Emanuel de Carvalho

Emanuel de Carvalho works across painting, sculpture, and sound. He holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art alongside a PhD in Medicine from the University of Amsterdam and postgraduate studies in neuro-ophthalmology at University College London. Recent exhibitions include Galerie Molitor (2025, solo 2026); Perrotin, Paris (2025); Hauser & Wirth, Somerset (2024); X Museum, Beijing (2024); Duarte Sequeira, Braga and Seoul (2024, solo 2023); Nir Altman, Munich (2024), Gathering, London (2023, solo 2024, 2026); Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai (2022) and The Sunday Painter, London (2022).

Lives and works in London, UK

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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack II,2024
Oil on canvas,60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack III,2024
Oil on linen with pumice,100 x 50 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack XIII,2026
Oil and pumice on linen,50 x 40 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,ground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,unground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,form lack,2024
Oil on linen,200 x 150 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,lack skill I ,2024
Mild steel with slate black patina,500 x 120 x 50 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,transfer lack,2024
Oil on linen,150 x 200 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,code lack,2024
Oil, marble dust and pumice on linen,240 x 360 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,guard lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 300 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack II,2024
Oil on canvas,60 x 50 x 4.5 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack III,2024
Oil on linen with pumice,100 x 50 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,document lack XIII,2026
Oil and pumice on linen,50 x 40 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,ground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,unground lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 340 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,form lack,2024
Oil on linen,200 x 150 x 4 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,lack skill I ,2024
Mild steel with slate black patina,500 x 120 x 50 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,transfer lack,2024
Oil on linen,150 x 200 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,code lack,2024
Oil, marble dust and pumice on linen,240 x 360 cm
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Emanuel de Carvalho,guard lack,2023
Oil on linen,200 x 300 cm

Solo and Group Exhibitions

2026

How to Disappear Completely, Jetlag Projects, London, UK

2025

of Malabou, Galerie Molitor, Berlin, Germany

Portals to Unwritten Time, Perrotin, Paris, France

Through a Glass, Darkly, Galerie Molitor, Berlin, Germany

2024

Transferring Domain, Gathering in Collaboration with Nir Altman, Munich, Germany code new state, Gathering, London, UK Present Tense, Hauser and Wirth, Somerset, UK Portrait of a Man, X Museum, Beijing, China

2023

Support Structures, Gathering, London, UK KIAF with Duarte Sequeira Gallery, Seoul, South Korea  Art Busan with Duarte Sequeira Gallery, Busan, South Korea  Echoes Across Surfaces, Duarte Sequeira Gallery, Braga, Portugal

2022

RAW, Gallery Vacancy, Shanghai, China Crush, Grove Berlin, Berlin, Germany Between the bridge and the door, Pictorum Gallery, London, UK new state, Guts Gallery, London, UK Turps Gallery On-site final show, London, UK Queer augmented, VO Curations x Snap, London, UK And this skin of mine, to live again a second time, Guts Gallery, London, UK  Virile, House of St Barnabas, London, UK Zoom in, Prior Art Space, Berlin, Germany Salon, The Sunday Painter, London, UK 

2021

De nos jours, Osnova Gallery (Moscow, Russia) Off-site programme during Frieze, London, UK AORA:III, AORA Space, London, UK Medium Rare, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK 

Selected Press

25 Jun 2025

Emanuel de Carvalho is included in The Columbist's Challenging Time and Space: July Exhibitions’ Highlights in Berlin, surrounding his inclusion in Galerie Molitor's group exhibition Through a Glass, Darkly.

15 Dec 2024

Emanuel de Carvalho is included in ArtCube’s 2024 Discoveries Report, highlighting the top 100 early-career artists in 2024/2025.

9 Nov 2024

Gathering's booth at Art Cologne features in Artsy's fair round-up

5 Sept 2024

Frieze features transferring domain at Nir Altman in collaboration with Gathering among best shows to see during Various Others, Munich

9 May 2024

Emanuel de Carvalho profiled by Artsy for his solo show code state new on show at Gathering