Ana Leal's First Solo Museum Show 'Chão de Histórias' Opens at MIS

Key facts

• Ana Leal's first solo exhibition at a Brazilian museum, 'Chão de Histórias', opens at MIS São Paulo on August 11, 2026.
• The exhibition runs from August 11 to September 20, 2026, with free admission.
• It is part of the MIS Nova Fotografia program.
• The show includes 21 works: photographs, collages, a video projection, and a spatial intervention.
• Series exhibited: 'Dobra do Tempo', 'Encontro', 'Álbum de Família', video 'Aquilo que fica', and intervention 'O Chão também tem pele'.
• Artistic and expographic conception by Ana Leal, with artistic accompaniment by Sylvia Sanchez and critical text by Éder Chiodetto.
• The project began in 2022 after Leal's first trip to the sertão of Pernambuco, her paternal family's region.
• Leal's work explores memory, landscape, and ancestry using photography, collage, video, renda renascença, clay, and family archives.
• Ana Leal was born in Recife in 1969 and is based in São Paulo.
• Her work has been shown at Somerset House (London), BBA Gallery (Berlin), Rencontres d'Arles, Fundação Iberê, Galeria Vermelho, and Galeria Lica Pedrosa.
• Her work has been published by Lenscratch, PhotoVogue, L'Œil de la Photographie, and Musée Magazine.
• The Nova Fotografia program selects new photographers via open call for solo exhibitions; selected series enter the MIS collection.
• MIS was inaugurated in 1970 and is linked to the Secretaria da Cultura, Economia e Indústria Criativas do Estado de São Paulo.
• MIS's collection has over 200,000 items including photographs, films, videos, posters, and sound recordings.