BIO
Adonis Galvão (Cataguases, MG, Brazil, 1972) is a Portuguese-Brazilian artist whose work spans painting, digital media, and installations. His artistic practice is guided by the investigation of organic forms observed in nature, establishing a field of tension and balance between fluidity and lightness, between the static and the dynamic. Through color, composition, and space, the artist operates in zones of passage—between beings, cultures, and nature—articulating issues related to the social and environmental transformations of the contemporary world.
His paintings, permeated by references to naturalism, are marked by the idea of impermanence and the tension between order and chaos. In them, traces of human presence—its noises and vestiges—also emerge as layers that overlap the landscape. In his installations, this investigation expands into space, constituting immersive environments that summon the body and activate relationships between space, nature, and time, configuring experiences of a sensory and relational nature.
Starting in 2018, upon establishing residence on the island of Madeira, the artist began to deepen his research into the relationships between migration, ethnobotany, and environmental transformations, understanding the island as a territory of convergence between cultures and ecosystems. Since then, he has participated in solo and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad (continental Europe), and his works are part of collections in Brazil, the United States of America, Australia, Portugal, and Italy.
In his practice, art is configured as a device for composition and thought. By following these transformations, Adonis Galvão's work is not limited to observation: it intervenes, displaces, and reconfigures the relationships between species, territories, and temporalities.
Adonis Galvão lives and works on the island of Madeira, Portugal.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION
SUGAR CANE FLOWER, YOU WILL ONLY SEE IT HERE AND THERE
Winning proposal for the OPEN Call at the Aqui Acolá 2024 Festival
05/09/24 - 05/12/24
Municipal Store Garden
Ponta do Sol
Madeira Island, Portugal
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BOROGODÓ
09/11/23 - 17/11/23
FUNCHAL CITY HALL ATRIAM
Municipal Square
Funchal-Madeira Island-Portugal
SUPPORT JOÃO CARLOS ABREU ASSOCIATION
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PHOENICOPTERIDAE
15/12/21 - 15/01/22
Culture in the Center/Soane Sierra Project/Madeira shopping
Funchal-Madeira Island-Portugal
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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
VINHA DRACO VINHO
FORUM, LOCAL
Art In Forum Gallery, 1st Floor, FORUM MADEIRA
May 22, 2025 - January 20, 2026
Funchal - Madeira Island, Portugal
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6th GAIA INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNIAL 2025 | BIENNIAL OF CAUSES
FUNCHAL CAMPUS
CURATED BY DIOGO GOES
Artists: Adonis Galvão, Agostinho Santos, Diogo Goes, Fátima Spínola and Gonçalo Ferreira De Gouveia
April 30th to May 26th, 2025 HIGHER INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATION AND LANGUAGES
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Art MINDS: Cultures that Shaped Madeira
The exhibition is part of the Funchal Art and Design Biennial and is organized by the My Madeira Island Association.
17/04/25
Funchal Cultural and Research Center
Funchal - Madeira Island, Portugal
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LA NATURA CHE PARLA
PONTE PER L’ARTE & BINARIA ARTE TURIN
Present Adonis Galvão, Alexandre Vianna, Beatriz Basso and Bia Serranoni
29/11/24 | 21/12/24
CURATED BY CAROLA DEL PIZZO
BINARIA-CENTRO COMMENSALE
VIA SESTRIERE 34
TURIN-ITALY
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CASINHA DE PRAZER (LITTLE HOUSE OF PLEASURE)
One of the 5 winning proposals of the OPEN Call
FRACTAL FUNCHAL FEST’24
Instagram.com/fractalfunchal
20/09/24 | 29/09/24
Garden Of The Quinta Das Cruzes Museum
Funchal
Madeira Island,Portugal
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MULTITOPIAS
Project included in the Sesc RJ Pulsar/24 Culture Notice
03/16/24 - 06/16/24
SESC NOVA FRIBURG
CURATED BY ANA CARLA SOLER
ZOE ART PRODUCTION
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ARTISTIC RESIDENCE
Painter Nanzita's studio residence
Sicoob Coopemata Cultural Center
May/2023
Cataguases, Minas Gerais-Brazil