Inês Brites

Inês Brites (Coimbra, 1992) lives and works in Lisbon. She did her BA in Painting at Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon and studied at KASK: Conservatorium & School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. Brites’ work refers to what is familiar, starting from found and produced objects, in an exploratory conversation about materials and their purpose. Using unorthodox techniques, the artist questions the meaning of objects, analysing the impact of these bodies on the individual, society, and culture, through the memories of our daily lives and intimacy.

Since 2015, she has participated in various projects and group exhibitions, highlighting the solo exhibitions: estrela-lágrima, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2024); interroguei os espíritos dos corredores, curated by Joana Leão, Livraria ZDB, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon (2023); Com Licença, O Armário Móvel, curated by Benedita Pestana, Maus Hábitos/Saco Azul, Porto (2022) and Há mais água a entrar no solo, 3 + 1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2021).

Among collective exhibitions, highlights include: Segurar, dar, receber, Anozero’26 – Bienal de Coimbra, curated by Hans Ibelings and John Zeppetelli, Coimbra (2026); Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP, curated by Catarina Rosendo, Luís Silva and Sérgio Mah, MAAT, Lisbon (2025); How Does It Feel On The Tounge?, curated by Jesse James, Fabric Arts Festival, FRAAC Ignition Space, Fall River, Massachusetts (2024); Só Porque Foi, e Voou, curated by Colégio das Artes UC, coordination by Ana Rito and José Maçãs de Carvalho, partnership UmbigoLAB, Galeria Millenium BCP, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon (2023); Fictional Futures, curated by Joana Kramer Horta, Rua das Gaivotas 6, Lisbon (2023); Quem nos salva?, curated by Ana Cachola, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (2022); No Past, No Future: The Present is Looped curated by Victor Pinto da Fonseca, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon (2021); Um Corpo, Um Rio curated by David Revés, Galeria Liminare, Lisbon (2021); Dear Image Part II , 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2020); White Safari Tent — with Aled Simons, G39, Cardiff, UK (2020); O Stand 1.1 — with Sara Mealha, O Stand Project, Lisbon (2020); Reality Check, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon (2019); Pausa, curated by Pedro Batista, Esqina Cosmopolitan Lodge, Lisbon (2019); Tu Não Viste Nada, curated by Tiago Baptista, Duplex AIR, Lisbon (2019); Mellifluous Elephant, curated by Francisca Aires Mateus, Casa da Dona Laura, Lisbon (2019); I Will Take The Risk, curated by Carolina Forjaz Trigueiros, Espaço Azan / Tomaz Hipólito Studio, Lisbon (2019); The Dog is Very Confused, curated by Kasia Sobczak, Galeria FOCO, Lisbon (2018).

She has been published in: Dialogues 11 of Umbigo nº76 (April 2021), with a text by José Pardal Pina; Inquérito a 263 artistas, by Sara & André, special edition of Contemporânea (2020); Destroy Youth, “Wanted Love, Connection Failed” (May 2020); in Dose Magazine N2 (March 2019). She also took part in the project Ciclo de Amizades, tandem projects in her own studio, Lisbon (2019-2022); Bioluminescência by Filipa Matta (2019) for A Peça que Faltava, broadcasted on RTP2. An adaptation of the performance-project was presented live in Segundas Na Z cycle, at Galeria Zé dos Bois, at the beginning of 2020.

Her work is part of the António Cachola Collection, Portugal; Serralves Museum Collection; Oliva Arauna Collection, Spain; Vasco Santos Collection, Portugal; Caixa Geral de Depósitos Collection, Portugal; Contemporary Art Collection of the State, Portugal; as well as other private collections in Portugal.

There’s more water entering the soil

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Inês Brites: finalista do Prémio Novos Artistas…, José Marmeleira, May 2025

A teia das coisas de Inês Brites, José Luís Porfírio, April 2024

Estrela-lágrima, by Inês Brites, José Pardal Pina, March 2024

There’s more water entering the soil, by Inês Brites, Maíra Botelho, May 2021