Victor Gonçalves (São Paulo, 1989) is a visual artist who has migrated between Switzerland and Portugal since 2017. His transdisciplinary practice focuses on expanded drawing, articulating installations, objects and performance. His research investigates tensions between humans, low-tech and nature, approaching collapse as a critical and poetic gesture, and questioning the instrumentalization of art, as in “In the end everything is a carbon chain” (XXII Bienal de Cerveira, 2022). With a degree in Geography (UNESP, Brazil) and studies in Art History (IEB-USP, Brazil) and Drawing (Ar.Co, Lisbon), he has consolidated a trajectory that questions notions of landscape, time and affections.
He has received support from DGartes (Portuguese Ministry of Culture) for projects such as Paisagem das Horas (2022), Atirantar o som (2023), and Salaris (2024, with Maura Grimaldi and Natalia Loyola). His work has been exhibited at the XXII Bienal de Cerveira (2022), Anonyme Zeichner (Galeria Anke Becker, Berlin, 2022), Nos_ Madrid (2024), and Um lado de dados não abolirá o Desejo (Lisbon, 2024). Solo exhibitions include Atelieraberto – curated by Nino Cais, casavela (São Paulo, 2026), and Por Um Fio – curated by Cristiana Tejo, NowHere (Lisbon, 2021). He has also participated in collective projects (Embedded, Lisbon, 2024; Alcazar, Galeria Alfaia, 2023), performances (The Skin of the Earth, 2024 and À Deriva, 2025), and residencies (casavela, São Paulo, 2026; Mosteiro Zen Morro da Várzea, Brazil, 2026; Nectar, Barcelona, 2021; Grão, Aveiro, 2020). In 2020, he joined the collection of the Cinematheque of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro with the video performance Aporia, selected for the Dobra Festival. Founder and director of the Atelier B12 Association, Gonçalves also develops exhibition projects, such as the performance Permultuo (2022) and Silencio de Ingrid Lyra Matheus (2025). His work is also part of private collections and was included in the publication Portuguese Emerging Art (2023). He lives and works between Locarno and Lisbon.
Colletive
2025 – Winter Salon – Irmã Feia Gallery – Almada, PT;
2025 – Hammer Time – Zarathan Gallery – Lisbon, PT;
2025 – Salaris – Fictions from salt – Loulé, PT;
2025 – À Deriva – Hors Lits project, Lisbon, PT;
2024 – Cidades Ocultas – B12, Lisbon, PT;
2024 – Um lance de dados não abolirá o desejo – B12, Lisbon, PT;
2024 – Embedded – Lisbon, PT;
2024 – The Skin Of The Earth – Performance – Lisbon, PT;
2024 – _Nós – Nucleo Contemporaneo Galeria, Madrid, ES;
2023 – Alcazar, Galeria Alfaia, Algarve, PT;
2022 – Ba.zar, Galeria na montra, Algés, PT;
2022 – XXII International Art Biennial of Cerveira, PT;
2022 – ANONYME ZEICHNER, Anke Becker Gallery, Berlin, AL;
2021 – Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, PT
2021 – Multirão – NowHere, Lisbon, PT
2021 – Corrente de ar, Lisbon, PT
2021 – fuera(de)forma, Espronceda, Barcelona, ES
2021 – As Pedras Também Construct Coisas, Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, PT;
2020 – Encruzilhada, NowHere, Lisbon, PT;
2020 – Um Grão na Asa, Albergaria a Velha, PT;
2020 – Club, NowHere, Lisbon, PT;
2020 – Film in International Experimental Film Festival – Dobra – MAM Rio de Janeiro, BR;
2019 – Exhibition of works from the TNSC artistic residency 2018 and 2019, Lisbon, PT;
2019 – Ar.Co Summer Exhibition, Lisbon PT; 2013 – “Extended Manifesto” Exhibition at Festival Baixo Centro, São Paulo, BR;
2020 – Filme selecionado para o Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental – Dobra – MAM Rio de Janeiro, BR;
2019 – Mostra de trabalhos da residência artística TNSC 2018 e 2019, Lisboa, PT;
2019 – Exposição de Verão da Ar.Co, Lisboa PT;
2013 – Exposição “Manifesto Estendido” in Festival Baixo Centro, São Paulo, BR;
Education
2021 – Encontros e reflexões com Iole de Freitas, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, BR
2017 – 2020 – Artes Visuais – Desenho e Pintura – Ar.Co. Lisboa – PT;
2014 – Curso de Extensão em História da Arte – IEB – USP, São Paulo, BR;
2014 – Especialização em Filosofia – UNIFESP, São Paulo, BR;
2013 – Bacharel em Geografia – UNESP, São Paulo, BR;
2012 – Licenciado em Geografia – UNESP, São Paulo, BR;
Residences
2026 – casavela – São Paulo, BR;
2026 – Mosteiro Zen Morro da Varzea, Espirito Santo, BR;
2021 – Poliedro, Residencia Virtual;
2021 – Residência Artística Nectart Conectart, Barcelona, ES
2020 – Residência Artística Grão, Aveiro, PT;
2019 – Residência Artística no Teatro Nacional São Carlos – Lisboa, Portugal;
2018 – Residência Artística no Teatro Nacional São Carlos – Lisboa, Portugal;
Other experiences
2022 – Scenography and production of the performance Permultuo – Daniel Moraes and Angelo Custódio;
Atual – 2019 – Assistente de Artista, Eduarda Rosa, PT
2019 – 2021 – Topographer, Lisbon, Portugal;
2015 – 2017 – Coordenador de Projetos – CEU Heliópolis, São Paulo, Brasil;
2013 – 2015 – Professor de Geografia e de Laboratório de Tecnologias – PMSP, São Paulo, Brasil;
Collections
2020 – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Obra para o acervo da Cinemateca.
Awards, scholardships and supports
2024 – Research Support “Salaris” with Natalia Loyola and Maura Grimaldi, DGartes, Portugal;
2023 – Research Support “Atirantar o Som” – DGartes, Portugal;
2022 – Research support “Presente do Indicativo” – DGartes, Portugal;
2022 – Project support “Expografia, pensar e construir os espaço expográfico” = DGartes, Portugal