Pedro Vaz was born in 1977 in Maputo, Mozambique. He lives and works in Lisbon.
Highlights include participation in group exhibitions, such as Loops-Expanded 2021, at MNAC, Lisbon, PT; LA TORMENTA, 2020, Centro Cultural Teopanzolco, Cuernavaca, MX; O Olhar Divergente, 2019, Arquipélago - Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Azores, PT; After the shock, the tropics, 2018, Galeria Luísa Strina, São Paulo, BR; Second Nature, 2018, The Kreeger Museum, Washington D.C, US; Segunda Natureza, 2016, MAAT, Lisbon, PT.
He also held residencies in PIVÔ, São Paulo, BR; Labverde, Manaus, BR; in ISLA, Chile; at Garhi Artist Studio, New Delhi, IN; and also at the Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Phoenix, US. The following grants and distinctions stand out: LOOPSEXPANDED 2021, MNAC, Lisbon, PT; 2021 - Guarantee Culture Program, Lisbon, PT; 2017 - LOOP DISCOVER Award (Finalist), Loop Barcelona, Barcelona, ES; 2014 - Projects to Support Artistic Research, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT; 2011 - Support for Artistic Creation Projects, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PT. His work is still represented in collections such as: CAM / Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, PT; Serralves Museum / Serralves Foundation, Porto, PT; MAAT - EDP Foundation, Lisbon, PT; Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, PT; and also at CAC Málaga - Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Malaga, ES; Caja de Burgos Art Center - CAB, Burgos, ES; CAPC - Coimbra Plastic Arts Circle, Coimbra, PT; Lisbon City Council, Lisbon, PT; State Contemporary Art Collection (CACE), Lisbon, PT; Cleusa Garfinkel Collection, São Paulo, BR; Leal Rios Foundation Collection, Lisbon, PT; PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, PT; Juan Entrecanales Collection, Madrid, ES; Manuel de Brito Collection, Lisbon, PT; Norlinda Collection and José Lima Collection, São João da Madeira, PT; VdA Collection - Vieira de Almeida, Lisbon, PT.
