Born in Tamel S. Veríssimo, Mina Gallos (Felismina Faria da Silva) showed an early interest in the world of creating clay figures. Still at the age of 11, after completing the 5th year of schooling, she started working at Galante, one of the largest ceramic companies in the Barcelos region dedicated to the production of molded figures. Later, she moved to one of the competing companies, the famous Cerâmica Magrou, where several figurative masters from Barcelos had worked. It was only in 2015, however, after her mother’s death, that she decided to start creating pieces of her own.
The Roosters and Dolls that she began to develop, based on traditional figures from that region, already had a very personal mark, and quickly gained the attention of collectors of popular art, on a national and international level.