Luis Dourado is a Portuguese multimedia artist based in Berlin. With a background in Product Design (ESAD, Porto) and Ephemeral Architecture (Pompeu Fabra University), the artist transitioned into the fields of Visual Arts, Illustration, and Creative Direction shortly after finishing his studies. Resorting to both originally generated images and found footage, his work oscillates between the usage of both digital and analogue media, a group technical resources that predominantly focus on image deconstruction and alteration and manipulation.The technical resources are intimatly connected to the core themes of his work: Control, Domination, Perception and Distortion – dimensions on which the artist comments from  both intelectual and physical angles.His art- works have been published in books by Gestalten Verlag, as well as in high-profile editions such as WIRED, Étapes, Elephant or It´s Nice That. The artist has created exclusive commissioned work for selected clients such as: HBO, Fat Cat Records, The New York Times, Quarterly or Arnolfini Gallery.

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