• THE ARTIST

    Art as a cartography of consciousness.Geometry, intuition and matter, a bridge between the visible and the invisible.

    Acácio Viegas (b. 1976, Viana do Castelo, Portugal) is a contemporary visual artist and designer whose work explores the intersection between geometric abstraction, technology, and consciousness.
    Rooted in the legacies of Concrete Art and Constructivism, his practice reinterprets those traditions through the visual language of the digital age — where industrial materials, vector lines, and chromatic intensity coexist with emotion and symbolism.
    Viegas’ recent works combine aluminum composite panels, UV printing, tradicional and spray paint, creating hybrid pieces that inhabit the threshold between painting and sculpture. His approach can be described as Sensitive Neo-Futurism, a synthesis between human gesture and algorithmic logic, between precision and presence, between matter and spirit.
    Through these compositions, geometry becomes a living code, a visual meditation on balance, transformation, and the interconnectedness between the physical and the invisible.
    Winner of the XV Eixo Atlântico Painting Biennial 2025.
    Winner of the Henrique Silva Art Prize 2024.

    THE DESIGNER

    Design as a System of Conscious Transformation. Form, function, and intuition converge as tools to reveal clarity within complexity.

    Acácio Viegas is a graphic, product and industrial designer whose practice operates at the intersection of strategy, aesthetics, and human perception. His work approaches design not merely as problem-solving, but as a process of decoding, transforming constraints into meaningful, functional systems.
    Grounded in modernist principles yet informed by contemporary cultural and technological shifts, Viegas develops solutions that balance precision with sensitivity. His approach integrates industrial logic, material intelligence, and a refined visual language, resulting in objects and systems that communicate with clarity and intention.
    Working across product design, branding, and strategic consulting, he explores how design can act as a mediator between user, context, and purpose. Structure becomes narrative. Function becomes experience. Simplicity becomes a form of intelligence.
    His methodology is shaped by both analytical frameworks and intuitive processes, allowing him to navigate complexity while maintaining conceptual coherence. This duality, rational and intuitive, defines a practice that is both rigorous and exploratory.
    Through his work, design emerges as a living system: adaptable, responsive, and deeply connected to human behavior and evolving realities.

  • Academic Education

    Pós Graduação em Visual Merchandising e Store Design.
    IADE, Faculdade de Design, Tecnologia e Comunicação da Universidade Europeia e IPAM, Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing.

    Design Industrial (Mestrado pré-bolonha)

    Universidade do Porto / Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Matosinhos,
    Tese: “Desenvolvimento de novos produtos em vidro utilizando tecnologias de prototipagem rápida”, sob orientação do Professor Doutor Fernando Jorge Lino Alves.

    Design do Produto (licenciatura)
    Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Superior Politécnico de Viana do Castelo.

    Engenharia e Design do Produto (Bacharelato)

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Superior Politécnico de Viana do Castelo

    Professional Training

    Curatorship – Thinking and Organizing Contemporary Art Exhibitions, Castelform, 21h, Porto. Trainer: Helena Mendes Pereira.

    Contemporary Art Markets: A Historical, Analytical, and Practical Perspective, Free Course, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, 21h, Porto. Trainer: Helena Mendes Pereira.

    The Agency Workshop Series – UX / UI, EDIT. – Disruptive Digital Education, 32h, Porto.

    Professional Aptitude Certificate No. EDF 49427/2004 DN.

    Academic Teaching in Higher Education

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Superior Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC).

    Projects and Workshops – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Computer-Aided Technical Drawing – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Drawing – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Product Design and Communication – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Ceramic Product Studio – Bachelor’s Degree in Artistic Ceramics

    Thematic Project, Design Module – Master’s Degree in Integrated Design

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave (IPCA).

    Geometry and Projection II – Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design

    Computer-Aided Technical Drawing I – Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design

    Mock-Up, Representation Techniques, and Modeling II – Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design

    Academic Teaching in Higher Education

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão do Instituto Superior Politécnico de Viana do Castelo (IPVC).

    Projects and Workshops – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Computer-Aided Technical Drawing – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Drawing – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Product Design and Communication – Bachelor’s Degree in Product Design

    Ceramic Product Studio – Bachelor’s Degree in Artistic Ceramics

    Thematic Project, Design Module – Master’s Degree in Integrated Design

    Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e Ave (IPCA).

    Geometry and Projection II – Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design

    Computer-Aided Technical Drawing I – Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design

    Mock-Up, Representation Techniques, and Modeling II – Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Design

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  • Artist Statement

    I use art as a form of expression, communication, and reflection with the world around me. I seek to crystallize complex realities and experiences through a universal and synthetic language, grounded in a vision or idea. This often takes shape through symbols and simplified geometric forms — much like the entire structure of nature itself.

    I believe that when we contemplate composition, form, and color, a shift in perception can occur within us — a thought, a resonance, or a change in meaning — moving us into a new state of consciousness, whether conscious or unconscious.

    In this sense, my work emerges from an inner need for spiritual expression and the expansion of consciousness. It opens new paths of semantic exploration, using form as a way to speak directly to the soul.

    The fusion of disciplines and knowledge clearly influences my choice of techniques and materials. The integration of contemporary digital and industrial processes reflects not only aesthetic intent but also the socio-economic and technological landscape of modern society.

    I propose art as an invitation — to contemplate, to feel, and to meditate.

    Sensitive Neo-Futurism

    Each work emerges from the dialogue between manual craftsmanship and digital process. Shapes evoke circuits, constellations, and symbolic maps — fragments of a geometry that breathes, vibrates, and remembers.

  • (b. 1976, Viana do Castelo, Portugal)

    EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

    From an early age, he showed interest in drawing and developed a passion for art during secondary school. He began his professional activity at the age of 17 as a draftsman and model maker in an architecture studio in Viana do Castelo. In 2000, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Product Design, and in 2002, a Degree in Product Design, both at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo. He holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of Porto (completed in 2006) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Visual Merchandising and Store Design.

    DESIGN CAREER

    He began his professional career as a designer in 1999, and that same year he exhibited at ExperimentaDesign, Meeting Point, in Lisbon, with the object “Quatro L”. He has worked in various areas of design, including product design, graphic design, web design, and retail design. He gained experience in the application of advanced technologies at INEGI (Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management), where he worked with plastic forming, casting, rapid prototyping, and 3D printing technologies applied to industrial production and design. This journey culminated in his master’s dissertation, focused on developing products using rapid prototyping technologies, while also exploring their potential in the field of art.

    He is currently a guest assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo, where he has taught subjects such as Computer-Aided Technical Drawing, Drawing, Project and Workshop, and Artistic Ceramics Studio. He has also taught at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, in areas such as Technical Drawing, Model Making and 3D Modelling, and Geometry and Projection, and has co-supervised internships and master's theses.

    ARTISTIC CAREER

    In 2014, he underwent a turning point in his professional practice, seeking new forms of expression that transcend the rational language of design. His artistic production emerged as a response to a need for spiritual expression and expanded consciousness, through visual exploration — a gesture of surrender to mystical experience and intuition.

    In 2015, he publicly presented his first artistic experiments in the exhibition “Consciência”, as part of the Guimarães noc noc event. Since then, he has established himself as a visual artist with several solo and group exhibitions, encompassing painting, sculpture, installation, and public art.

    In 2024, he was awarded the Henrique Silva Visual Arts Prize, promoted by the Municipality of Paredes.

    Among his most relevant exhibitions are:

    Between 2020 and 2025: Surrender at Galeria Cine-Teatro João Verde; participation in the XXI Cerveira International Art Biennial, the XI and XII Espinho International Art Biennials; Tudo o Que Banha a Luz é Meu at Galeria d’Arte Ortopóvoa; Peregrinantes in Spem at Grijó Monastery; the 25th edition of Arte na Leira; Insert’arte at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Viana do Castelo; D’Arte Vez at Casa das Artes – Arcos de Valdevez; CB Art Space in Porto; Cumplicidades at Galeria Geraldes da Silva; Synodose Amoris Laetitia at Grijó Monastery; Artistas com Abril at Galeria Barca D’Artes; A Couple of Structuring and Liquid Things at ZetGallery; Da Leira para a Bouça in Amares; Tribunal da Relação do Porto; 45 Anos, 45 Artistas com Abril at the Alto Minho Cultural Centre; and Not in the Same Way, solo exhibition at Centro de Memória de Vila do Conde in 2025.

    Between 2015 and 2019: solo exhibitions Deslize at Galeria D’Arte Ortopóvoa; Consciência para que te quero at Arte na Leira; Insight and Agora! A Real Experiência de Olhar at Galeria SCMVC; Evolutionary at the Ordem dos Médicos in Viana do Castelo; A Real Experiência de Olhar at Associação Artística Vimaranense; Ser Consciente at the Absoluto Design Hotel gallery; Ser at the Macrobiotic Institute of Portugal; and participation in Guimarães Noc Noc. He also took part in group exhibitions such as 100 Years of Bauhaus at Casa da Arquitectura, the International Biennial of Contemporary Sacred Art in Braga, LethesArt in Ponte de Lima, and D’Arte Vez.

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