Vânia R. Gonçalves (b. 1978, Portugal) is a Lisbon based artist whose sculptural practice explores transformation through form, surface and material process. Working primarily with clay, she creates abstract forms that evoke movement, tension and organic growth, often suggesting landscapes shaped by erosion and geological time.

Gonçalves began her artistic path after a previous career in dentistry in London, later returning to Portugal to study ceramics at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual in Lisbon. Her work has since been presented in exhibitions including Lisbon by Design, Dubai Design Week, and Thrown Gallery in London, among others.

Through experimentation with glaze chemistry, layering and multiple firings, her sculptures develop surfaces that shift between control and unpredictability. Recent work explores the body as landscape, reflecting on adaptation, aging and the traces of lived experience.

She lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.