Lucas Fernando Rubly (b. 1991, São Paulo, BR) creates introspective, solitary paintings that reflect on the gradual disintegration of ecologies and structures within Brazil. With muted palettes and delicate brushwork, he renders half-remembered sites – crumbling colonial facades, collapsing sandcastles, faded botanicals, and temporary structures like tents and birdcages – that trace the erosion of place, memory, and cultural continuity. His work occupies a space between figuration and abstraction, drawing from the legacy of Brazilian modernists like Alfredo Volpi and the tonal sensitivity of his mentor Paulo Pasta. “I’m drawn to things that don’t hold for long, that exist in silence,” Rubly says. Each painting becomes “an attempt, even while accepting defeat, to make something made of dust hold and endure,” offering a quiet resistance to haste, monumentalism, and erasure.

Lucas Rubly has an upcoming solo exhibition at Artur Fidalgo, Rio de Janeiro, BR (2025) and has held solo exhibitions at Sea View, Los Angeles, CA (2025); Galeria Verve, São Paulo BR (2024); Samuele Visentin, London, UK (2024). He has participated in group exhibitions at Althuis Hofland, Amsterdam, NL (2025); Samuele Visentin, London, UK (2025); Centro MariAntonia da USP, São Paulo, BR (2025); Espaço República, São Paulo, BR (2025); Espaço Delirium, São Paulo, BR (2024); Casa SP-Arte São Paulo, BR (2024); Galeria Millan, São Paulo, BR (2024); New Gallery, São Paulo, BR (2023); and Galeria Tato, São Paulo, BR (2023). His work is in the collection of the National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.