Nuno Sousa Vieira

Exhibition view, "Desisto — o que não vejo imagino", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2026
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Desisto — o que não vejo imagino", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2026
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Without stepping on the ground", Appleton, Lisbon, 2025
(photo: TSPT Studio Lab, courtesy Appleton)

Exhibition view, "Without stepping on the ground", Appleton, Lisbon, 2025
(photo: TSPT Studio Lab, courtesy Appleton)

Exhibition view, "Inhabitants ou imitar o andar", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2023
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Inhabitants ou imitar o andar", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2023
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Pelo que não se vê", curated by Rita Gaspar Vieira, Centro de Arte e Imagem - Galeria do IPT, Tomar, 2023
(photo: Francisco Rodrigues)

Exhibition view, "Pelo que não se vê", curated by Rita Gaspar Vieira, Centro de Arte e Imagem - Galeria do IPT, Tomar, 2023
(photo: Francisco Rodrigues)

Exhibition view, "Oculto", curated by Isabella Lenzi, Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon 2021
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Oculto", curated by Isabella Lenzi, Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon 2021
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibition view, "Deep Line", Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa, 2020

Exhibition view, "Deep Line", Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa, 2020

Exhibition view, "Constellations II", Berardo Museum, Lisbon, 2019

Exhibition view, "Constellations II", Berardo Museum, Lisbon, 2019

Exhibition view, "Constellarions: A choreography of minimal gestures", curated by Ana Rito and Hugo Barata, Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon, 2019
(photo: David Rato)

Exhibition view, "Constellarions: A choreography of minimal gestures", curated by Ana Rito and Hugo Barata, Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon, 2019
(photo: David Rato)

Exhibition view, "Me, myself and the others", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon 2019

Exhibition view, "Me, myself and the others", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon 2019

Exhibition view, "Nasci num dia curto de inverno", Fundação Portuguesa de Comunicações, Lisbon, 2017

Exhibition view, "Nasci num dia curto de inverno", Fundação Portuguesa de Comunicações, Lisbon, 2017

Exhibition view, "Portugal Portugueses Arte Contemporânea", Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, 2017. (photo: Henrique Luz)

Exhibition view, "Portugal Portugueses Arte Contemporânea", Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, 2017. (photo: Henrique Luz)

Nuno Sousa Vieira (1971, Leiria, Portugal) lives and works between Leiria and Lisbon. PhD degree with the thesis “O Ateliê – Do Mundo Para o Lugar. Sala de Exposição (1971/2015)” by Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa. Sousa Vieira’s work has been developed in close articulation with the former plastics factory SIMALA, where he established his studio between 2001 and 2021. His sculptures, composed of a vast array of industrial materials, architectural elements, and neglected furniture, result from a process of translating the workspace into work material, and later into work subject.

Selected exhibitions: Desisto – o que não vejo imagino, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2026); Sem pisar o chão, curated by Carolina Trigueiros, Appleton, Lisbon (2025); Canhoto As Zurdo (with Tamara Arroyo), curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues and Virginia Torrente, Kindred Spirit, Lisbon, and Nadie Nunca Nada No, Madrid (2024); Inhabitants ou Imitar o andar, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2023); Pelo que não se vê, curated by Rita Gaspar Vieira, Centro de Arte e Imagem – Galeria do IPT, Tomar (2023); Uma Vida Inteira, curated by Ana Rito, Banco das Artes Galeria, Leiria (2021); Bom dia lua, Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Amarante (2021); Deep Line, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon (2020); Me, myself and the others, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa (2019); Constellations: a choreography of minimal gestures, curated by Ana Rito & Hugo Barata, Museu Coleção Berardo, CCB, Lisbon (2019); Nasci num dia curto de inverno, Fundação Portuguesas das Comunicações, Lisbon (2017); Portugal Portugueses, curated by Emanuel Araújo, Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo (2016); Uma vida inteira, Fábrica de plásticos Simala, Leiria (2014); Uma ateliê, uma fábrica e uma sala de exposição, nem sempre por esta ordem, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra (2013); Wall stop for this, Appleton – Associação Cultura, Lisbon (2012); Collecting collections and concepts, uma viagem iconoclasta por coleções de coisas em formas de assim, Guimarães Capital Europeia da Cultura, Fábrica ASA, Guimarães (2012); Somos nós que mudamos quando tomamos efetivamente conhecimento do outro, Pavilhão Branco, Lisbon (2011); Don’t underestimate the impact of the workplace, comissioned by MA Curatorial Practice, University College Falmouth, Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn (2010); Let’s Talk About Houses: When Art Speaks Architecture [BUILDING, UNBUILDING, INHABIT], curated by Delfim Sardo, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon (2010).

National and international collections include: PINTA – Latin América, Miami, USA; Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Navacerrada Collection, Madrid, Spain; Teixeira de Freitas Collection, Portugal; António Cachola Collection, Elvas, Portugal; PLMJ Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Collection, Lisbon, Portugal; and the Portuguese State’s Contemporary Art Collection; amongst other public and private collections.

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