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 - 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, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, Pt.
2020 - Lagoa das Éguas, Project Room, Galeria Presença, Oporto, Pt.
2019 - Movimento Coaxial, Kubikgallery, Oporto, Pt.
2018 - Cabana, Sesc Itaquera, São Paulo, Br.
2018 - Terra Firme, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra, Pt.
2018 - Superstition Wilderness, Portuguese Cultural Center in Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Lu.
2018 - Azimute, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, 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 - Cápsula, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Pt.
2015 - Atlântica, Baró Gallery barogaleria.com/, São Paulo, Br.
2015 - Neblina, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, Pt.
2015 - Monólito, Casa da Cerca – Center of Art Contemporary, Pt.
2015 - 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, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Pt.
2014 - Stimmung, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas, Coimbra, Pt.
2013 - Criança Selvagem, Curating the Domestic, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, Lisbon, 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 (Selected)
2023 - Cartografia da Sombra, (Marcelo Moscheta / Pedro Vaz), Kubikgallery, Oporto, PT.
2018 - Depois do choque, os trópicos, (Beto Shwafaty / Pedro Vaz), Luísa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Br.
2017 - Imaginação da Pedra, (Manuela CostaLima / Pedro Vaz), Consulate of Portugal in São Paulo, Br.
2014 - Pedro Vaz X João Queiroz, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Pt.
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
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 - Linhas de Vento, Matosinhos Municipal Gallery, Matosinhos, PT.
2022 - 25 AÑOS, Enrique Guerrero Gallery, Mexico City, MX.
2022 - The Sovereign Art Prize, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, PT.
2022 - The Sovereign Art Prize, Palácio das Artes, Oporto, PT.
2021 - LOOPS-EXPANDED 2021, National Museum of Contemporary Art – MNAC, Lisbon, Pt.
2021 - Quando a agua 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, Tibães Monastery garden, Braga, Pt.
2020 - Presente Contínuo, Oliva Art Center, São João da Madeira, Pt.
2020 - 60 Days II, Kubikgallery, Oporto, Pt.
2020 - 60 Days, Kubikgallery, Oporto, 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, 111 Gallery, Lisbon, Pt.
2019 - Muitas vezes marquei encontro comigo próprio no ponto zero, Casa Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisbon, Pt.
2018 - Frente, Verso, Inverso, União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa, Lisbon, Pt.
2018 - Poste, Extéril Gallery, Oporto, 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, It.
2018 - Join The Dots / Unire le distanze, Salone Degli Incanti, Trieste, It.
2017 - Paisagens, CAMB – Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Oeiras, Pt.
2017 - Force, Strength, Power, Baginski Gallery, Lisbon, Pt.
2017 - Raul Lino Hoje, Casa de Santa Maria, Cascais, Portugal.
2017 - Imago Mundi - Mediterranean Routes, Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa – Zona Arte
2017 - Contemporanee, Palermo, Italy.
2016 - LOOPS.Lisbon, Temps D´Image Festival, Chiado Contemporary Art Museum, Lisbon.
2016 - Interlúdios 216, Baró Gallery, São Paulo.
2016 - Segunda Natureza, MAAT, Museum of Art, Technology e Science, Lisbon.
2016 - Artistas de Angola e de Moçambique na Coleção Manuel de Brito, CAMB, Algés.
2016 - Exposição de Arte Contemporânea, Palácio Amarelo, Portalegre, Portugal.
2016 - Periplos, Arte Portugués de Hoy, Museu y Centro de Arte Contemporâneo de Málaga.
2015 - Olho, Livraria Lácio, Lisbon.
2015 - Em Colectivo, Kubikgallery, Oporto.
2015 - Link, Ano Zero – Coimbra Biennial anozero, Coimbra.
2014 - Água, Moirika Reker, Gilberto Reis e Pedro Vaz, Museu da Água, Coimbra, Portugal.
2014 - A beleza terá de ser eliminada, Casa das Artes – Miranda do Corvo.
2014 - Arte & Ciência, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisbon.
2014 - A vanguarda está em ti, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas, Coimbra.
2014 - 50 Anos, 111 Gallery, Lisbon.
2013 - Paisagem e Natureza na Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa, Évora Museum, Évora, Portugal.
2013 - CAMB | Aquisições Recentes - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Algés, Portugal.
2013 - A20, 111 Gallery, Oporto.
2013 - The Age of Divinity, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon.
2012 - Acervo, Kubikgallery, Oporto.
2012 - Exhibition Room, Who Gallery, Lisbon.
2011 - Sucking Reality, FUSO - Anual de Vídeo Arte International de Lisbon, BES Arte & Finance, Lisbon.
2011 - Super-Natural, Ten Looks on Nature, Casa da Cerca – Contemporary Art Center, Almada, Portugal.
2011 - Os Livros dos Outros, Centro Cultural de Ponte de Sôr, Ponte de Sôr, Portugal.
2011 - A Corte do Norte, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon.
2009 - Arte & Natureza, IV Ciclo de Conferências e Exposições, Reservatório Patriarcal, Lisbon.
2009 - Coleccionar II, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon.
2009 - Coleccionar I, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon.
2008 - All Work And No Play, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon.
2006 - Home Sweet Home, Centro de Arte, S. João da Madeira, Portugal.
2006 - Paisagens, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Oporto.
2006 - Finalistas de Pintura, Palácio Galveias Gallery, Lisbon.
2006 - Finalistas de Desenho, FBAUL 04-05, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon.
2005 - Pintura, Pintura, Pintura, Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Oporto.
Residencies
2023 - RE_ACT | SPIRITS AND ROCKS, Angra do Heroísmo, PT
2022 - ISLA Instituto Superior Latinoamericano de Arte, Antofagasta, CL.
2022 - Lalit Kala Akademi, in 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, Padua, 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, Manaus, Br.
2016 - Pentimento, Anozero - Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennal, Coimbra, Pt.
2015 - Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Pt. (October 2015 to March de 2016)
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 - Cultural Development Fund, Lisbon, Pt.
2020 - Emergency Support for the Arts Sector, Cultural Promotion Fund, Lisbon, Pt.
2017 - LOOP DISCOVER Award 2017(Short listed), Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, Es.
2016 - LOOPS.Lisbon 2016 (Finalist), Chiado Contemporary art Museum, Lisbon, Pt.
2014 - Artistic Creation Award - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Pt.
2011 - Artistic Creation Award - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Pt.
2009 - Open call, Brina Thurston, 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 Your Landscape – Wunderkammer – La Casa del Cinema, Venice, It.
2016 - Les Rencontres Internationales à Paris, 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 e MUHNAC, Lisbon, Pt.
2011 - Fuso Festival - Anual de Vídeo Arte Internacional de Lisbon, Lisbon, Pt.
Collections (selection)
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
Cleusa Garfinkel Collection, São Paulo, Br.
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.
Catalogues
NON FINITO, Castelo Branco Contemporary Culture Center, Castelo Branco, PT. 2023
Num único acorde, Pedro Vaz, CAB - Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Es. 2022
Limen, Pedro Vaz, Ed. Autor, Lisbon, Pt. 2021
Inquérito a 263 Artistas, Sara e André, Contêmporanea, ED, Lisbon, Pt. 2020
Ao domicilio, Ana Pérez Quiroga, Lisbon, Pt. 2020
The Divergent Gaze, Archipelago, Contemporary Arts Center, Azores. Pt. 2019
Frente, Verso, Inverso, União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa, Lisbon, Pt. 2018
CAMB 2006 – 2017, Câmara Municipal de Oeiras, Pt. 2018
Transterritori, Humus Interdisciplinary Residence, Veneto Oriental, It. 2018
Pentimento, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Pt. 2018
Imaginação da Pedra, Consulate General of Portugal in São Paulo, São Paulo, Br. 2017.
Olaio, António (ed.), O Colégio das Artes em Directo do Museu de Arte Antiga, Coimbra, Pt. 2017
Labverde 2016 Art Immersion Program in the Amazon, Manifesta Art and Culture / INPA – The National Institute of Amazonian Research, Manaus, Br. 2016
Second Nature, MAAT, Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia, Lisbon, Pt. 2016
Portugal: Open Window to the World, Luciano Benetton Collection: Imago Mundi, It. 2016
Sala do Veado - Vinte Cinco Anos, National Museum of Natural History, Lisbon, Pt. 2016
ANOZERO ’15, Ano Zero - Bienal de Coimbra, Coimbra, Pt. 2015
Monólito, Casa da Cerca – Center of Art Contemporary, Almada. Pt. 2015
5 Anos CDAP, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Pt. 2014
Stimmung, CAPC - Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Pt. 2014
Paisagem e Natureza na arte contemporânea portuguesa, Museum of Évora, Évora. Pt. 2014
The Age of Divinity, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Pt. 2013
Super-Natural, Ten looks on Nature, Casa da Cerca - Center of Contemporary Art, Almada, Pt. 2011
Os Livros dos Outros, Arts and Cultural Center of Ponte de Sôr, Ponte de Sôr, Pt. 2011
Especial, Luisa - Quarenta Passos, Arts and Cultural Center of Ponte de Sôr, Ponte de Sôr, Pt. 2010
Arte e Natureza, IV Cycle of Conferences and Exhibitions, Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, Pt. 2009
Especial, Luisa - All Work and No Play, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Pt. 2008
Soares de Oliveira, Luisa - Home Sweet Home, Centro de Arte S. João da Madeira, Pt. 2006
Vidal, Carlos - Art|form, Estoril, Pt. 2006