2025—2026
Be Kind Rewind II
NO·NO, Lisbon, Portugal
FILIPE CORTEZ
Porto, 1986
FILIPE CORTEZ
Filipe Cortez works across painting, sculpture and site-specific installation, examining memory and architectural spaces.
The site is structured as a living archive: series, exhibitions, texts, publications and contacts, with concise navigation and a direct visual presence.
WORKS
RECENT WORK
EXHIBITIONS
2025
ARCOmadrid 2025
NO·NO booth, IFEMA, Madrid, Spain
2024
Catarse
NO·NO, Lisbon, Portugal
2024
First Step
curated by Pedro Valdez Cardoso, Bigger Splash, Lisbon
2021
Studio 94
curated by Nuno Crespo, NO·NO, Lisbon, Portugal
2019—2020
Exuviae
Acervo - Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
BIO / CV
Filipe Cortez (Porto, 1986) holds a Master's degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and a BA in Painting from the same institution. He has exhibited regularly since 2007, with notable exhibitions in New York and Taipei. In 2015 he completed a six-month artist residency at Residency Unlimited (New York, USA), which led to several collaborations with galleries and curators.
Cortez works across painting, sculpture and site-specific installation, examining memory and architectural spaces. The multidisciplinarity of media has become increasingly evident in his work, for which he has received several awards and honourable mentions.
Academic Education
- 2015 - 16Artist assistant to visual artist Gabriela Albergaria (New York, USA)
- 2012Master's degree in Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 2008BA in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2024Catarse, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2021Studio 94, curated by Nuno Crespo, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019 - 20Exuviae, Acervo - Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, PT)
- 2017Saudade, curated by Maya Castro Gutierrez, AC Institute (New York, USA)
- 2016Synapse, curated by Katherine Meehan, NYU Langone Art Gallery (New York, USA)
- 2016Ecdysis, curated by Ana Sophie Salazar, InCube Arts (New York, USA)
- 2016Traces and Tides of the Seaport, curated by Adele Eisenstein, Melville Gallery of South Street Seaport Museum (New York, USA)
- 2015Disenchantments, curated by Mitra Khorasheh, The Dept. of Signs and Symbols (New York, USA)
- 2015Dissection: Filipe Cortez, 6B Nolan Park / Governor's Island (New York, USA)
- 2012Crucifixus, Museum of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 2012As cores do corpo, curated by Paulo Cunha e Silva, Hospital de Stº. António (Porto, PT)
Group Exhibitions
- 2025 - 26Be Kind Rewind II, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2025ARCOmadrid 2025, NO·NO booth, IFEMA (Madrid, ES)
- 2024First Step, curated by Pedro Valdez Cardoso, Bigger Splash (Lisbon, PT)
- 2024Art Dusseldorf, NO·NO booth, Art Dusseldorf (Dusseldorf, DE)
- 2023De Peau à Peau, MARQ - Musée Roger-Quilliot (Clermont-Ferrand, FR)
- 2022 - 23BE KIND REWIND, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2022ARCOlisboa2022, NO·NO booth (Lisbon, PT)
- 2021ARCOlisboa 2021, ARCO E-XHIBITIONS / NO·NO (Online)
- 2021Contemporâneos Extemporâneos, curated by Andreia Garcia, Galeria Fernando Santos (Porto, PT)
- 2021Trauma Response, curated by Judith Hofer, Duplex AIR (Lisbon, PT)
- 2020TAIPEI DANGDAI, Salon Section, Galerie du Monde (Taipei, CN)
- 2020ARCOlisboa 2020, ARCO E-XHIBITIONS / NO·NO (Online)
- 2020Not an Island I, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2020Leap of Faith, curated by Miguel Mesquita, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019ESTAMPA'19, Acervo - Arte Contemporânea booth, IFEMA (Madrid, ES)
- 201910/40, Galeria Kubik (Porto, PT)
- 2018Gorgeous, Donna Chen Art Collections (Taipei, CN)
- 2017Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize, ASC Museum (Amarante, PT)
- 2017Lying Behind the Glass, curated by Show Me Art Gallery, Casa Esperança (Braga, PT)
- 2017STUPIN, collaboration with Kuo I-Chen, TKG+ Projects (Taipei, CN)
- 2017Politicizing Space, curated by Charlopa Kotik, The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery (New York, USA)
- 2016O Exercício e o Corpo: dose e efeito, Rectorate of the University of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 20169th International Young Art Biennial Prize of Vila Verde, Municipality of Vila Verde (Vila Verde, PT)
- 2015Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize, ASC Museum (Amarante, PT)
- 2015Rooted, curated by Aimee Rubensteen, Manny Cantor Center (New York, USA)
- 2015Rachel Garrard and Filipe Cortez, curated by The Dept. of Signs and Symbols, NEWD Art Show (New York, USA)
- 2015Arte & negócios II, Porto Business School (Porto, PT)
Awards
- 20162nd Prize, Municipality of Vila Verde (Vila Verde, PT)
- 2013Certificate of Merit - highest grade in the 2013 Master's programme, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 20111st Prize, II International Painting Biennial, Portuguese Rotary Foundation (Coimbra, PT)
Artist Residencies
- 2017STUPIN, TKG+ Projects (Taipei, CN)
- 2015RU, Residency Unlimited (New York, USA)
- 2015Art Kibbutz Residency, Governor's Island (New York, USA)
- 20131ª Avenida Project, three-month residency, AXA Building (Porto, PT)
Collections
- Serralves Collection - Serralves Foundation (Porto, PT)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Artist's Book Collection (Lisbon, PT)
- Donna Chen Art Collections (Taipei, CN)
- Vasco Santos Collection (Lisbon, PT)
- Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection / MIAA - Iberian Museum of Archaeology and Art of Abrantes (Abrantes, PT)
- Costa Rodrigues Collection (Ourém, PT)
- S&A (Porto, PT)
- Rotary Club Portugal (Coimbra, PT)
- Rita Talhas and Gonçalo Lima Collection (Lisbon, PT)
Seminars / Talks
- 2017The Relationship Between Artist and Curator, organised by Residency Unlimited and the MA programme in Curatorial Practices (SVA), School of Visual Arts (New York, USA)
- 2015Pensar a Pintura, organised by IIADS and coordinated by António Quadros Ferreira and Domingos Loureiro, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
CONTACT
studio@filipecortez.com
Porto, Portugal