Gil Heitor Cortesão

Gil Heitor Cortesão

(Lisbon, 1967) Lives and works in Lisbon.

Gil Heitor Cortesão graduated in Painting from ESBAL, in 1990. In 1991/92 he attended the Academia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin with a grant from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

From 1996 onwards, the work he has been presenting consists mainly of paintings made using acrylic glass, executed on the opposite side of the one shown to the public, and in which urban landscapes and interiors are often depicted, commonly uninhabited. Modernist architecture is a frequently revisited motif in his oeuvre, subject to unexpected associations and deviations.

He has held several solo exhibitions, including “Mnemopolis” (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – Centro de Arte Moderna, 2004), “Modelo para armar” (Galeria Fortes Vilaça, S. Paulo, 2007), “The Remote Viewer” (Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, 2008), “Wallpaper” (Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, 2011), “Coming Home” (Carbon 12, Dubai, 2012).

His work is represented in several public and private collections, namely: ARCO Foundation, Madrid; CAM / JAP, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; EDP – Electricidade de Portugal; Serralves Foundation Collection, Oporto; António Cachola Collection, MACE, Elvas; Ilídio Pinho Foundation Collection, Oporto; Pedro Cabrita Reis Collection, Lisbon; Museu da Cidade, Lisbon; Associação Industrial Portuguesa Collection, Lisbon; Fundación Barrié, A Coruña; Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean-Mudam, Luxembourg.