Matilde de Oliveira Roque (b. Lisbon, 2001) is a Portuguese artist based in London, UK. She completed a MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London, in 2025, and a BA in Fine Art at Manchester School of Art in 2023.

She has recently exhibited her first solo show 8-80, at AINORI, in Lisbon.
She has been part of group shows in London including Degrees of Contact with Art Embassy Network, Tender Grounds at Terrace Gallery, Réverie de Fleur at The Salon, and Parrhesia at the Hockney Gallery in London.
In Manchester, she was part of group show Frequencies at Oceans Apart.
As a student, she co-curated group shows within the collective Dilemma.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo shows

2026 (upcoming) Stills, Ordovas, London, September 2026
            8-80, AINORI, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2026

Group shows

2026 (upcoming) The Blanc Evening, The Grand Salon, London, July 2026
            Degrees of Contact, Art Embassy Network, London, June 2026
            Invincible Summer, Alice in Hackneyland, 116 Teesdale Street, London, May 2026
            Scattering of Clouds, Framing Gallery Green and Stone, London, April 2026

2025 Tender Grounds, Terrace Gallery, London, October 2025
            Interior Murmur, The Salon x Stratum Gallery, September 2025
            Réverie de Fleur, The Salon, London, upcoming July 2025
            Parrhesia, Hockney Gallery Royal College of Art, London, May 2025

2024 Tiny Art Show, Seminar Room Royal College of Art, London, Dec 2024
            Frequencies, Oceans Apart Gallery, Manchester, Nov 2024

2023 Through the Cracks, The Rag Gallery, Manchester
            A Tight Spot, three-artist show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester

2022 Take Care, Group Show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester
            Night shift, Group Show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester
            Lost in the supermarket, three-artist show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester

2021 Open Iso(lation), Group Show, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford

Prizes

Valerie Beston Painting Prize, 2025
Selected for Longlist of Signature Art Prize, 2025
Selected for Extended Longlist of Jackson’s Art Prize, 2025
The Ali H Alkazzi Scholarship, 2024
People’s Prize at ‘Open Iso(lation)’, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 2021

Education & Qualifications

MA Painting (awarded the Ali H Alkazzi Scholarship), Royal College of Art London, 2024-25
First Class Honours BA Fine Art Hons, Manchester School of Art, 2020-23
Distinction in Art & Design Foundation, Oxford Brookes University, 2019-20

Matilde de Oliveira Roque (b. Lisbon, 2001) is a Portuguese artist based in London, UK. She completed a MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London, in 2025, and a BA in Fine Art at Manchester School of Art in 2023.

She has recently exhibited her first solo show 8-80, at AINORI, in Lisbon.
She has been part of group shows in London including Degrees of Contact with Art Embassy Network, Tender Grounds at Terrace Gallery, Réverie de Fleur at The Salon, and Parrhesia at the Hockney Gallery in London.
In Manchester, she was part of group show Frequencies at Oceans Apart.
As a student, she co-curated group shows within the collective Dilemma.

Selected Exhibitions

Solo shows

2026 (upcoming) Stills, Ordovas, London, September 2026
            8-80, AINORI, Lisbon, Portugal, March 2026

Group shows

2026 (upcoming) The Blanc Evening, The Grand Salon, London, July 2026
            Degrees of Contact, Art Embassy Network, London, June 2026
            Invincible Summer, Alice in Hackneyland, 116 Teesdale Street, London, May 2026
            Scattering of Clouds, Framing Gallery Green and Stone, London, April 2026

2025 Tender Grounds, Terrace Gallery, London, October 2025
            Interior Murmur, The Salon x Stratum Gallery, September 2025
            Réverie de Fleur, The Salon, London, upcoming July 2025
            Parrhesia, Hockney Gallery Royal College of Art, London, May 2025

2024 Tiny Art Show, Seminar Room Royal College of Art, London, Dec 2024
            Frequencies, Oceans Apart Gallery, Manchester, Nov 2024

2023 Through the Cracks, The Rag Gallery, Manchester
            A Tight Spot, three-artist show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester

2022 Take Care, Group Show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester
            Night shift, Group Show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester
            Lost in the supermarket, three-artist show curated by Dilemma, XLR, Manchester

2021 Open Iso(lation), Group Show, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford

Prizes

Valerie Beston Painting Prize, 2025
Selected for Longlist of Signature Art Prize, 2025
Selected for Extended Longlist of Jackson’s Art Prize, 2025
The Ali H Alkazzi Scholarship, 2024
People’s Prize at ‘Open Iso(lation)’, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 2021

Education & Qualifications

MA Painting (awarded the Ali H Alkazzi Scholarship), Royal College of Art London, 2024-25
First Class Honours BA Fine Art Hons, Manchester School of Art, 2020-23
Distinction in Art & Design Foundation, Oxford Brookes University, 2019-20