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ANA VDV – Visual artist (FR)
Painting, collage and material-based research on identity and memory
Based in Bordeaux, France
BIO
ANA VDV is a French visual artist working with painting, collage and recycled materials
Her practice explores the construction of identity through the body, memory and symbolic fragments
She lives and works in Bordeaux and exhibits in France and internationally
ARTISTIC STATEMENT
The work of ANA VDV investigates the relationship between matter, memory and the human body
Her compositions are built through layering, fragmentation and recomposition, where materials act as witnesses before becoming images
Her practice develops between abstraction and figurative traces, addressing identity, representation, resilience and transformation
The use of recycled materials is both an ecological and conceptual stance: matter carries history and memory before entering the work
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Identity and symbolic body
Feminine representation in contemporary visual culture
Fragment, trace, absence and reconstruction
Ecology, material memory and reuse
Tension between individual narratives and collective systems
Mediums : acrylic, collage, pigments, ink, recycled paper, mixed media on canvas or wood
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 — Roche d’Oëtre Gallery, Saint-Philbert-sur-Orne FR
2020 — Danube Palace Café, Paris FR
2020 — Art3f International Fair, Luxembourg LU — with Van Gogh Art Gallery (Madrid) — CANCELED
2019 — LUX – From Shadow to Light, Paris FR
2019 — Group exhibition, Bristol UK
2017 — Bourbon, Bordeaux FR
Full exhibition list available on request
WORKSHOPS & MEDIATION
Alongside her studio practice, ANA develops workshops focused on recycled materials, intuitive painting and experimental collage
Her mediation projects encourage self-expression, ecological awareness and creative autonomy for all audiences
CONTACT
contact@anavdv.com / Instagram
FULL CV, STATEMENT OR PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
BASED IN BORDEAUX FR – AVAILABLE FOR COLLABORATIONS, RESIDENCIES AND EXHIBITIONS