With an ecofeminist, somatic, autoethnographic, and deliberately “sappy” perspective, her work addresses issues of gender, identity, and affectivity in relation to the concepts of home and work. Nêves holds a degree in Communication Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) and a master’s in Textile Art and Design from the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA). She has practiced ballet, contemporary dance, and acrobatics non-professionally since childhood and attended the Initiation to Acting Course of TUP – Teatro Universitário do Porto, where she is an associate member. She founded and has been part of several cultural programming associations and collectives, including mais uno +1, Vent Space Project, and Ecossistema Portal, among others.
Her work has been presented internationally in public institutions, galleries, associative spaces, and festivals, including Museu Fundação Bienal de Arte de Cerveira, Galeria Municipal Jovem de Vila Franca de Xira, Espaço Cultural das Gaivotas, Casa do Comum, Galeria Bello-Galesterer, Zigurfest festival, Zet Gallery, Gallerii Artsight (SE), and Futureless festival (SE). She has participated in multiple residencies, such as STARTS.EE (EE), Geografía Poética (ES), Copperleg Art Residency (EE), and Largo Residências. She has collaborated as an artist on projects by silentparty, and Terceira Pessoa; and as a performer in projects by Nuno Matos + Raquel S., João Carlos Pinto, and BLUFF. She has published academic papers and presented at international conferences about multidisciplinary practices, and is a member of the Network of Young Researchers Kairós.