Bisner’s solo exhibition brings together collages and sculptures, uncovering beauty in what escapes logic

This August, Faro’s contemporary art gallery GAMA RAMA will host acclaimed Luso-Brazilian urban artist Bisner’s solo exhibition, offering “an ironic, affective, and fragmented view of contemporary reality”.

Titled “Cartilha para Desajustar o Mundo” (“Handbook for Misaligning the World”), the show opens to the public on August 28 and introduces a collection of new works.

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Known for his graphic aesthetic infused with references to 1980s and 1990s pop culture, Bisner uses paper collages and transforms everyday objects into unexpected visual compositions. Packaging, labels, fragments of childhood and discarded memories are put together to challenge conventions and invite fresh perspectives.

The exhibition raises questions such as “What is real? What is memory? What can still be transformed?”. Instead of linear narratives, Bisner presents fragments, visual noise and displaced characters, like looking at a magazine from the past, imagined by someone from the future.

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His work encourages viewers to see the obvious with strangeness and wonder, and to approach chaos with affection.

Currently based in Lisbon, Bisner has already earned international recognition, with features in publications such as Plastik Comb Magazine (USA) and the Dutch COOLLAGE – A Closer Look Book. His work has also appeared in campaigns for global brands including Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines. Now, with his debut in the Algarve, he brings a visual language rich in irony, precision and wit.

The exhibition’s inauguration will take place on Wednesday, at 6pm, at the GAMA RAMA, and will be on display until November 1.

About the artist

Bisner is the artistic name of Alexandre Makiolke, a Portuguese-Brazilian urban artist based in Lisbon.

Since 2011, Bisner has been developing a personal visual language through large-scale collage, using everyday materials – such as labels, packaging, vintage magazines, archival imagery and techniques like screen printing, stencil and analog printing.

Drawing inspiration from his 1980s childhood and the graphic landscape of the street, Bisner turns disposable materials into images that sit between absurdity and recognition, nostalgia and disorientation.

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