Francisco Figueiredo Lopes

Portuguese | 1998 | Based in Lisbon, Portugal

Portuguese | 1998Based in Lisbon, Portugal

Artist Statement

Francisco Figueiredo Lopes (Lisbon, 1998) is a sculptor whose work explores the tension between creation and destruction. Based in Lisbon, he investigates cycles of extraction, transformation, and consumption through sculpture and installation. His practice merges industrial processes with manual interventions, producing works that oscillate between control and collapse, structure and spontaneity.

Engaging with materials charged with historical and symbolic weight, Francisco reshapes objects to challenge their intended functions. His Power Tool series critiques the aestheticization of violence and the spectacle of desensitization, while Attached examines the interdependence of extraction and production, exposing the forces that sustain and reinforce each other.

His work has been exhibited in various group shows, using sculpture as both a material and conceptual framework to interrogate contemporary systems of power, violence, and excess. Through his practice, Francisco questions the mechanisms that shape our relationship with objects, history, and industry.

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Featured Works

A curated selection of works by Francisco Figueiredo Lopes

SLAGHEAP

SLAGHEAP - detail

Packed III

Packed V

Chambered IV

KalashniToy

Marble Bucket

Double ripper hook

RETRO, RETRO, RETRO

Claw

Trojan

Magazine Articles

Features and interviews with Francisco Figueiredo Lopes

The Unyielding Grip: Francisco Figueiredo Lopes' Make it Burn then Hold

Xochi Art Magazine•

September 12, 2025

Against the backdrop of Lisbon’s brilliant blue skies and the distant shimmer of the Atlantic, Francisco Figueiredo Lopes’ Make it burn then hold seems almost alive—straining, grasping, resisting. It is a sculpture that speaks in extremes: of creation and destruction, of accumulation and exhaustion, of the raw forces—both human and material—that shape our world. Here, steel becomes a language, tension a narrative, and a monumental form transforms into a meditation on existence itself.

Between Force and Fragility: The Weaponised Glassworks of Francisco Figueiredo Lopes