Pedro Quintas (b. 1972, Lisbon) lives and works in Lisbon. In 2001, he completed the Advanced Course in Fine Arts at Ar.Co., in Lisbon. His artistic practice unfolds primarily across painting, drawing, and photography, distinguished by his ongoing exploration of the boundaries between these disciplines and the development of a singular visual vocabulary.
His work investigates the formal possibilities of painting through a dynamic process of constructing and deconstructing the image. By playing with placement, removal, and juxtaposition of elements, the artist creates compositions in which forms interweave through successive layers, generating a visual structure marked by irregularities and subtle pictorial sutures. His approach follows a self-determined internal logic, where figures oscillate between their condition as static images and an underlying potential for movement. Through the displacement of folds and a meticulous exploration of color, his paintings evoke a sense of depth and plasticity, inviting the viewer to uncover multiple readings that gradually emerge as the work reveals itself.
His work has been widely exhibited in Portugal and internationally, including at institutions such as the Berardo Collection Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas (MACE), the Extremaduran and Ibero-American Museum of Contemporary Art (MEIAC) in Badajoz, the Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Museum in Amarante, and the Porto Municipal Gallery. He was one of the artists invited by the PAC – Contemporary Artists Project of Vista Alegre to create an original porcelain piece, produced in a limited and numbered edition, emphasizing its exclusivity. This work is part of the exhibition Rumo ao Infinito – Vista Alegre 200 Years of Creativity, on view at the Palácio Nacional da Ajuda until May 31, 2025.
His work is included in several prestigious institutional collections, such as the Ar.Co. Collection, the António Cachola/MACE Collection in Elvas, the Berardo Museum Collection, the MAAT/Foundation EDP Collection in Lisbon, the PLMJ Foundation Collection, as well as the Benetton Foundation in Italy and the Tróia Design Hotel Collection in Setúbal. His works are also part of numerous private collections, both in Portugal and abroad, reflecting his growing recognition on the contemporary art scene.