Carlos Noronha Feio lives and works in Oeiras. Through his multidisciplinary work, Carlos Noronha Feio explores themes such as identity, nationalism, and local and global culture. His practice seeks to challenge preconceived notions of belonging by incorporating historical, geographical and political references, juxtaposing them to create his own compositions.
Noronha Feio obtained a PhD from the Royal College of Art in London. Selected solo exhibitions: (heling!), Kunstfort, Netherlands (2025/6); Arkipélg, CNAD, Cape Verde (2024); (sunsight!)/(sunclipse!), Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin (2022); Zero/Zero, (with Délio Jasse) Almada Municipal Gallery, Almada (2019); (sunsight!)/(sunclipse!), 3+1 Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2019); even if at heart we are uncertain of the will to connect, there is a common future ahead, Narrative projects, London (2018); A Matter of Trust, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2017); bathed in the bright light of the sunset, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2015); and Oikonomia: A Matter of Trust, MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon (2015).
Group exhibitions include: Notas de Rodapé, Jahn und Jahn, Lisbon (2026); Painting: Field of Observation Part II, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2021); From Within and Without – Group exhibition of artists from Cape Verde, curated by the Cape Verde Cultural Centre and UCLA, Lisbon (2021); Dissonâncias, MNAC, Lisbon (2020); The fabric of felicity, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2018); Variations Portugaises, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Meymac (2018); Futures, CAC Vilnius (2017); You Are Now Entering_________, CCA Londonderry/Derry (2012); and Image Wars, Abrons Art Centre, New York (2011).
Between 2009 and 2014, Noronha Feio was director of The Mews Project Space in London. His works were featured in the publications “The Art of Not Making: The New Artist/Artisan Relationship” and “Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life Tradition”, both published by Thames & Hudson.
Collections include: MACAM, Portugal; MAAT – EDP Art Foundation, Portugal; the Norlinda and José Lima Collection, Portugal; the José Carlos Santana Pinto Collection, Portugal; the Gaspar/Marin Collection, Portugal; the Saatchi Collection, United Kingdom; the PLMJ Foundation, Portugal; MNAC – Chiado Museum, Portugal; MAR – Rio Art Museum, Brazil; State

Collection, Portugal; CNAD, Cape Verde; amongst other public and private, national and international collections.