Biography
Pedro Vaz is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Born in Mozambique and educated in Portugal, he currently lives and works in Lisbon.
His artistic practice revolves around understanding the relationship between humans and nature, with a particular focus on landscapes and the impact of anthropogenic change. He works with various media, such as painting, sculpture, video, and installation, creating works that evoke contemplation and invite reflection and conversation on these themes.
Vaz has developed projects in various ecosystems, from the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic Forest to the Atacama Desert in the Andes and the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. He has also made long crossings through mountains such as Mont Blanc in the Alps and, more recently, Himalayas in the Indian Tibet.
He experiences the environments he focuses on viscerally - in a process that is fundamental to his artistic practice. Each work conceived in the studio is the result of meticulous documentation and a conscious memory of the place, emerging as a deeply personal translation of his experience.
Collaborating with local guides and traditional knowledge keepers, he brings his expeditions to life. As a dedicated observer, he sees himself as a conduit for nature's greater narrative, remaining true to the principle of ‘leaving no trace’.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: (Selected)
2025 - Beginner’s Mind, Document Space ,Chicago, US.
2024 - Bivac, LandArt Cascais, Quinta do Pisão, Cascais, PT.
2024 - Uma pedra, um ser, Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
2024 - Azimute, Casa Azul, Torres Vedras, PT.
2024 - Nun único Acorde, Carpintarias de São Lázaro, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - Place of Contact, SACO - Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo, Antofagasta, CH.
2023 - TRANSECT, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon, PT.
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:
2023 - Cartografia da Sombra, (Marcelo Moscheta / Pedro Vaz), Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2018 - Depois do choque, os trópicos, (Beto Shwafaty and Pedro Vaz), 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)
2025 - Botanical – Colecção Encontros de Fotografia, CAV - Centro De Artes Visuais, Coimbra, PT.2025 - Exhibit C, Document Lisbon, Lisbon, PT.
2024 - Linha de Maré, Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM), Lisbon, PT
2024 - EL ENIGMA, LA PIEDRA, Espacio Base de El Temporal, Santander, Es.
2024 - Paisagem: vista e panorama, Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, PT
2024 - Cosmic Disco, Mrs.New York City, US
2024 - PLANT-THINKING, Mono, Lisbon, PT.
2024 - No retrovisor (O que as Vozes Vêem), Galeria Colégio das Artes, Coimbra, PT
2024 - Insistência ou Representação Metafórica da Premência, Coleção Luís Ferreira, MIAA, Abrantes, PT.
2024 - 60 anos da Galeria 111, CAMB, Lisbon, PT.
2024 - PLANT-THINKING, Mono, Lisbon, PT
2024 - FAMILY ALBUM, Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
2024 - 𝘌𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘈, Document, Chicago, US.
2023 - Zonas de Transição, FUNDAÇÃO PLMJ, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - Arte em São Bento, Coleção Manuel de Brito, Palacete de São Bento, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - Spirits and Rocks - No Calm Seas, Carmina Gallery, Angra do Heroísmo, PT
2023 - Linhas de Vento, Aveiro Museum / Santa Joana, Aveiro, PT.
2023 - Summer Garden, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - NON FINITO - CACE, Castelo Branco Contemporary Culture Center, Castelo Branco, PT.
2023 - Acquisitions 21/22, CML Contemporary Art Nucleus, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - A certain instance of verrition, Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - A Prática do Infinito pela Leitura, Vila Flor Cultural Center, Guimarães, PT.
2023 - Pintura sem Fim, Broteria, Lisbon, PT.
2023 - Ecológica: Árvore na Floresta do Cimento, António Arnaut Library, 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:
2024 - Awasi Art Week by LabVerde, Misiones, Argentina, AR.
2023 - RE_ACT | SPIRITS AND ROCKS, Angra do Heroísmo, PT
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:
2023 - NUM ÚNICO ACORDE - Project Support Program - DGARTES, Lisbon, PT.
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 Thurston, Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, EN.
FESTIVALS:
2024 - El Temporal, Espacio Base, Santander, Es.
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:
Cleveland Clinic Collection, Cleveland, US.
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, CAM, Lisbon, PT.
Serralves Foundation, Oporto, PT.
MAAT - Fundação EDP, Lisbon, PT.
Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
CAC Málaga Art Center, Malaga, Es.
CAB - Caja de Burgos Art Center, Burgos, Es.
PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, PT.
Juan Entrecanales Collection, Madrid, Es.
Lisbon City Hall, Art Collection, Lisbon, PT.
State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), Lisbon, PT.
CAPC - Coimbra Circle of Fine Arts, Coimbra, PT
Casa da Cerca, Center of Contemporary Art, Almada, PT.
Norlinda e José Lima Collection, São João da Madeira, PT.
Luciano Benetton Collection: Imago Mundi, It.
VdA - Vieira de Almeida Collection, Lisbon, PT
Coleção ACB - Bárbara de Rueda
Cleusa Garfinkel Collection, São Paulo, Br.
Coleção Filomena Soares, Lisboa, PT.
Manuel de Brito Collection, Lisbon, PT.
António Moutinho Cardoso Collection, Oporto, PT.
Marin Gaspar Collection, Lisbon, PT.
Several works are part of Private and Institutional Collections, in the country and abroad