Born in Lisbon in 1975, the artist lives and works in Lisbon.

In 2003, she received the CELPA/Vieira da Silva Revelation Prize, and in 2007, the Herbert Zapp Preis für Junge Kunst (Young Artist Prize). She has been exhibiting regularly since 2002 and has developed a body of work in drawing and painting, focusing primarily on portraiture.
Her work is represented in several public and private collections, including the Novo Banco Collection, Fundação EDP, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, C.A.V., Caixa Geral de Depósitos, António Cachola Collection, Berardo Collection, Union Fenosa, and Kupferstichkabinett – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Espelho, Galeria 111, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022
O Meu Rosto Está Aqui No Fogo-Fátuo, Jardim de Inverno, Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021
Todas as Fotografias do Ford, Travessa da Ermida project, Lisbon, Portugal, 2018
The Light on the Heart, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore, 2014
A Dama Pé-de-Cabra: Paula Rego e Adriana Molder, Casa das Histórias - Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal, 2012
Winter Was Hard, Beck & Eggeling new quarters, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2011
We Have Faces!, DSV Kunstkontor, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009
Der Traumdeuter, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, 2007
A Madrugada de Wilhelm e Leopoldine, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007
Hôtel, Fruesorge Galerie für Zeichnung, Berlin, Germany, 2006
Copycat, Museu de Arte Sacra do Funchal, Funchal, Portugal, 2003
Câmara de Gelo, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna – Berardo Collection, 2002

Since 2020, she has directed the exhibition project Galeria da Casa A. Molder.