Abílio Febra was born in Leiria (Maceira) and after studying sculpture at Ar.Co. – Lisbon, he joined the Artever Association in Amadora, where he began working as an artist and held his first group exhibitions.
After 8 years working as an artist and teacher in Amadora and Lisbon, he returned to his roots in Leiria – where he moved and founded his stone studio – helping to found Circularte together with other local artists.
His artistic career continues with exhibitions in various cities in Portugal, as well as in Brussels, Luxembourg, Holland, Germany and Macau.
His passion for stone is evident in his work, particularly with marble from the Alentejo. Alongside stone, he also works in bronze, iron, glass and polyester.
Painting and drawing accompany his artistic work and exhibitions.
His work, which is essentially figurative, shows traces of a very marked expressionism, where texture and ancestry gain their own strength and give his works an unmistakable personality.
In 2013 she left public education for good and devoted herself exclusively to the visual arts.
2022
April in Leiria
CACAB e CML – Mercado de Sant’ana Leiria
The Water Sites
Levada de Tomar
2021
Tales at Sunset
O Nariz Teatro de Grupo | Leiria
Slate Sculpture Symposium
Valongo
2020
Stone Sculpture Artist Residency
Villa Portela | Leiria
The Stone Places
Levada de Tomar
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
2019
The Gate Festival
Leiria
Born from the Earth
Galeria Municipal de Aljezur
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2018
XI Biennale
Salão das Artes da Vidigueira
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
International Symposium of Wood
Villa Portela | Leiria
Connections
Galeria Orlando Morais – Ericeira
2017
Temples of our Time
Mosteiro da Batalha
Sculpture Symposium
Macbetão – Maceira | Leiria
Sculpture Symposium
Marberie Cremer | Fratin – Bélgica
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2016
Open Air Sculpture – Amadora 15
Gal Artur Bual | Amadora
Bocage seen by Contemporary Art
Galeria Municipal de Setúbal
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
2015
Socem Space
Martingança | Leiria
Masks of Restlessness
Ordem dos Advogados | Coimbra
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Tribute to Mateus Fernandes
Museu Mosteiro da Batalha
2014
Restlessness of the Stones
Galeria Biblioteca Afonso l | Vieira – Leiria
Wine and Fado
Museu do Vinho Anadia | Estoril
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2013
Hermaphrodites with Stones
Galeria Municipal da Marinha Grande
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2012
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2011
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2010
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2009
Flowers Stones and Warriors
Edifício Banco de Portugal | Leiria
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2008
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Musical Movements
Villa de S. Marcos – Telheiro | Leiria
The Last Supper
Coletiva Galeria Sacramento | Aveiro
“His Majesty the King”
Museu do Vinho da Bairrada | Anadia
2007
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
From Stone to Wine
Museu do Vinho da Bairrada | Anadia
2006
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2005
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Made in Portugal
Groneveld Almelo | Holanda
2004
Between the Walls
Galeria 57 – Biblioteca Vieira | Vieira de Leiria
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2003
(Re) Trapped Pendulums
Galeria Artur Bual | Amadora
Wine is an Art
Luis Pato
Galeria Sacramento | Aveiro
2002
(Re) Trapped Pendulums
Galeria Cine-Teatro Amália | Pombal
International Small Engraving
Florean Museum | Roménia
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2001
Signs of Time
Galeria Vila Verde de Ficalho | Serpa
The Flight of Stones
Domus Varius | Lisboa
2000
Signs of Man and of Time
Galeria Municipal | Sacavém
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
Ambientar-te
Concurso de Escultura | Leiria
Balance of the Century/Plastic Arts
Igreja de S. Francisco | Leiria
Six Sculptors in April
Quinta do Conventinho | Loures
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1999
25th April
Galeria 57 – Governo Civil de Leiria
Arts Multiplicata
Rhein | Alemanha | Leiria
1st Cantanhede International Sculpture Symposium
1998
Boggard Art
Helmond | Holanda
Lusitanian Poems
Cercle Municipal | Luxemburgo
75 Years of Secil
Maceira | Leiria
Blue Feelings
Kulturforum Rhein | Alemanha | Polónia | Lituania | Holanda
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1997
Poems of Stone and Peace
Ateneu de Leiria
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1996
Blue Feelings
Kulturforum Rhein | Alemanha | Polónia | Lituania | Holanda
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1995
Masks of Silence
Casa Jardim do Marquês | Lisboa
Plastic Arts Biennale
Festa do Avante – Amora | Seixal
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1993
The Woman and the Light
Galeria Quattro/Associação Atlântida | Bruxelas
Plastic Arts Biennale
Festa do Avante – Amora | Seixal
Amadora Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
1992
Stone Traces
Galeria Municipal de Alverca
1990
Infringements
Galeria St. Justa | Lisboaa
1989
Reconstitutions
Casa de Bocage | Setúbal
Amadora Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Tribute to Cristóvão Colombo
Funchal
1st Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Amadora
1987
1st Artistic Debujo Award
Genaro Perez Vilaamil – Ferrol | Corunha
2008
Honourable Mention
“His Majesty the King” Fine Arts Competition | Anadia
2002
3rd Prize
International Small Engraving | Florean Museum – Roméni
2000
1st Prize
Ambientar-te | Câmara Municipal de Leiria
1997
Honourable Mention
III Edinfor Sculpture Award | Estoril
1989
Prize
1st Sculpture Exhibition | Amadora
Honourable Mention
Tribute to Cristóvão Colombo | Funchal
2022
April in Leiria
CACAB e CML – Mercado de Sant’ana Leiria
The Water Sites
Levada de Tomar
2021
Tales at Sunset
O Nariz Teatro de Grupo | Leiria
Slate Sculpture Symposium
Valongo
2020
Stone Sculpture Artist Residency
Villa Portela | Leiria
The Stone Places
Levada de Tomar
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
2019
The Gate Festival
Leiria
Born from the Earth
Galeria Municipal de Aljezur
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2018
XI Biennale
Salão das Artes da Vidigueira
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
International Symposium of Wood
Villa Portela | Leiria
Connections
Galeria Orlando Morais – Ericeira
2017
Temples of our Time
Mosteiro da Batalha
Sculpture Symposium
Macbetão – Maceira | Leiria
Sculpture Symposium
Marberie Cremer | Fratin – Bélgica
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2016
Open Air Sculpture – Amadora 15
Gal Artur Bual | Amadora
Bocage seen by Contemporary Art
Galeria Municipal de Setúbal
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Mertolarte
Câmara Municipal de Mértola
2015
Socem Space
Martingança | Leiria
Masks of Restlessness
Ordem dos Advogados | Coimbra
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Tribute to Mateus Fernandes
Museu Mosteiro da Batalha
2014
Restlessness of the Stones
Galeria Biblioteca Afonso l | Vieira – Leiria
Wine and Fado
Museu do Vinho Anadia | Estoril
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2013
Hermaphrodites with Stones
Galeria Municipal da Marinha Grande
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2012
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2011
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2010
Autumn Show
Galeria do Casino do Estoril | Lisboa
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2009
Flowers Stones and Warriors
Edifício Banco de Portugal | Leiria
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
2008
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Musical Movements
Villa de S. Marcos – Telheiro | Leiria
The Last Supper
Coletiva Galeria Sacramento | Aveiro
“His Majesty the King”
Museu do Vinho da Bairrada | Anadia
2007
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
From Stone to Wine
Museu do Vinho da Bairrada | Anadia
2006
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2005
Sintra Open Air Exhibition
Centro Internacional de Escultura | Sintra
Made in Portugal
Groneveld Almelo | Holanda
2004
Between the Walls
Galeria 57 – Biblioteca Vieira | Vieira de Leiria
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2003
(Re) Trapped Pendulums
Galeria Artur Bual | Amadora
Wine is an Art
Luis Pato
Galeria Sacramento | Aveiro
2002
(Re) Trapped Pendulums
Galeria Cine-Teatro Amália | Pombal
International Small Engraving
Florean Museum | Roménia
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
2001
Signs of Time
Galeria Vila Verde de Ficalho | Serpa
The Flight of Stones
Domus Varius | Lisboa
2000
Signs of Man and of Time
Galeria Municipal | Sacavém
Plastic Arts Biennale
Marinha Grande
Ambientar-te
Concurso de Escultura | Leiria
Balance of the Century/Plastic Arts
Igreja de S. Francisco | Leiria
Six Sculptors in April
Quinta do Conventinho | Loures
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1999
25th April
Galeria 57 – Governo Civil de Leiria
Arts Multiplicata
Rhein | Alemanha | Leiria
1st Cantanhede International Sculpture Symposium
1998
Boggard Art
Helmond | Holanda
Lusitanian Poems
Cercle Municipal | Luxemburgo
75 Years of Secil
Maceira | Leiria
Blue Feelings
Kulturforum Rhein | Alemanha | Polónia | Lituania | Holanda
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1997
Poems of Stone and Peace
Ateneu de Leiria
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1996
Blue Feelings
Kulturforum Rhein | Alemanha | Polónia | Lituania | Holanda
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1995
Masks of Silence
Casa Jardim do Marquês | Lisboa
Plastic Arts Biennale
Festa do Avante – Amora | Seixal
Edinfor Sculpture Award
Galeria de Arte Casino do Estoril
1993
The Woman and the Light
Galeria Quattro/Associação Atlântida | Bruxelas
Plastic Arts Biennale
Festa do Avante – Amora | Seixal
Amadora Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
1992
Stone Traces
Galeria Municipal de Alverca
1990
Infringements
Galeria St. Justa | Lisboaa
1989
Reconstitutions
Casa de Bocage | Setúbal
Amadora Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Tribute to Cristóvão Colombo
Funchal
1st Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition
Amadora
1987
1st Artistic Debujo Award
Genaro Perez Vilaamil – Ferrol | Corunha
2008
Honourable Mention
“His Majesty the King” Fine Arts Competition | Anadia
2002
3rd Prize
International Small Engraving | Florean Museum – Roméni
2000
1st Prize
Ambientar-te | Câmara Municipal de Leiria
1997
Honourable Mention
III Edinfor Sculpture Award | Estoril
1989
Prize
1st Sculpture Exhibition | Amadora
Honourable Mention
Tribute to Cristóvão Colombo | Funchal