Color Cave 22

Pedro Henriques’s mixed-media practice is defined by metamorphosis, embodying a dynamic process in which entities transform into one another, absorb unfamiliar forces, and reshape themselves. Color Cave 22 captures this transformative spirit. It presents hybrid images layered on a single plane that is both elusive and material. Starting with drawing, Henriques simulates false bas-reliefs, which are then coloured. This chromatic layer exists on a luminous, transparent surface, like light projected onto shadow reliefs. A third layer disrupts the image: binary ‘on-off’ arcade buttons, arranged playfully, forcing a re-reading of its strengths and tensions. They assert the physicality of the surface, inviting tactile engagement and seducing the viewer with their haptic appeal, making it not just something to see, but to encounter. Pedro Henriques has exhibited at Gás carnaval, Galeria Balcony, Lisbon, (2025); Sumo Turvo, Lehmann+Silva Gallery, Porto, (2020); Safari, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon, (2019) and Under the Clouds, Museu de Serralves, Porto, (2015). He won the Novo Banco Revelação in 2014.