitions, mainly drawings in charcoal, graphite and Indian ink as well as some passages from her graphic diaries.
Simultaneously and subsequently, she deepened her knowledge of watercolour and oil painting in several workshops. Since 2016, she has been part of the Urban Sketchers association.
She has participated in several collective and personal exhibitions, namely in Germany, Latvia and Portugal and was recently selected to participate in the II International Watercolor Festival that took place in Córdoba in March 2024.
She enjoys discovering new techniques and materials in the area of painting and drawing.