Francisco Nuno Rodrigues (b. 2001, Madeira Island) is an artist and filmmaker. At the heart of his practice lies an attraction to the experimental possibilities of refusal—an abrasive, yet generative, desire to agitate, subvert, and reject the now while imagining makeshift deviant tangents—unorthodox paths to elsewheres outside the bounds of truth. By juxtaposing poetic visuals with seemingly immiscible concepts, Rodrigues provokes moments of friction, transcending the defined to envision volatile, unseen spaces where identity, documentation, and narrative uncoil, multiply, and mutate. Inspired by confession, his work often sprouts from diaristic experiences that fuel a process of personal undoing—a looping cycle of transformation and contradiction. As Rodrigues describes it: “The unbound ‘self,’ of unknown origin, is both majestically crude and grotesque. I saw it in a vision.” He is currently on hiatus working on his upcoming film.
Education 2023 - present MFA Multimedia Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT 2019 - 2022 BFA Fine Arts, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK Solo Shows 2023 PUSSY GUM PINK 1000, Anona Gallery, Funchal, PT Selected Group Shows 2024 HAMMER TIME, Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT 2024 Fractal Funchal Fest '24, Fortaleza de São João Baptista do Pico, Funchal, PT 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 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, Lifeboat 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