The brief career of the Scottish artist Aidan Duffy (Glasgow, 1995) has largely unfolded within the art world in London, the city where he lives, works, and completed his artistic studies. However, it was in Lisbon, during an exhibition at ADZ Gallery in early summer last year, that his work was discovered by a wider audience.

Aidan Duffy is an artist who combines, in a highly intuitive manner, a wide range of materials—from found objects, some transformed through molding processes, to epoxy resin, wood, and metal—to create assemblages of intense expressive power and a refined sense of composition. A significant part of his creative process often takes place long before the production of a specific work, in the relationship he builds with objects he collects in his studio: some discarded or found in the street, others purchased on eBay, at flea markets, or in charity shops, and still others gifted by friends and family.

The artist’s extraordinary—and counterintuitive—ability lies in harmoniously combining elements that might seem incompatible, sometimes resulting in works with a decorative quality. As he explains in an interview, when immersed in the creative process, he is often inspired by a piece of clothing, an object, or a bodily movement he has seen in a music video or film, incorporating these influences into his work. His sculptures evoke anthropomorphic suggestions, condensing the expression or representation of emotional and psychological states.

This exhibition presents a broad selection of the wall sculptures Aidan Duffy has produced over the past three years.