Galeria Nuno Centeno is proud to announce that its represented artist, Sobral Centeno, has been nominated for the Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize 2025.
Conceived in 2021, this prize aims to increase exposure and stimulate the international presence of Portuguese artists and its diaspora. The proceeds from the selected works will go towards creating artistic programs to support disadvantaged children in Portugal.
As part of a list of 30 artists nominated by a group of art experts, Sobral is represented with the work Untitled, 2025.
Sobral Centeno explores the transmission of memory: within his rapid brushstrokes’ hierarchical chaos, moments of his consciousness are hidden. The confrontation with these explosive gestures in Untitled, at first impact, is almost overwhelming. Among the disorganisation, chaos, and chance, hierarchy is quietly present. The expressivity of colour and the spontaneous gesture are ruled by layers - a reflection of the artist’s search for an understanding of reality. Within the abstract, the figurative can also be found; rituals, symbolic objects, and ideologies from different civilizations are concealed between the layers of acrylic. Using his art to process and share his experiences, Centeno unfolds his vision of the world, constantly transformed by political and cultural shifts.
The work will be part of the Sovereign Art Foundation exhibition, which will run from November 26th to December 13th, 2025. It is also at the inauguration that the winner of the Grand Prize will be revealed by a jury that includes Adelaide Ginga, Armando Cabral, João Paulo Queirós, Phillipe Verge, Tim Marlow, among others.
This jury selection is complemented by another result from the public - Public Vote Prize, which is now open. Galeria Nuno Centeno would like you to consider voting for Sobral Centeno.