Hugo Canoilas

Born 1977 in Lisbon (PT)
Lives and works in Vienna (AT)

The universe of Hugo Canoilas’s work is the deep sea. He refers to post-humanist currents of thought that question an anthropocentric view of the world, and call for an empathetic approach to nature and the natural environment. He allows nature, and the elements — water, gravity, and air drying — to merge and enter the work in a process that could be seen as mimetic of osmosis and symbiosis; a correlation between paint and natural fibres, between the artist and what is happening in front of him.

Hugo Canoilas, The Caretaker, 2025 — Hugo Canoilas, *The Caretaker*, 2025
High fluid acrylic on cotton, 100 x 80 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Untold, Millions of Years Ago, Now, 2024 — Hugo Canoilas, *Untold, Millions of Years Ago, Now*, 2024
high fluid acrylic on linen, 190 × 170 cm

Hugo Canoilas, A salty Stream in our Veins, 2024 — Hugo Canoilas, *A salty Stream in our Veins*, 2024
high fluid acrylic on linen, 85 × 70 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Peafowl and the Spider Crab, 2024 — Hugo Canoilas, *Peafowl and the Spider Crab*, 2024
High fluid acrylic on linen, 180 x 111 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Like Someone going at Night on a Pathway, and halts, 2025 — Hugo Canoilas, *Like Someone going at Night on a Pathway, and halts*, 2025
lithography on Zerkall handmade paper, 38 x 48 cm, Edition of 25 + 5 A.P.

Hugo Canoilas, Who Killed Cock Robin (Fish), 2023 — Hugo Canoilas, *Who Killed Cock Robin (Fish)*, 2023
crinoline on painted metal structure, 53 × 22 × 40 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Reduced to Power in the Sea, 2024 — Hugo Canoilas, *Reduced to Power in the Sea*, 2024
High fluid acrylic on cotton, 150 × 110 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Lygia’s dialogue, 2023 — Hugo Canoilas, *Lygia’s dialogue*, 2023
High fluid acrylic on canvas, 52 x 37 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Making Love, 2022 — Hugo Canoilas, *Making Love*, 2022
High fluid acrylic on linen, 190 × 140 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Dark Verb, 2021 — Hugo Canoilas, *Dark Verb*, 2021
High fluid acrylic on linen, 700 × 275 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Andromeda, 2020 — Hugo Canoilas, *Andromeda*, 2020
Glass, felt mat, 20 × 115 × 106 cm

Exhibition view, Serralves Museum, Porto, 2020 — *Exhibition view*, Serralves Museum, Porto, 2020
Photo: Filipe Braga

Exhibition view, MUMOK, Vienna, 2020 — *Exhibition view*, MUMOK, Vienna, 2020
Photo: Klaus Pichler

Hugo Canoilas, Seeing Feeling Remembering Forgetting, 2015 — Hugo Canoilas, *Seeing Feeling Remembering Forgetting*, 2015
Ink on linen, 280 × 250 cm

Hugo Canoilas, Love the Sunset and Dawn Because There’s Nothing More Useless Than That, 2015–2018 — Hugo Canoilas, *Love the Sunset and Dawn Because There’s Nothing More Useless Than That*, 2015–2018
Fluid acrylic on linen, 300 × 450 cm

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