About
Multimedia artist from Brazil, working mainly with documentary photography, film and scoring experimental short films.
As a freelancer, Dezan produced photos and videos for channels like The Washington Post, AJ+, The New York Times, The Intercept and Popular Front. Worked for 5 years as a filmmaker at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, based in Washington DC.
Co-directed the documentary ‘My Blood Is Red’, awarded in 5 international film festivals in 2020. Launched his first photo book ‘When I Hear That Trumpet Sound’ in 2021, which got invited to be part of the permanent photo book archive of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Rome, Italy). In 2025 published the book ‘On This Side of the Wall’ in collaboration with Farpa Agency, documenting the prison system in Latin America. His ongoing art project ‘Insomnia’ was exhibited in the USA, Italy and Brazil.
IG: @thiagodezan
Contact: dezandezandezan@gmail.com
Photo by Eduardo Manfré
EXHIBITIONS / FESTIVALS
2026 - Farpa Exhibition at Helio Oiticica Arts Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2025 - Insomnia Exhibition at Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan, Italy
2025 - Video Installation Nine Lives Cat during Festival Ecrã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2025 - Video Installation Beautiful Burning Prison during Machine Wreckers at Spazio Punch in Venice, Italy
2025 - Photo Exhibition Desse Lado do Muro at Museu da Imagem e do Som de Curitiba, Brazil
2025 - Photo Exhibition Materia Oscura at El Local in Madrid Sain.
2024 - Video Installation Never Ending Hate for GANRA in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan
2024 - Collective show ‘Theater of Dis-Operations’ at Art Noble Gallery in Milan, Italy
2024 - Insomnia Exhibition at Rocca Albornoz di Narni, Italy.
2023 - Insomnia Exhibition during Crack Festival in Rome, Italy
2021 - EyeEm Photo Exhibition during Berlin Photo Week at Haubentaucher
2021 - Insomnia Exhibition at Third Ethos Gallery in Brooklyn, NY
2020 - My blood is Red - Nottingham International Film Festival - Film of the Festival
2020 - My blood is Red - Cuzco Underground Cinema Festival - Best Documentary Feature
2020 - My blood is Red - Lonely Seal Film festival - Best International Documentary
2020 - My blood is Red - Cult Critic Awards - Best Documentary
2019 - My blood is Red - Milestone Worldwide Film Festival - Best Original Score