{"id":50,"date":"2026-04-20T20:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T19:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mariakowalski.pt\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:50:08","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mariakowalski.pt\/?page_id=50","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Maria Kowalski nasceu em Leiria, Portugal, em 1981. Concluiu, em 2003, a licenciatura em Arte e Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o \u2014 Ramo Fotogr\u00e1fico, na ESAP. \u00c9 doutorada, desde 2024, em Ci\u00eancias da Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o, especialidade em Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o e Artes, na Universidade NOVA de Lisboa \u2013 Faculdade de Ci\u00eancias Sociais e Humanas, e investigadora integrada no Instituto de Comunica\u00e7\u00e3o da NOVA (ICNOVA), no grupo Cultura, Media\u00e7\u00e3o e Artes. Trabalha, desde 2003, como fot\u00f3grafa freelancer, designer gr\u00e1fica e formadora em fotografia em diversos contextos, locais (nacionais e internacionais) e p\u00fablicos. Tem-se dedicado \u00e0 realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de exposi\u00e7\u00f5es de fotografia individuais e colectivas, a n\u00edvel nacional e internacional. Desde 2008, \u00e9 docente na Escola Superior de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e Ci\u00eancias Sociais do Polit\u00e9cnico de Leiria, nas \u00e1reas da fotografia, multim\u00e9dia, comunica\u00e7\u00e3o cultural, processos criativos, est\u00e9tica e imagem digital, interven\u00e7\u00e3o comunit\u00e1ria. Coorienta, desde 2015, projetos de mestrado na \u00e1rea da fotografia enquanto instrumento de interven\u00e7\u00e3o. Em 2009 iniciou a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o de projetos de fotografia participativa, como forma de interven\u00e7\u00e3o social e humanit\u00e1ria em Cabo Verde, Guin\u00e9-Bissau e Mo\u00e7ambique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cienciavitae.pt\/en\/A21B-C5A9-3425\">Ciencia Vitae<\/a> (CV acad\u00e9mico) \u2013 A21B-C5A9-3425<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">___________________________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Maria Kowalski was born in 1981 in Leiria, Portugal. Has completed, in 2003, her degree in Art and Communication \u2013 Photography, at ESAP. Since 2024, PhD in Communication Sciences, specializing in Communication and Arts, at the NOVA University of Lisbon \u2013 Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, and a integrated researcher at the NOVA Communication Institute (ICNOVA), in the Culture, Mediation and Arts group Since 2003, she\u2019s been working as a freelance photographer, graphic designer and photography trainer in various contexts, places (national and international) and publics. Has also been holding photography exhibitions, individual and collective, both nationally and internationally. Since 2008, she teaches at ESECS \u2013 IPL, in the areas of photography, multimedia, cultural communication, creative processes, aesthetics and digital image, community intervention. In 2009, she started participatory photography projects as a form of social and humanitarian intervention in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cienciavitae.pt\/en\/A21B-C5A9-3425\">Ciencia Vitae<\/a> (Academic CV) \u2013 A21B-C5A9-3425<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Kowalski nasceu em Leiria, Portugal, em 1981. 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