> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Maria Luz: Contemporary painting and film photography of everyday objects in Lisbon - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/maria-luz-contemporary-painting-and-film-photography-of-everyday-objects-in-lisbon/ - Published: 2025-10-25T10:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-25T20:33:47.000Z - Description: Maria Luz paints and photographs everyday urban objects with clear light and exact color, turning overlooked scenes into calm, durable images. - Author: Dominique Catherina Foertig - Tags: Featured ## Maria Luz: Contemporary painting and film photography in Lisbon [**Maria Luz**](https://www.instagram.com/mcorreialuz/?ref=catapult-platform.art) works with oil painting and film photography to look closely at overlooked city objects. Chairs, gloves, nets, and small street fixtures become clear pictures where light carries the scene and color sets the tone. > **“Her paintings prove that ordinary things don’t need to change to become extraordinary.”** Luz focus is steady and unsentimental: praising the common without dressing it up. Born 1999 in **Lisbon**; based in Lisbon. Studies: **BA in Painting** at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon; Erasmus semester at the University of Ljubljana. Earlier studies in **Industrial Design** at ESAD.CR inform her attention to clean edges and functional clarity in the image. ![Maria Luz, painting A tiny tiny snooker so we can play really really close to each other, oil on wood, 2023.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-A-tiny-tiny-snooker-so-we-can-play-really-really-close-to-each-other-Oil-on-wood-28x39cm-2023-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** **A tiny snooker so we can play really really close to each other*, oil on wood, 28 × 39 cm, 2023\. Image courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz--large-scale-painting-focusing-on-memory-and-color-balance.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz--Portuguese-artist-painting-simple-city-scenes-with-vivid-color-1.webp) ****Maria Luz:** On the left: **Cleanings*, 2021, oil on canvas, 60 × 40 cm. On the right: **The Tear Bucket*, oil on linen, 50 × 50 cm, 2021\. Images courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Portrait-of-a-Blue-Trash-Bag_Oil-on-linen-110x90cm-2021-copy-2.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Tiny-Trike--2023_oiloncanvas_70x50cm_-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** On the left: **Portrait of a Blue Trash Bag*, 2021, oil on linen, 110 × 90 cm. On the right: **Tiny Trike*, 2023, oil on canvas, 70 × 50 cm. Images courtesy of the artist. ### **Young Art Prize 2022** by **Millennium BCP** and **Carpe Diem**. ![Maria Luz, photographic work There is a very fine line between independence and loneliness, 2022; Young Art Prize by Millennium BCP and Carpe Diem.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/---There-is-a-very-fine-line-between-independence-and-loneliness_--2022--Young-Art-Prize-by-Millennium-BCP-and-Carpe-Diem--box-with-100-photos--5x7cm-each--edition-of-4-boxes_photo-credits--@carpe_pt.JPG-1--copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** **There is a very fine line between independence and loneliness*, 2022; Young Art Prize by Millennium BCP and Carpe Diem; box with 100 photos, 5 × 7 cm each; edition of 4 boxes. Photo credits @carpe\_pt. Image courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/---There-is-a-very-fine-line-between-independence-and-loneliness_--2022--Young-Art-Prize-by-Millennium-BCP-and-Carpe-Diem--box-with-100-photos--5x7cm-each--edition-of-4-boxes-2--copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/---There-is-a-very-fine-line-between-independence-and-loneliness_--2022--Young-Art-Prize-by-Millennium-BCP-and-Carpe-Diem--box-with-100-photos--5x7cm-each--edition-of-4-boxes-3--copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** **There is a very fine line between independence and loneliness*, 2022; ****Young Art Prize** by ****Millennium BCP** and ****Carpe Diem**; box with 100 photos, 5 × 7 cm each; edition of 4 boxes. Images courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/box-copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/---There-is-a-very-fine-line-between-independence-and-loneliness_--2022--Young-Art-Prize-by-Millennium-BCP-and-Carpe-Diem--box-with-100-photos--5x7cm-each--edition-of-4-boxes-1--copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** *There is a very fine line between independence and loneliness*, 2022; ****Young Art Prize** by ****Millennium BCP** and ****Carpe Diem**; box with 100 photos, 5 × 7 cm each; edition of 4 boxes. Images courtesy of the artist. ![Maria Luz, studio table view with open photo box and scattered film prints, Lisbon studio.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/studio_1-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** Studio. Image courtesy of the artist. ## Street first, studio later The work begins in the city and ends on canvas. Luz photographs what intrigues her, sketches with a fine line rooted in her etching habit, then paints in oil for a lasting surface and color that stays vivid when dry. The path is direct: collect, note, translate, paint. ![Maria Luz, painting Football Net, oil on canvas, 2023; exhibited with Garcé & Dimofski at Art Basel Paris.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Football-Net--2023_oil-on-canvas_80x60cm--Paris-Art-Basel-with-Garc-----Dimofski-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** **Football Net*, 2023, oil on canvas, 80 × 60 cm; presented at Art Basel Paris with ****Garcé & Dimofski**. Image courtesy of the artist. ## Light as structure, color as memory She treats light as a framework that holds the scene together and uses strong color as a way to keep memory alive, a quiet form of nostalgia that softens the scene without sentimentality. Shadows are deliberate, grounds uncluttered, so that the object can do the work. ![Maria Luz, painting Ways for Silence, oil on canvas, 2022; installed at Cedofeita Townhouse with Garcé & Dimofski for Architectural Digest.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Ways-for-Silence--2022--oil-on-canvas--180x140cm.-at-Cedofeita-Townhouse-with-Garc-----Dimofski-for-Architectural-Digest-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** **Ways for Silence*, 2022, oil on canvas, 180 × 140 cm; shown at Cedofeita Townhouse with ****Garcé & Dimofski** for ****Architectural Digest**. Image courtesy of the artist. ## Objects that don’t ask for drama Chairs, gloves, bags, nets, bollards. Ordinary things that carry traces of use and presence. The images avoid spectacle; they slow the look and let small details feel sufficient. The aim is to praise the common and the forgotten. ![Maria Luz, exhibition view with the artist; photo by Michelle Martin (@meeshymartin), Lisbon.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Portrait_-exhibition-view-_-photo-credits-Michelle-Martin-_-@meeshymartin-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** Exhibition view. Photo credits Michelle Martin (@meeshymartin). Image courtesy of the artist. ### Oil for patience, film for grit Oil painting gives time and precision: crisp edges, measured shading, surfaces that read calmly. Film photography keeps a little grain and street texture, holding on to the world’s roughness while staying clear. Together they balance neatness and reality. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Film-Photography_-2022.2JPG-copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Film-Photography_-2022.5JPG-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** On the left and on the right: film photography. Images courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Film-Photography_-2022.7JPG-copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Film-Photography_-2022.JPG55-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** On the left and on the right: film photography. Images courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria_Luz_studioview_credits_Filipe-Feio_@itwasfiti-copy.webp) ****Maria Luz:** Studio view. Photo credits Filipe Feio (@itwasfiti). Image courtesy of the artist. ## From city noise to studio quiet Luz describes starting among urban restlessness and ending in a calm practice. That shift is visible in the restraint of her compositions and in the way she builds a “black sheet” book of photographs and notes to see connections across objects. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz_-Lies---Petals-Oil-on-canvas-33x24cm-2023-copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Hope--2023--oil-on-canvas--20x15cm-copy-1.webp) ****Maria Luz:** On the left: **Lies & Petals*, 2023, oil on canvas, 33 × 24 cm. On the right: **Hope*, 2023, oil on canvas, 20 × 15 cm. Image courtesy of the artist. ## Why this work matters now These pictures model a way of looking that many of us have lost: patient, precise, unhurried. In a visual culture that runs on spectacle, Luz offers clarity and proportion. The ordinary regains value through attention, which reads here as an ethic as much as an aesthetic. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz--film-photography-capturing-quiet-city-moments.webp) ****Maria Luz:** *Exhibition view, Flower Series.* Photo credits Meeshy Martin. Images courtesy of the artist. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Jogo-das-Cadeiras--The-Chair_s-Game--earrings--collaboration-with-@eixo_ines.-currently-we-are-@eixo.de.luz-copy.webp) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/10/Maria-Luz--oil-painting-of-everyday-urban-objects-in-Lisbon.webp) ****Maria Luz and Inês Eixo:** On the left: **Jogo das Cadeiras (The Chairs’ Game)*, earrings, photo by Eva Fisahn (@elf.visuals); on the right: **Tennis Match*, jewelry piece, Photo by Leonor Gomes (@leomg\_01). Both works belong to ****Eixo de Luz**, a collaborative jewelry project founded by Maria Luz and Inês Eixo, exploring playful design and memory through miniature objects. Follow @eixo.de.luz and @eixo\_ines. Images courtesy of the artist. Luz is the co-founder of [**Eixo de Luz**](https://www.instagram.com/eixo.de.luz/?ref=catapult-platform.art), a collaborative jewelry project created with [**Inês Eixo**](https://www.instagram.com/eixo%5Fines/?ref=catapult-platform.art), exploring playful design and memory through miniature objects. [Home | eixodeluz.comWhat’s better than a tennis match? Being on the sidelines with your friends.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/Asset-1-300x300.png)eixodeluz.comteam mutablep![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/cropped-logo-novo-eixo-scaled-1.png)](https://eixodeluz.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaea-HtpJFGgdJ8JuL3MUiqsuYAv5JMQr0oED6EsZkzSsBhDEIBL0zpTlPFVyA%5Faem%5FL5WFV3Bt3HtkZK9zgAiGQQ&ref=catapult-platform.art) Recent presentations include a showing at [**Art Basel in Paris**](https://www.artbasel.com/paris?lang=de&ref=catapult-platform.art) with [**Garcé & Dimofski**](https://www.garce-dimofski.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art)and a presentation at [**ArtPE in Pernambuco**](https://www.artpe.art.br/?ref=catapult-platform.art) with [**Nova Banca Galeria**](https://www.novabancagaleria.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art), placing her work in front of an international audience while keeping the scale intimate. [Paris: OverviewArt Basel Paris will take place at the Grand Palais, in the heart of the French capital.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/mstile-150x150.png)Art Basel![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/ab-og-image.png)](https://www.artbasel.com/paris?lang=de&ref=catapult-platform.art) [Garcé DimofskiGarcé Dimofski is a multidisciplinary design brand where architecture, interior, furniture, artistic exploration, and curation converge in a singular, material-driven language.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/favicon-28.ico)Garcé DimofskiPrendrecontact![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/GD_Icon_Black-min.jpg)](https://www.garce-dimofski.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) [ART.PE | Feira de Arte Contemporânea em Recife, PernambucoParticipe da ART.PE 2025, a feira de arte contemporânea em Recife. De 8 a 12 de outubro no Recife Expo Center, com galerias, artistas e curadores renomados.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)ART PE![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/13c314_f2e3bc4d855d47db8137791d942b0003~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_2500,h_1402,al_c/13c314_f2e3bc4d855d47db8137791d942b0003~mv2.png)](https://www.artpe.art.br/?ref=catapult-platform.art) [Nova Banca Galeria | Arte e Design em LisboaGaleria de Arte em Lisboa. Peças originais e prints assinados. Arte acessível.![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Nova Banca Galeria![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f96184_2947db90382848fa938a497a337826ed~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_2500,h_2499,al_c/f96184_2947db90382848fa938a497a337826ed~mv2.png)](https://www.novabancagaleria.com/?ref=catapult-platform.art) --- Follow Maria Luz on [**Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/mcorreialuz/?ref=catapult-platform.art) and visit her [**website**](https://www.marialuz.net/?ref=catapult-platform.art). 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