Ana Luisa Bernárdez Notz is an interdisciplinary artist from Venezuela, based in Toronto. She holds a BFA with Distinction from OCAD University, and was the 2020 OCAD U Photography Program Medal Winner, as well as one of four recipients of the Project 31 Photography Awards. Her practice is largely influenced by the ongoing Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis, and by her own positionality and lived experience within it. Through her work she currently explores memory, human-land relationships and individual/collective grief and joy.Ana Luisa is a co-founder and member of Colectivo Satelital, a collective of Venezuelan creatives based in Toronto.
OCAD University
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction
Major Completed, 2020
Photography Fine Art Moving images Virtual Reality Mixed media installations
2020, "Proyecciones: Bajo el Mar"
Online screening curated by Portaespacios and Galería ABRA. Caracas, Venezuela.
2020, "Galvanized Suns", curated by Diasporic Futurisms
Online stream
2020, "Memorial: Work by Venezuelan Diaspora Artists", curated by Camila Salcedo
The Khyber Centre for The Arts, Halifax, NS
2020, "Grasping, Grounding and Gesturing", curated by Kaylyn Hamlyn
Art Toronto (online)
2020, "Memorial: Work by Artists of the Venezuelan Diaspora", curated by Camila Salcedo
Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
2019, "Reflections" curated by Peter Sramek
University of Applied Science Europe. Berlin, Germany.
2019, "Beyond Borders"
OCAD University, CONTACT Scotiabank Photography Festival
2017, "Feelings"
VSVSVS Studios, Toronto, ON
2020, BMO 1st! Art Competition
Nominated by OCAD U
2020, Gallery 44 Career Launcher
CEAD, OCAD University
2020, Nora E. Vaughan Award
OCAD University
2020, Project 31 Photography Award
OCAD University
2020, Photography Medal Winner
OCAD University
2019, Stephen Bulger Gallery Scholarship
OCAD University
2018, Heartline Pictures Scholarship
OCAD University
2017, Second Year Photography Scholarship
OCAD University