WORK EXPERIENCE

SEP 2021 - Present
VISUAL ARTIST
Based in New York

MAY 2022 - Present
ILLUSTRATOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Studio Ayer

MAY 2020 - AUG 2021
VISUAL ARTIST
Based in Lisbon

MAR 2019 - MAY 2020
TRAINEE ARCHITECT
ARX Portugal Arquitectos

MAY 2018
INTERN ARCHITECT
DNSJ.ARQ

APRIL 2017
STAFF
International Conference “ Higher Education in Emergencies” Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

OCT 2015
LISBON OPEN HOUSE
Guide for Lisbon Architecture Triennale

EDUCATION

2013 - 2018
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

Master's degree in Architecture

OCT 2017 - FEV 2018
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANJ

Exchange program (Erasmus+)
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Rodrigo Veloso is a Portuguese Artist based in Brooklyn, New York. With a Master's degree in Architecture, Rodrigo pays special attention to texture, where the oil pastel is the key element in his work. He's interested in different cultures and ways of thinking, nature, human figure and the relation between both. His practice is very much influenced by his travels to territories very different from his own, from South America (Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) and Africa (Egypt, Mozambique) or even New York City. These experiences shape his body of work. After his master's degree and after working as a full time architect, he decided to leave the architecture studio and focus on his individual journey as an artist, mainly through painting and drawing, but also working in illustration and graphic design. With his move from Portugal to the US the artist expands his connections and relations in the art world, collaborating with New York based communities like the ‘Eyes on Art’ group exhibiting in Manhattan (The Storms Inside - April, 2023) and Brooklyn (At Summer’s End - August, 2023) and recently joining the Global Artist Community ‘Tableau’ from the established ‘Visionary Projects NYC’ platform as a founding member. Rodrigo has exhibited work in Lisbon, New York, Paris and Madrid.

Exhibitions

// 2023

AT SUMMER'S END
17 FROST GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Collective exhibition

THE STORMS WE FEEL INSIDE
TRIANGLE LOFT, CHELSEA, NEW YORK
Collective exhibition

EMERGING ARTISTS 2023 — SELECTED ARTIST
DODOMU GALLERY
Online colective exhibition 

ESSENCE BRUTE
VAN GOGH GALLERY, MADRID, SPAIN
Collective exhibition

INSTINCTIVE PATTERS (WITH VISIONARY PROJECTS NYC)
THE YARD 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Collective online exhibition

INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR
PORTE DE VERSAILLES, PARIS, FRANCE
Art Fair 

// 2022

THE OTHER ART FAIR BROOKLYN BY SAATCHI
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD,  NEW YORK
Art Fair

DISTANT / MEMORY
THE VISIONARY PROJECTS NYC
Collective online exhibition (selected artist)

TOGETHER / SOMEWHERE
THE VISIONARY PROJECTS NYC X ART CITY WORKS
Collective online exhibition  (selected artist)

OPEN CALL PATIO Nº2
PATIO Nº2, LISBON
Collective exhibition (selected artist)

// 2021

PLA'ARTE ART FAIR  LISBON
PRATA RIVERSIDE VILLAGE
Collective exhibition 

À  MARGEM
CORRENTE ARROIOS
Solo exhibition 

// 2020

AMÁLIA, UM OLHAR CONTEMPORÂNEO
GALERIA ANTÓNIO PRATES
Collective exhibition 

EMBAIXADA, PRÍNCIPE REAL
WELCOME TO ART LISBON
Collective exhibition 

40 ARTISTS, 40 WORKS, 40 WAYS OF HELPING
WELCOMETOART LISBON + RED CROSS PT
Collective virtual exhibition

// 2019

ART TACO 2.0
RES VÉS COWORK
Collective exhibition - painting

CASCAIS IS OUR HOMELAND
FORTE DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DA BARRA
Collective Exhibition - drawing

RE-MODERNO
CASA DA ARQUITECTURA DE OEIRAS
Collective Exhibition - Architecture projects

// 2018

CHAPTER ONE
CCQ, BELÉM
Solo Exhibition - drawing/painting

// 2017

TEATRO E HABITAÇÃO NA ESTRELA
RESERVATÓRIO DA MÃE D’ÁGUA , LISBON
Collective Exhibition - Architecture projects

LISBON >>> NEW YORK

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