Diogo Pimentão employs paper and graphite as a starting point for his drawing experiments, blurring the boundaries between drawing and sculpture. Using a method he calls ‘blind drawing’ Pimentão coats paper sheets with often freely moving graphite particles, subsequently folding and layering them to create structures that defy the lightness of paper, resembling welded metals. The process of folding and recycling embodies the artist’s interest in the memory and history of materials as well as his fascination with hidden or concealed aspects of a structure or process. The result of Pimentãos’ practice is at times unpredictable, both for his drawings- as well as his three-dimensional objects.
Selected work

Depth (transmission)
Paper, graphite and concrete
40 x 15.5 x 30.5 cm
2024

Diogo Pimentão
Hold (closely)
Paper and graphite
63 x 34.5 x 11.5 cm
2022

Incorporate
Paper and graphite
137 x 63 x 7cm
2018

Diogo Pimentão
Fall
Museum board and graphite
12.1 x 11.8 x 0.5 cm
2024