CV Summary

Architect, visual artist, and researcher. He is a PhD candidate in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon and a Research Fellow funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), affiliated with DINÂMIA’CET – Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Change.

He completed the Integrated Master’s degree in Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FAUL) in 2020, and a Bachelor’s degree in Drawing in 2022 at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where drawing emerged as a central methodological and critical tool in his artistic, pedagogical, and research practice. Alongside his doctoral research, he completed the postgraduate program Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Public Art at the University of Gothenburg – HDK-Valand (Sweden), developing an interest in curatorial methodologies, public art commissioning, and socially engaged artistic practices.

 

His research focuses on experimental pedagogies, creative and critical spatial practices, art education, artistic practice, and alternative cultural and educational infrastructures. He has experience teaching visual arts, geometry, and communication design at secondary education level, and created and developed two editions of Cri_Lab – Experimental Laboratories of Creative Critical Spatial Practices. He maintains an active artistic practice through exhibitions, residencies, and collaborative projects.

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
PhD Arquitetura dos Territórios Metropolitanos Contemporâneos 2027
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
PhD Arquitetura dos Territórios Metropolitanos Contemporâneos 2022 - 2027
University of Gothenburg
HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design - Sweden - Gothenburg
Post-graduation Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Public Art 2025 - 2025
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes
Portugal - Lisboa
Licenciate Desenho 2016 - 2022
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Belas-Artes
Portugal - Lisboa
Other type of qualification Minor - Tecnologias para o Design de Equipamento 2016 - 2022
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura
Portugal - Lisboa
Integrated M.Sc. Arquitetura 2014 - 2020
Research Interests
Architecture, Art, Pedagogy, Critical Spatial Pratice, Art-based research, Pratice-based research