My works draw from queer existence, allowing for the fleeting moment to become an object of prolonged contemplation. Working across various mediums, I approach painting as a dance that releases, expands, intensifies and intertwines. A fascination with the body takes form in autobiographical figures that often seem relaxed. Drawings turn into paintings, where time transcends linearity through an amalgamation of feelings and memories, giving shape to intensified versions of reality. Surfaces are brushed with thoughtful color pallets and repetitive gestures. Conversations with the self open up hidden desires, an interplay between light and shadow.
Sebastião Paz Costa (b. 1995 in Porto, Portugal) is an artist working with painting and drawing. He completed his BFA in Fine Arts - Multimedia in 2019 at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. He’s currently based in Esposende.
CONTACT
sebastiaopazcosta@gmail.com / @sebastiaopazcosta
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EDUCATION
2019
BFA, Visual Arts - Multimedia, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP)
2018
Erasmus Program, Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design (Muthesius Kunsthochschule Kiel)
SOLO / TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2023
Out Of The Invisible, Galeria Mola, Braga PT
Freedom Is Your Birth Right, Osso & Adda, Porto PT
2021
Open Studio, Forjães PT
2019
Cruzamento 150, Porto PT
Open Archive, Galeria Cozinha FBAUP, Porto PT
2015
Estou a Morrer Por Dentro, Café Avesso, Esposende PT
GROUP SHOWS selected
2023
Osso Artisans, Porto PT
2022
Coletivo Corrente de Ar II, Lisboa PT
2021
Corpo: Medium da Criação Artística, Galeria Cobalto, Porto PT
Give Me Truth! Complicities, Casa Das Artes, Porto PT
2019
Imagem Contextualizada, Arquivo Municipal da Imagem, Lisboa PT
Tem De Ser? (Final Degree Show), Museu FBAUP, Porto PT
2018
Einblick Ausblick, Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel DE
As Fotografias e o Resto, Museu FBAUP, Porto PT
2017
Género na Arte. Corpo, Sexualidade, Identidade, Resistência, MNAC Chiado, Lisbon PT
DATA, Casa da Imagem, Gaia PT
2017
Estereo.Utopias, Galeria Oitavo, Porto PT
RESIDENCIES
2019
Imagem Contextualizada, Arquivo Municipal da Imagem, Lisboa PT
PERFORMANCES
2020
Anuário 19, Palácio das Artes, Porto PT
2019
Winner of Pérola is Burning, Pérola Negra, Porto PT
COLLECTIONS selected
Private Collections -
Porto, Viseu, Cascais, Lisbon PT
New York, Michigan, Berkeley US
London UK
Frankfurt DE
Vilnius LT
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2024
Spread, Suboart Magazine #20 March Issue
2022
Publication, 15 anos | a imagem contextualizada |, Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa
2021
Interview, Estética vs Funcional, Revista Picada
TALKS
2021
Conversa Corpo / Sebastião Paz Costa convida John Faifer, Casa das Artes, Porto PT
ART FAIRS
2023
Banca da Isca, Viana do Castelo PT
Communa Garage Art Fair, Porto PT
2019
Sábado Feira, Maus Hábitos, Porto PT
COLLABORATIONS
2022
Spectacular (Limited Edition Prints) for We Are Contemplate
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 - Ongoing
Studio Assistant for artist Graça Paz *
2019
Gallerist at SBN Galeria for artist Graça Paz *
2018
Social Media Manager for Reality Studio *
*non-contractual job positions