Davis Lisboa

Davis Lisboa — The Paintings Section (Davis Museum Barcelona)

Davis Lisboa (São Paulo, 1965) is a Barcelona-based painter working between figurative painting and institutional critique.

His practice is structured around The Paintings Section of the Davis Museum Barcelona, a conceptual museum founded in 2009 and recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Conceived as both a ready-made and a curatorial platform, the project examines authorship, display, and the boundaries between artwork and exhibition.

Drawing on the legacy of Duchamp, Broodthaers, and Filliou, his paintings reinterpret art history through staged imagery and museological references, positioning each work as both an autonomous object and part of a broader system.

His works are collected internationally across Europe and the United States.

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Education

1978–1982 — ETEC Carlos de Campos, São Paulo — Communication Drawing
1987–1990 — Escola Massana, Barcelona — Painting
1996–2008 — University of Barcelona — B.A. Fine Arts (Painting)

Lisboa’s training combines technical drawing and fine arts, grounding a practice positioned between figurative painting and institutional critique.

Events

Lisboa has exhibited internationally in museums, biennials, and institutional contexts across Europe and the Americas.

Selected exhibitions:

2024 — [M]UMoCA, Red Inter, Spain
2023 — Atomic Archives, Harddiskmuseum, Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia (MAMU), Bogotá
2020 — Mirades des del confinament, Òmnium Cultural, Spain
2014 — Eleven (JEMA 10-Year Retrospective), Harn Museum of Art & Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, USA
2011 — Museum Show, Arnolfini, Bristol
2007 — Florence Biennale, Italy

Additional exhibitions across Europe, the United States, and Latin America.