À flor da pele expresses a state where emotions are so raw and vivid that they pulse just beneath the skin, barely contained. It describes the fragile beauty in the human capacity to feel life magnified to the point where the heart is laid bare and the soul trembles, exposed to the texture and sensation of existence.
Through free flowing textures and stain washes, this work reflects life in constant motion: unpredictable, fleeting, and often beyond our control. In contrast, the symbology represents intention, the meanings and structures we create to stay rooted in integrity within change.
Between fluidity and structure, chaos and purpose, the work embodies how symbolism becomes a way of grounding ourselves within shifting currents, ultimately revealing that beauty lies in impermanence.
À Flor da Pele is an offering of my deepest vulnerability yet, inviting the same openness in the viewer: to see ourselves as delicate blooms of nature that feel life all the way from the resilience of the core to the tenderness of the surface.
The show opened on the 29th of May until the 5th of Jun 2026 at Those Who Dance - Lisbon, during the Art Week of Lisbon. A night that drew 500 people through the doors and into something that felt less like an exhibition and more like a collective exhale.
Two years in the making, 35 works hung in a space that held the weight of them. The exhibition remained open until the 5th of June.
