Add Fuel
Add Fuel is Portuguese visual artist and illustrator Diogo Machado (b. 1980). His work blends traditional and contemporary elements, focusing on reinterpreting the language of traditional tile design and Portuguese tin-glazed ceramic azulejo. His designs are known for their complexity and attention to detail, incorporating tessellations and visual illusion techniques.
Biography
Bio
Diogo Machado, also known as Add Fuel, was born in 1980 in Portugal
Academic Carrer
Diogo Machado, known as Add Fuel, studied graphic design at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Matosinhos, Portugal.
Professional Carrer
Add Fuel, formerly a graphic designer, has been showcasing his work in both solo and group exhibitions since 2006. He has participated in some of the world's leading urban art events.
Influences
His artistic practice is influenced by traditional tile design, particularly the Portuguese tin-glazed ceramic azulejo. His work integrates tessellations, symmetrical repetitions, and visual illusion techniques such as trompe-l'œil.
Works from Add Fuel
AZ559 (BLUEPRINT GLITCH)
Add Fuel
Edition of /50 + 10 AP
Four-colour screen print on paper
Signed and numbered by the artist
Kingdom White 300 g/m2 paper
50 × 50 cm
2025
AZ559 (BLUEPRINT GLITCH)’ is the result of a visual reflection on continuity and transformation of form. The pattern, its digital transformation, the human-made, the digital and the traditional, are here symbols of memory. Digital vs manual reconfigurations.
Add Fuel - Underdogs Artists Collection
Add Fuel
Volume VII
Editor: Miguel Côrte-Real
Text: Miguel Côrte-Real
Graphic design: João M. Machado
Portuguese and English
26.7 × 18.9 cm
148 pages
Colour
2025
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