Luísa Petiz
Luísa Petiz is a Portuguese architect and visual artist based between Lisbon and Macau. She graduated in Architecture from the Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa (FAUTL) in 2018.
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Her creative practice focuses primarily on watercolor illustration, strongly influenced by her passion for travel, architecture, and cultural heritage. With a background in architecture, her work reflects a deep sensitivity to urban details and façades, often represented in a realist style that captures both the beauty and rawness of the built environment.
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In 2021, she was invited to collaborate with Elle Decoration China Magazine, which published her watercolor Hangzhou West Lake in its May issue. That same year, she held her first solo exhibition, Macau em Aguarelas, at the Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong.
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A year later, she continued to explore the culture, landscapes, and colors of the East, leading to her second solo exhibition, Um Olhar pelo Oriente, at Fundação Rui Cunha in March 2022. After moving back to Portugal, she illustrated the children’s book D. Manuel I by the renowned Portuguese author Isabel Stilwell. Maintaining her presence in Macau, she held two more solo exhibitions: Selos de Passagem at Ka Ho Gallery in November 2022 and another exhibition at Sofitel Hotel in September 2023.
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In June 2024, she participated in the group exhibition Tracing Portuguese Roots at H2H Gallery in Ka Ho, Macau. Back in Lisbon, she also took part in several group exhibitions at Atelier Natália Gromicho in Chiado and was featured in an interview by Câmara Municipal de Lisboa.
"This project was born from the interest to explore my two big passions: travelling and architecture. I always loved visiting new places, wether famous cities and landmarks or hidden and mysterious locations. When I was younger I used to do a lot of urban sketching in Portugal and it quickly became a hobby. I started taking my notebook and watercolor box everywhere I'd travel to. Later, as an architect, I began looking closely into details and I got fascinated with the different styles of cultures, buildings and landscapes. I started saving my memories from those places I had travelled to in watercolors, and helping others remember their special places around the world."