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Rita Santa Marta, born in Palmela, Portugal, in October 1992, is an illustrator, graphic designer, and video editor who works under the pseudonym Rita Magdala. Currently residing in Lisbon, she began her career in 2016, exploring various creative fields. Her education includes a degree in Graphic Design and Production from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, in Lisbon.
Throughout her career, she has collaborated with prominent brands and projects, including FNAC, Zurich, CUF, Lux Woman, Secular Sabbath, among others. She is passionate about creating visual narratives, especially in the field of original illustration, where she blends poetic, mystical, and symbolic elements to convey deep and evocative messages. Her passion for capturing the visual essence of complex themes is reflected in her award-winning work, with honorable mentions in the FNAC New Talents 2022 contest and the 20th Aveiro Young Creator 2022 Competition.
Rita Santa Marta’s work, under the pseudonym Rita Magdala, stands out for its expressive and deeply symbolic aesthetic, exploring themes such as metamorphosis, duality, and spirituality. With a subjective and experimental approach, her style seeks to translate emotions and states of inner transformation, creating compositions that defy conventional logic yet remain engaging and intriguing. Her illustrations feature fluid lines and organic forms, combined with a skillful play of light and shadow, giving her creations an ethereal and dreamlike atmosphere.
Rita delves into the human psyche in every detail, bringing to life bizarre creatures, mysterious shadows, and colors that evoke a world of dreams and introspection. Her works are simultaneously enigmatic and visually captivating — as if inviting the viewer to step into a parallel universe, where the rules are created the moment they are observed. Those who gaze at her work may feel that each illustration tells a secret story, but the key to understanding it lies in allowing oneself to get lost in the layers of symbols and hidden meanings.
With a fusion of traditional techniques and digital compositions, her art is a celebration of experimentation and the constant pursuit of new forms of expression. At the same time, there is an implicit touch of humor in her compositions, as if saying, “Understand what you will — or don’t understand anything. That’s okay!” This lightness makes Rita Magdala’s work not only thought-provoking but also accessible and fun, even when it dives into emotional and symbolic depths.
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