Ana Vicente is a Portuguese-born artist-researcher- educator based in London. Ana works with multidisciplinary methods including moving-image, performance, photography, installation, drawing and book design to explore modes of attention and being-with. Her work has been exhibited in the UK, Portugal, Ireland and the USA. She has also worked collaboratively and collectively in a variety of projects. She was a co-founder of Wotadot, a self-publishing project (2005-2016) showcasing work at Counter Plymouth, Bookartbookshop, Small Publishers Fair, Bristol Artists’ Book Fair, LAB at ICA, Manchester Artist’s Book Fair and Publish & Be Damned. Wotadot works were acquired by Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol School of Art, Media and Design and the Artist’s Books Collection of the Winchester School of Art Library. She is a member of the artists’ Ground Collective exhibiting and publishing work since 2015. Ana was one of the recipients of the ArtsAdmin BANNER Award (2018/19) as part of the collaborative performance duo Lorie Jo and Ana.
Ana is currently undertaking a practice-based PhD in the area of the body in art practice and learning at the University of the Arts London. She previously studied MAs in Performance Making and Education Studies (Art & Learning) at Goldsmiths, University of London and she has worked in creative education for the past fourteen years in a range of formal and informal settings but primarily in FE as Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Art & Design and Media. Ana is currently a Senior External Moderator for the University of the Arts Awarding Body supporting Centres nationwide with the delivery and assessment processes of creative qualifications. She is a research assistant at the Experimental Pedagogies Research Group at UAL and a core member of the Art Research Learning Group since 2020.