In her fourth solo exhibition at the gallery, Mónica Capucho presents a body of work that understands colour not as a fixed phenomenon, but as a dynamic construction resulting from the interaction between matter, perception, and language. Within this framework, these works move beyond the descriptive function of colour, approaching it instead as an autonomous field of visual investigation and an active spatial operator that structures the exhibition.
The creation of chromatic environments, based on systematic variations of a single colour explored through different combinations, densities, and scales, reveals colour not as a static element, but as a relational system in which subtle alterations produce significant changes in the perception of depth, proximity, and visual rhythm.
Mónica Capucho was born in 1971 in Lisbon. Among her most notable exhibitions are those held at Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal (2007, 2012, 2019); CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain (2012); IVAM, Valencia, Spain (2013); the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia (2012); the Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago, Chile (2012); and the Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, Brazil (2011). Her work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the OECD, Paris, France; PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal; and the Portuguese Embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Athens, Greece; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Pretoria, South Africa.