Miguel Palma was born in 1964. He lives and works in Santarem.

Miguel Palma is an artist who appropriates the narratives of a modernity in permanent questioning to better reflect on the present. His fascination with icons of classical modernity is evident: the world of aviation, the automobile, architecture, nature (more or less domesticated), and technology in general.

His curiosity and the way he articulates different horizons of knowledge underline the capacity to reinvent ourselves, concealing the inexorable greater law, which is the victory of time over human finitude.

As devices that enhance a critical view of our recent past and our present, Miguel Palma's statements confront us with the tensions experienced in the fragile balance of our existence.

As the artist himself succinctly puts it: "If the world was a comfortable place, I wouldn't make art."

With a continuous activity spanning more than three decades, this artist's works transition through various media, such as sculpture, video, installation, drawing, and performance.

He is represented in numerous public and private collections, both national and international, such as: Centre Pompidou (Paris, France); Berardo Collection (Lisbon, Portugal); Culturgest (Lisbon, Portugal); MAAT (Lisbon, Portugal); FRAC Orleans (Orleans, France); FRAC-Artotheque Nouvelle Aquitaine (Limoges, France); Serralves Foundation (Porto, Portugal); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal); MNAC (Lisbon, Portugal); ARCO Foundation (Madrid, Spain); and ASU Art Museum (Tempe, USA).

He has participated in various biennials, including: Prospect 1 (New Orleans, USA) and the 7th Liverpool Biennial (Liverpool, United Kingdom).