Context:
Created after relocating to Porto in 2017, “When We Made the Ocean a River” is a deeply introspective art series that explores themes of displacement, memory, and the abstraction of borders. The project reflects the artist’s personal journey and the emotional effort to stay connected with loved ones and memories across the sea.
Created after relocating to Porto in 2017, “When We Made the Ocean a River” is a deeply introspective art series that explores themes of displacement, memory, and the abstraction of borders. The project reflects the artist’s personal journey and the emotional effort to stay connected with loved ones and memories across the sea.
Concept and Inspiration:
The series emerged from an introspective state, using art as a means to process the experience of migration and the longing for connection.
Central to the project is the motif of migrant animals, symbolizing the natural movement across boundaries and challenging the notion of borders as fixed, human-made constructs.
The works evoke a utopian vision of a world without borders, where movement and belonging are fluid and universal. The artworks are characterized by a contemplative tone, inviting viewers to reflect on their own relationships with place, memory, and migration.
“When We Made the Ocean a River” stands as a poetic meditation on migration, connection, and the universal desire for belonging. By blending personal narrative with broader social commentary, the project resonates with anyone who has experienced—or contemplated—the meaning of home and movement across boundaries.
My Role:
Solo Artist responsible for the concept, creation, and execution of the entire series, drawing from personal experience to shape a body of work that speaks to both individual and collective journeys.
Solo Artist responsible for the concept, creation, and execution of the entire series, drawing from personal experience to shape a body of work that speaks to both individual and collective journeys.
I wish I were a whale, 2018. Graphite in paper. 1,50 x 2,40m
NE-SE (2018) Collective Exhibition of Master in Fine Arts in Lugar do Desenho. Gondomar, Portugal.
Postcards, 2018. 10 x 15 cm
I wish I was a whale II, 2018. Charcoal over paper. 1,50 x 2,40m
Animals migrate without crossing borders, 2018. Graphite over paper. 1,05 x 1,5 m
Untitled, 2018. Graphite over paper. 50 x 60 cm. About loneliness and reflexive moments.
Untitled, 2018. Graphite and soft pastel. 50 x 60 cm.
Every tea I drank in the winter, 2018. 82 tea bags.
Tea I, II e III, 2020. 21 x 29 cm (each)
Here comes the sun, 2018. Gif about the begining of summer after a long and rainy winter.
