Francisco Trêpa
Polinizador I, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
31x28x35 cm
Polinizador I, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
31x28x35 cm
Polinizador III, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
60x31x20 cm
Pollination Stage, 2023
Glazed Ceramics, metal
122x40x40 cm
Crawl, climb, feed and again, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
51x31x27 cm
Two Holes, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
52x42x24 cm
Amphibian Cobalt, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
28x25x28 cm
The Pollinator and The Pumpkin, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
59x43x33 cm
Fruit of Explosition II, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
15x18x07 cm
Copper Mouth, 2023 (series of 6)
Glazed Ceramics
14x14x11 cm
Reflectors Nest, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
48x27x22 cm
Exhibition view of Dripping Stage, 2023
Glazed Ceramics, metal
148x40x40 cm
Dripping Stage, 2023
Glazed Ceramics, metal
148x40x40 cm
Detail of Dripping Stage, 2023
Glazed Ceramics, metal
148x40x40 cm
Exhibition view
Rafflesia Arnoldii I (Flor Cadáver), 2024
Glazed Ceramics
32x54x43 cm
Reflectors Nest, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
196x29x25 cm
Reflectors Nest, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
196x29x25 cm
Polinizador I, 2023
Glazed Ceramics
30x28x30cm
Polinizador Cansado , 2024
Glazed Ceramics
27x32x30cm
Drone Queen, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
150x36x41cm
Drone Queen, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
150x36x41cm
Exhibition view
Kepper, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Kepper, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Kepper, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Killer, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Killer, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Killer, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
161x60x37cm
Exhibition view
Zangão, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
70x37x16cm
Zangão, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
70x37x16cm
Phytophilia, 2024
Glazed ceramics, Haworthia Cuspidata (Star Window Plant) and soil
40x36x36cm
Exhibition view
Polinizador Agarrado, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
64x36x20 cm
Exhibition view
Buds, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
63x32x20 cm
Buds, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
63x32x20 cm
Polinização Cruzada, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and wood
110x70x43 cm
Exhibition view
Vegetal Heat, 2024
Glazed Ceramics, paraffin and metal
121x75x75 cm
Krubut II, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
36x40x17 cm
Enxame, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
185×205 cm
Enxame, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
185×205 cm
Enxame, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
185×205 cm
Rafflesia Arnoldii II (Flor Cadáver), 2024
Glazed Ceramics
32x54x29 cm
Polinizador Caído, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
08x107x95 cm
Operárias (Serie of 37), 2024
Glazed Ceramics
approx. 17x12x12 cm
Polinizador Caído, 2024
Glazed Ceramics and paraffin
08x107x95 cm
Operárias (Serie of 37), 2024
Glazed Ceramics
approx. 17x12x12 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Abraço, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
71x125x89 cm
Abraço no Jardim da Espérides, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
40x20x20 cm
Abraço no Jardim da Espérides, 2024
Glazed Ceramics
40x20x20 cm
Francisco Trêpa (1995) is a Portuguese artist living in Lisbon. He studied ceramics at António Arroio Artistic School (2013), holds a degree in Sculpture (2017) and a Master’s in Multimedia Art (2022) from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Trêpa has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 2015 in various galleries and institutions. In 2022, he won the Private Collection Award of the Young Art Prize CarpeDiem | Millennium BCP Foundation. His work is part of the António Cachola Collection (MACE), the Treger Saint Silvestre Collection (Oliva Art Center), and several private collections. In 2024, he was awarded the prestigious Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize and was named a finalist for the EDP Foundation New Artists Prize. He is currently preparing for the group exhibition of the EDP Prize at MAAT and working on his next solo exhibition, scheduled for 2025, at the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Francisco Trêpa’s practice investigates symbiotic relationships that sustain ecological, existential, and affective systems, using a variety of materials to create sculptures that explore, and ultimately embody, concepts such as transmutability and hybridism. His most recent body of work creates a meta-universe inspired by the plant world, the ties and crosses between plants and animals, such as pollination, conjuring the complex relationships between non-human animals and the impression of humanity in the Anthropocene. His sculptures evoke natural phenomena which are provided by the senses, drawing on both aesthetic and poetic dimensions in order to foster involvement, and ultimately, reflection. In this way, his works weave visual narratives that invite both contemplation and questioning, combining symbolism, emotion, form, and critical thought. His work is prolific, using the generative capacity of imagination to create a sense of reproductive abundance, as he unfolds and expands the forms that matter (ceramic, wax, wood) assumes in his practice. Over the past two years, the “main actors” of this meta-universe have been fictional, genderless characters who tell us their stories and attempt to escape the categories of our world.