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Established in 2010 and consolidated in its present form in 2013, Underdogs works with a diversified roster of Portuguese and international artists connected with the urban inspired contemporary art universe, fostering the development of close relationships between creators, the public, and the city with the aim of promoting art as an everyday experience.
Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
29.7 × 42cm
2026
±MAISMENOS± is the artistic project of Miguel Januário, a Portuguese designer and visual artist whose practice focuses on civic, political and social intervention at the intersection of art, design and public space. Developed over more than two decades, the project has become a reference in contemporary urban art, using language as a central tool to question systems of power, ideology and collective behaviour. Working across multiple media – including installation, painting, video and performance – his work has been presented in exhibitions, institutions and public space interventions in Portugal and internationally. He maintains an active collaboration with various cultural and civic institutions.
Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Transition was hand-finished by ±MaisMenos± (Miguel Januário) during his residency.
Built from a shared printed base, each edition was individually intervened upon through the addition of coloured linear lines inspired by the visual language explored throughout the residency. Applied directly by the artist, these markings shift position from print to print, creating subtle variations across the edition.
Created in parallel with a body of work developed through drawing, text, and moving image, the edition reflects the reduced and contrast-driven visual approach that characterises the artist’s practice, where clarity and ambiguity coexist within the same compositional structure.
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Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
40.7 × 27.6 cm
2026
Rita João co-founded, with Pedro Ferreira, the multidisciplinary design studio Pedrita Studio, based in Lisbon since 2005. The studio’s practice includes art direction, spatial design, conceptual art installations, NFTs, and tile panels. These panels, abstract compositions of color and texture that combine discontinued Portuguese tiles from the 1960s onwards, express the studio’s strong connection to tile-making and its ability to transform memories of the past into a contemporary language.
Rita João studied Design in Lisbon and in Delft. She began her professional career in 2002 in the 3D department of Fabrica, the communication research center of the Benetton group. She is co-author of the book Fabrico Próprio – o design da pastelaria semi-industrial portuguesa. Between 2015 and 2018, she taught Spatial Design at ESAD Caldas da Rainha and is currently a lecturer in the Design degree at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon.
Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, this edition was hand-finished by Rita João during her week-long residency.
Originally conceived as a glimpse into Pedrita Studio’s archive of discarded digital matrices, Mimixa 003.jpg reflects an interest in process, testing, and unexpected visual outcomes generated through experimentation and technical constraints. During the residency, the artist expanded this logic through direct manual interventions, introducing unique watercolour elements to each individual print.
Created in parallel with a new body of works on paper, the edition reflects the more immediate and open approach explored throughout the residency, where gesture, variation, and spontaneity became central to the creative process. As a result, each edition is unique.
Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
42 × 29.7 cm
2026
Nuno Viegas, also known as Metis, is a Portuguese visual artist based in Quarteira - Algarve. His practice is deeply rooted in graffiti culture, spanning painting, public interventions and large-scale murals. His work explores the tension between the raw energy of traditional graffiti and its refined, controlled representation in studio practice. After studying Visual Arts at the University of Algarve, he lived in Rotterdam, where he further developed his artistic language. His work has since been presented internationally in galleries, institutions and urban art contexts, collaborating with platforms such as Urban Nation (Berlin), Thinkspace Gallery (Los Angeles), and Yasha Young Projects. Nuno Viegas maintains an ongoing collaboration with Underdogs, which includes exhibitions, editions and public art interventions.
Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Nothing to Hide was hand-finished by Nuno Viegas during his residency.
Created alongside a new series of graphite and cyanotype works, the edition reflects the artist’s exploration of material transformation, controlled exposure, and gradual image construction. Extending this process into the risograph print, each edition was completed through the addition of a hand-applied golden crown.
Rooted in a practice informed by graffiti and its raw visual language, the work balances immediacy with precision, translating the tension between spontaneity and control into a single composition.
Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
42 × 29.7 cm
2026
Tamara Alves is a Lisbon-based Portuguese visual artist whose practice spans over twenty years, working across drawing, painting, installation and public interventions. Rooted in urban culture and driven by a raw, poetic language, her work explores instinct, desire and the emotional intensity of human experience, often through symbolic human and animal figures.
Tamara Alves maintains a long-standing collaboration with Underdogs, including her recent solo exhibition And Your Flesh Becomes a Poem (2025), along with several other exhibitions, edition releases and public art projects. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and institutions, as well as through extensive public interventions in Portugal and abroad.
Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Burning in water, drowning in flame was hand-finished by Tamara Alves during her residency.
During her time in the gallery, the artist explored a more fluid and experimental approach to drawing, working with water-soluble graphite and watercolour to develop compositions shaped by unpredictability and emotional intensity. This same process extended into the edition through a direct hand-drawn intervention repeated individually across all prints, establishing a continuous visual concept throughout.
Created alongside a new body of works on paper developed inside the gallery space, the edition reflects the instinctive and process-oriented approach that defines the artist’s practice, where drawing became a space for testing, transformation, and expanded visual possibility.
Edition of /30
Risograph print on paper
Hand-finished, signed and numbered by the artist
42 × 29.7 cm
2026
Wasted Rita is a Portuguese visual artist whose practice combines text, drawing, sculpture and installation to explore a critical and confessional perspective on contemporary life. Known for her sharp, ironic voice, her work reflects a love–hate relationship with the world, blending sarcasm, vulnerability and dark humour.
Since 2011, she has presented her work in exhibitions, institutions and art events across Europe, North America and Asia, including venues such as MAAT (Lisbon), Dismaland (UK) and Underdogs Gallery (Lisbon). She maintains a long-standing collaboration with Underdogs, including several exhibitions, edition releases and public art interventions.
Developed within the context of The Studio residency project at Underdogs Gallery, Bring staring at a wall back was hand-finished by Wasted Rita during her residency.
During her time in the gallery, the artist approached the space as an open and continuously evolving environment, where drawings, phrases, interruptions, and observations gradually accumulated in real time. Extending this process into the edition itself, Wasted Rita introduced hand-applied airbrush interventions directly onto the risograph prints, adding graphic elements that shift across the edition, with certain motifs reappearing intermittently from print to print.
Created alongside a new body of work developed inside the gallery, the edition reflects the sharp humour, immediacy, and critical visual language that define the artist’s practice, translating everyday anxieties, contradictions, and fragments of contemporary life into art.
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