1989, São Paulo - BRAZIL
JANAINA WAGNER works across film, drawing and installations. Her work aims to present a critical understanding of the ways in which humans impose systems of order and control upon their surroundings. Through the appropriation of history as presented through various forms of media, Wagner considers how notions of progress and legacy are articulated through a constellation of tales, facts, images and memories.
Her work is part of important collections, such as KADIST (FR), Instituto Inhotim (BR), Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT) and CMB - Coleção Moraes Barbosa (BR).
BA both in Fine Arts and in Journalism, and a middle school video teacher, Janaina develops her plastic work in a “decoupage” process, rearticulating images, stories and texts that are already inserted in media circulation.
Currently on a PhD at Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains (FR) entitled “LE PRÉSENT EN EFFONDREMENT – DES FANTÔMES ERRANTS : FAIRE MONDE AVEC DES LOUPS-GAROUS, ÉLÉPHANTS DE FER, CURUPIRAS, IRACEMAS, BETAIL FRANKENSTEIN, LUNES ET BALEINES”, Janaina Wagner is also currently developing her first feature film, the experimental documentary THE BAG OF THE NIGHT.
Janaina lives and works between Roubaix and São Paulo.
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janaina.wg@gmail.com
JANAINA WAGNER works across film, drawing and installations. Her work aims to present a critical understanding of the ways in which humans impose systems of order and control upon their surroundings. Through the appropriation of history as presented through various forms of media, Wagner considers how notions of progress and legacy are articulated through a constellation of tales, facts, images and memories.
Her work is part of important collections, such as KADIST (FR), Instituto Inhotim (BR), Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT) and CMB - Coleção Moraes Barbosa (BR).
BA both in Fine Arts and in Journalism, and a middle school video teacher, Janaina develops her plastic work in a “decoupage” process, rearticulating images, stories and texts that are already inserted in media circulation.
Currently on a PhD at Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains (FR) entitled “LE PRÉSENT EN EFFONDREMENT – DES FANTÔMES ERRANTS : FAIRE MONDE AVEC DES LOUPS-GAROUS, ÉLÉPHANTS DE FER, CURUPIRAS, IRACEMAS, BETAIL FRANKENSTEIN, LUNES ET BALEINES”, Janaina Wagner is also currently developing her first feature film, the experimental documentary THE BAG OF THE NIGHT.
Janaina lives and works between Roubaix and São Paulo.
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janaina.wg@gmail.com
Artist in residence: Janaina Wagner from Gasworks
FORMAÇÃO / EDUCATION
curently @ PHD LE FRESNOY - Studio National des Arts Contemporains + Centre d'Étude des Arts Contemporains - Le CEAC – Université de Lille (Tourcoing, FR)
MA SPEAP - Programme d’Expérimentation en Arts Politiques – SciencesPo (Paris, FR)
PIMASP – Independent Program of Museu de Arte de São Paulo - MASP (São Paulo, BR)
RESIDÊNCIAS / RESIDENCES
2023 Doc Station – Berlinale Talents (Berlin, DE)
2021 Gasworks (London, UK)
2021 VISIO - European Programme on Artists’ Moving Images (Florence, IT)
2021 Le Fresnoy-Studio National des Arts Contemporains (Tourcoing, FR)
2019 FID Campus - Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (Marseille, FR)
2018 Curry Vavart (Paris, FR)
2017 Pivô Pesquisa – Pivô (São Paulo, BR)
2016 RAM – Residência Artística Mutuca (Altamira, BR)
2016 Bolsa Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, BR)
2015 Red Bull Station (São Paulo, BR)
2015 Casa Tomada + Fresh Milk Barbados (São Paulo, BR)
2014 Phosphorus (São Paulo, BR)
2013 COMO Clube (São Paulo, BR)
2013 NES (Skagastrond, IS)
2012 Anarcademia W139 (Amsterdam, NL)
2011 Projeto Experiência, Itaú Cultural (São Paulo, BR)
EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS / SOLO SHOWS
2023 Cinema Caverna – Lanterna Mágina – Projeto Vênus (São Paulo, BR)
2023 Baleia Fantasma – Pivô Arte e Pesquisa (São Paulo, BR)
2018 With burning love - Villa Belleville (Paris, France)
2017 Floresta – Museu do Esquilo (Ibiuna, Brazil)
2016 Criatura – Oficina Cultural Oswald Andrade (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Decupagem/ Crônica de um final anunciado – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto – MARP (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)
GRANTS / PRIZES
2023 22a Bienal Sesc Videobrasil (São Paulo, BR)
2023 RIDM LAB - Montreal International Documentary Festival (Montreal, CA)
2023 World Cinema Fund (Germany, DE)
2023 IDFA Bertha Fund Grant (Amsterdam, NL)
2022 Best Film ‘Curupira and the machine of the destiny’ - Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (CSFF) (Phnom Penh, Cambodja)
Best Film Novos Rumos ‘Curupira and the machine of the destiny’ - Festival do Rio, (Rio de Janeiro, BR)
Best Sound ‘Curupira and the machine of the destiny’ - Festival Kinoarte (Londrina, Brasil)
Developing Grant for Film Project ‘A Mala da Noite’ - Programa de Ação Cultural – PROAC (São Paulo, BR)
Best International Short Film Prize for ‘Curupira and the machine of the destiny’ – Las Palmas International Film Festival (Canary Islands, ES)
Acquisition Prize for television channel Canal Curta for the film ‘Curupira and the machine of the destiny’ – Cabíria International Film Festival (São Paulo, BR)
2014 Acquisition Prize at 39º SARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto - MARP (Ribeirão Preto, BR)
SOLO SHOWS
2023 Cinema Caverna – Lanterna Mágina | Projeto Vênus (São Paulo, BR)
2023 Baleia Fantasma – Pivô Arte e Pesquisa (São Paulo, BR)
2017 With burning love - Villa Belleville (Paris, FR)
2015 Decupagem/ Crônica de um final anunciado - Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto MARP (Ribeirão Preto, BR)
EXPOSIÇÕES COLETIVAS / GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Ensaios de Uma Coleção – Novas Aquisições da Coleção Municipal de Arte do Porto (Porto, PT)
2024 Summertime – SUPERCOLLIDER - Brand Library (Los Angeles, USA)
2023 Bienal SESC Videobrasil - SESC 24 de Maio (São Paulo, BR)
2023 Marxismo, rimmel, gás – Kubik Galery (Porto, PT)
2023 O Pequeno Colecionador – Galeria Carbono (São Paulo, BR)
2023 Eu não enterrei o meu umbigo aqui – Galeria Marco Zero (Recife, BR)
2022 Cão Elefante Lobo – Casa de Cultura do Parque (São Paulo, BR)
2022 Vigília Revista Rosa – (São Paulo, Brasil)
2022 Ópera Citoplasmática – Museu Oscar Niemeyer (Curitiba, Brazil)
2022 O cru e o cozido – Athena Contemporânea (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2022 Garganta - CIAJG - Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (Guimarães, Portugal)
2022 Aliens are temporary - Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien (Berlin, Germany)
2021 Thinking beyond: moving-images for a post-pandemic world – Manifattura Tabacchi (Florence, Italy)
2021 Super-Natural Lift the Veil – BPA Space (Colone, Germany)
2021 Super-Natural Untill the End – Masssimo Space (Milan, Italy)
2021 Super-Natural – Olhão (São Paulo, Brazil)
2021 Fuso Festival – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado (Lisbon, Portugal)
2021 Cuando no hay sombra es mediodía - Nube – Kiosko (Santa Cruz, Bolivia)
2021 A natural history of ruins - Pivô (São Paulo, Brazil)
2020 Casa Carioca – MAR Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2020 The Vampire Squid From Hell – Hot-Bed (Philadelphia, USA)
2019 Começo de Século – Galeria Jaqueline Martins (São Paulo, Brazil)
2019 The Vampire Squid from Hell - Various Small Fires (Los Angeles, USA)
2019 Inauguração Oficial da Represa do Pacaembu - Casa Alagada (São Paulo, Brazil)
2018 International Conference on Landscape and Cinema – Universidade de Letras de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)
2018 BIT - Biennale de l’Image Tangible – Plateforme (Paris, France)
2018 10 Semana de Cinema (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2018 NES Artist Residency - 10 years alumni video exhibition, (Skagaströnd, Iceland)
2018 TRELA, Ateliê 397 (São Paulo, Brazil)
2018 Festival Mondes Possibles - Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers (Paris, France)
2018 In Situ Tion - Festival Hors Piste - Centre Pompidou (Paris, França)
2017 Ensaio de Tração - Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
2017 Bestiário - Centro Cultural São Paulo - CCSP (São Paulo, Brazil)
2017 Mágica – 13 Festival VERBO de Performance – Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo, Brazil)
2017 Falência – Galeria Cavalo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2017 De carne e ferro – Pivô (São Paulo, Brazil)
2017 Les entrées extraordinaires – Atelier W (Paris, France)
2017 VIII Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia – Casa das Onze Janelas (Belém, Brazil)
2017 Um Piano na Selva – Periscópio (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2017 Bad Video Art Festival – A3 Gallery (Moscow, Russia)
2016 Mon cher Magma – Atelier W (Paris, France)
2016 Bolsa Pampulha – Museu de Arte da Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2016 Mutuca – Museu de Arte da Mutuca (Altamira, Brazil)
2016 Permanências e Destruições – Torre H (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2016 Esforço-Desempenho – Athena Contemporânea (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2015 Hipótese e Horizonte – Observatório (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Galeria Transitória – Red Bull Station (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Despoxição ou rearranjo – Tofic House (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Concrete Matter – Warm (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Como diz o outro – Nice Cópias (São Paulo, Brazil)
2015 Ciclo de Pesquisas Casa Tomada – Casa Tomada (São Paulo, Brazil)
2014 Primeira – Warm (São Paulo, Brazil)
2014 4º Prêmio EDP nas Artes – Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, Brazil)
2014 Phosphorus – Phosphorus (São Paulo, Brazil)
2014 39º SARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto - MARP (Ribeirão Preto, Brazil)
2014 Estado de Suspensão – Coletor (São Paulo, Brazil)
2014 32th Coopy RIghtOTs - 8. Salon (Hamburg, Germany)
2014 13º Salão de Arte Nacional de Jataí – MAC Jataí (Jataí, Brazil)
2014 aber-tura – Coletor (São Paulo, Brazil )
2013 XV Salão de Artes Visuais de Natal – FUNCARTE (Natal, Brazil)
2013 Projeto Multiplo #5 – Centro Cultural São Paulo - CCSP (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013 13º SNAI - Salão Nacional de Artes de Itajaí - Fundação Cultural de Itajaí (Itajaí, Brazil)
2013 20º Salão de Artes Plásticas de Praia Grande - Complexo Cultural
Palácio das Artes (Praia Grande, Brazil)
2013 The New York Art Book Fair – MoMA PS1 (New York, United States of America)
2013 Sangue Latino: 12 º Festival de Arte Serrinha – Paço das Artes (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013 Equivocábulos – MAB - Museu de Arte Brasileira (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013 Feira Plana, MIS – Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
2013 NES Open Studios, NES (Skagaströnd, Iceland)
2012 Anarcademia, Kunstvlaai (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2012 Anarcademia, W139 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2012 Anarcademia: Fachada e Cineclube – Colaboração de “Imagens claras x ideias vagas”, de Dora Longo Bahia, Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo, Brazil)
2012 Rapidinha, Ateliê 397 (São Paulo, Brazil)
2012 TAZ Tu, Centro Cultural São Paulo - CCSP (São Paulo, Brazil)
2012 MIS-SIM, Museu da Imagem e do Som de Campinas - (Campinas, Brazil)
FILM FESTIVALS
2024 Berlinale Forum Expanded (Berlin, DE)
2024 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes - Panorama (Tiradentes, BR)
2023 Philadelphia Latino Film Festival - LOLA Shorts (Philadelphia, USA)
2023 London Short Film Festival – ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, GB)
2023 Restrospectiva do Cinema Brasileiro - CineSESC (São Paulo, BR)
2022 Forum DOC – Festival Internacional de Documentário de Belo Horizonte (Belo Horizonte, BR)
2022 Antropocenicas – Conference + film projection - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, PT)
2022 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF (Bucharest, RO)
2022 IndieCork Festival (Cork, Ireland)
2022 29th Valdivia International Film Festival (Valdivia, Chile)
2022 Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (Georgia)
2022 Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona - Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, ES)
2022 25 FPS festival - Short Film Competition (Zagreb, SL)
2022 Encounters Film Festival (Bristol, UK)
2022 Mostra Ecofalante – Latin America Competition (São Paulo, Belo Horizonte e Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2022 Helsinki Film Festival- Short Film Competition (Helsinki, Finland)
2022 Concorto Film Festival - Supernature, curated by Claudia Praolini (Concorto, Italy)
2022 Curtas Vila do Conde - Short Film Competition (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2022 Ecrã Festival de Ciema Experimental - Short Film Competition (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2022 Olhar de Cinema - Short Film Competition (Curutiba, Brazil)
2022 Short Waves Festival - Short Film Competition (Poznań, Poland)
2022 Vienna Shorts - Short Film Competition (Vienna, Austria)
2022 Beira Film Festival (Rondônia, Brazil)
2022 Kino Otok International Film Festival (Isola, Slovenia)
2022 Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius International Film Festival - Short Film Competition (Vilnius, Lithuania)
2022 Glasgow Short Film Festival - Eco-Spectrality: Residual Fabulations (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2022 Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes - Short Film Competition (Tiradentes, Brazil)
2020 Simultan Festival XV – Unseen (Timisoara, Romania)
2020 Emma Goldman Anarchist Film Festival (New York City, USA)
2019 FID Campus - Festival International de Cinéma de Marseille (France)
2018 10 Semana de Cinema (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2018 International Conference on Landscape and Cinema – Universidade de Letras de Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal)