Diogo Pimentão

At the threshold of volume, the body, and spatial perception, Diogo Pimentão stages encounters that are both disorienting and strangely familiar. Over the past two decades, he has developed a practice that spans sculpture, installation, and video, using drawing as a transversal, performative, and multidimensional tool. Building on minimalist and conceptual traditions, Pimentão approaches drawing as both a meditative, inward practice and an outward exploration of space, treating art environments as sites of focus and intention. His process is defined by precise, deliberate gestures, working with materials such as graphite, paper, and cement. These substances, inherently resistant to manipulation, are subjected to rubbing, folding, compressing, extending, engraving, and structuring, generating works that carry the rhythm and choreography of repeated, mindful actions. Through these gestures, Pimentão foregrounds subtle variation and embraces the unpredictability of material behavior, producing forms that balance tension and serenity, stability and flux. Residual fragments—pencil shavings or mineral powders—are repurposed, emphasizing material ductility and questioning industrial overproduction. The resulting surfaces, satin-like and responsive to light, transform perception, suggesting textures like leather, velvet, or brushed metal. By carefully considering scale and viewer interaction, Pimentão’s works merge physicality, architectural awareness, and sensory engagement, redefining drawing as a sculptural, spatial, and perceptual experience. ...