PORTUGUESE BLOOD OF BLUE VELVET

The irony in Maria Luísa Capela’s work emerges with calm clarity. A multidisciplinary artist, she captures form and colour through drawing, painting, ceramics, and installation, adapting her materials to the needs of her environment, as depicted in PORTUGUESE BLOOD OF BLUE VELVET. Writing takes centre stage as a formal element in her practice, taking an unusual detour through investigation. Irony is embedded in the chosen elements, acquiring mediations that weave parallel narratives. These are things of the world that describe Capela’s memory, situated in an energetic place of restlessness and whirlwinds. This dynamic space reaches toward the morphology of the landscape and reveals a liberating surprise through the technology of materials and techniques. Maria Luísa Capela has exhibited in JARDINS, Galleria Spazio Nuovo, Rome, (2025); Rosais e Corais, Tomentas Carmim, Casa das Artes Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, (2024); Haciendo Flores de Papel, Cellers (Lérida), Spain, 2023; Verdecer ao Sol, Galleria Spazio Nuovo, Rome, (2022) and Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey, (2021).