Sara Inácio

Lisbon, 1977.

Sculptor, researcher, cultural mediator and art educator.

She earned her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees in Fine Arts—Sculpture—from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon. Her doctoral research (practical and theoretical) was funded by the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) (2021–2025) and explores connections between Sculpture, Participation, Community, and Inner Sustainability.

She is the creator of sculptures in public spaces: 

Compass-Portal of the Five Elements [Space, Water, Earth, Fire, Air] (co-authored) (Loures, 2025);

Toward the Light, (Sintra, 2008); 

Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone, (Mértola, 2005); 

Communication, (Montijo, 2003). 

Solo and group exhibitions in Portugal, Spain, and Italy since 1999. 

Through her works (in raw clay, ceramics, land art, drawing, and participatory projects), she explores the ecological, social, and spiritual dimensions of artistic practice.

Author of essays, articles, and conference presentations. 

Creator of courses and workshops (Linhas Coração—contemplative drawing; A Forma e o Silêncio—ceramic sculpture and meditation) that synthesize artistic creation, meditation, and ancestral practices of deep ecology, with the aim of providing spaces for human beings to connect with themselves, with others, and with the Earth.

Arts educator and cultural mediator in the Educational Services departments of the CAM and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (from 2003 to the present), the National Museum of Ancient Art (2005–2007), and the Museu do Oriente (2008–2009), where she develops educational projects (courses, hands-on workshops, and guided tours) for various age groups—school-age students (from preschool through college), seniors, and families. 

In 2002, she co-founded Nextart—Center for Artistic Training, an independent school in Lisbon, whose guiding principle was the fusion of teaching various artistic languages with practices of human development. There, she taught Ceramic Sculpture, Drawing, Meditative Ceramics, and Land Art until 2019.

In 1996, she had her first encounter with yoga and the art of meditation. Since then, she has deepened her practice under the guidance of various teachers and masters. 

In her view, artistic creation is a spiritual practice—Meditation in Action—a path to Consciousness and Self-Knowledge, Inner Transformation, Sharing, and Offering. Creating is an exercise of Presence, a poetic act.