Thomas Vanz

"I try to be both artist and scientist, I keep in mind quantic theories while working and try to explore the "invisible". I capture microscopic elements to represent the gigantic or the opposite, with the minimum amount of computer work or CGI."

  1. Thomas Vanz is a French piano composer and director who began making films in 2014. His work is based on chemical reactions; he creates visual effects with inks, pigments, and various chemical products to recount tales of the cosmos's history.


  2. His first experimental short film, Novae (2016), focused on illustrating a supernova with humble tools. Using only an aquarium, ink and water, and avoiding CGI, the artist analogously visualised cosmic events on a macroscopic scale. The film won the first prize at the Quantum Festival.


  3. In 2017, Vanz released his second film, Intra, which depicted the journey into a black hole. The film offered an authentic visualisation of a spinning black hole and an artistic interpretation of the white hole theory – a hypothetical point where everything is born, including space and time. 


  4. Vanz directed the music video Bright Side for composer Darius's album Utopia. The video's main themes were the birth of light and the triumph of brightness over darkness in the cosmos. He has also directed Hope and Let There Be for Max Cooper. 


  5. In 2019, Vanz created the immersive film Verse for the Atelier Des Lumières in Paris. From 2020 to 2023, he worked on runway shows for Dior and scenography for the DS4 launch. In 2024, he became a creative director for Digr and began creating immersive exhibitions in virtual reality and physical locations.

Selected group shows  

Odeus, first spherical film, Festival Sous Dôme, La cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France, 2024
Order & Chaos, Budapest Short Film Fest, 2021
Intra, short film about black holes and the white hole theory, Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2017
Novae, a short film about a supernova with no use of CGI, Quantum Fest, 2016

Selected solo shows    

Verse, Le Studio, the Atelier des Lumières, Paris, France, 2019-2020

Awards  

Budapest Short Film Fest first prize for Order & Chaos, 2021
Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, Jury prize for Intra, 2017
Quantum Fest first prize for Novae, 2016

Selected press

Nowness, Thomas Vanz: Raw Materials, 2021
Le Figaro, Comment Dior ait passé de la haute couture à la pop culture, 2020
Libération, Dior: Échappée Pop, 2020 
Les Inrockuptibles, Quand la mode s'inspire du monde de la nuit, 2020 
Behance / Adobe, Adobe Live Réalisation avec Thomas Vanz (in French), 2020
Artymag, Thomas Vanz: Verse at Atelier des Lumières, 2019 
Packshotmag, Acadomia Comprendre ça s'apprend: Le Déclic, 2018
We and the Color, Novae: Supernova Short Film by Thomas Vanz
Scientific American, Ink Drop Supernovae and Quantum Love Triangles (Video), 2017
Konbini, Video: Explosion Supernova Peinture Aquarium Encre Novae (Thomas Vanz), 2016

Selected group shows  

Odeus, first spherical film, Festival Sous Dôme, La cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France, 2024
Order & Chaos, Budapest Short Film Fest, 2021
Intra, short film about black holes and the white hole theory, Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2017
Novae, a short film about a supernova with no use of CGI, Quantum Fest, 2016

Selected solo shows    

Verse, Le Studio, the Atelier des Lumières, Paris, France, 2019-2020

Awards  

Budapest Short Film Fest first prize for Order & Chaos, 2021
Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, Jury prize for Intra, 2017
Quantum Fest first prize for Novae, 2016

Selected press

Nowness, Thomas Vanz: Raw Materials, 2021
Le Figaro, Comment Dior ait passé de la haute couture à la pop culture, 2020
Libération, Dior: Échappée Pop, 2020 
Les Inrockuptibles, Quand la mode s'inspire du monde de la nuit, 2020 
Behance / Adobe, Adobe Live Réalisation avec Thomas Vanz (in French), 2020
Artymag, Thomas Vanz: Verse at Atelier des Lumières, 2019 
Packshotmag, Acadomia Comprendre ça s'apprend: Le Déclic, 2018
We and the Color, Novae: Supernova Short Film by Thomas Vanz
Scientific American, Ink Drop Supernovae and Quantum Love Triangles (Video), 2017
Konbini, Video: Explosion Supernova Peinture Aquarium Encre Novae (Thomas Vanz), 2016

Selected group shows  

Odeus, first spherical film, Festival Sous Dôme, La cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France, 2024
Order & Chaos, Budapest Short Film Fest, 2021
Intra, short film about black holes and the white hole theory, Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2017
Novae, a short film about a supernova with no use of CGI, Quantum Fest, 2016

Selected solo shows    

Verse, Le Studio, the Atelier des Lumières, Paris, France, 2019-2020

Awards  

Budapest Short Film Fest first prize for Order & Chaos, 2021
Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, Jury prize for Intra, 2017
Quantum Fest first prize for Novae, 2016

Selected press

Nowness, Thomas Vanz: Raw Materials, 2021
Le Figaro, Comment Dior ait passé de la haute couture à la pop culture, 2020
Libération, Dior: Échappée Pop, 2020 
Les Inrockuptibles, Quand la mode s'inspire du monde de la nuit, 2020 
Behance / Adobe, Adobe Live Réalisation avec Thomas Vanz (in French), 2020
Artymag, Thomas Vanz: Verse at Atelier des Lumières, 2019 
Packshotmag, Acadomia Comprendre ça s'apprend: Le Déclic, 2018
We and the Color, Novae: Supernova Short Film by Thomas Vanz
Scientific American, Ink Drop Supernovae and Quantum Love Triangles (Video), 2017
Konbini, Video: Explosion Supernova Peinture Aquarium Encre Novae (Thomas Vanz), 2016

Selected group shows  

Odeus, first spherical film, Festival Sous Dôme, La cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France, 2024
Order & Chaos, Budapest Short Film Fest, 2021
Intra, short film about black holes and the white hole theory, Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, 2017
Novae, a short film about a supernova with no use of CGI, Quantum Fest, 2016

Selected solo shows    

Verse, Le Studio, the Atelier des Lumières, Paris, France, 2019-2020

Awards  

Budapest Short Film Fest first prize for Order & Chaos, 2021
Quarantine Film Festival, Varna, Bulgaria, Jury prize for Intra, 2017
Quantum Fest first prize for Novae, 2016

Selected press

Nowness, Thomas Vanz: Raw Materials, 2021
Le Figaro, Comment Dior ait passé de la haute couture à la pop culture, 2020
Libération, Dior: Échappée Pop, 2020 
Les Inrockuptibles, Quand la mode s'inspire du monde de la nuit, 2020 
Behance / Adobe, Adobe Live Réalisation avec Thomas Vanz (in French), 2020
Artymag, Thomas Vanz: Verse at Atelier des Lumières, 2019 
Packshotmag, Acadomia Comprendre ça s'apprend: Le Déclic, 2018
We and the Color, Novae: Supernova Short Film by Thomas Vanz
Scientific American, Ink Drop Supernovae and Quantum Love Triangles (Video), 2017
Konbini, Video: Explosion Supernova Peinture Aquarium Encre Novae (Thomas Vanz), 2016

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visit@load-gallery.com

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For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

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Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

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visit@load-gallery.com

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4 PM — 9 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

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