Carlos Noronha Feio

Carlos Noronha Feio is a multidisciplinary artist based in Oeiras (Portugal). He holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art (London, UK) and has completed postgraduate studies at both Middlesex University and University of Arts London (both London, UK).

Carlos consumes, juxtaposes and performs media as research into cultural, local and global identity, adopting culturally significant images, locations and symbols as a form of creative interference with meaning, demonstrating the almost arbitrary nature in which cultural significance is interpreted.

He works in a variety of media including video, painting, digital, textiles and book works and occasionally collaborates with specialist craftspeople and industrial makers in the production of his works.

Carlos’ participation in Coventry Biennial 2025 will include a significant presentation of Afghan War Rugs from his personal collection alongside one of his own monumental rugs that explores similar themes of politics and war and the impact of conflict on domestic life. This personal collection and Carlos’ creative response will be presented at Coventry University’s Delia Derbyshire Building where it will additionally make reference to the city’s history of textile production and relationship to peace and reconciliation.

His recent exhibitions have taken place at venues including Centro Nacional de Artesanato (Mindelo, Cape Verde), Kunsteverein am Rosa-Luxembourg-Platz (Berlin, Germany) and Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins (Lisbon, Portugal).

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Carlos Noronha Feio’s participation in Coventry Biennial 2025 has been supported by Spatial Practices in Art and Architecture for Empathetic Exchange (spacex), a project that has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE).

Carlos Noronha Feio is represented by 3+1 Arte Contemporânea in Lisbon (Portugal) and by Galeria Iragui in Paris (France).

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