Vasco Mourão works on the perception, texture and memory of the urban landscape. Only with a pen and time, his practice obsessively focuses on the representation of cities through drawings on paper, wood, stone and metal.
Drawings of cityscapes and other architectural meanderings at large, rearranged on the canvas.
Inhabiting a place between fine art and illustration, Vasco Mourão creates bespoke artworks and large scale murals for various private clients, galleries and institutions, working also on selected editorial commissions.
Originally from Portugal, now based in Barcelona (when not on the yearly work & travel walkabout).
Drawings of cityscapes and other architectural meanderings at large, rearranged on the canvas.
Inhabiting a place between fine art and illustration, Vasco Mourão creates bespoke artworks and large scale murals for various private clients, galleries and institutions, working also on selected editorial commissions.
Originally from Portugal, now based in Barcelona (when not on the yearly work & travel walkabout).
Selected Clients & Collaborators
Apple, The New Yorker, The New Yorker Festival, The Washington Post, Fundação Bissaya Barreto, Museu Picasso Barcelona, UnderDogs Gallery, Established & Sons, Architectural Review, Espacio 88, Ogilvy, Domus, Gestalten, El País, etc.
Apple, The New Yorker, The New Yorker Festival, The Washington Post, Fundação Bissaya Barreto, Museu Picasso Barcelona, UnderDogs Gallery, Established & Sons, Architectural Review, Espacio 88, Ogilvy, Domus, Gestalten, El País, etc.
Collections
Bissaya Barreto Foundation
Minho University
My Story Hotels
Artyzen Club HK
Various private collections
Bissaya Barreto Foundation
Minho University
My Story Hotels
Artyzen Club HK
Various private collections
Exhibitions
Portuguese
Sovereign Art Prize
April/2022
Porto, Portugal
ImageText
Mirus Gallery
11/2021 . Denver, USA
Arquivo
Underdogs Gallery
12/2021 . Lisbon, Portugal
Right Now - group show
Underdogs Gallery
05/2020 . Online
Variations
Underdogs Gallery
12/2020 . Lisbon, Portugal
Elipse
CONCRETA fair
10/2019 . Porto, Portugal
Vasco Mourão e Cassiano Branco
Júlio Dinis Museum
2019 . Ovar, Portugal
Breathing Line
Fundació La Caixa
09.2019 . Barcelona, Spain
Remember Tokyo
Almost Perfect
05/2019 . Tokyo, Japan
Remember Hong Kong
ACO gallery
03/2019 . Hong Kong, China
Fragments . Drawings on Stone
Oitavo Gallery
02/2019 . Porto, Portugal
Face Plastic
Espacio 88
01/2019 . Barcelona, Spain
Ouroborus . Drawings on Wood
Uivo 8 - Centr'Arte
01/ 2019 . Matosinhos, Portugal
Portuguese
Sovereign Art Prize
April/2022
Porto, Portugal
ImageText
Mirus Gallery
11/2021 . Denver, USA
Arquivo
Underdogs Gallery
12/2021 . Lisbon, Portugal
Right Now - group show
Underdogs Gallery
05/2020 . Online
Variations
Underdogs Gallery
12/2020 . Lisbon, Portugal
Elipse
CONCRETA fair
10/2019 . Porto, Portugal
Vasco Mourão e Cassiano Branco
Júlio Dinis Museum
2019 . Ovar, Portugal
Breathing Line
Fundació La Caixa
09.2019 . Barcelona, Spain
Remember Tokyo
Almost Perfect
05/2019 . Tokyo, Japan
Remember Hong Kong
ACO gallery
03/2019 . Hong Kong, China
Fragments . Drawings on Stone
Oitavo Gallery
02/2019 . Porto, Portugal
Face Plastic
Espacio 88
01/2019 . Barcelona, Spain
Ouroborus . Drawings on Wood
Uivo 8 - Centr'Arte
01/ 2019 . Matosinhos, Portugal
Portugal Múltiplo
Bissaya Barreto Foundation
2018 . Coimbra, Portugal
Urban Fragments
Ilustração à vista Festival
2018 . Ílhavo, Portugal
Ouroborus . Drawings on Brass
Underdogs Art Store
2017 . Lisbon, Portugal
Ouroborus . Drawings on Wood
Espacio 88
2016 . Barcelona, Spain
Matsudo Perceptions
Paradise AIR
2016 . Matsudo, Japan
Drawing Poble Nou
Espacio 88
2015 . Barcelona, Spain
New York Perceptions
The Invisible Dog
2014 . New York, USA
Drawings for The New Yorker
Mitte Gallery
2014 . Barcelona, Spain
Daily Drawings
Minho University
2010 . Guimarães, Portugal
Obsession
Casa Portuguesa
2008 . Barcelona, Spain
Selected talks
PechaKucha
2019 . Tokyo, Japan
TheCreativeFest
2017 . Barcelona, Spain
PechaKucha
2016 . Tokyo, Japan
Apple Headquarters
2016 . Tokyo, Japan
Apple Stores
2016 . Tokyo, Osaka & Nagoya, Japan
Walk&Talk Art Festival
2015 . Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Get Set Festival
2015 . Oporto, Portugal
Barcelona Design Week
2013 . Barcelona, Spain
Creative Camp 180
2012 . Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
PechaKucha
2019 . Tokyo, Japan
TheCreativeFest
2017 . Barcelona, Spain
PechaKucha
2016 . Tokyo, Japan
Apple Headquarters
2016 . Tokyo, Japan
Apple Stores
2016 . Tokyo, Osaka & Nagoya, Japan
Walk&Talk Art Festival
2015 . Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Get Set Festival
2015 . Oporto, Portugal
Barcelona Design Week
2013 . Barcelona, Spain
Creative Camp 180
2012 . Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Selected Press
O Editorial, O Observador, Form Finding Lab Princeton , Urbansetters, Creative Mornings, Público, Shift, Formagramma, 180 ID , Architectural Review, Público, SwissMiss, ArchDaily, Domus magazine, Colossal, My Modern Met, Fubiz, DesignBoom, Ignant, SuperSonic Art
Publications
Beyond Architecture
by R. Klanten, L. Feireiss
Gestalten
The Ultimate Skyscraper
by Carlos Teixeira
C/Arte
Illusive - Contemporary Illustration
by R. Klanten & J. O’Reilly
Gestalten
O Editorial, O Observador, Form Finding Lab Princeton , Urbansetters, Creative Mornings, Público, Shift, Formagramma, 180 ID , Architectural Review, Público, SwissMiss, ArchDaily, Domus magazine, Colossal, My Modern Met, Fubiz, DesignBoom, Ignant, SuperSonic Art
Publications
Beyond Architecture
by R. Klanten, L. Feireiss
Gestalten
The Ultimate Skyscraper
by Carlos Teixeira
C/Arte
Illusive - Contemporary Illustration
by R. Klanten & J. O’Reilly
Gestalten