Add Fuel

Cascais , Portugal

Add Fuel, the artist name of Diogo Machado, is a Portuguese visual artist known for reinterpreting traditional azulejo tilework through a contemporary urban language. Trained in graphic design and illustration, he adopted the Add Fuel pseudonym in 2007 and developed a practice spanning murals, ceramics and public installations. His intricate compositions combine symmetry, ornament and layered pattern, often concealing figures and modern motifs within references to Portuguese and Iberian decorative traditions. By bringing the visual discipline of historic tile design into dialogue with street art, Add Fuel explores the tension between heritage and innovation, order and disruption. Through murals, ceramics and public installations, he has established a distinctive contemporary language that places Portuguese tile traditions within the wider context of global urban art.