Rute Morais Peixoto is a Portuguese interdisciplinary artist and architect based in Helsinki, Finland. Combining visual art, architecture, and music, her practice delves into themes of perception, memory, attachment, compulsive geometrical alignments, and the pursuit of singularities in the ordinary. It spans collage, painting, songwriting, media art, interior and building design. Morais Peixoto’s work has been exhibited in venues across Finland, Portugal, and Slovenia.
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. Morais Peixoto has collaborated with renowned studios, including Souto de Moura, Siza Vieira, Fala Atelier, and Lundén Architecture Oy, and has taught at Aalto University.
Her main ongoing project, Living Rooms, has been supported by two working grants from Taike. The current series focuses on displaced individuals and the emotional connections they form with intimate rooms.
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
graduation with distinction, master's thesis architecture, body and cognition: a reflection on the perceptive architectural experience
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
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