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.
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
Gathering Exhibitions
2024
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