Felippe Moraes (born July 9, 1988) is a visual artist, researcher and independent curator born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [2] [3] Works with various medias such as sculpture, installation, drawing, painting and photography. [3] His work is developed around revealing hidden patterns written within the universe, [4] relating scientific methodology and spirituality. [2] Currently is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the College of The Arts at the University of Coimbra [5] and holds an MA Fine Art from the University of Northampton.
In 2016 Felippe Moraes constructed his Monument to The Horizon (2016), a large-scale permanent public sculpture placed at Caminho Niemeyer in Niterói. [6] [7] The work is a five-meter tall steel tower around a small set of stairs that lead to a strip in the metal, revealing the horizon of Rio de Janeiro on the opposite side of the Guanabara Bay. [6]
In 2017 was artist-in-residence in Tehran, Iran [1] and in Slanic-Moldova, Romania, [8] [9] [10] where he constructed his Monument to Euclid (2017), consisting of eight sandstones in a circle in the woods, and paying homage to the Greek mathematician Euclid. [11] In 2020 he developed the series of photographs Eledá (2020), relating to his spiritual experiences with the orishas. [12] [13] [14]
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Felippe Moraes (born July 9, 1988) is a visual artist, researcher and independent curator born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] [2] [3] Works with various medias such as sculpture, installation, drawing, painting and photography. [3] His work is developed around revealing hidden patterns written within the universe, [4] relating scientific methodology and spirituality. [2] Currently is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the College of The Arts at the University of Coimbra [5] and holds an MA Fine Art from the University of Northampton.
In 2016 Felippe Moraes constructed his Monument to The Horizon (2016), a large-scale permanent public sculpture placed at Caminho Niemeyer in Niterói. [6] [7] The work is a five-meter tall steel tower around a small set of stairs that lead to a strip in the metal, revealing the horizon of Rio de Janeiro on the opposite side of the Guanabara Bay. [6]
In 2017 was artist-in-residence in Tehran, Iran [1] and in Slanic-Moldova, Romania, [8] [9] [10] where he constructed his Monument to Euclid (2017), consisting of eight sandstones in a circle in the woods, and paying homage to the Greek mathematician Euclid. [11] In 2020 he developed the series of photographs Eledá (2020), relating to his spiritual experiences with the orishas. [12] [13] [14]
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