Rafael Raposo Pires (b.1994), is a Portuguese visual artist whose body of work consists on photographs and video-performances produced while experiencing dérives made on diverse urban areas. His practice questions the notions of limits within constructed landscapes and how transformative architecture can be. He exhibits regularly since 2018 in Portugal, Italy and Germany. In 2023 he has received a mobility grant from the Culture Moves Europe programme, and has exhibited at the KORA Contemporary Art Center in Italy. In 2022 he was selected for the Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira in Portugal, and took part in the artist residencies AiR_Cachopo (PT) and Default 22 (IT). He holds a post-graduation in Multimedia Art (2020) and another in Contemporary Photography Speeches (2018) by the Faculty of Fine Arts In Lisbon. He has a BA in Photography and Visual Culture (2017) from IADE University in Lisbon, and enrolled at University of Europe in Berlin where he has published the photobook Alone Together (2017) under the mentorship of Michael Danner. His works are present in private collections in Portugal, Italy and Belgium.