Mafalda Serrano is a Portuguese designer, author, radio producer and presenter. Her early studies in classical music, art history, communication and costume design are the main roots of her professional path.

After she graduates in Design at the Institute of Arts and Design (IADE) in Lisbon - she started presenting programs about art history, contemporary aesthetics and visual culture at Antena 2, the radio station of the Portuguese public broadcast (RDP) oriented to contemporary, jazz and classical music.

Her first programs were focused in ancient and contemporary music and cultural issues always devoted to the discussion of art and history concerning the historical legacies of the Mediterranean basin.

Since 2000 she produces and presents other media projects and exhibitions about multiculturalism and the post-colonial artistic production inside the Portuguese ex-colonies of Africa (Angola, Cape Vert, Guinea Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Mozambique), Asia (Goa, Macau, Timor Lorosae) and Brazil.

During 2008 she presented and co-produced The Fascination of Ulysse assigning the official program of 2008 - European Year for the Intercultural Dialogue in collaboration with architect, curator and director Mr. Luis Serpa. Involving international artists, authors, writers and curators, this program implemented a cycle of correlated art exhibitions sponsored by the Portuguese Radio and Television (RDP-RTP) and the Portuguese Ministry of Culture. 

Mafalda Serrano started her studies about traditional divination and image reading in the early 80’s.

Her personal approach to the cards is inspired by history, poetry and symbolism focusing in the legacy of the Medieval and Renaissance cultures. Following her researches in comparative mythology, ancient iconography and divinatory symbolism, she published Light of the Goddess, an “art & tarot deck” centred in the arts and myths of Renaissance and the Latin world.

She works and lives in Lisbon.