Francisco Figueiredo Lopes

Nationality and Birth Year: Portuguese | 1998
Occupation: Sculptor
Styles: Sculpture, Found Objects
Location: Based in Lisbon, Portugal

"The act of sculpting is an ongoing negotiation between creation and destruction—two forces that are inseparable and mutually dependent. Each gesture is both an addition and a subtraction, a decision that reshapes material and meaning alike."

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.