Teresa Silva was born in Torres Novas, in 1966. She lives in Oporto since 1975.

Graduation in Plastic Arts Painting lrom FBAUP in 1989; Post Graduation in "Former in Industrial Design" from ESAD, in 1993; Master in Art and Communication Irom FBAUP in 2006;

Individual Exhibitions (selection) - 2005 - "BonjourTristesse", Trindade Gallery, Oporto; 2002 - 'Alice's Mirrors", Trindade Gallery, Oporto; 2001 - "Burlesque Stories", Oliver Maneu Gallery, Palma de Maiorca; 1999 - "Love me, love me not", Trindade Gallery, Oporto; 1997 - "Stories of Catrineta and others...", Trindade Gallery, Oporto.

Collective Exhibitions (selection) - 2006 - "02 Mail", Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris; 2005 - "The Alvarez Horror Art Show", Alvarez Gallery, SalaUm, Oporto; 2003 - "Art Cologne", Koelnmesse, Germany:  1997 - "Art Miami 97" International Art Exhibition, Miami;  1996 - "10 Portuguese Contemporary Painters", Biennial of Zamora;  1993 - "5 Painters lrom the School of Porto", Consisa Alarcon Gallery, Granada;  1992 -"7 Painters from the School of Oporto", Art Centre, Madrid.

Prizes - 1990 - "Finalists Irom Esbap'90", Fórum Picoas, Lisbon; - "3rd Exhibition of the Newest Portuguese Painting", Multiface Gallery, Lisbon.