Nuno Sousa Vieira
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, "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, "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, "Portugal Portugueses Arte Contemporânea", Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, 2017. (photo: Henrique Luz)
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, "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, "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, "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. Nuno Sousa Vieira has developed an extensive practice around his artist’s studio, located in the former SIMALA Plastics Factory. The sculptures, 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: 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, Portugal; Coleção António Cachola, Elvas, Portugal; Coleção Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; and the Portuguese State’s Contemporary Art Collection.
Selected works
Corpo, 1999/2019, Lacquered iron (ref: RAL 6020), altered wooden door and hardware,
172 x 99 x 75,5 cm
Prefiro as linhas tortas II, 2017
Lacquered iron, rubber and graphite on a medium isometric notebook,
300 x 80 x 5 cm
Quando o chão nos foge dos pés, 2016
Iron and rubber sole nº44, 9 modules, easurements of plannified work, 276 x 12357 x 3 cm
Return, 2015, DVD Video, sound, 10’30’’, Ed. 3+1AP
Opaco, 2014, Chipboard used in work "X-Office for a sculpture", wood, MDF and ironwork e hardware, inkjet print on cotton paper, 90 x 110 x 100 cm / 30 x 40cm, António Cachola Collection, Elvas, Portugal
Visite-nos, 2013
Acrylic on brick and cement,
Variable dimensions
Espaço de trabalho, 2012, Altered cutting table from Fábrica ASA,
230 x 335 x 285 cm, Col. AA, Coimbra, Portugal
Guarda a 30 cm do chão, 2011, Metal replica of railing from artist's atelier and concrete. Action performed by artist or someone representing artist during opening, 125 x 350 (diam.) cm
Corpo, 1999/2019, Lacquered iron (ref: RAL 6020), altered wooden door and hardware,
172 x 99 x 75,5 cm
Prefiro as linhas tortas II, 2017
Lacquered iron, rubber and graphite on a medium isometric notebook,
300 x 80 x 5 cm
Quando o chão nos foge dos pés, 2016
Iron and rubber sole nº44, 9 modules, easurements of plannified work, 276 x 12357 x 3 cm
Return, 2015, DVD Video, sound, 10’30’’, Ed. 3+1AP
Opaco, 2014, Chipboard used in work "X-Office for a sculpture", wood, MDF and ironwork e hardware, inkjet print on cotton paper, 90 x 110 x 100 cm / 30 x 40cm, António Cachola Collection, Elvas, Portugal
Visite-nos, 2013
Acrylic on brick and cement,
Variable dimensions
Espaço de trabalho, 2012, Altered cutting table from Fábrica ASA,
230 x 335 x 285 cm, Col. AA, Coimbra, Portugal
Guarda a 30 cm do chão, 2011, Metal replica of railing from artist's atelier and concrete. Action performed by artist or someone representing artist during opening, 125 x 350 (diam.) cm