Experiments
Portraits from a moment in the city.
A series of drawings based on interviews of people that I met in Tokyo.
A solo exhibition at the Embassy of Portugal in Tokyo, from the 27th November to 1st December 2023.
Join us for the public finissage
Friday, 1st December, 18.30h - 20.30h
Embassy of Portugal in Japan
3-6-6 Nishi-AzabuMinato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031
A series of drawings based on interviews of people that I met in Tokyo.
A solo exhibition at the Embassy of Portugal in Tokyo, from the 27th November to 1st December 2023.
Join us for the public finissage
Friday, 1st December, 18.30h - 20.30h
Embassy of Portugal in Japan
3-6-6 Nishi-AzabuMinato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031
Junpei . Yurakucho/Matsudo . 2023
Mixed media on paper
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
“During a stay in Sapporo and Tokyo, I've started to research ways to expand my field of work. To go beyond the urban landscape and to add a human element to my artworks.
For that I've defined a simple process. To interview a person and from that to create an artwork that would reflect their features and personality and also the location where that conversation took place.
A portrait from a specific moment in Tokyo.
Still a work in progress but definitely a step in a new direction.”
Tokyo, 2023
Miho . Shinjuku . 2023
Mixed media on paper
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
Kenichi . Baruko-Yokohama . 2023
Mixed media on paper
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
Mei . Taito . 2023
Mixed media on paper
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
Yuki . Shinjuku . 2023
Mixed media on paper
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
60x50 cm - 24 x19 in
Thanks to the support of PARADISE Air & Sapporo TenjiyamaArt Studios.
And also to the Portuguese Embassy in Tokyo.
Breathing Line
Work developed at INCLASIFICABLE art residency
Cazalla de la Sierra, Sevilla . June-July 2019
An experiment based on a Japanese brush for calligraphy.
At my last visit to Japan, I fell in love with a brush (that happens, right?).
Loved its sensitivity, fluidity and expressiveness.
After filling many notebooks with a continuous line that reflected my breathing while drawing, I wondered what would happen with a change to a larger format.
For that I had recreate the brush and draw on the floor barefooted.
Each piece is a record of a different rhythm and time and invites you to follow the line and replicate the cadence of each breath.
At my last visit to Japan, I fell in love with a brush (that happens, right?).
Loved its sensitivity, fluidity and expressiveness.
After filling many notebooks with a continuous line that reflected my breathing while drawing, I wondered what would happen with a change to a larger format.
For that I had recreate the brush and draw on the floor barefooted.
Each piece is a record of a different rhythm and time and invites you to follow the line and replicate the cadence of each breath.
29 breaths, 2019Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private Collection
33 breaths, 2019
Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private Collection
30 breaths,2019Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private Collection
33 breaths, 2019Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private collection
31 breaths, 2019Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 190 cm | 55 x 75 inches
Private collection
29 breaths, 2019Indian Ink on Gvarro 120 gr paper
1400 x 200 cm | 55 x 80 inches
Private collection
These are sculptures made of plastic trash and debris collected along the coast of Pico, a island which is part of the Azores archipelago, situated right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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I’ve stayed in Pico island for a few months during the summer and on my way to my favorite swimming spot I’ve noticed the plastic trash between the volcanic rocks on the shoreline.
It startled me because I was able to quickly gather 2 bags of trash on a 10 minutes walk.
It startled me because I was able to quickly gather 2 bags of trash on a 10 minutes walk.
So I decided to do something about it.
I’ve kept gathering trash and after a few days the first plastic faces were staring at me in their almost childish look.
This is my way to make it visible, to give it a face. Because this is our plastic.
Mine and yours.
I’ve kept gathering trash and after a few days the first plastic faces were staring at me in their almost childish look.
This is my way to make it visible, to give it a face. Because this is our plastic.
Mine and yours.
See the full series here
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50% of the proceeds will be donated to The Ocean Cleanup. A non-profit organization that is taking direct actions to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.
faceplastic.org
50% of the proceeds will be donated to The Ocean Cleanup. A non-profit organization that is taking direct actions to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.