Emanuel de Carvalho

Emanuel de Carvalho is a Portuguese-Canadian visual artist. He holds an MA degree in Fine Art Painting from The Royal College of Art in London, and a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Medicine from the University of Amsterdam. He has completed postgraduate studies in neuro-ophthalmology at University College London and in painting at Turps Art School in London and Slade School of Fine Art.

His practice reflects on moral and societal codes and how these relate to psychophysical perceptive responses. Drawing from an academic background in visual processing studies and the phenomenological interpretation of imagery and sound, De Carvalho uses painting, sculpture, installation, and sound to examine our ways of seeing and perceiving in the current zeitgeist.

Through his work, he aims to challenge and question the structures of vision, presenting an alternative perspective that extends beyond conventional notions of representation. His work is deeply rooted in engagement with philosophical texts on sexuality and gender, medicalization, institutional power, disidentification, anarchy and human consciousness, with particular emphasis on the works of Michel Foucault, José Esteban Muñoz, Catherine Malabou, António Damásio and Kathy Acker.

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Emanuel de Carvalho,ground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Oil on linen,200 x 150 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack III,2024
Oil on linen with pumice,100 x 50 x 4 cm
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Mild steel with slate black patina,500 x 120 x 50 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,unground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack II,2024
Oil on canvas,60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
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Oil on linen,150 x 200 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,code lack,2024
Oil, marble dust and pumice on linen,240 x 360 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,guard lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 300 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,ground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,form lack,2024
Oil on linen,200 x 150 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack III,2024
Oil on linen with pumice,100 x 50 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,lack skill I ,2024
Mild steel with slate black patina,500 x 120 x 50 cm
Gathering
Emanuel de Carvalho,unground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack II,2024
Oil on canvas,60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,transfer lack,2024
Oil on linen,150 x 200 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,code lack,2024
Oil, marble dust and pumice on linen,240 x 360 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,guard lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 300 cm

Solo and Group Exhibitions

2024

Transferring Domain, Gathering in Collaboration with Nir Altman, Munich, Germany code new state, Gathering, London, UK Present Tense, Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK

2023

Support Structures, Gathering. London, UK KIAF with Duarte Sequeira Gallery, Seoul. South Korea  Art Busan with Duarte Sequeira Gallery. Busan, South Korea 

2022

RAW, Gallery Vacancy. Shanghai, China Crush, Grove Berlin. Berlin, Germany Between the bridge and the door, Pictorum Gallery. London, UK new state, Guts Gallery. London, UK Turps Gallery On-site final show. London, UK Queer augmented, VO Curations x Snap. London, UK And this skin of mine, to live again a second time, Guts Gallery. London, UK  Virile, House of St Barnabas. London, UK Zoom in, Prior Art Space. Berlin, Germany Salon, The Sunday Painter. London, UK 

2021

De nos jours, Osnova Gallery (Moscow, Russia) Off-site programme during Frieze. London, UK AORA:III, AORA Space. London, UK Medium Rare, Bermondsey Project Space. London, UK 

Selected Press

15 Dec 2024

Emanuel de Carvalho is included in ArtCube’s 2024 Discoveries Report, highlighting the top 100 early-career artists in 2024/2025.

9 Nov 2024

Gathering's booth at Art Cologne features in Artsy's fair round-up

29 Oct 2024

Gathering is thrilled to participate in ArtCologne for the first time with a presentation of works by Emanuel de Carvalho, Francesco João and Soojin Kang

5 Sept 2024

Frieze features transferring domain at Nir Altman in collaboration with Gathering among best shows to see during Various Others, Munich

9 May 2024

Emanuel de Carvalho profiled by Artsy for his solo show code state new on show at Gathering

Publications