Biography
Pedro Vaz was born in 1977 in Maputo, Mozambique and now lives and works in Lisbon.
He graduated from the Universidade de Belas Artes, Lisboa, Portugal in 2006. His work is based on the subjects of nature and landscape, and he works mostly in painting and video-installation. Personal contact with real environments is fundamental to his practice and these projects often include a tour. His process alternates between immersing himself in nature through expeditions and experiencing the abstracting qualities memory has when working in the studio.
In 2021 he presented the solo exhibition, Num único acorde, at CAB - Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain. He has participated in the following group exhibitions: Loops.Expanded, 2021, at MNAC - National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal; LA TORMENTA, 2020, Cultural Center Teopanzolco, Cuernavaca, Mexico; O Olhar Divergente, 2019, Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Center, Azores, Portugal; After the shock, the tropics, 2018, Galeria Luísa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil; Second Nature, 2018, The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C., USA; Second Nature, 2016, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal; Link, Ano Zero - Biennal de Coimbra, 2015, Coimbra, Portugal. His work is in museum collections, at CAM - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal; Fundação de Serralves, in Oporto, Portugal; MAAT - Fundação EDP, Lisbon, Portugal; Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos - CAB, Burgos, Spain, amongst others.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)
2023 - Lived Landscape, P.L.HK Gallery, Chicago, US.
2023 - Lugar Intermédio, Salão de Chá do Parque de Alta Vila, Águeda, PT.
2022 - Mani Stone, ICCR - Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, IN.
2022 - Path of Power, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, MX.
2021 - Num único acorde, CAB - Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, ES.
2021 - Limen, Parque natural de Monsanto, Lisbon, PT.
2021 - A vida sensível, Galeria 111, Lisbon, PT.
2020 - Lagoa das Éguas, Project Room, Galeria Presença, Oporto, PT.
2019 - Movimento Coaxial, Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2018 - Cabana, Secs Itaquera, São Paulo, BR.
2018 - Superstition Wilderness, Portuguese Cultural Center, Luxembourg City, LU.
2018 - Azimute, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2018 - Terra Firme, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra, PT.
2017 - Superstition Wilderness, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, MX.
2017 - Peralta to Boulder Canyon, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, US.
2017 - Caminho do Ouro, Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2016 - Terra Firme, Baró Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2016 - Capsula, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, PT.
2015 - Atlântica, Baró Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2015 - Neblina, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2015 - Monólito, Casa da Cerca – Center of Art Contemporary, Almada, PT.
2014 - Tour du Mont-Blanc, Temps D ́Images 2014, Artistas Unidos - Teatro da Politécnica, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - Tour du Mont-Blanc, Temps D ́Images 2014, Gallery 111, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - Tour du Mont-Blanc, Temps D ́Images 2014, MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - Stimmung, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
2013 - Monólito, Temps D ́Images 2013, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, PT.
2013 - Monólito, Temps D ́Images 2013, Museum of Natural History and Science, Lisbon, PT.
2013 - Laurissilva, 111 Gallery, Oporto, PT.
2013 - Laurissilva, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2012 - Entre a Montanha e o Vale, Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2011 - Terras de Risco, Sala do Veado, Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, PT.
2011 - Entre a Montanha e o Vale, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT.
2010 - Em_Passo, Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2010 - Quarenta passos, Centro de Artes e Cultura de Ponte de Sôr, Ponte de Sôr, PT.
2009 - Expanded Nature, Voyeur Project View, Lisbon, PT.
2007 - Forma e Lugar, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT.
2006 - Art | Form, Estoril, PT.
2006 - Pintura, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Oporto, PT.
2005 - Pintura, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT.
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION:
2018 - Depois do choque, os trópicos, Luísa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, BR.
2017 - Imaginação da Pedra, Consulate General of Portugal in São Paulo, São Paulo, BR.
2014 - Pedro Vaz X João Queiroz, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)
2023 - A Prática do Infinito pela Leitura, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, PT.
2023 - Pintura sem Fim, Broteria, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - Ecológica: Árvore na Floresta do Cimento, Biblioteca António Arnaut, Penela, PT.
2022 - Windlines - Artistic Paths in Nature, Galeria Municipal de Matosinhos, Matosinhos, PT.
2022 - 25 AÑOS, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, MX.
2022 - The Sovereign Art Prize, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa, PT.
2022 - The Sovereign Art Prize, Palácio das Artes, Porto, PT.
2021 - LOOPS-EXPANDED 2021, National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC, Lisbon, PT.
2021 - Quando a água se rende ao metal, Extrai - Armazém da Trituração Lousal, PT.
2021 - A natureza do deslumbre, [Para]Sites, Espuma dos dias, Lisbon, PT.
2021 - Ó Barbas, descreve a paisagem!, Casa da Cultura de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
2021 - PAUSA, Casa - Museu Bissaya Barreto, Coimbra, PT.
2021 - Sobressalto - Coleção Norlinda e José Lima, Centro de Artes de Águeda, PT.
2021 - Preliminares, C·A·M·A, São Paulo, Br.
2021 - 100 anos, 100 artistas, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon, PT.
2020 - LA TORMENTA (CoINCIDIR), Centro Cultural Teopanzolco, Cuernavaca, MX.
2020 - VER/DE, In_Situ, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, PT.
2020 - ALTAR, In_Situ, Braga, PT
2020 - Presente Contínuo, Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira, PT.
2020 - 60 Days II, Kubikgallery, Porto, PT.
2020 - 60 Days, Kubikgallery, Porto, PT.
2019 - Como falar com as Árvores, Galeria Z42 Arte, Rio de Janeiro, BR.
2019 - O Olhar Divergente, Arquipélago – Contemporary Arts Centre, Azores, PT.
2019 - Do que Permanece, UCCLA, União de Cidades e Capitais de Língua Portuguesa, Lisbon, PT.
2019 - Beyond this Lonely Carousel, Galeria 111, Lisbon, PT.
2019 - Muitas vezes marquei encontro comigo próprio no ponto zero, Casa Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisbon, PT.
2018 - Second Nature, The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C., US.
2018 - Il tesoro è sempre più grande di quello che hai stretto tra le mani, MUPA, Torre di Mosto, PT.
2018 - Join the Dots / Unire le distanze, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, IT.
2017 - Paisagens, CAMB – Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Oeiras, PT.
2017 - Mediterranean Routes, ZAC - Zisa Arte Contemporanea, Palermo, IT.
2017 - Force, Strength, Power, Baginski Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2017 - Raul Lino Hoje, Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais, Portugal, PT.
2016 - LOOPS.LISBOA 2016, MNAC - Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisboa, PT.
2016 - Interlúdios 216, Galeria Baró, São Paulo, BR.
2016 - Palácio Amarelo, Portalegre, Portugal, BR.
2016 - Second Nature, MAAT | Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, PT.
2016 - Artistas de Angola e de Moçambique na Coleção Manuel de Brito, CAMB, Algés, PT.
2016 - Periplos, Arte Portugués de Hoy, Museu y Centro de Arte Contemporâneo de Málaga, ES.
2015 - Olho, Livraria Lácio, Lisbon, PT.
2015 - Em Colectivo, Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2015 - Link, Ano Zero - Bienal de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
2014 - A beleza terá de ser eliminada, João Queiroz e Pedro Vaz, Casa das Artes - Miranda do Corvo, PT.
2014 - Água, Moirika Reker, Gilberto Reis e Pedro Vaz, Museu da Água, Coimbra, PT.
2014 - Arte & Ciência, Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - A vanguarda está em ti, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
2014 - 50 Anos, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2013 - Paisagem e Natureza na arte contemporânea portuguesa, Museum of Évora, Évora, PT.
2013 - CAMB | Aquisições Recentes - Manuel de Brito Art Center, Algés, PT.
2013 - A20, 111 Gallery, Oporto, PT.
2013 - The Age of Divinity, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, PT.
2012 - Acervo, Kubikgallery, Porto, PT.
2012 - Exhibition Room, Who - Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2011 - Sucking Reality, FUSO - Anual de Vídeo Arte International de Lisbon, BES Arte & Finance, Lisbon, PT.
2011 - Super-Natural, Ten looks on Nature, Casa da Cerca – Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada, PT.
2011 - Os Livros dos Outros, Centro Cultural de Ponte de Sôr, Ponte de Sôr, PT.
2011 - A Corte do Norte, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, PT.
2009 - Arte & Natureza, IV Ciclo de Conferências e Exposições, Reservatório Patriarcal, Lisbon, PT.
2009 - Coleccionar II, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT.
2009 - Coleccionar I, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT.
2008 - All Work And No Play, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, PT.
2006 - Home Sweet Home, Centro de Arte S. João da Madeira, PT.
2006 - Paisagens, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Oporto, PT.
2006 - Painting finalists, Palácio Galveias Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2006 - Drawing finalists, FBAUL 04-05, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, PT.
2005 - Pintura, Pintura, Pintura, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Oporto, PT.
RESIDENCIES:
2022 - ISLA Instituto Superior Latinoamericano de Arte, Antofagasta, CL.
2022 - Garhi Artist Studio, New Delhi, IN.
2021 - EXTRAI: Arte e Comunidade em Ação, aldeia mineira do Lousal, PT.
2019 - XIV Encontros da Primavera, APA - Portuguese Association of Anthropology, Aldeia de Picote, PT.
2018 - Pico do Refúgio, São Miguel, Azores, PT.
2017 - Humus Interdisciplinary Residence, Pádua, IT.
2017 - Onloaded, Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, US.
2016 - PIVÔ/Artist-in-residence Program. São Paulo, BR.
2016 - LABVERDE Art Immersion program in the Amazon, INPA, Manifesta Art and Culture, Manaus, BR.
2016 - Pentimento, Anozero - Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennal, Coimbra, PT.
2015 - Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, PT
GRANTS, AWARDS AND SELECTIONS:
2022 - The Sovereign Art Prize (Finalist), Palácio das Artes, Oporto, PT.
2021 - LOOPS-EXPANDED 2021 (Portugal), MNAC, Lisbon, PT.
2021 - Garantir Cultura Program - Fundo de Fomento Cultural, Lisbon, PT.
2020 - Emergency Support for the Arts Sector, Cultural Promotion Fund, Lisbon, PT.
2017 - LOOP DISCOVER Award (Finalist), Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, ES.
2016 - LOOPS.LISBOA 2016 (Finalist), Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - Supporting Projects Artistic Research, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
2014 - Beers Contemporary Award for Emering Art 2013, Beers Contemporary, London, EN.
2011 - Supporting Projects Artistic Creation, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
2009 - Open call, Brina Thurstmen, Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, EN.
FESTIVALS:
2021 - XXIII Semana Cultural da Universidade De Coimbra - Humanidade, Coimbra, PT.
2017 - In Your Dreams I Am A Landscape, La Casa del Cinema - Videoteca Pasinetti, Venezia, IT.
2017 - Extradelicato 3, Studi Festival#3, Milan, IT.
2016 - Les Rencontres Internationales à Paris - Nouveau Cinéma et Art, Vidéothèque, Paris, FR.
2014 - Temps D ́Image Festival 12, MNAC / 111 Gallery / Teatro da Politécnica, Lisbon, PT.
2013 - Temps D ́Image Festival 11, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa e MUHNAC, Lisbon, PT.
2011 - Fuso Festival - Anual de Vídeo Arte Internacional de Lisboa, 2011, Lisbon, PT.
COLLECTIONS:
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, CAM, Lisbon, PT.
Fundação de Serralves, Oporto, PT.
MAAT - Fundação EDP, Lisbon, PT.
Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, PT.
CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malaga, ES.
Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos - CAB, Burgos, ES.
CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, PT.
Casa da Cerca - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Almada, PT.
Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, PT.
Leal Rios Collection, Lisbon, PT.
VdA - Vieira de Almeida Collection, Lisboa, PT.
Câmara Municipal de Lisboa Collection, Lisbon, PT.
Arte Contemporânea do Estado (CACE) Collection, Lisbon, PT.
Luciano Benetton Collection: Imago Mundi, IT.
Juan Entrecanales Collection, Madrid, ES.
Cleusa Garfinkel Collection, São Paulo, BR.
Manuel de Brito Collection, Lisbon, PT.
António Moutinho Cardoso Collection, Oporto, PT.
Norlinda e José Lima Collection, São João da Madeira, PT.
Marin Gaspar Collection, Lisbon, PT.
Several works are part of Private and Institutional Collections, in the country and abroad.