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Public works

Eight flagship public works and museum commissions — from the Pyramids of Giza to the Atlantic floor.

Doors of Cairo · Forever Is Now V · Pyramids of Giza · 2025 · José Pando Lucas

The same gesture — remove to reveal — carried to the scale of monuments: reclaimed doors beside the pyramids, eleven thousand carved azulejos under Paris, a reef on the ocean floor, a bas-relief in the UNESCO collection. This is the depth layer of the practice: each work with its full record.

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In the studio · 2024–26

Al Nassr × CR7 · Riyadh · 2025House of NassrA Cristiano Ronaldo tile-mosaic façade for Al Nassr FC, Riyadh — with the 'Knight of Najd' signed print and tile editions.
Museu da Presidência · Lisbon · 2026Presidential portraitOfficial portrait of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, carved from newspapers spanning 2016–2026 — installed 4 March 2026, the first non-painting ever to enter the Galeria dos Retratos.
Expo 2025 · OsakaPortugal PavilionArt direction and exhibition contents for Portugal's national pavilion, "The Blue Dialogue" — architecture by Kengo Kuma, contents created with Vhils Studio and Underdogs.
CERN · delivered 2024Building 866, PrévessinCarved in low relief into the façade of Building 866 on CERN's Prévessin site (France) — a campus-art commission honouring the CERN community.
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Doors of Cairo — Giza

Doors of Cairo standing beside the three pyramids at GizaZoom ⤢

Doors of Cairo — Giza

Forever Is Now V · Art D'Égypte · Pyramids of Giza · 2025
Golden-hour close-up of the carved-door assembly with portrait, Giza
Golden-hour close-up of the carved-door assembly with portrait · Hussein Mardini
A figure passing the Doors of Cairo monument at golden hour
Golden hour at the monument, Giza plateau · 2025
Elevated view of the monument with camels and the pyramids beyond
Elevated view — the monument, camels and the pyramids beyond · 2025
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Strates Urbaines — Gare d'Orly

Strates Urbaines over the escalators at Gare d'OrlyZoom ⤢

Strates Urbaines

Gare d'Orly · Grand Paris Express · Paris · 2024
Frontal panorama of the carved azulejo mural at Gare d'Orly
Frontal panorama of the carved azulejo mural · Gare d'Orly · 2024
Angled view of the mural across the station concourse
The mural across the station concourse · 2024
Detail of the carved azulejos from the stairwell
Detail from the stairwell — hand-carved cobalt azulejos · 2024
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EDP Art Reef — Albufeira

Divers at the EDP Art Reef carved sculptures off AlbufeiraZoom ⤢

EDP Art Reef

Off Albufeira · Algarve · 2023 · EDP Foundation
A diver beside a carved face on the reef
Diver at a carved face, 10–15 m deep · EDP Art Reef · 2023
Diver circling the sunken carved head sculpture
The sunken head sculpture · EDP Art Reef · 2023
The Art Reef marker buoy at the surface off Albufeira
The Art Reef marker buoy at the surface, off Albufeira · 2023
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Substratum — UNESCO

Substratum bas-relief carved at UNESCO Headquarters, ParisZoom ⤢

Substratum — UNESCO

UNESCO Headquarters · Paris · 2023
The carved mural in context with the UNESCO member-state flags
The mural in context with the UNESCO flags · Paris · 2023
Full facade with the artist at work on the bas-relief
The artist at work on the facade · UNESCO · 2023
Detail of Vhils drilling the bas-relief
Carving detail — drilling the bas-relief · 2023
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Strata — MUCA, Munich

Gallery corridor at Strata, MUCA MunichZoom ⤢

Strata — Selected Works 2005–2025

MUCA — Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art · Munich · 2025
Long carved wall mural inside MUCA, Munich
Long-wall mural · Strata, MUCA Munich · 2025
Carved block portrait at Strata, MUCA Munich
Carved block portrait · Strata, MUCA Munich · 2025
Two gallery walls of works at Strata, MUCA Munich
Installation view across two gallery walls · 2025
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Graphium — Ulsan Art Museum

Opening crowd in the atrium of the Ulsan Art Museum — GraphiumZoom ⤢

Graphium — Ulsan

Ulsan Art Museum · South Korea · 2025
Visitors among framed works at Graphium, Ulsan Art Museum
Visitors among the framed works · Graphium, Ulsan · 2025
Visitor before a carved-paper eye work at Graphium
Carved-paper work, visitor in view · Graphium, Ulsan · 2025
Silhouettes in the video installation room at Graphium
Video installation, silhouettes in the room · 2025
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Prisma — MAAT, Lisbon

The MAAT wave-facade screen at sunset — PrismaZoom ⤢

Prisma — MAAT

MAAT · EDP Foundation · Lisbon · 2022
The MAAT facade screen at dusk during Prisma
The wave-facade screen at dusk over the Tagus · Prisma, MAAT · 2022
Visitor before the curved video screens inside Prisma
Curved video screens inside the museum · Prisma · 2022
Immersive motion screen room at Prisma, MAAT
Immersive screen room · Prisma, MAAT · 2022
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Multitude — MIMA, Brussels

Carved brick-wall portrait at Multitude, MIMA BrusselsZoom ⤢

Multitude — MIMA

MIMA Museum · Brussels · 2024–25
Carving on a demolition site against the Brussels skyline
Demolition-site carving against the Brussels skyline · Multitude · 2024
Rooftop carved disc over the Brussels skyline — Multitude
Rooftop disc over Brussels · Multitude, MIMA · 2024
Carved discs in the dark installation room at MIMA
Carved discs, dark installation room · MIMA · 2024
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Films — public works

Doors of Cairo — Giza▶film

Doors of Cairo — Giza

The making of Forever Is Now V at Giza · Art D'Égypte · 2025
Doors of Cairo — Giza II▶film

Doors of Cairo — Giza II

Forever Is Now V · Pyramids of Giza · 2025
Strates Urbaines — Orly▶film

Strates Urbaines — Orly

The making of the Grand Paris Express commission · 2024
EDP Art Reef▶film

EDP Art Reef

Thirteen pieces on the ocean floor · EDP Foundation · 2023
Substratum — UNESCO▶film

Substratum — UNESCO

The bas-relief at UNESCO Headquarters · Paris · 2023
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Films — the museum run

Strata — MUCA▶film

Strata — MUCA

Museum of Urban and Contemporary Art · Munich · 2025
Strata — MUCA II▶film

Strata — MUCA II

Selected Works 2005–2025 · Munich · 2025
Prisma — MAAT▶film

Prisma — MAAT

The museum's official exhibition film · MAAT · 2022
Prisma — MAAT II▶film

Prisma — MAAT II

MAAT · EDP Foundation · Lisbon · 2022
Multitude — MIMA▶film

Multitude — MIMA

MIMA Museum · Brussels · 2024–25
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Further works

Selected Editions 2008–2024 exhibition view at MUDE — Museu do Design, LisbonZoom ⤢

Selected Editions — MUDE

MUDE — Museu do Design · Lisbon · 2025
Aerial view of the carved facade mural at CAFA Art Museum, BeijingZoom ⤢

Imprint — CAFA Beijing

CAFA Art Museum · 2017
The carved concrete facade of the GS1 Portugal headquarters at duskZoom ⤢

GS1 Portugal HQ

Lisbon · 2016 · with Promontório Architects
Carved facade of the Biblioteca Lídia Jorge, AlbufeiraZoom ⤢

Biblioteca Lídia Jorge

Albufeira · 2024
Free-standing carved portrait wall in Ho Chi Minh City for HennessyZoom ⤢

Making the Invisible Visible

Hennessy · Six cities · 2018
Carved portrait of a resident over Morro da Providência, Rio de JaneiroZoom ⤢

Providência — Rio

Morro da Providência · 2012
Aerial view of the José Saramago portrait carved into the Paimogo breakwaterZoom ⤢

José Saramago — Lourinhã

Paimogo Beach · 2020 · Fundação José Saramago
Carved neon installation on the Hong Kong waterfront at night — DebrisZoom ⤢

Debris — Hong Kong

HOCA Foundation · Pier 4 · 2016
The main hall of Le Centquatre-Paris filled for Fragments UrbainsZoom ⤢

Fragments Urbains

Le Centquatre-Paris · 2018
Incisão — wide hall view of the carved Guarani-portrait doors, CAIXA Cultural RecifeZoom ⤢

Incisão

Caixa Cultural · Curitiba 2014 · Recife 2015 · Brasília 2019
Visceral — portrait across the face of the Caniçada hydroelectric damZoom ⤢

Caniçada Dam

Vieira do Minho · 2018 · EDP Foundation
The Vhils-carved tram in circulation, Debris season, Hong Kong, 2016Zoom ⤢

The Hong Kong tram

Debris · Hong Kong · 2016 · Fernando Guerra
Hyundai Card Music Library facade at night, SeoulZoom ⤢

Hyundai Card Music Library

Seoul · 2015
Contact

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