Teresa Freitas
(b. 1990, Lisbon)
Fine Art Photographer and Colourist
Biography
Bachelor in Multimedia Art (Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon) - 2013
Masters in Design & New Media (Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon) - 2015
Solo Exhibitions
December 2023 - April 2024: Spring Light, Dong-gu Culture Platform, Busan
January 2022 - April 2022: Springtime Delight, ALT.1 Cultural Space, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
October 2022: MWME: More Than What Meets the Eye, Gallery BK, Seoul
June 2021: Holding Space, Subject Matter Art, London
May 2021: 近在咫尺 Up Close, Today Art Museum, Beijing
February 2021: Insties Gerador, Romeu Correia Forum, Lisbon
Brand Collaborations
2023: Peugeot, Penguin Books, Minuty
2022: Porsche, OPPO, Fujifilm
2021: Sonos, Slowdown Studio, Farm Rio, Heineken
2020: Chloé, Issey Miyake, TCL Mobile
2019: smart, Calvin Klein, Paris Opera, Pandora
2018: Netflix, American Express, Escada, Huawei, Montblanc, Polaroid, Adobe
2017: Dior, Kenzo, HP, Olympus, Warner Studios, Pantone
Publications and Selected Press Articles
2023: Setanta Books, Teresa Freitas
2022: ELLE Korea, Color Vibes
2021: Creative Boom, Pastel Coloured Dreamy Travel Photographs to Brighten Your Day
2020: DNAMAG, Creative Spotlight
2019: It's Nice That, Teresa Freitas Constructs a Cinematic World Through Hue, Saturation and Light
Artist Statement
‘The visible secret behind my work lies in how colour can transport us to a subtle change of reality. I’m an active student and seeker of anything colour.
You will see both bold and pastel hues in the same image - a visual paradox that our minds aren’t used to and a play on colour that is very interesting to me as an artist. Beyond that paradox is a sense of calm and happiness that continually permeates my work. The viewer’s emotions and intellect are engaged just as much as their eyes and their aesthetic response.
My photography is intuitive, and not analytical. I shoot whatever my eyes are drawn to. The edit however is intentional and technical, so that “certain way” comes afterwards.
In my ongoing Cinematica series I document places around the world and then transform them through my colour-work. While the places in my photographs exist, at the same time there is something a little bit "off" about them. I like to pick up on something that has a familiar aesthetic, like palm trees in Palm Springs, a Chinatown street, spring blossoms in Seoul - and then turn them into something less tangible and more cinematic. They feel almost amorphous, like they are places that exist in a fantasy world, rather than reality. We wonder if they are true or if we're just inside a dream.’