Nelo Teixeira Angola, b. 1974

Overview

Nelo Teixeira is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, collage, assemblage, sculpture, and installation.His work engages in a profound dialogue with Art Brut, Arte Povera, and the Fluxus movement, incorporating found materials and discarded objects to construct visual narratives that oscillate between the poetic and the political.

 

Profoundly influenced by the urban and social realities of Luanda, Teixeira transforms fragments of daily life—metal cans, wooden crates, plastics, fabrics, and urban debris—into compositions that evoke memory, precarity, and resilience. His approach integrates graphic and linguistic elements, where words and inscriptions emerge as visual symbols and performative gestures, inscribing new layers of meaning onto the materials he reclaims.

 

His experience in theatrical and television set design manifests in the installation-based dimension of his work, where precarious architectural structures and modular forms evoke informal housing spaces and the fragmentation of the social fabric. His visual universe—populated by stylized, typified human figures—bears affinities with the expressive force of Jean Dubuffet, Karel Appel, and Jean-Michel Basquiat, establishing a visceral link between materiality and human representation.

 

In 2015, Nelo Teixeira represented Angola at the Venice Biennale, participating in the pavilion "On Ways of Travelling", alongside António Ole, Binelde Hyrcan, Délio Jasse, and Francisco Vidal. There, he presented a monumental installation of anthropomorphic sculptures, composed of wood, metal, and repurposed materials. Since then, he has exhibited across multiple geographies, consolidating a practice that traverses tradition and contemporaneity, art and activism.

 

Teixeira currently lives and works between Angola and Portugal, continuing to develop a body of work that reflects on territory, identity, and social transformation, employing art as a tool of resistance and collective reinvention.

 
 
Works
  • A Marca do Povo
    Nelo Teixeira
    A Marca do Povo, 2022
    Felt-tip pen on tracing paper
    146 x 124 cm
  • A vista do lado de lá
    Nelo Teixeira
    A vista do lado de lá, 2023
    Collage on wood
    132 x 162 x 8 cm
  • As Matrizes da Vida
    Nelo Teixeira
    As Matrizes da Vida, 2022
    Mixed technique on canvas
    144 x 190 cm
  • Fora da Janela
    Nelo Teixeira
    Fora da Janela, 2023
    Mixed media, metal on wood
    143 x 90 cm
  • Liberdade Social
    Nelo Teixeira
    Liberdade Social, 2023
    Mixed media on canvas
    216 x 244 cm
  • Na Passada
    Nelo Teixeira
    Na Passada, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    212 x 256 cm
  • Notícias do Trabalho
    Nelo Teixeira
    Notícias do Trabalho, 2025
    Wood, acrylic and found objects
    91 x 98 x 11 cm
  • O Encontro da Vida
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Encontro da Vida, 2023
    Acrylic on discarded aluminium cans and metal threads
    150 x 220 cm
  • O fim do jogo I - Series: Fim do Game
    Nelo Teixeira
    O fim do jogo I - Series: Fim do Game, 2022
    Collage and mixed media on paper
    100 x 70 cm
  • O fim do jogo II - Series: Fim do Game
    Nelo Teixeira
    O fim do jogo II - Series: Fim do Game, 2022
    Collage and mixed media on paper
    100 x 70 cm / 105 x 74 cm (framed)
  • O fim do jogo IV - Series: Fim do Game
    Nelo Teixeira
    O fim do jogo IV - Series: Fim do Game, 2022
    Collage and mixed media on paper
    100 x 70 cm / 105 x 74 cm (framed)
  • O fim do jogo V - Series: Fim do Game
    Nelo Teixeira
    O fim do jogo V - Series: Fim do Game, 2022
    Collage and mixed media on paper
    100 x 70 cm / 105 x 74 cm (framed)
  • O fim do jogo VIII - Series: Fim do Game
    Nelo Teixeira
    O fim do jogo VIII - Series: Fim do Game, 2022
    Collage and mixed media on paper
    100 x 70 cm
  • O Maestro do Povo
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Maestro do Povo, 2023
    Collage on paper
    184 x 124 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #1
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #1, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #11
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #11, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #12
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #12, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #13
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #13, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #16
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #16, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #3
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #3, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #4
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #4, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #5
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #5, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Meu Musseque #8
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Meu Musseque #8, 2022
    Mixed media on paper (acrylic and silk screen)
    50 x 70 cm
  • O Pico do Virou III
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Pico do Virou III , 2019
    Mixed Technique on wood
    38 cm (diameter)
  • O Pico do Virou VI
    Nelo Teixeira
    O Pico do Virou VI, 2019
    Mixed Technique on wood
    38 cm (diameter)
  • Ouvir, ver, calar (Tryptic)
    Nelo Teixeira
    Ouvir, ver, calar (Tryptic), 2020
    Mixed media on paper
    78 x 52 cm (each)
  • Parada Povo
    Nelo Teixeira
    Parada Povo, 2025
    Mixed media and collage on wood
    176 x 183 x 18 cm
  • Povo Kibulu
    Nelo Teixeira
    Povo Kibulu, 2025
    Wood, acrylic and found objects
    93 x 105 x 17 cm
  • Serie: "As minhas linhas no papel vegetal"
    Nelo Teixeira
    Serie: "As minhas linhas no papel vegetal", 2022
    Mixed media on tracing paper
    Each: 30 x 21 cm; (framed) 32 x 23 x 3 cm
  • Tuapandula
    Nelo Teixeira
    Tuapandula, 2020
    Wood, acrylic, and found objects
    50 x 66 cm
  • Untitled
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled, 2025
    Wood, acrylic, and found objects
    154 x 74 x 15 cm
  • Untitled
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled, 2025
    Wood, acrylic, and found objects
    149 x 75 x 15 cm
  • Untitled
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled, 2025
    Mixed media and collage on wood
    144 x 194 x 10 cm
  • Untitled #1
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled #1, 2021
    Mixed media and sutures on paper
    115 x 95 cm
  • Untitled #2
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled #2, 2021
    Mixed media and sutures on paper
    115 x 95 cm
  • Untitled - Series Lost Fragments
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled - Series Lost Fragments, 2020
    Wood, acrylic, and found objects
    50 x 87 x 12 cm
  • Untitled - Series Lostfragments
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled - Series Lostfragments, 2020
    Wood, acrylic, found objects
    51 x 87 x 21 cm
  • Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala, 2021
    Acrylic, found objects, and other mixed media on wood
    134 x 138 x 10 cm
  • Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala, 2021
    Acrylic, found objects and other mixed media on wood
    108 x 172 cm
  • Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala, 2021
    Acrylic, found objects, and other mixed media on wood
    105 x 188 cm
  • Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala, 2021
    Acrylic, found objects, and other mixed media on wood
    137 x 157,5 x 10 cm
  • Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala
    Nelo Teixeira
    Untitled. Series: Fragmentos da Chicala, 2021
    Acrylic, found objects, and other mixed media on wood
    110 x 170 x 10 cm
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