Luísa Jacinto
Lisbon, Portugal, 1984. Lives and works in Lisbon.
The works of Luísa Jacinto are located in
the threshold between figuration and abstraction. Luísa Jacinto concentrates on
the canvas, screen or work surface as a central thing. Her artistic practice
deals with the protocols of the image, narratives fragmentation and simulation,
the excess of evidence and obscuration.
Education
2017
Maumaus Independent Study Programme, Lisbon, Portugal.
2008/09
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins - Byam Shaw School of Art, London, United Kingdom - with a scholarship by Trask Fund.
2002/07
Fine Arts - Painting, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2024
Schadowe, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto.
Shining Indifference, Maat, Lisbon.
2022
It's the scenery that moves, Brotéria, Lisbon, Portugal.
The idea of returning, Quadrado Azul Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
The morning will not be different from the night, Galería Silvestre, Madrid, Spain.
2019
Véu-Pedra, Artworks Alvalade, partnership with AiR351, Lisbon, Portugal.
2018
We had the experience but missed the meaning, curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, galería Silvestre, Madrid, Spain.
Podemos sempre fugir de carro, Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, with Galeria Bessa Pereira, Lisbon, Portugal.
2017
No one knows, 5/5 Five Artists Five Project Rooms, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas da Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Lisbon, Portugal.
2016
Casa, Ciclo Estufa at Casa-Museu Medeiros e Almeida, Lisbon, Portugal.
An instant of this, galería silvestre, Madrid, Spain.
2015
The smell of the shadow, galería silvestre, Tarragona, Spain.
Os dias lentos, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal.
Work in Space, Carpe Diem - Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Portugal.
2012
The nearest place, Galeria Alecrim50, Lisbon, Portugal.
A single day is enough, Museu Carlos Machado, curated by João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal.
2011
Unpunished desire, Galeria Alecrim 50, Lisbon, Portugal.
2010
Things change quickly, Espaço Avenida 211, Lisbon, Portugal.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2025
Exhibit C, Collective exhibition at Document Lisboa, Portugal, 2025.
2024
First Step, Big Splash, project by Pedro Valdez Cardoso, Lisbon, Portugal.
Abril Vermelho, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Centro Artes Visuais Coimbra, Portugal.
2023
Desenbos concretos para futuros incertos, exhibition of the Coleção Arquipélago, curated by João Mourão, Arquipélago Centro de Artes, Ribeira Grande, Portugal.
Wireless, Cortéx Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal.
2022
Tisanas, Centro de Arte e Cultura, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal.
I like your work, can I poke your brain?, Collective exhibition with Sara Bichão and Mónika Drózincka, Residency Unlimited, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 2022.
2021
Galeria Cristina Guerra, Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal.
Bruaá, Centro de Artes e Criatividade (CAC). Torres Vedras, Portugal.
2020
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE WE CAN CREATE, curated by PADA studios, Tinco Paint Factory, Barreiro, Portugal.
2019
A Play of Boundaries, curated by Maria do Mar Fazenda, Manuela Pedrón Nicolau and Jaime González Cela, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon, Portugal.
A Wake, Outono Projects, Lisbon, Portugal.
PADA, ASG Gallery, curated by PADA Studios, London, United Kingdom.
Cave dos Sonhos Esquecidos – Vestíbulo, with Lauren Moya Ford, curated by José Almeida Pereira, Aartes – Pavilhão Mota-Galiza, Porto, Portugal.
WAIT, curated by Orlando Franco, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal.
Stray Gods, org. Marta Mestre and Gonçalo Pena, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon, Portugal.
2018
Saudade, China & Portugal - Contemporary Art Exhibition, produced by Fosun Foundation, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal.
Victória sobre o Sol - from black square to loophole, curated by António Olaio e Pedro Pousada, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra, Portugal.
Saudade, Unmemorable place in time – China-Portugal Contemporary Art Exhibition , produced by Fosun Foundation, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Fosun Foundation at The Bund, Xangai, China.
2017
O Tempo inscrito. Memória, Hiato e Projecção: Obras da Colecção de Arte Contemporânea Figueiredo Ribeiro, curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, quARTel, Abrantes, Portugal.
2015
Pontos Colaterais - Coleção Arte Contemporânea Arquipélago, uma seleção, curated by João Silvério - FLAD, Ribeira Grande, S. Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
2014
Projecto Correspondência – 4a edição, Espai Mallorca, Barcelona, Spain.
Largo Tempo, curated by João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada, Portugal.
2013
17.ª Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.
2012
Summer Night Series em Union Square Park, curated by Arte Institute, with Andrea Bianconi and Mark Bolotin, New York City, USA.
2010
Krik Festival, Video Screenings, Croatia.
(D)Fefv Festival of Experimental Film and Video, KRK, Croatia.
Processo e Transfiguração, curated by João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, Casa da Cerca, Almada, Portugal.
2009
17 ingredients – Measures of Autonomy, curated by Shama Khanna and Blanche Craig, Studio One, London, United Kingdom.
Collections
Collection Coquillade, France.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Fundação EDP, Portugal.
Outono Projects Collection, USA.
Torres Vedras Municipality Collection, Portugal.
Lisboa Municipality Collection, Portugal.
Artworks, Portugal.
CACE — Coleção Arte Contemporânea do Estado, Portugal.
Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection.
Teixeira de Freitas Collection – Madeira Corporate Services.
Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações.
Arquipélago, Contemporary Arts Center / Azores Government Collection.
Installation view at MAAT Museum, in the solo exhibition Shining Indifference, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024 . Everywhere / Nowhere, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, spray paint on polyester, synthetic rubber and LED tube. 2 textile elements: 300 × 820 cm and 300 × 1420 cm. total dimensions variable . image by Bruno Lopes
Installation view at MAAT Museum, in the solo exhibition Shining Indifference, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024 . Everywhere / Nowhere, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, spray paint on polyester, synthetic rubber and LED tube. 2 textile elements: 300 × 820 cm and 300 × 1420 cm. total dimensions variable . image by Bruno Lopes
Installation view at MAAT Museum, in the solo exhibition Shining Indifference, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024 . Everywhere / Nowhere, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, spray paint on polyester, synthetic rubber and LED tube. 2 textile elements: 300 × 820 cm and 300 × 1420 cm. total dimensions variable . image by Bruno Lopes
Installation view at MAAT Museum, in the solo exhibition Shining Indifference, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024 . Everywhere / Nowhere, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, spray paint on polyester, synthetic rubber and LED tube. 2 textile elements: 300 × 820 cm and 300 × 1420 cm. total dimensions variable . image by Bruno Lopes
Strangers I and II, 2024. Synthetic rubber, LED tubes, electrical cables, and stainless steel cables. 150 × 150 cm and 150 × 142 cm. Photo: Bruno Lopes
Installation view at MAAT Museum, in the solo exhibition Shining Indifference, Lisboa, Portugal, 2024 . Mammals, 2024. Oil on wood. 10 x 15 cm. Photo credit: Bruno Lopes
Strangers IV, 2024. Front view, acrylic, oil, oil pastel and spray on canvas, wood, metal and net. 107,5 × 150 cm . Photo credit: Bruno Lopes
Work in space I, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, and resin. 60 × 46 cm . Photo credit: Bruno Lopes
Work in space II, 2024. Cotton and polyester thread, and resin . 10 x 15 cm. Photo credit: Bruno Lopes
Inside out I, 2024. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 185 x 150 cm. Photo credit: Bruno Lopes
Exhibition view from It’s the scenery that moves, with Isa Melsheimer at Brotéria, Lisbon, 2022 . Apnea, 2022. Spray paint on polyester, stainless steel. 70 × 365 cm (70 × 55 cm each). Image by António Jorge Silva
Exhibition view from It’s the scenery that moves, with Isa Melsheimer at Brotéria, Lisbon, 2022 . Apnea, 2022. Spray paint on polyester, stainless steel. 70 × 365 cm (70 × 55 cm each). Image by António Jorge Silva
Everything, 2020. Oil on wood. 10 × 15 cm. Image by António Jorge Silva
Thirst, 22. Spray paint on polyester. 257 × 327 cm. Image by António Jorge Silva
Exhibition view from the solo exhibition The idea of returning, Galeria Quadrado . I was never the same I, II and III, 2022. acrylic on canvas. 130 × 185 cm each. Image by James Newitt
Exhibition view from the solo exhibition The idea of returning, Galeria Quadrado . I was never the same and I was never, 2022. acrylic and oil on paper. 5,9 x 14,6 cm. Image by James Newitt
I was never the same III, 2022. acrylic and oil on paper. 130 × 185 cm . Image by Bruno Lopes
I was never II, 2022. acrylic on polyester, stainless steel. 130 × 185 cm . Image by Bruno Lopes
The idea of returning, 2022. acrylic, spray paint, pigments and resin on fabrics. 70 × 385 cm. Image by James Newitt
In a place like this, 2022. oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas. 70 × 55 cm . Image by James Newitt
Passed this way, 2022. Acrílico, pigmentos, óleo, spray e pastel de óleo sobre tela. 100 x 161 cm. Image by James Newitt
Water is a burnt body, 2022. oil, acrylic, pigments, resin and spray paint on canvas. 200 × 133 cm. Photo by James Newitt
Shade, 2022. acrylic, spray paint, pigments and resin on fabrics. 70 × 385 cm. Image by Paula Caballero
Exhibition view from the solo exhibition Stone-Veil at Artworks Alvalade, Lisbon, 2019. . Stone-Veil, 2019. Acrylic, spray paint, pigments and resin on aluminium. 150 × 90 cm each. Image by Bruno Lança / Artworks
Stone-Veil, 2019. Acrylic, spray paint, pigments and resin on aluminium. 150 × 140 cm . Image by Bruno Lança / Artworks
Stone-Veil, 2019. Acrylic, spray paint, pigments and resin on aluminium. 150 × 140 cm . Image by Bruno Lança / Artworks
Stone-Veil, 2019. Image by Bruno Lança / Artworks
Stone-Veil, 2019. Image by Bruno Lança / Artworks