Felipe Góes (São Paulo, Brazil, 1983) lives and works in São Paulo. He has pursued his own artistic practice since the age of 22. He studied Painting at Instituto Tomie Ohtake under Paulo Pasta (2008–2012), Art History with Rodrigo Naves (2007 and 2016), and Architecture at Universidade Mackenzie (2002–2006). He is currently pursuing an MFA in Painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in the United States.
Góes’s research investigates the production and perception of images in contemporary life, taking natural landscape and the cosmos as its point of departure. His brushwork is expressive, his palette features vibrant, boldly imagined colors, and each canvas functions as an open window through which viewers can project their own memories. The landscapes emerge from the encounter between memory and fantasy, in “non-places” that verge on abstraction. In his work, landscape functions as a means of reflecting on nature, the environment, and existence on planet Earth.
His solo exhibitions include Ser Ilha at Zipper Galeria (São Paulo, 2025); Disco Celeste at Zipper Galeria (São Paulo, 2023); Zirkadianer Rhythmus at Galeria Kogan Amaro (Zurich, 2022); Ciclo Circadiano at Galeria Kogan Amaro (São Paulo, 2022); Cataclismo at Galeria Kogan Amaro (São Paulo, 2019); Bennu at Galeria Virgílio (São Paulo, 2018); Paisagens at Galeria Murilo Castro (Belo Horizonte, 2018); Paisagem incerta at Instituto Moreira Salles (Poços de Caldas, 2017); Recanto at Museu Universitário de Arte da UFU (Uberlândia, 2017); Ocaso at Galeria Virgílio (São Paulo, 2016); Dissolução at Central Galeria de Arte (São Paulo, 2014); Dilute at Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (Arizona, 2014); and A aparência da memória at Usina do Gasômetro (Porto Alegre, 2012).
In 2026, he took part in the group exhibition Telúricos at Galeria Nara Roesler (São Paulo). He also participated in the 2nd Bienal Internacional de Asunción (Paraguay, 2017) and in group exhibitions including El viaje interminable at the Palácio Pereda / Brazilian Embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina, 2023); Ephemeral Existence at Studio 620 (New York, 2022); Color Bind at Galeria Kogan Amaro (São Paulo, 2021, curated by Marcello Dantas); Utopia de colecionar o pluralismo da arte at Fundação Marcos Amaro (Itu, 2019); Paisagens que aprendi de cor at Museu Inimá de Paula (Belo Horizonte, 2018); Mapping Spaces at Kentler International Drawing Space (New York, 2016); and Ainda não é o fim do mundo at Paço das Artes (São Paulo, 2025).
His works are held in collections including MARGS (Porto Alegre), Museu de Arte Leopoldo Gotuzzo (Pelotas), Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, MACS (Sorocaba), Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Coleção Marcos Amaro, Kentler International Drawing Space (New York), and Mesa Community College (Arizona). He has undertaken residencies at the Ottawa School of Art (Canada, 2024), the School of Visual Arts (New York, 2021), the Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art (Arizona, 2014), and Instituto Sacatar (Itaparica, 2012).