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 ongoing project, Living Rooms, has been supported by two working grants from the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency (ex-Taike). The current series focuses on displaced individuals and the emotional connections they form with intimate rooms.
selected exhibitions
hiaa fest 2025, kaapelitehdas, valssaamo gallery, helsinki, FI
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
public without rhetoric, group exhibition, 16th venice architecture biennale, portuguese pavilion, venice, IT (project architect at fala atelier)
live uncertainty: an exhibition after the 32nd bienal de são paulo, group exhibition, serralves museum, porto, PT (project architect at fala atelier; with priscila fernandes)
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
feature NF house furniture, refurbishing the idea of home by sara camponez, finnish architectural review, issue 3-2026, FI
interview, art is a painful need - with rute morais peixoto, the visit podcast, FI
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