From São Paulo, Brasil - Based in Berlin, Germany
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Luïza Luz (they/them) is a transdisciplinary artist, educator, and author published by Archive Books and We Make It. Their work focuses on intersectional environmentalism and emancipatory pedagogies, engaging with spatial, textual, sonic, performance-based, and somatic ecologies.
A central element of their practice is the voice—both sung and spoken—as a means of recovering forgotten and/or suppressed narratives and inscribing pathways to collective liberation.
Through the reciprocal acts of voicing and listening, Luz approaches education as a medium, cultivating strategies that merge performance with teaching, nurturing collaborative-bodied learning experiences.
Their work has been presented in cultural ecosystems such as HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Gropius Bau, LAS Art Foundation, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Knsthaus Hamburg, Belvedere21, Kasseler Kunstverein, and Kommunale Galerie.
A central element of their practice is the voice—both sung and spoken—as a means of recovering forgotten and/or suppressed narratives and inscribing pathways to collective liberation.
Through the reciprocal acts of voicing and listening, Luz approaches education as a medium, cultivating strategies that merge performance with teaching, nurturing collaborative-bodied learning experiences.
Their work has been presented in cultural ecosystems such as HKW - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Gropius Bau, LAS Art Foundation, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Knsthaus Hamburg, Belvedere21, Kasseler Kunstverein, and Kommunale Galerie.
ImagesMount Etna 2023They founded and led the Planetary Embodiment seminar at the Berlin University of Arts (2021-2023), culminating in the publication Planetary Embodiment: Cooking With Words for Systemic Change and Solidarity.
In 2025, they will join the teaching team for the master's program Monstrous Futurities at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam.
They have been a guest lecturer in the Dirty Art Department at the Sandberg Instituut, the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, the Performance Department of Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen, and the Technische Universität in Berlin, among others.
Luïza Luz completed a master’s degree at the Art in Context Institute in Berlin, focusing on ecologies and decoloniality, after studying Art and Education in São Paulo, Brasil.
They have also pursued non-academic education in the fields of ecologies, somatic practices and design for regenerative cultures, studying with Ailton Krenak and Fritjof Capra.
In 2025, they will join the teaching team for the master's program Monstrous Futurities at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam.
They have been a guest lecturer in the Dirty Art Department at the Sandberg Instituut, the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, the Performance Department of Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen, and the Technische Universität in Berlin, among others.
Luïza Luz completed a master’s degree at the Art in Context Institute in Berlin, focusing on ecologies and decoloniality, after studying Art and Education in São Paulo, Brasil.
They have also pursued non-academic education in the fields of ecologies, somatic practices and design for regenerative cultures, studying with Ailton Krenak and Fritjof Capra.