Ana Jotta

Ana Jotta Finissage, 2019
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Ana Jotta Parti chercher du white spirit (Walter Swennen), 2021
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Woven rug
194 x 136 cm
Ana Jotta Untitled (J), 2019
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Bronze
56 x 20 x 17 cm
Height shelf: 75 cmPhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Maravilloso cartaz, 2021
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Color pencil, marker, pen and gouache on paper
70 x 50 cm
Ana Jotta Plastificados #7, 2018. (Recto / Verso)
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Plastified papers on metal display
68 x 31,5 x 20 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Plastificados #8, 2018. (Recto / Verso)
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Plastified papers on metal display
45,5 x 22 x 19,5 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Plastificados #9, 2018. (Recto / Verso)
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Plastified papers on metal display
68 x 31,5 x 20 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta O poço, 2019
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Embroidery on cotton
176 x 214 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Duro castigo, n.d.
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Children's book, china ink, oil and glass bowl
24 x 18,5 cm diam.
UniquePhoto: Roberto Ruiz
Installation view: Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
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Ana Jotta Le Père, 2006 (left) | La Mère, 2006 (right)
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Installation view: Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
Walldrawing (from Krazy Kat comic book series)
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Installation view: Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
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Installation view: Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
Ana Jotta Dormir, 2019
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Inventória, Casa São Roque, Porto, 2019
Ana Jotta Fala-só (Soliloquy), 2017
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Installation view: Ana Jotta: Das ist Das?, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, 2018.
Photo: Simon Vogel
Installation view: Ana Jotta: Das ist Das?, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, 2018
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Installation view: Accrochage #4: Dauder, Jotta, Mendizabal & Oriol Aribau, ProjecteSD, 2018
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Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Ricochete series (#6), 2017
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Woodcut, chine-collé, charbonnel ink and collage on paper target
Framed: 55,3 x 55,3 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Ricochete series (#4), 2017
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Woodcut, chine-collé, charbonnel ink and collage on paper target
Framed: 55,3 x 55,3 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Ricochete series (#1), 2017
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Woodcut, chine-collé, charbonnel ink and collage on paper target
Framed: 55,3 x 55,3 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Ricochete series (#7), 2017
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Woodcut, chine-collé, charbonnel ink and collage on paper target
Framed: 55,3 x 55,3 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Ricochete series (#9), 2017
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Woodcut, chine-collé, charbonnel ink and collage on paper target
Framed: 55,3 x 55,3 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Que Sais-Je?, 2011
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Marker pen on tape roll
2,5 x 14,3 diam. cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Que Sais-Je?, 2011
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Silkscreen on fabric bag, cord, eyelets
83 x 56 cm
Unique

Installation view: Ana Jotta – Cassandra, Culturgest Porto, 2016
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Photo: Daniel Malhão
Cassandra, 2016 (detail)
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Ana Jotta Cloud, 2013
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Painted steel
90 x 200 x 4 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Installation view: Ana Jotta: Ti Re Li Re, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – Le Crédac, 2016
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Photo: André Morin
Ana Jotta Un Printemps 2008, 2008
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Acrylic and felt pen on screen
160 x 129 x 16 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Downeye View, 2006
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(Ana Jotta / Al Cartio)
Wood, hinges and mirrors
118 x 80 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Briyech, 2017
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Bronze
23 x 13 x 9 cm
Unique

Ana Jotta Untitled, 2017
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Bronze
18 x 13 x 4,5 cm
Unique

Ana Jotta He Said / And / Then I / Then, 2017
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Drypoint, viscosity print and monotype on 300g somerset soft-white paper
47 x 38,5 cm each
Ed. 3 + 1 AP

Ana Jotta Untitled, 2010
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Charcoal and synthetic paint on canvas
100,5 x 81 cm
Unique
Photo: Laura Castro Caldas
Ana Jotta Footnote #4, 2016
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Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Footnote #4, 2016 (detail)
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Ana Jotta Portuguese Handicraft #2, 1992
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Embroided cotton
47 x 52 cm
Unique

Installation view: Portuguese Handicraft, Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, 2016
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Ana Jotta Ana e Eu, 2018
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Installation view: Three Moral Tales, Malmö Konsthall, 2019
Various works
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Installation view: Three Moral Tales, Malmö Konsthall, 2019
Ana Jotta Life, Work, References, 2016. Installation view: Three Moral Tales, Malmö Konsthall, 2019
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Set of 6 works on textile, digital prints on fabric and canvas
Variable dimensions
Unique
Photo: Helene Toresdotter
Ana Jotta Life, Work, References, 2016 (detail)
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Ana Jotta Desenho Fantasma, 2008
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Acrylic transfer of original drawing
100 x 70 cm
Unique
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Untitled, 2002
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Aquatint
160 x 125 cm
Ed. 3
Photo: Roberto Ruiz
Ana Jotta Sem título, 2000
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Silkscreen on newspaper sheet
38,5 x 28 cm
Unique

Ana Jotta Sem título, 2000
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Silkscreen on newspaper sheet
38,5 x 28 cm
Unique

Installation view: Ana Jotta: Ti Re Li Re, Centre d’art contemporain d’Ivry – Le Crédac, 2016
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Photo: André Morin
Ana Jotta Colecção de Jotas # 1, n.d
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Collection of J-shaped objects, 4 parts
Variable dimension
Unique
Ana Jotta Colecção de Jotas #9, n.d.
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Wool plaited in the shape of letter J
Variable dimensions
Unique
Biography
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, 1946
Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal
Having exhibited regularly since the 1980s, Ana Jotta has developed a completely unique body of work which has warranted her clear recognition both within a national context and, especially over the last decade, internationally. Known for her cutting irony and criticism about the concepts of authorship or originality, extraordinarily diverse and heteroclite in her conception, formulation or presentation, her work occupies a space of freedom, using techniques as varied as painting, collage, performance, drawing, assemblage, photography, installation, sculpture, sound, video, embroidery, engraving, writing or appropriation of objects from various sources.
Selected Texts
- 2017Petra RoettigJottas Welt (Porträt)
- 2017Luisa Soares de OliveiraAs anamorfoses de Ana Jotta (Ípsilon)
- 2017Clément DiriéArtpress
- 2016Mariana CanepaArt Agenda
- 2016Frédéric BonnetJournal des Arts
- 2013Ricardo NicolauThe Perpetual Interview
- 2008Ricardo NicolauJotta Dossier
- 2005João FernandesThe House of Ana
- 2003Gaetan LampoAn Alternative Biography
Exhibitions
- 28 June — 07 September 2024
The 15 works presented at Festa particular are the result of a special collaboration between Ana Jotta and Portuguese artist Jorge Nesbitt. As an omnivorous appropriationist who recycles and transforms the most disparate things, Jotta engaged Nesbitt to create a quite idiosyncratic repertoire of small format glazed ceramic objects. Through a simple economy of means, with great sense of intelligence and insight, the result of this fruitful, playful artistic collaboration is presented now at ProjecteSD. The title of the exhibition (which means “private party” in Portuguese) is borrowed from a sentence on one the ceramic objects, and is, in turn, quite indicative of the spirit of this working collaboration between the two artists.
- 11 May — 21 June 2023
- 29 November 2019 — 01 February 2020
- 30 September — 26 November 2016
- 15 July — 16 September 2026
- 01—28 February 2023
- 07 May — 29 July 2022
- 10 September — 14 November 2020
- 23 April — 04 May 2019
- 04 July — 29 August 2018
- 30 August — 16 September 2017
News
- 6 September 2024 — 5 January 2025
SOLO SHOW: WIELS, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
- 8 June — 15 September 2024
SOLO SHOW: KUNSTHALLE ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
- 7 September — 11 November 2023
SOLO SHOW: CCA WATTIS INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA USA
- 8 October — 27 November 2022
TWO SOLO SHOWS: IMMANENCE - CENTRE D'ART and CITÉ INTERNATIONAL DES ARTS, FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE
- 7 April — 25 September 2022
SOLO PRESENTATION: Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
- 16 October — 31 December 2021
GROUP SHOW: Culturgest, Lisbon
- 20 November 2020 — 4 July 2021
GROUP SHOW: FRAC DES PAYS DE LA LOIRE, Carquefou
- 29 October 2020 — 18 February 2021
GROUP SHOW: MAAT, LISBON
- 19 October — 30 November 2019
SOLO SHOW: CASA São ROQUE CENTRO DE ARTE, PORTO
- 14 September 2019, 16:00—21:00H
SOLO SHOW: Guimarães, VIENNA
- 13 September — 15 December 2019
GROUP SHOW: Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry - le Crédac, Ivry-sur-Seine
- 11 July — 3 November 2019
GROUP SHOW: FUNDAÇAO DE SERRALVES, PORTO
- 15 June — 25 August 2019
GROUP SHOW: KONSTHALL MALMÖ
- 8 June — 18 August 2019
GROUP SHOW: GALERIA MUNICIPAL DO PORTO, PORTO
- 17 April — 22 June 2019
GROUP SHOW: BEIRUT ART CENTER
- 9 March — 26 May 2019
GROUP SHOW: GAK, BREMEN
- 7—23 February 2019
SOLO SHOW: APPLETON (BOX), LISBON
- 19 October 2018 — 14 January 2019
GROUP SHOW, CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN MUSEUM, LISBON
- 6 October — 11 November 2018
GROUP SHOW, CENT QUATRE #104, PARIS
- 22 April — 29 July 2018
Solo show, Temporary gallery, Cologne