António Faria
Bio
António Faria (Lisbon, Portugal, 1966) is a Portuguese visual artist and designer. He graduated in Communication Design from IADE in Lisbon in 1991 and completed the Advanced Fine Arts Course at Ar.Co. His work focuses mainly on drawing and painting, with particular attention to figurative compositions and large-scale monochromatic formats. He has exhibited in Portugal and various European and Asian countries. Notable exhibitions include those held at the Serralves Museum (2019), the Côa Museum and the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Lisbon (2020). His awards include Second Prize at the International Art Olympia Biennale in Tokyo (2015) and the same biennale's Award of Excellence (2019).
Statement
António Faria explores melancholy and claustrophobia through uninhabitable spaces, using nature as an emotional metaphor rather than an object of representation. His work creates enclosed environments that evoke inner states and personal experiences. Through a disciplined and continuous drawing practice, he establishes an intimate dialogue with the creative process. Each mark becomes an opportunity for discovery, dissolving the notion of error in favour of openness to the evolving work.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
