Margarida Paiva holds a degree in Sculpture from the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and a Masters degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Her films have been shown widely in exhibitions and international festivals. Selected solo shows: Living With Dinosaurs, (Trondheim Contemporary Art Center, Norway, 2020), Soul Blindness (Rom for Kunst, Oslo Central Station, Norway, 2019), Traversings (Mira, Porto, Portugal,2018), For Every Silence There Is a Void (Hedmark Contemporary Art Center, Hamar, Norway, 2015).

Selected group shows: Blindness  (Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Galery, Bari, Italy, 2020), Looking Out Looking In  (Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Galery, Bari, Italy, 2018), Migrating Stories (Screen City Biennial, Stavanger, Norway, 2017), Transitions (Vestfold Contemporary Art Center, Tønsberg , Norway, 2017), Stories and Desires From Who Sleeps (Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain 2012).

Her work has been awarded in festivals such as FUSO- Festival Internacional de Vídeo Arte de Lisboa, FOKUS Festival and FIAV.03.