Lido
2025, 7'38''
On a hot summer day, a group of friends observes an anomaly at the beach. In the blinding shine of the waves, cryptic visions of a hidden past resurface.
Comissioned by vaga — espaço de arte e conhecimento
On view at vaga — espaço de arte e conhecimento, Ponta Delgada, PT
Francisco Nuno Rodrigues (b. 2001, Madeira Island) is an artist and filmmaker.
Bleeding from diaristic experience, his work provokes intimate moments of friction where documentation, narrative, desire and memory grind against one another. He approaches moving image as a confessional: an alternate space where, through violently tender cycles of vulnerability, destruction, and transformation, identity is both excavated and revealed.
Education
MA Media Art
2023 — 2025
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, PT
BA (Hons) Fine Art
2029 — 2022
Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Selected Exhibitions and Screenings
2025
Repositório Bastardo, Estúdio de Criação Artística do Funchal, Funchal, PT
Lâmina da Lua, Dupla Cena 77, Lisbon, PT
Ultra—Periféricas, vaga, Ponta Delgada, PT
2024
HAMMER TIME, Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT
Fractal Funchal Fest '24, Funchal, PT
The Touching of the Wound, Dupla Cena 77, Lisbon, PT
Arte no Pátio, Pátio Nº2, Lisbon, PT
2023
Pedra Angular, Anona Gallery, Funchal, PT
PUSSY GUM PINK 1000, Anona Gallery, Funchal, PT
2022
Origins, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath, UK
Origins, Goldfish Bowl Gallery, Falmouth, UK
Origins, Porthleven Arts Festival, Porthleven, UK
A30 @ No20, No 20 Arts, London, UK
flatverse, Goldfish Bowl Gallery, Falmouth, UK
2021
Miniatures, Grays Wharf, Penryn, UK
Residencies
2025 — Estúdio de Criação Artística do Funchal, Funchal, PT
2022 — Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, UK
2022 — Porthleven Prize, Lifeboat Studio, Porthleven, UK
Prizes
2025 — Young Talents FCZ — Visual Arts, Cecília Zino Foundation (FCZ), Funchal, PT
Teaching
2023 — Guest Tutor, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK