Lisbon · Est. 2011
Oil paintings from a quiet studio.
The work of Elias Marren — interiors held in soft light, landscapes walked slowly, and the faces of the people who sit still long enough to be seen.
Selected — 2023 / 2025
Works
A small, changing selection. For a full catalogue or studio visit, please write.
About
Painting is slow attention.
Elias Marren (b. 1979, Porto) paints from a converted top-floor studio in Alfama. His practice is unhurried: a single canvas may sit on the easel for months, watched, scraped back, and begun again.
He studied at ESAD Matosinhos and the Royal Drawing School in London. His work is held in private collections in Lisbon, Berlin, and New York.
“I am not trying to catch the thing. I am trying to sit with it long enough that it forgets I am there.”
Method
Process
Observe
Weeks of looking before any paint. Notes, walks, and the room at four different hours.
Sketch
Small oil studies on gessoed paper. The composition is decided here, never on the final canvas.
Layer
Thin underpainting, then months of glazes and impasto. The surface is built, not applied.
Selected
Exhibitions
- 2025ThresholdGaleria Foco, LisbonSolo
- 2024Slow RoomsCristea Roberts, LondonTwo-person
- 2023Ochre / OchreFundação Carmona, CascaisSolo
- 2022New FigurationKunsthalle WinterthurGroup
- 2021The Long LookGaleria Foco, LisbonSolo
Studio
Write to the studio.
Enquiries for available works, commissions, and studio visits are welcome. Replies come slowly but they come.
studio@onlineme.artVisit
Rua das Escolas Gerais 14
1100-002 Lisboa, Portugal
By appointment only
Elsewhere
Representation
Galeria Foco, Lisbon