Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1978, Felipe Barbosa holds a Bachelor's degree in Painting and a Master's in Visual Languages from the Escola de Belas Artes at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, and was a PhD candidate in Contemporary Art at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His practice is rooted in the transformation of everyday objects -- soccer balls, matchsticks, bottle caps, metro tickets, firecrackers -- into sculptures, installations, and wall works that reveal the hidden geometry and latent energy of the ordinary. Rather than fabricating from scratch, Barbosa appropriates materials already charged with cultural meaning and repositions them, producing formal structures that operate simultaneously as aesthetic objects and social commentary. The result is work that feels immediately recognizable yet fundamentally displaced. Solo exhibitions include presentations at Sara Meltzer Gallery in New York, Galeria Casa Triângulo in São Paulo, the Centro de Artes Hélio Oiticica in Rio de Janeiro, Paço Imperial, and Galeria Filomena Soares in Lisbon. His work has been exhibited internationally at the Miami Art Museum, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Kawasaki City Museum in Japan, and the Nasher Museum at Duke University, among others. He lives and works between Brazil and Portugal.