BL CK B X: Ana Vaz
The Voyage Out

Ana Vaz (b. 1986 Brazil) is an artist and filmmaker whose films, installations and performances explore complex relationships between environments, territories and hybrid histories pushing the boundaries of our perception. Associations of images, sounds and texts, her works propose a corporeal and subjective experience of being in the world. A graduate from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology & Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, Vaz was also a member of the SPEAP (School of Political Arts, SciencesPo Paris), a project directed by Bruno Latour. Recent presentations of her work include Tate Modern (London), TABAKALERA (San Sebastián), New York Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel (Paris) – where she was awarded the festival’s Grand Prix for Há Terra! & specific focuses dedicated to her work at the Flaherty Seminar (USA) and Doc’s Kingdom (Portugal). Her work has also featured in major group shows such as the Moscow Biennial of Young Art, Videobrasil and the Dhaka Art Summit.
She was the recipient of the Kazuko Trust Award presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in recognition of artistic excellence and innovation in her moving image work and has recently integrated the collection of the CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques).