point point line line plane colour
25 july — 11 october 2026
Curator: Katherine Sirois
The exhibition point point line line plane colour brings together selected works from Victor Costa’s most recent production (2019–2026). This constellation of imaginary landscapes rooted in reality highlights the serial processes that characterise the artist’s work, whilst foregrounding the energetic and poetic force of each piece, particularly his latest large-format works. Distilling some of the key aspects of lyrical abstraction and colour field painting, Costa’s oeuvre also conveys an architectural sensibility through elaborate spatial compositions that combine formal, geometric, and graphic elements. Driven by a dynamic, fruitful tension between contrasting forces, his pictorial universe balances rational structures with sensory impressions, while also merging two strands of abstraction with a pop vein and vestiges of figuration. The exhibition thus invites the viewer into a threefold exercise of recognition, free association, and contemplation.
Katherine Sirois trained in Art History in Montreal and Paris, Katherine Sirois is a Lisbon-based curator whose practice explores the intersections of contemporary art, art history, and the history of ideas. Through a distinctive curatorial approach, she mainly creates thematic exhibitions that uncover unexpected dialogues between contemporary production and the legacies of 20th-century art. Her research process results in original constellations that challenge conventional narratives and invite new ways of seeing. Since 2019, Katherine has curated numerous exhibitions in collaboration with a wide range of cultural partners, from independent art spaces and non-profit organisations to public and private institutions. With the support of DGArtes, she conceived the group exhibitions Camouflage and Shapeshifters. She has also been selected as curator of the Young Artists’ Competition annual exhibition for the past four consecutive editions, highlighting her ongoing commitment to emerging artistic practices and the Portuguese contemporary art scene.
Victor Costa Born in Guimarães (1944). Lives and works in S. João da Madeira. He was a professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto.
He was Director of the S. João da Madeira Art Centre, the Oliva Creative Factory Art Centre (S. João da Madeira) and President of Lugar do Desenho – Júlio Resende Foundation.
He has exhibited individually, since the 1980s, at Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte (Lisbon and Porto), Lugar do Desenho – Fundação Júlio Resende (Gondomar), at Fundação D. Luís I (Cascais), at Galeria do Jornal de Notícias (Porto), at Galeria Diário de Notícias (Lisbon), at Galeria S. Mamede (Lisbon and Porto), at We Art Gallery (Aveiro), at Gomes Alves Gallery (Guimarães), at the Martins Sarmento Society (Guimarães), at the Vila Flor Palace (Guimarães), at the Matosinhos Municipal Gallery, at the Oliva Criative Factory Art Centre (S. João da Madeira) and at the Cooperativa Árvore (Porto). He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Portugal and abroad, notably in New York (USA), International Art Fairs in Madrid (Spain) and Basel (Switzerland). He has exhibited in Luxembourg, Goa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Recife, Belém do Pará, Niterói, the Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile, Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde, Macau and Egypt. He is represented in several Portuguese and foreign institutions and has public works in ceramics, stained glass and tapestry.