alexandre liberato
Alexandre Liberato (b. 1981) is a Portuguese visual artist, graduated in Architecture from the Technical University of Lisbon. Based in Berlin since 2012, he pursues an interdisciplinary practice encompassing painting, textile art, and sculpture. Rooted in the interplay of space and materiality, his work reveals a sustained inquiry into care, transformation, and resilience.
Working primarily with fabrics and sewing threads, Liberato investigates social and identity constructs, questioning how invisible structures shape personal identities, challenging entrenched dynamics of power, and reexamining notions of gender. Often employing layered surfaces, sculptural folds, and subtle color palettes, his compositions invite reflection on the fragile boundary between vulnerability and strength.
Liberato has expanded his practice through specialized programs such as the CREART Artistic Research Labs and a residency at Konvent.Zero in Barcelona. His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, including at KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art, Hošek Contemporary, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Studio Baustelle, Projektraum 145, and his own STUDIO/GALLERY in Berlin. Additionally, he has exhibited at the Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival and was recently selected by the curatorial team of the 18th International Triennial of Textile Art at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland.
Working primarily with fabrics and sewing threads, Liberato investigates social and identity constructs, questioning how invisible structures shape personal identities, challenging entrenched dynamics of power, and reexamining notions of gender. Often employing layered surfaces, sculptural folds, and subtle color palettes, his compositions invite reflection on the fragile boundary between vulnerability and strength.
Liberato has expanded his practice through specialized programs such as the CREART Artistic Research Labs and a residency at Konvent.Zero in Barcelona. His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions across Europe, including at KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art, Hošek Contemporary, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Studio Baustelle, Projektraum 145, and his own STUDIO/GALLERY in Berlin. Additionally, he has exhibited at the Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival and was recently selected by the curatorial team of the 18th International Triennial of Textile Art at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland.
statment
My practice explores masculinity through acts of care, attentiveness, and reflection, proposing an alternative understanding of what it means to occupy a so-called “masculine” space. Rather than reinforcing narratives of aggression or dominance, I focus on vulnerability and openness, asserting that strength can emerge through empathy, restraint, and transformation. This inquiry runs consistently through my work, from intimate textile pieces to large-scale installations, inviting viewers to reconsider how social constructs might be reimagined.
Care is not only a subject but also a method. Through sewing, painting, layering, and other forms of meticulous, time-based labor, identity becomes something constructed, repaired, and reconfigured. Each fragment of fabric or layer of pigment functions as a site where personal experience intersects with collective memory. By interweaving material, color, and space, I explore how subtle gestures can generate new structures and open pathways for change.
My work engages the threshold between physical and emotional space — a place where fragility and resilience coexist. I understand this tension as a contemporary form of the sublime: quiet, embodied, and attentive rather than monumental or forceful. Healing and transformation, in my view, do not arise from control, but from care. Each stitch and surface becomes a metaphor for reworking the cultural fabric that shapes identity and belonging.
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Alexandre liberato
b* 1981, Lisbon-Portugal
Visual Artist & Architect, based in Berlin
contact@alexandreliberato.com
www.alexandreliberato.com
Education
2017-2018, CREART - Artistic and Creative Research Labs, with Gemma Guasch and Josep Asunción, Barcelona
2017, International Symposium Architecture of Collage at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2017, Seminar Experimental Photography at AR.CO, Lisbon
2012, Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, with Sheng Qing 盛情, Beijing
1999-2005, BA (Hons) Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Technical University, Lisbon
exhibitions
11.10.2025 - 3.05.2026, DECONSTRUCTION/RECONSTRUCTION, 18th International Triennial of Textile, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland
2025, THE FINAL AUCTION, group exhibition, Contemporary Art Gallery WESERHALLE, Berlin
2025, BAAM#10, Berlin Artists Art Market, Kühlhaus, Berlin
2024, COURAGE NOT TO FIGHT, solo exhibition, STUDIO/GALLERY, Berlin
2024, SUBLIMINAL SILENCE, duo exhibition with Filippo M. Ceredi, 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin
2024, NATURE MORTE AFTER NATURE OBSERVATA, group exhibition, Showroom Frau Caze, Berlin
2024, THINGS YOU CAN NOT BUY, group exhibition, Sellerie Weekend, Studio Baustelle, Berlin
2023, BAAM#6, Berlin Artists Art Market, Not A Gallery, Berlin
2023, DESIGN·ART·SUNDAY, group exhibition, Casa de Música tuCanto, Berlin
2023, SER & SENSITIVITY, solo exhibition, Café Tasso, Berlin
2022, BAAM#4, Berlin Artists Art Market, Moos Space, Berlin
2022, μελαγχολία (MELANCHOLY), duo exhibition with HANSLAND, STUDIO/GALLERY, Berlin
2022, MORE NEW HEROES, solo exhibition, STUDIO/GALLERY, Berlin
2022, EPO FOR UKRAINE, charity auction, European Patent Office, Munich
2021, AIR, 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival, KINDL - Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2021, FRESH LEGS, group exhibition, Gallery Heike Arndt DK, Berlin
2020, ΤΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΦΟΒΟΣ; WHAT IS FEAR?, film festival, Hošek Contemporary, Berlin
2020, UNLOCK, group exhibition, Espacio 88, Barcelona
2020, BEFORE THE INSURGENCY, Thessaloniki Queer Art Festival, online
2020, BIG WHITE LIES, solo exhibition, 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival, Berlin
2019, QUEERNESS, group exhibition, Projektraum 145, Berlin
publications
2025, 18th International Triennial of Textile Catalogue, Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland
2025, Suboart Magazine Nr. 50, International Art Magazine for Emerging Artists, Publishing house Peecho
2025, New Art Project - Issue 5, Publishing house Blurb
2025, Contemporary Art Chronicle - Volume 8, Digital Publication
RESIDENCIES
2019 Konvent.Zero, Berga, Barcelona
ARCHITECTURE
2012-2017, Co-founder of the architectural office PitLibermann GbR, Berlin
2012, Architect at DO Architecture Art Interior Gallery Fun, DO度联体艺术设计机构 际, 798 Art District, Beijing
2005-2011, Architect at BCQ Arquitectura Barcelona