Rute Morais Peixoto is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist and architect based in Helsinki, Finland. Combining visual art, architecture, and music, her work explores themes of perception, memory, emotion, diversity, obsessive geometrical alignments, and the constant pursuit of singularities in the ordinary. Rute's practice spans media art, paper collage, painting, illustration, songwriting, interior and building design.
Holding an MArch with distinction from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto, she also studied at University of Ljubljana and the Music Conservatory of Porto. Rute has collaborated with renowned studios, including Souto de Moura, Siza Vieira, Fala Atelier, and Lundén Architecture Oy, and has been teaching periodically at Aalto University since 2022.
Her main ongoing project, Living Rooms, has been supported by two working grants from Taike. It centres on audiovisual portraits exploring the emotional connections we form with intimate rooms.
upcoming / ongoing
home cooking, group exhibition, yö galleria, helsinki, FI
date: 24.11 from 15-19h
technophilia and the new society, group exhibition, Kulttuuritila Merirasti, helsinki, FI
dates: 14.11-19.12 / vernissage: 14.11 from 17-20h
arquitectas da nossa casa, group exhibition, casa das caldeiras, coimbra, PT
dates: 26.10-31.1.25
selected exhibitions
home cooking, group exhibition, yö galleria, helsinki, FI
technophilia and the new society, group exhibition, Kulttuuritila Merirasti, helsinki, FI
arquitectas da nossa casa, group exhibition, casa das caldeiras, coimbra, PT
spaces and memory, solo exhibition, mental health art week 2023, helsinki, FI
architectural video games, group exhibition, galerija dessa, ljubljana, SI
awards & recognitions
state artist working grant (3 years), arts promotion centre finland (taike), FI
state artist working grant (1 years), arts promotion centre finland (taike), FI
3rd place competition, "logo katedra za urbanizem", with lovro jelenko, ricardo tomé, monika šafářová, ljubljana, SI
talks & lectures
lecture, design methodologies I, aalto university, FI
lecture, design methodologies II, aalto university, FI
talk, what spaces shaped you?, mental health art week 2023, helsinki, FI
talk, portugal vs the rest of the world, indizajn, zagreb, HR
lecture, architecture, body and cognition: a reflection on the perceptive architectural experience, science and technology week 2015, porto, PT
teaching activities
guest critic, conceptual space, interior architecture master's, aalto university, FI
master's thesis examiner, crafting realistic architectural environments in virtual space by sunqi zhu, aalto university, FI
university teacher, researching space, interior architecture MA course, with antti pirinen, aalto university, FI
spaces and memory workshop, nicehearts oy, helsinki, FI
university teacher, building design studio, architecture master's, with pirjo sanaksenaho, aalto university, FI
teacher, UJR summer school, faculty of architecture of porto, PT
publications & features
interview, a estrela polar indica o caminho da nova emigração portuguesa, jornal de negócios, PT
article, outeiro house: crafting creativity, BUM edition 4: hone, BUM editions
interview, the architecture of live uncertainty, serralves museum & são paulo art biennial, PT