Navas describes her practice as an exploration of the genealogical lineage of objects, tracing their origins and subsequent influences.

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Ana Navas was raised in Caracas, Venezuela and is currently based in The Netherlands. Navas studied Fine Arts at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe, where she continued as a Meisterschülerin under the guidance of Franz Ackermann from 2010 to 2011. She has participated in several artist residencies, including De Ateliers in Amsterdam, NL (2012–2014), Goethe-Institut in Salvador de Bahía, BR (2016), Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, FR (2017), Escuela FLORA ars + natura in Bogotá, CO (2018), and Fondation Fiminco in Romainville, FR (2020), among others. 

Navas’ work has received numerous recognitions, including the Illy SustainArt Award at ARCOmadrid (2022), the NN Art Award at Art Rotterdam (2020), the Kalinowski Prize from the Stiftung Kunstfonds (2018) and has been widely exhibited across Latin America and Europe. Recent exhibitions include “A Veil as a Glaze” (solo show, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, NL, 2024), “Various Others” (duo show with Maddy Arkesteyn, gallery Sperling, Munich, DE, 2024), “Mano a Mano” (duo show with Toon Verhoef, galleries Onrust and tegenboschvanvreden, Amsterdam, NL, 2024), “Reproductive Matters” (group show, Künstler:innenhaus Bremen, DE, 2024), and “When Things Are Beings” (group show, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL, 2023). 

Navas describes her practice as an exploration of the genealogical lineage of objects, tracing their origins and subsequent influences. Her work examines how art can be understood outside of its traditional context, searching for overlaps and transformations between disciplines such as design and ‘high’ and ‘popular’ culture. 

Navas’ glassworks have been produced at MAKE Eindhoven. With special thanks to Oude Kerk Amsterdam.