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Selected collaborations

Projects by the collective and its studios — for institutions, brands and cities, on four continents.

Substratum — UNESCO Headquarters, Paris · 2023 · UNESCO Art Collection · José Pando Lucas
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Institutions

Museums, public institutions and cultural diplomacy — the commissions that carry the group's highest endorsements.

The studio team carving the Substratum bas-relief along the UNESCO Headquarters facade, ParisZoom ⤢

Substratum · UNESCO

Paris · 2023 · UNESCO Art Collection
Commotion — Council of the European Union, BrusselsZoom ⤢

Commotion · EU Council

Brussels · 2021 · Portuguese Presidency
Interferences — Emerging Urban Cultures at MAATZoom ⤢

Interferences · MAAT

Lisbon · 2022 · co-curated by Alexandre Farto
(No) Borders — ±MaisMenos± × RERO 'NOT TODAY' neon billboardZoom ⤢

(No) Borders

Portugal · France · 2022 · with Institut Français
EDP Art Reef — carved eye seen through a porthole of the submerged structure, off AlbufeiraZoom ⤢

EDP Art Reef

Albufeira · 2023 · with EDP
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Brands

Brands that come to the practice on its own terms — campaigns answered as public art, editions and full art programmes.

House of Nassr — CR7 tile-mosaic facade, RiyadhZoom ⤢

House of Nassr · Al Nassr × CR7

Riyadh · 2025 · Knight of Najd editions
adidas × Vhils × SL Benfica 25/26 special-edition kit — official launch visualZoom ⤢

SL Benfica × adidas · Special Edition by Vhils

Estádio da Luz · 2026
Hennessy V.S Limited Edition by VhilsZoom ⤢

Hennessy × Vhils · V.S Limited Edition

2018
Hennessy Making the Invisible Visible — free-standing carved wall, Ho Chi Minh CityZoom ⤢

Hennessy · Making the Invisible Visible

2018 · six cities, four continents
MINI x Vhils Urban Canvas - top-down drone of the rooftop portraitZoom ⤢

MINI · Urban Canvas

Lisbon · 2022 · multi-year partnership
Everyday Gods — Super Bock warehouse mural, aerial viewZoom ⤢

Everyday Gods · Super Bock

Leça do Balio · 2019 · Vhils & PichiAvo
MEO Kalorama — AkaCorleone's Temple of Sound main stageZoom ⤢

MEO Kalorama · art programme

Lisbon · 2022
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Netflix × Vhils — the 2025 slate reveal

A carved-portrait mural revealed by controlled explosion in a deactivated Setúbal warehouse — the faces of Netflix's January 2025 key-series slate, from The Night Agent to Back in Action, released on Netflix's own channels. Mural photograph · Expanding Roots.

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Netflix × Vhils — 2025 slate reveal, Setúbal · via @netflix
Netflix × Vhils — the 2025 slate revealZoom ⤢
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Cities & architecture

The carved relief carried into buildings and streetscapes — facades, hoardings and civic surfaces.

GS1 Portugal HQ carved facade at duskZoom ⤢

GS1 Portugal HQ

Lisbon · 2016 · with Promontório Architects
VIC Art Fences - full hoarding run, Prata Riverside VillageZoom ⤢

VIC Art Fences

Lisbon · 2022 · Prata Riverside Village
Hyundai Card Music Library, SeoulZoom ⤢

Hyundai Card Music Library

Seoul · 2015

Built into permanent architecture — the CERN Building 866 facade and the Biblioteca Lídia Jorge, alongside the GS1 Portugal headquarters.

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Hospitality & development

For hotels, resorts and developments, the carved tile is delivered through Clay — with public art alongside, as at VIC Properties' Prata Riverside.

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The wider record

Documented collaborations beyond the photo essay — editions, curated programmes and institutional partnerships across the group.

2011Levi's — "Go Forth": carved facade portraits of four Berlin pioneers for the global campaign, with Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
2018SEAT — a 15-tonne carved cement SEAT Arona sculpture, today at MARCC, Cascais
2019–20SEAT Art Cities — five artists across five Portuguese cities, curated by Vhils
2021Casa da Moeda — official €10 silver commemorative coin by Vhils, issued by the Portuguese state mint · Paris Saint-Germain — "Temporize", silkscreens on thirty salvaged Parc des Princes seats with the PSG Endowment Fund · Turismo de Portugal backs the Brussels mural for the Portuguese EU Presidency year
2022MUCEM, Marseille — Festival Iminente's first museum edition inside Fort Saint-Jean, under the Saison France-Portugal · PLMJ — Vhils among the 48 artists of Fundação PLMJ's freedom mural, plus a digital-art programme with Eterno and Underdogs
OngoingStanding partners of Underdogs and Festival Iminente — Sagres (official beer), Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (host city), JCDecaux (media partner)
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On film

The projects as the partners told them — on the institutions' and brands' own channels.

MINI × Vhils Studiofilm

MINI × Vhils Studio

Urban Canvas — delivered by Cultural Affairs · 2024
Interferences · MAATfilm

Interferences · MAAT

Official MAAT exhibition film · 2022
Interferences — the curatorsfilm

Interferences — the curators

Alexandre Farto on the curatorial argument · MAAT · 2022
MINI Voices · Lisbon's Urban Art Storyfilm

MINI Voices · Lisbon's Urban Art Story

MINI's global-channel film on the whole-ecosystem partnership · 2021
Netflix × Vhils — the shootfilm

Netflix × Vhils — the shoot

Behind the scenes in Setúbal, with Noah Centineo · Still Watching Netflix · 2025
EDP Art Reeffilm

EDP Art Reef

EDP's official film on the underwater exhibition · Albufeira · 2023
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Cultural production before the name, 2015–2022

Before the group had a name, its founding team spent seven years producing cultural projects, films and public-art collaborations. A selection:

2016U2 — "Raised by Wolves" official music video, directed by Alexandre Farto
2016FOX — "The X-Files: UFO Crash" installation · Levi's and MINI Paceman collaboration films
2017Red Bull Music Culture Clash · MAAT launch campaign · FOX "Prison Break: Muro da Liberdade"
2018MAAT "Eco-Visionaries" exhibition campaign
2019SEAT "Art Cities" curated by Vhils · five MAAT exhibition campaigns · Super Bock Art Park
2020Super Bock × Vhils · Super Bock Coruja augmented-reality campaign
2021–22Netflix — "La Casa de Papel × Xutos & Pontapés" · EDP "Changing Tomorrow Now" · MINI "A Short Ride Across Lisbon's Urban Art Story"

Institutions & museums — commissioned by / exhibited with UNESCO · European Union · MAAT · MUCEM · Casa da Moeda · Turismo de Portugal · Câmara Municipal de Lisboa · PLMJ.

Brands & partners across the group — Netflix · EDP · Hennessy · MINI · adidas × SL Benfica · Levi's · SEAT · Hyundai · Paris Saint-Germain · Super Bock · Sagres · JCDecaux.

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