Didier Fiúza Faustino (1968, Chennevières-sur-Marne, France) is an artist and architect who graduated from the University of Paris-Villemin (1995). In 2002 he founded his studio Mésarchitecture, based in Lisbon and Paris.
His work, which takes shape in installations, sculptures, stage designs, films, editorial projects, temporary architecture or built works, transcends the boundaries of society, design, art and architecture by exploring the relationship between the body and space.
His work and private and public commissions include installations such as Body in transit (Venice Biennale, 2000), Stairway to heaven (Castelo Branco, 2001), One square meter house (Paris, 2006), Arteplage Mobile du Jura (Swiss Expo 02, 2002), Temporary Autonomous Zone (Unlimited, Art Basel, 2004), The Hermès H Box (2008), a mobile video projection room presented at international venues such as the Tate Modern, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Beyeler Foundation; and (G)host in the (S)hell (Storefront for Art and Architecture, 2008).
In 2009, Faustino founded and curated the first Bordeaux Biennale under the title Evento. He was editor-in-chief of CREE (2015-2016), taught at the Architectural Association (AA) in London (2011-2017 and 2019-2022) and has been continuously invited to lecture at universities and institutions around the world.
His most recent projects include the XYZ Lounge (Ghent, 2017), the atelier of French artist Jean-Luc Moulène (Normandy, 2022), a housing complex (Leiria, ongoing) and a winery (Tondela, ongoing) in the Dão wine region. , and a villa (Praia da Falésia, ongoing in the Algarve, as well as the scenography for the first retrospective in Germany of Paula Rego, at the Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover (opening October 2022).
His work is represented in several public and private collections, such as MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Serralves Collection (Porto), MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (Rome), National Centre for Plastic Arts (CNAP) (Paris), FRAC Centre (Orléans), Centre d'Art Moderne – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), Antoine de Galbert Foundation (Paris), Josée and Marc Gensollen Collection (Marseille), Kunstmuseen Krefeld, among others.
Faustino was awarded the Pierre Cardin Prize (Architecture) of the Academy of Fine Arts/Institute of France in 2018 and the Silver Medal of Architecture of the 2010 Dejean Prize of the French Academy of Architecture in 2010, and is a member of the French Design Committee. 100.
