Alice dos Reis

Alice dos Reis was in residence at LUMA Arles with the support of the Gulbenkian Foundation-delegation in France from september to december 2024.

Alice dos Reis (b. 1995, Lisbon) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose practice involves film, textiles, installation and publishing. Her films are done mostly alone or with a small crew and use diverse mediums, from 16mm to smartphones. Threading between autobiography and fiction, they are characteristically atmospheric, haunting and sometimes humoristic, confusing historical and generational timelines and perceptions. She sees her meditative work in tapestry and needlepoint as an extension of these narratives, where repetitive “mendings” in wool and cotton allow for a permanence that contrasts with the film medium. Recent works combine images of animals, religious and cultic iconography, gendered artifacts related to class and health, and visions of technology.

She has exhibited, solo and in group, at the Serralves Museum for Contemporary Art (Porto), Canal Projects (NYC), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), EYE Film Museum (Amsterdam) Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon), among others. Her films have been shown in various international film festivals such as Sheffield DocFest, London IFF, and Curtas Vila do Conde IFF. Recently Alice was a recipient of Foundation Botin Visual Arts Grants (2022-2023), and previously, the Mondriaan Fonds Stipend for Young Artists (2020-2021). Alongside her work, Alice is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. She also co-runs Pântano Books, an independent poetry press.