Inês Brites

Exhibtion view, "There's more water entering the soil", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2021. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Exhibtion view, "There's more water entering the soil", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2021. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Group show exhibition view, "A Hunted Time" curated by David Revés and Nicolai Sarbib, produced by THIRDBASE Studio, Casa do Capitão, Lisbon, 2021.
(photo: Photodocumenta)

Group show exhibition view, "A Hunted Time" curated by David Revés and Nicolai Sarbib, produced by THIRDBASE Studio, Casa do Capitão, Lisbon, 2021.
(photo: Photodocumenta)

Installation view of group show, "Dear Image Part II", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2020. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Installation view of group show, "Dear Image Part II", 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2020. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Group show exhibition view, "Stand 1.1", (with Sara Mealha), Installation, O Stand Project, Lisbon, 2020. (photo: Frederico Gomes)

Group show exhibition view, "Stand 1.1", (with Sara Mealha), Installation, O Stand Project, Lisbon, 2020. (photo: Frederico Gomes)

Group show exhibition view, "White Safari Tent", (with Aled Simons), installation, Rat Trap x G39 Residency Exhibition, Cardiff, UK, 2020

Group show exhibition view, "White Safari Tent", (with Aled Simons), installation, Rat Trap x G39 Residency Exhibition, Cardiff, UK, 2020

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: 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  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); Se o Fio Partir, Veremos o Corpo Seguir em Linha Recta — with Tânia Geiroto Marcelino, Ciclo de Amizades — tandem projects in her own studio, Lisbon (2020); O Stand 1.1 — with Sara Mealha, O Stand Project, Lisbon (2020); Reality Check, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon (2019); Feeling Blue, curated by Carolina Quintela, Espaço Real, Lisbon (2019); Aguadilha — with Lea Managil, Ciclo de Amizades, Lisbon (2019); Estrela Decadente #49, curated by Ana Cachola & Xavier Almeida, Desterro, 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: Destroy Youth, “Wanted Love, Connection Failed” (May 2020); in Dose Magazine N2 (March 2019); Portuguese Emerging Art Catalogue (May 2017) and (September 2018). She also took part in the project 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 and the Norlinda e José Lima Collection, as well as other private collections in Portugal.

 

 

 

Selected works

Pink Lady, 2018, Silicone, pigment, iron, variable dimensions. Group show, "Nome do Meio", Moradia, Lisboa, 2018. (photo: Sara Faro)

Pink Lady, 2018, Silicone, pigment, iron, variable dimensions. Group show, "Nome do Meio", Moradia, Lisboa, 2018. (photo: Sara Faro)

Careful, The Floor Is Wet, 2021, paraffin wax, pigment and cotton. 8 x 81 x 44 cm. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Careful, The Floor Is Wet, 2021, paraffin wax, pigment and cotton. 8 x 81 x 44 cm. (photo: Bruno Lopes)

Body is 2/3 of Water, 2021, silicone, bees wax, pigment, glass, plastic, nylon, wood,
39 x 70 x 23 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Body is 2/3 of Water, 2021, silicone, bees wax, pigment, glass, plastic, nylon, wood,
39 x 70 x 23 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Relaxing Sound of Rain Dripping, 2021, wax, pigment, cotton, glass, perfume, silicone, nylon, plastic,
66,5 x 62 x 32 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Relaxing Sound of Rain Dripping, 2021, wax, pigment, cotton, glass, perfume, silicone, nylon, plastic,
66,5 x 62 x 32 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Aquece-dor, 2021, Resin, pigment, metal, pastic,
67 x 45 x 25 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Aquece-dor, 2021, Resin, pigment, metal, pastic,
67 x 45 x 25 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Causes and Tips to Overcome Fatigue, 2020, Pigmented silicone and wax, mineral, plastic, glass, net,
200 x 320 x 7 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Causes and Tips to Overcome Fatigue, 2020, Pigmented silicone and wax, mineral, plastic, glass, net,
200 x 320 x 7 cm.
(photo: Bruno Lopes)

Ice Ice Baby, 2019, Paraffin wax, pigment, rubber. Exposição colectiva, Reality Check, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon, 2019. (photo: Samuel Duarte

Ice Ice Baby, 2019, Paraffin wax, pigment, rubber. Exposição colectiva, Reality Check, Las Palmas Project, Lisbon, 2019. (photo: Samuel Duarte

Exhibitions

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