Antonio de Campos

Antonio de Campos is a Brazilian-born artist based in Frankfurt, Germany. Working across drawing, painting, photography, relief, sculpture and mixed media, he explores how surface, light and structure create a sense of space. His compositions move between architectural suggestion and abstraction, inviting viewers to reconsider what appears flat, deep, solid or shifting.

Process and the PAPERCAST Series

His practice combines physical construction, photographic observation and analogue and digital experimentation. Ink, painted surfaces, models and layered images become starting points for works that bring precision into dialogue with gesture and material irregularity. In his PAPERCAST series, handmade paper constructions are photographed and transformed into images suspended between drawing, architecture and abstraction.

Collaboration with Zaha Hadid

For more than a decade, de Campos collaborated closely with Zaha Hadid and Zaha Hadid Architects as an artist consultant, contributing drawings, paintings, reliefs and visual concepts. Work produced through this collaboration appeared in major exhibitions, including the 2006 Zaha Hadid retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

In 2022, the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt presented Antonio de Campos – Concepts for Zaha Hadid, recognising his contribution to the development of architectural imagery. The exhibition subsequently travelled to FUGA – Budapest Center of Architecture in 2022–2023 and Deutsche Werkstätten in Dresden in 2023.

Limited Editions and Collecting

Alongside this collaborative history, de Campos continues to develop his independent practice. His photographic and print editions extend his exploration of spatial ambiguity, movement and transformation. Limited editions are signed, numbered and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, with materials specified for each work.