Felipe Costa - The Blue Temple

Felipe Costa
Brazilian artist living in Barcelona.

Dimension: 130 cm x 100 cm
Medium: Oil and acrylic painting on canvas
Year: 2026
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This piece captures a sacred and contemplative sanctuary found within the deep layers of the ocean. The rich textures and shifting gradients of deep blue, transitioning into a soft, light-filled seabed, evoke the feeling of entering a meditative space where the mind settles and the breath slows down. The painting serves as a visual mantra, inviting the viewer to treat the ocean as a temple of quiet introspection and mindfulness. It reminds us that by diving past the turbulent surface of daily life, we can connect with a vast, immovable inner peace, embracing the calm spirituality and serenity of our own internal world.

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About Felipe:

Felipe Costa is an artist from Brazil who lives in Barcelona, and his work is entirely connected to his lifelong relationship with art, nature, and spiritual awakening. After a career in the corporate world, he chose to leave it behind and dedicate himself fully to his creative vision, in pursuit of a more purposeful life.
His art begins with a simple premise: everything is energy in constant vibration. This shapes his signature technique — broken colors in thick, textured layers, which up close appear as pure pulses of color and only from a distance resolve into shape, form, and light.
For Costa, reality is not fixed, but shaped by the consciousness of the observer. Each piece is painted from a state of peace, joy, and love, and offered as an invitation: to rise out of fear, anger, or anxiety, and into that same vibration. "My goal is to encourage people to embrace life, to see the beauty in the simple things in the world, and to feel the purest gratitude for being alive."
This language emerges from his regular practice of Kriya Yoga, which shapes both his creative process and his worldview — the same subtle energy cultivated through meditation is transposed onto the canvas through texture and chromatic vibration. His most recent series, "Tribute to the Ocean," explores the idea of diving within to find peace and raise consciousness.
Costa's work has gained international recognition, with exhibitions in Spain, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Brazil. Driven by his passion for the ocean, he collaborates with marine conservation NGOs, and a portion of sales proceeds supports social and environmental causes.

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Exhibitions

Barcelona (Spain), 2026, May 30th - June 13th, Solo Exhibition, Colors for Corals, Bluewave Alliance
Lausanne (Switzerland), 2026, May 8-10, Group Exhibition, Imagineart
Hilversum (Netherlands), 2025, October 23-26, Group Exhibition, Imagineart
Paris (France), 2025, October 17-19, Carrousel du Louvre, Group Exhibition, Imagineart
Barcelona (Spain), 2025, October 3-28, Solo Exhibition, Tribute to the Ocean, Bluewave Alliance
Brasilia, (Brazil), 2025, October 1 – present, Permanent Exhibition, Casa da Moldura Gallery
Barcelona (Spain), 2025, February 1st and 2nd, Group Exhibition, Hemera Hub

Media Coverage
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- Rede Globo, DFTV
- Rede Record, Balanço Geral
- Band

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