Francisco Nuno (b. 2001) is an artist born in Funchal working across video, performance and installation.
At the core of his practice is a concern for twisted lines of thought inspired by the laboratory qualities of refusal. His work focuses on an acidic act of rubbing the immiscible: by following an attraction towards seemingly disparate stuff that he dissects, rejects and manipulates in order to pull together/apart new meanings. Material is shredded and consumed only to intentionally regurgitate the resulting pulp mid-digestion. Focusing on drawing deviant tangents between fact and fiction through an intimate investigation of the self as both blur, tease and reveal.
Mischievously burning/loving/stomping/kissing/tearing/hugging/perverting/becoming/undoing - in a perpetually slashing loop.
Based in Lisbon and Funchal.
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Education
2023 - present MFA Multimedia arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
2019 - 2022 BFA Fine Arts, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Selected Shows
2024 The Touching of the Wound, Dupla Cena 77, Lisbon, PT
2024 Arte no Pátio, Pátio Nº2, Lisbon, PT
2023 Pedra Angular, Anona Gallery, Funchal, PT
2023 PUSSY GUM PINK 1000, Anona Gallery, Funchal, PT
2022 Origins, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath, UK
2022 Origins, Goldfish Bowl Gallery, Falmouth, UK
2022 Origins, Porthleven Arts Festival, Porthleven, UK
2022 A30 @ No20, No 20 arts, London, UK
2022 PUSSY GUM PINK 1000 in THE BASEMENT, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
2022 Meander, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK
2022 flatverse, Goldfish Bowl Gallery, Falmouth, UK
2021 Miniatures, Grays Wharf, Penryn, UK
Residencies
2022 Porthmeor Studios - Studio 9, St Ives, UK
2022 Porthleven Prize, Life Boat Studio, Porthleven, UK
Awards
2022 Winner: The Porthleven Prize – Sponsored by The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust, Porthleven, UK
2022 Tate St Ives Emerging Artist Platform program, Tate St Ives, St Ives, UK
Teaching
2023 Guest Tutor, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK