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Ana Navas                                                                                                                                                  January, 2021

Quito, 1984
Lives and works in Amsterdam

Working in different media like sculpture, video, painting and performance Ana Navas deals with processes as translation, assimilation and ap-
propriation. She thinks very often of her praxis as going behind the traces of an object’s genealogical tree. What are its possible ancestors, influ-
ences or new contexts in which it might reappear? Sometimes this approach can be real, historical, and other times, those connections are rather
fictional ones.

During her work process, the metaphor of a non-stop domino effect, where things and contents are constantly moving each other, is recurrent.
Navas tries to stay far away of the idea of a zero point of creation, thus she questions terms strong related to art making as revolution, creativity or
authorship. For her, art is a dialogue with strangers, but this dialogue does not only resonate to the direct participants of the artistic experience,
but creates also a wider echo. One of the main questions in her work is how art is perceived and transformed outside the art context and what are
the meeting points between different disciplines as ethnology / art / design / decoration and the relation between high and popular culture. She
is interested in moments where these encounters, transformation, absorption and imitation are especially present. This is how in her work a wide
variety of themes such as adolescence, forgery, amateur art, song covers or costumes become examples around the idea of willing to copy and to
possess.

Ana Navas often works in several series in parallel, which then connect in an installation situation unfolding the conceptual relations those se-
ries have to each other. Aiming to be consequent on her focus on transformation, she understands the exhibition situation as an ‘essay’ moment
and not a definite one. This means, the works are understood as modules, which can be reused for new pieces, reappear in another constellations,
turn from piece to display or adopt a different meaning each time they are shown.
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Ana Navas                                          Project selection                                                                                      January, 2021

Rarely True

“Power dressing” describes an 80’s fashion trend that focused in supporting the executive woman aiming to “break through the glass ceiling”. Vari-
ous best seller books of the time offered advice on how to dress appropriately to blend in companies sectors dominated by the opposite gender.

This project reinterprets this advice in a series of assemblages, each containing a central element: either a key component from these fashion con-
sultancies (as, for example, the pussy bow) or a fictional accessory – nonexistent in the market but aligned with this trend’s negotiation (as, for ex-
ample, foam’s shapes to hide the waist or “sideburns” jewelry to be attached to the ear) -. These central elements are placed on two-dimensional col-
lage-like surfaces, where Navas experiments with textiles, patterns, domestic objects and other significant references for her research.
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Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Rarely true, 2019

                                Exhibition view
                                Kunstruimte De Nederlandsche Bank,
                                Netherlands
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Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Rarely true, 2019

                                Exhibition view
                                Kunstruimte De Nederlandsche Bank,
                                Netherlands
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Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Rarely true, 2019

                                Exhibition view
                                Kunstruimte De Nederlandsche Bank,
                                Netherlands
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Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Waistpads (after Moore), 2018

                                PVC, acrylic, textile, plastic
                                140 x 100 cm
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Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Patilleras, 2018

                                Carpets, cardboard, textile, leather, silver
                                130 x 104 cm
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Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                Iron, 2018

                                PVC, acrylic, metal, textile, ceramics
                                195 x 62 cm
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Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                United, 2018

                                Mat, plaster, textile, paper, metal, bullet-
                                proof vest, piercing
                                193 x 65 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Pyramid, 2018

                                Fabric, hair, silk paint, bread, epoxy
                                145 x 155 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                          January, 2021

                                Nuez de Adan, 2018

                                Fabric, silicone, plastic, silver
                                147 x 82 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Muy agradecida, 2018

                                Fabric, a.o fabric used for seats in busses
                                272 x 295 cm
Ana Navas                                         Project selection                                                                                    January, 2021

I had to think of you

I had to think of you is a solo exhibition, in which Navas organizes recent and past work according to trends for food franchising image design. The
entrance at the Stadtgalerie Sindelfingen’s works as an introduction into the subjects she approaches across the show, such as ethnography, decora-
tion, and gastronomy. Inside the museum’s central spaces she recreates different atmospheres according to image design trends categorized as Mod-
ern, Minimal, Urban & Nature.

The remaining two spaces merge a series of large paintings of noodles, different music styles and a video projection. In the projection, Navas pre-
pares noodle dough on a Verner Panton’s style children’s chair while an audio piece plays short extracts from diverse versions (bachata, techno,
among others) of a single song: Unchained Melody. Bringing back through the melody the memory of a well-known Hollywood scene - Demi
Moore making pottery in the 90’s romantic fantasy thriller Ghost - the process of preparing noodle’s dough showed in her video can be read as a
sculptural moment.
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                I had to think of you, 2017

                                Exhibition view
                                Stadtgalerie Sindelfingen, Germany
Ana Navas   Project selection                      January, 2021

                                Noodles, 2017

                                Glazed ceramic, papier-mache, steel, wood
                                83 x 140 x 70 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                I had to think of you, 2017

                                Exhibition view
                                Stadtgalerie Sindelfingen, Germany
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                I had to think of you, 2017

                                Exhibition view
                                Stadtgalerie Sindelfingen, Germany
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                I had to think of you, 2017

                                Exhibition view
                                Stadtgalerie Sindelfingen, Germany
Ana Navas                                         Project selection                                                                                     January, 2021

To cut one’s hair by the moon

To cut one’s hair by the moon presented at 45 cbm Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, in which Navas exhibited the body of work produced between two
haircuts. Crucial elements of different series are organized as a Gesamtkunstwerk in a densely composed installation that unfolds reflections on
design, cultural trends and authorship.

Presidents, the first piece of a long-term project, is a central element in the installation. The name of every current head of state in the world is
written on a rice grain and placed on a girl’s garment. Each garment consists of a collage of fashion trends observed during the piece’s production
year (during 2017, in the case of the mentioned edition). Navas is committed to produce a new piece for this series under the same principles ev-
ery 4/5 years (according to an average presidential period) over the entire course of her life. On the walls, leather numbers form the year 2059, in
which, according to current life expectancy, her death would take place.
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                To cut one’s hair by the moon, 2018

                                Exhibition view
                                Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 45
                                cbm, Germany
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Presidents, 2018 - ongoing

                                Ink on rice grains, children’ clothes, plinth
                                Variable dimensions
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                To cut one’s hair by the moon, 2018

                                Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 45
                                cbm, Germany
Ana Navas                                         Project selection                                                                                   January, 2021

Placing a mirror at the entry area is a gracious way to welcome wealth in

Placing a mirror at the entry area is a gracious way to welcome wealth in is an installation composed by different bodies of work. The central one
corresponds to a series on forges titled A fake crocodile can make you cry real tears. Departing from different platforms (such as online forums),
which provide keys to distinguish fake products from original ones, Navas creates an archive of inaccuracies. Then, she uses these “mistakes” - for
example “patterns do not continue aligned in the textile’s seam” or “molding flash remains visible in the final positive form” - as instructions to
produce sculptural elements. A publication (designed with Santiago da Silva) reveals the collection of errors from which the works originally took
their shape.
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Placing a mirror at the entry area is a gra-
                                cious way to welcome wealth in, 2016

                                Exhibition view
                                P/////AKT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Placing a mirror at the entry area is a gra-
                                cious way to welcome wealth in, 2016

                                Exhibition view
                                P/////AKT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Placing a mirror at the entry area is a gra-
                                cious way to welcome wealth in, 2016

                                Exhibition view
                                P/////AKT Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ana Navas                                          Project selection                                                                                      January, 2021

Excuses

Ana Nava’s artistic practice often focuses on an object’s genealogy, as that object transits different usages and stages of interest through different
disciplines, such as art and design. Considering everyday objects that are close to me, such as the luggage trolley, the easel, and domestic items like
the ironing board, she creates a collection of textile costumes specifically designed for them. She uses some of those costumes to explore a particu-
lar artist’s oeuvre that might have influenced the object’s design, or which have addressed an art historical movement or realm, such as public art.

Beyond these original associative references, the costume collection that results from this process aims to create a variety of characters embodying
notions related to taste.
Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Sumas y restas, 2019

                                Exhibition view
                                lnstituto Cultural de Leon, Guanajuato,
                                Mexico
Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Sumas y restas, 2019

                                Exhibition view
                                lnstituto Cultural de Leon, Guanajuato,
                                Mexico
Ana Navas   Project selection                         January, 2021

                                Budhas en nanas, 2019

                                Jug stand, vynil, fabric, imitation jewellery,
                                sponges
                                62 x 37 x 125 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                Peceras, 2019

                                Cloth rack, fabric, plastic and acrylic paint
                                42 x 80 x 169 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                Hi Donalds, 2019

                                Suitcase, fabric, napkin holders, imitation
                                jewellery, acrylic paint
                                25 x 39 x 98 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                        January, 2021

                                Excusas (Meret y Henry), 2019

                                Ironing board, fabric, acrylic paint
                                42 x 123 x 82 cm
Ana Navas                                          Project selection                                                                                      January, 2021

I don’t care if this has been standing here for centuries, it’s ruining my zen garden

Departing from the question: how would the mental image of the word “sculpture” look like? Navas reviews sculptures’ depictions such as props
for theater, amateur books on learning to sculpt or publicity for sculptors’ supplies. By creating groups through their formal similarities she formed
different archetypes, which then she sculpts using paper maché and Styrofoam.

The series Yet far more often than these text based pieces, one would play pure melodies on the mouth organ II, in which Navas recreates objects
based purely on their audio guides’ descriptions from ethnographic museums, and a grill covered in paper maché are often placed alongside the
sculptures in the space. These two external elements elicit associations of the archetypes, not only with sculptural, but also with “primitive” as well
as with design language.
Ana Navas   Project selection                     January, 2021

                                Offspring, 2014

                                Exhibition view
                                De Ateliers Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ana Navas   Project selection                     January, 2021

                                Nespresso, 2014

                                Styrofoam and Papier Mache
                                120 x 150 x 80 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                       January, 2021

                                Object for backdrop, 2014

                                Styrofoam and Papier Mache
                                90 x 150 x 60 cm, 2014
Ana Navas   Project selection                      January, 2021

                                Elegance (Sarah-Jane), 2014

                                Styrofoam and Papier Mache
                                150 x 165 x 115 cm
Ana Navas   Project selection                     January, 2021

                                Yin-Yang, 2014

                                Styrofoam and Papier Mache
                                Variable measures
Ana Navas                                           CV                                                                                                                             January, 2021

Ana Navas                                           len, The Netherlands                             Netherlands                                      NAP II (in collaboration with Nadia Naveau),
Quito, 1984                                                                                                                                           Tegenboschvavreden, Amsterdam, The Nether-
                                                    2018                                             I Don’t Careif This Has Been Standing Here       lands
STUDIES                                             Medias de repuesto en gaveta de escritorio,      For Centuries, It’s Ruining My Zen Garden,
Master’s degree in Fine Arts, Academy of Fine       Ladrón, Mexico City, Mexico                      Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart,      Kiosko, Fundación Alumnos 47, Mexico City,
Arts Karlsruhe, 2010 - 2011, Karlsruhe, Ger-                                                         Germany                                          Mexico
many                                                To Cut One’s Hair by the Mooon, Staat-
                                                    liche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden 45cbm,              GROUP SHOWS (selection)                          Callar la protesta, La Fortaleza, Mexico City,
Bachelor in Fine Arts (Diploma), Academy of         Baden-Baden,Germany                              2020 - 2021                                      Mexico
Fine Arts Karlsruhe, 2004 - 2010, Karlsruhe,                                                         She Spins the Thread, She Measures the Thread,
Germany                                             2017                                             She Cuts the Thread, NEST, The Hague, The        Still Water. Politiken des Wassers, Hospitalhof
                                                    I Had to Think of You, Galerie der Stadt Sin-    Netherlands                                      Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
SOLO SHOWS (selection)                              delfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
2020                                                                                                 2020                                            Primitivo fallido, Los 14, Mexico City, Mexico
Caracol, Sagrada Mercancía, Santiago de Chile,      2016                                             Etwas mehr als Arbeit, Kunstverein Göttingen,
Chile                                               Placing aMirror at the Entry Area Is aGracious   Göttingen, Germany                              2017
                                                    Way to Welcome Wealth In, P/////AKT, Plat-                                                       15 / Love, De School, Amsterdam, The Neth-
2019                                                form for contemporary art, Amsterdam, The        Al aire, libre (curated by Tiago Pinto), online erlands
El barro, la culebra y sus principios, Crisis,      Netherlands                                      project
Lima, Peru                                                                                                                                           Humble, Garage, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
                                                    2015                                             2019
To Roll (One’s) Sleeves Up, Tegenboschvavre-        Sometimes, When I Am Alone, I Use Comic          Sumas y restas (in collaboration with Kiko      Espejo negro, elefante blanco, El cuarto de
den, Amsterdam, The Netherlands                     Sans, Tegenboschvavreden, Amsterdam, The         Pérez), Instituto Culturalde León, Leon, Mex- máquinas, Mexico City, Mexico
                                                    Netherlands                                      ico
Ich traute mich, sie zurückzugeben, weil sie nich                                                                                                    Correspondencias de Ultramar#4, Sala Mendo-
bissfest waren, Sperling, Munich, Germany           Ornament (?), Made of Feathers, String, Stride   El Nudo, Carreras Mugica, Bilbao, SpainYoga za, Caracas, Venezuela
                                                    On Projects, Karlsruhe, Germany                  to Go, Die Putte, Ulm, Germany
Rarely True, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amster-                                                                                                          Amethyst Babyccino(in collaboration with Dan-
dam, The Netherlands                        2014                                                     2018                                            iela Baldelli), Rinomina, Paris, France
                                                                                                     TJusto x Bueno, Binario, Bogota, Colombia
13 Is a Lucky Number, SCHUNCK*, Heer-               Offspring 2014, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The                                                      Puras cosas nuevas, Pantalla Blanca, Mexico
Ana Navas                                         CV                                                                                                                     January, 2021

City, Mexico                                      poca, Romania                                 Stipend of the Kunststiftung Baden-Württem-    Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico
                                                                                                berg, Stuttgart, Germany                       City, Mexico, 2015
Breve, Abra Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela           New Harmony (in collaboration with Sara
                                                  Wahl), Im Hinterzimmer, Karlsruhe, Germa-     Stipend of the Landesgraduiertenförderung      CEAAC (CentreEuropéen d’Actions Artis-
2016                                              ny                                            Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany          tiques Contemporaines), Strasbourg, France,
Early Spring, Gallery Tegenboschvavreden,                                                                                                      2015
Amsterdam, The Netherlands                        2014                                          Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes,
                                                  Eau de Cologne, Kunstverein Amsterdam,        Oaxaca, Mexico                                 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
Apartment Group Show, Apartment_19, Karl-         Amsterdam, The Netherlands                                                                   2012
sruhe, Germany                                                                                  RESIDENCIES
                                                  The Hidden Picture, Cobra Museum Am-          Currently, Fondation Fiminco, Romainville,     Forumkunst, Regional Council’s Art Grant,
Rompeflasche, Centro de Arte Contemporá-          stelveen, Amstelveen, The Netherlands         France                                         Karlsruhe, Germany, 2012
neo, Quito, Ecuador
                                                  Summer In the City, Gallery Tegenboschvavre- Sagrada Mercancía, Santiago de Chile, Chile,
15 años de intercambio, ENPEG La Esmeral-         den, Amsterdam, The Netherlands              2020
da, Mexico City, Mexico
                                                  Easily Broken, Gallery Tegenboschvavreden,    Granero –CHARCO, Leon, Mexico, 2019
St:rung, Akku, Stuttgart, Germany                 Amsterdam, The Netherlands                    EMPAC –Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
                                                                                                (research residency), New York, USA, 2019
2015                                              GRANTS
Objects Foods Rooms, Galería Proyecto Parale-     NN Art Award, NN Group, The Netherlands       SCHUNCK (with the supportMondriaan
lo, Mexico City, Mexico                                                                         Fonds), Heerlen, The Netherlands
                                                  KalinowskiGrant, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Ger-
Velada de Santa Lucía Remix, Hamburg, Ger-        many                                          Escuela Flora Arts Natura (with the support-
many                                                                                            Mondriaan Fonds), Bogota, Colombia, 2018
                                                  Salón de Jóvenes con FIA XVIII (Honorable
Salón de Jóvenes con FIA XVIII, Centro de         Mention), Caracas, Venezuela                  Cité International des Arts, Paris, France,
Arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela                                                           2017
                                                  Stipend of the Dutch Ministry of Education,
Tofu Absorbs Flavor (a project by Daniel Jacoby   Culture and Science, Denmark                  Goethe Institut, Salvador de Bahía, Brazil,
and Gerard Ortín), Gallery Sabot, Cluj-Na-                                                      2016
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