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 KAS: Conservatorium & School of Arts in Ghent, Belgium. Since 2015, she has participated in various projects and group exhibitions, highlighting the solo exhibitions: interroguei os espíritos dos corredores, curated by Joana Leão, Livraria ZDB, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon; Com Licença, O Armário Móvel, curated by Benedita Pestana, Maus Hábitos/Saco Azul, Porto (2022) and Há mais água a entrar no solo, at 3 + 1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2021). Among collective exhibitions, highlights include: 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, at Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon (2021); Um Corpo, Um Rio curated by David Revés at 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; as well as other private collections in Portugal.

There’s more water entering the soil

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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