The tension between text and image plays a central role in Ana Torfs' work, and with it all the related processes of visualisation and translation, such as perception, interpretation, projection, deception, resonance, encryption, and manipulation. Existing texts are often used as a starting point, for example the conversation books of a famous composer turned deaf in Zyklus von Kleinigkeiten (Cycle of Trifles, 1998), the records of a trial in Anatomy (2006), a play by Maurice Maeterlinck in The Intruder (2004) or the dialogues of Roberto Rossellini's film Viaggio in Italia in Displacement (2009). The media that serve to convey Torfs' subjects are multifaceted reproductive techniques, ranging from slide installation, film, video and photographic series to xerography and silkscreen.
Ana Torfs (born 1963) lives and works in Brussels. She studied communication science at the University of Leuven (1981-1986) and film and video at the Sint-Lukas University College of Art and Design, Brussels (1986-1990). Solo shows of Torfs' work include exhibitions at Generali Foundation in Vienna (2010), at K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf (2010), at Sprengel Museum in Hannover (2008), at argos centre for art and media in Brussels (2007), at daadgalerie, Berlin (2006), at Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst in Bremen (2006), and at Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (2000). She has also developed a web project for Dia Art Foundation in New York (2004).

A Prior Magazine #10, 2004, special issue about Ana Torfs, Franciska Lambrechts & Daniël Robberechts
'Ana Torfs', in: Sonambiente Katalog, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2006
Allen Jennifer, 'Ana Torfs in daadgalerie', in: Artforum, December 2006, pp.323-324
Asthoff Jens, 'Ana Torfs', in: Artforum's Critic's Picks, 2006
Braet Jan, 'Van de kant van het licht', in: Knack, 11 October 2000
Braet Jan, 'Mensen in donkere dagen', in: Knack, October 2002
Carels Edwin, 'Enigmatische raadsels', in: Tijd, 16 December 2003
de Smedt Erik, 'Ana Torfs' anamorfosen' in: nY, website en tijdschrift voor literatuur, kritiek en amusement, 7 April 2010
Dressler Iris, 'Du mentir-faux', in: Hartware 2001, Dortmund, 2001
Eelbode Erik, 'Ana Torfs', in: Photo Art, Fotografie im 21 Jahrhundert, DuMont Verlag, Köln, 2007
Gale Peggy, 'Du mentir-faux' (About lying Falsehood), in: Tous les Temps, Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Canada, 2000
Henneman Inge, 'Ana Torfs', in: Belgische Fotografen 1840-2005, Ludion, Ghent, 2005
Krystof Doris, 'Der Eindringling' - Raum und Theatralität in den Projektionen von Ana Torfs', in: Frohne, Ursula & Haberer Lilian (ed.), Kinematografische Räume, Installationsästhetik in Film und Kunst, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich, 2010
Krystof Doris, 'The Intruder', in: Talking Pictures, Cat., Dumont Verlag, Köln, 2007
Kwakkenbos Lars, 'Een traan van Jeanne d'Arc', in: De Standaard, 8 April 2010
Kwakkenbos Lars, 'Maskerade in de bibliotheek', in: De Standaard, 24 October 2002
Kwakkenbos Lars, 'Approximations/Contradictions', in: Elle, December 2004
Kwakkenbos Lars, 'De vragen voorbij', in: De Standaard, June 24, 2004
Kwakkenbos Lars, 'Veel vertellen met weinig', in: De Standaard, December 24, 2004
Lauwaert Dirk, 'Portrait of My Heroine', in: Du mentir-faux, Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2000
Lauwaert Dirk, 'Beelden om te lezen, teksten om te zien' in: Tijd, December 1, 2004
Lauwaert Dirk, 'Reading As a Form of Writing', in: A Prior Magazine # 10, October 2004
Lauwaert Dirk, 'The Intruder', in: Figuren/Projektionen 2000-2005, GAK, Bremen, 2006
Lauwaert Dirk, ANATOMY in: Fotomuseum Magazine 38, September 2007
Mackert Gabriele, 'The World Observer', in: Kat. Figuren/Projektionen 2000-2005, GAK, Bremen, 2006
Nabakowski Gislind, 'Uncertain Signs/True Stories', in: Springerin, Heft 2, 2002
Nakas Kassandra, 'Un-Sentimental Journeys. Exploring 'Space' in Ana Torfs' Work'. in: Van Damme, Claire (ed.) Invitation au voyage, Academia Press, Ghent, 2010
Nasielski Tania, ANATOMY, in: Untitled 42, Summer 2007
Nicola Kuhn, 'Luxemburg, Liebknecht, Politkowskaja, Ana Torfs' Installation in der daadgalerie', in: Der Tagesspiegel, 17/10/2006
Peeters Wim, 'Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Belgian Art, But Were Afraid to Ask a Belgian', in: Flash Art nr 235, March 2004
Peeters, Wim, 'Ana Torfs' Trial Anatomy, Revolution', in: Art Papers, Jan/Feb, 2007
Pültau Dirk, 'The Blind Singer and the Absent Composer', in: A Prior Magazine # 10, October 2004
Robberechts Catherine, 'Du mentir-faux, in: Actuele Kunst van Wim Delvoye tot Luc Tuymans, Standaard Uitgeverij, Antwerp, 2007
Robberechts Catherine, 'Du mentir-faux', in: IN/VISIBLE, Collections Frac Lorraine, JRP/RINGIER, Zürich, 2006
Robberechts Catherine, 'Du mentir-faux', in: Réalités, Zacheta Galeria, Warsaw, 2003
Robberechts Catherine, 'Elective Affinities/The Truth of Masks & Tables of Affinities (2000-2002)', in: ForwArt, Brussels, 2002
Robberechts Catherine, 'Impossible Portraits', in: Uncertain signs-True Stories, Badischer Kunstverein, Karslruhe, 2002
Roelstraete Dieter, 'Ana Torfs', in: Jubilee, MUHKA 2007/1987/1967, Antwerp, 2007
Ruyters, Marc, 'De waarheid in alle mogelijke talen misbruikt', in: ‹H›ART, 12, 2006
Seelig Thomas, 'Du mentir-faux', in: Research and Invention, Cat., Ringier Verlag, Zürich, 2007
'The Intruder' in: Contemporary Art in Belgium II, Fondation pour les Arts, Brussels, 2005
Torfs Ana, ALBUM/TRACKS A+ B, Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2010
Torfs Ana, Beethoven's Nephew, Yves Gevaert, Brussels, 1999
Torfs Ana, Du mentir-faux, Societé des Expositions du Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 2000
Torfs Ana, Elective Affinities/The Truth of Masks & Tables of Affinities, 2002
Torfs Ana, Figuren/Projektionen 2000-2005, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen, 2006
Torfs Ana, Anatomy, DAAD, Berlin, 2006
Torrent Jean, 'à...à...aaah!', in: Kat. Figuren/Projektionen 2000-2005, GAK, Bremen, 2006
Torrent Jean, 'Correspondences', in: A Prior Magazine # 10, October 2004
Urban Annette, 'Displacement', in: Nierhaus, Irene / Hoenes, Josh / Urban, Annette (ed.) Landschaftlichkeit zwischen Kunst, Architektur und Theorie, Reimer Verlag, Berlin, 2010
Van Bogaert Pieter, 'ALBUM/TRACKS A in Düsseldorf. Leren om te reizen', in: ‹H›ART #64, 25 March, 2010
Van Bogaert Pieter, 'Tijdloos en op afstand', in: Tijd, December 23, 2004
Zein Gloria, 'Die Ausdehnnug der Tatnacht, Die Geschichte wiederaufführen', in: Taz, 7/10/2006