Miguel Rio Branco 1946 Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Education 1968 Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1966 New York Institute of Photography, New York, NY Solo Exhibitions 2008 Floating Darkness, Chochouin Buddhist Temple Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2007 I WON T TAKE ANYTHING WITH ME WHEN I DIE, THOSE WHO OWE ME SOMETHING WILL PAY ME IN HELL., Christopher Grimes Gallery, January 13 March 10, 2007 2006 Out of Nowhere, Groningen Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands, September 17 December 3, 2006 2004 Homenagem a Goeldi, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Miguel Rio Branco, Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid 2003 Door into Darkness, Aperture s Burden Gallery, New York Nakta, FNAC, Paris Montparnasse Foto Arte Brasília, Espaço Cultural Contemporaneo Venancio, Brasília, Brasil 2002 Teoria da Cor, Galeria André Millan, São Paulo Fast Flash Backs, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris Objetos Diretos, Galeria Paulo Fernandes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2001 Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid Between the eyes the desert, D'Amelio Terras, New York Miguel Rio Branco, Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Veneza Entre los ojos, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid Gritos Surdos, Centro Portugues de Fotografia, Porto, Portugal 2000 Pele do Tempo, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro Photographs, William Benton Museum, Storrs, Connecticut, EUA Nature presque Mort, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris Door into Darkness, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece Miguel Rio Branco, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium Entre los Ojos, Fundació La Caixa, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Entre los Ojos, Centro Insular de Cultura, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Entre los Ojos, Sala de Exposiciones Alameda, Málaga, Spain Entre los Ojos, Colexio de Fonseca, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 1999 Silent Book Galeria Módulo, Lisboa Nakta, Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco Entre los Ojos, Fundación La Caixa, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain! "
Sketches of Fear, D Amelio Terras, New York 1998 Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris London Projects, London Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid 1997 Between the eyes, the desert. In Site 97, San Diego Nakta, D Amelio Terras Gallery, New York 1996 Agathe Gaillard Gallery, in Mois de la Photo, Paris Santa Rosa, Throckmorton Fine Art Gallery, New York Nakta (including instalations: Small reflexions on a certain bestiality and Out of nowhere) Casa Vermelha, I Bienal Internacional de Fotografia da Cidade de Curitiba, Paraná (book publised by Fundação Cultural de Curitiba) Galeria Joel Edelstein Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro Out of Nowhere, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (three installations: Dialogues with Amaú, Out of Nowhere 2, Door into Darkness) Out of Nowhere, Foto Forum, Frankfurt, Germany 1995 Galeria Luisa Strina Out of Nowhere, IFA Gallery, Sttutgart, Germany (catalog published) 1993 Centro de estudios Romulo Gallegos, Caracas Space Archide, Paris Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris 1992 Stadtliche Galerie Tuttlingen, Berlin 1991 Foto Forum Frankfurt IFA Gallery Bonn (catalog published) Petites réflexions sur une certaine bestialité, Chapelle St. Jean de Moustier, Rencontres d Arles, France 1990 Drawings and paintings, Espaço Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro 1989 Paintings, Galeria Saramenha, Rio de Janeiro 1988 Heart Mirror of Flesh, Pallazo Fortuny, Venice (catalog published by Idea Books) 1987 Coração Espelho da Carne (photographs), Fotoptica, São Paulo Coração Espelho da Carne, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1986 Foto Sequências (photographs), Fotogaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos Aires 1985 Coração espelho da carne(photographs), Magnum Gallery, Paris Coração espelho da carne, Burden Gallery, Aperture Foundation, New York Coração espelho da carne, Fotogaleria FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1982 Fotografias, Gabinete de Cultura, Bilbao, Spain 1980 Nada levarei qundo morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno (photographs and audio-visual), Galeria Fotoptica, São Paulo Nada levarei qundo morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Fotogaleria FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1979 Negativo Sujo (photographs), Theater Castro Alves, Salvador Negativo Sujo, Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea, João Pessoa Negativo Sujo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo 1978 Negativo Sujo (photographs), Escola de Artes Visuais, Rio de Janeiro 1977 Photographs, Ipanema Gallery, Tel Aviv 1974 Photographs, Galeria Grupo B, Rio de Janeiro! #
1972 Films and Photographs, Veste Sagrada, Rio de Janeiro 1967 Drawings, Galeria Relevo, Rio de Janeiro 1966 Paintings, Columbia University, New York 1964 Paintings and drawings, Gallerie Anlikerkeller, Bern, Switzerland Group Exhibitions 2004 25 th Anniversary, The L.A. Years, Part II, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Quito Biennale, Quito Equador Brazil Body Nostalgia, Tokyo, Japan 2003 Revisitar Canárias, Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas Gran Canaria, Galeria Elba Benítez, Madrid Beauty, the Beast, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston Calcio di Rigore, Scuderie del Palazzo Santacroce, Roma Arte em Movimento, Galeria BNDS, Rio de Janeiro Bzzzz, Silvia Cintra Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro 2002 Violência e Paixão, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, curadoria de Ligia Canongia Mundos Credos, Fotogalerie n 5, Nederland La Mirada, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich 2001 Brazil Body and Soul, Guggenheim Museum, New York The Thread Unraveled, El Museo del Barrio, New York Virgin Territory, The National Museum of Woman for the Arts, Washington, DC Bienal 50 anos, Fundação Bienal, São Paulo 2000 Mostra Brasil +500, Módulo de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo Two Brazilian Photographers: Miguel Rio Branco and Mario Cravo Neto University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA 1999 Biennal of Contemporary Art, Tate Gallery, Liverpool Magnum 50 Ans, Paris Carnaval, Museo Extremeño de Arte Contemporâneo, Badajoz Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium 1998 AMNESIA, Track 16 / Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca; traveled to Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa; Contemporary Art Center, Ohio; Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá; The Bronx Museum, NY LUMO 98 Jyvaskila Finland Mysterious Voyages, Contemporary Museum Baltimore Exterminating Angel, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot The Garden of the Forking Paths, Kunstforenningen Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki Poéticas da Cor, Centro Cultural Light, Rio de Janeiro Poéticas da Cor, Centro Culural São Paulo, São Paulo Roteiros Roteiros Roteiros. XXIV Bienal de São Paulo Arte Contemporânea Brasileira:Um e Outro, XXIV Bienal de São Paulo 1997 TRUCE: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions, Site Santa Fe, NM Between the Eyes the Desert, In Site 97, San Diego 1996 Door into Darkness (instalation), Prospect 96, Kunstverein, Frankfurt Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo! $
Excesso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo 1995 Panorama da arte brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro 1994 Out of Nowhere, Castillo del Morro, La Havana Biennal Out of Nowhere, Ludwig Forum, Germany A Hidden View, Barbican Center Concourse Gallery, London 1993 Paixão do olhar, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro Arte Amazonas, Berlin Kunsthalle Sobre Santiago - Tres de Magnum, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela 1992 Arte Amazonas, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro V Vigo Foto Bienal Brazilian Color Photography, Houston Photofest, EUA Arte e Poder, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro 1990 Suadouro (photographs), Galerie 1900-2000, Paris Small reflexions on a certain bestiality, audiovisual instalation, Photo Biennale Rotterdam 1989 Rio Hoje (painting), Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro 3a Bienal de Arte de Cuba (photographs), La Habana 1989 UABC: Contemporary Art in Uruguai, Argentina, Brasil, Chile (photographs), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1988 Brazil Projects - P.S.1, Long Island - NY 1987 Latin American Photography, Australian Center of Photography, Sydney On the Line, the New Color Photojournalism, Spencer Museum of Art, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery Masters of Street Photography III, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA 1986 50 Jahre Moderne Farbfotografie, Fotokina, Cologne On the Line, the New Color Photojournalism, Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, Portland Museum of Art, Oakland Art Museum 1a Quadrienal de Fotografia, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Diálogo com Amaú (multi-visual installation), Rencontres Photo d Arles 1985 Auto retrato do brasileiro, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Brazilian Color Photography, Burden Gallery - Aperture Foundation, NY 1984 Les Présidents, Magnum Gallery, Paris 1a Bienal de Arte de Cuba (photographs), La Havana 1983 Diálogo com Amaú (multi-visual installation), XVII Bienal de São Paulo Photographs, Galeria Arco, São Paulo 1983 Brésil des Brésiliens, Centre George Pompidou, Paris O tempo do olhar (photographs), Museu de Arte de São Paulo O tempo do olhar (photographs), Museu de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro Journées audio visuelles (film), Centre George Pompidou, Paris De l eau dans le jazz (audio-visual installation), Rencontres Photo d Arles 1982 Nada levarei qundo morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno (film), Oberhausen Film Festival, West Germany Fotografia Contemporânea Latino-Americana, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Prize Kodak Color, Centre Kodak, Paris 1981 Coloquio Latino Americano de Fotografia (audiovisual: nada levarei ),! %
Mexico City Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand (photographs), Museu de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand (photographs), Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo Quasi Cinema (instalation with projections), FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1980 1a Trienal de Fotografia, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo Quasi Cinema (film projection), Centro Internazzionale di Breza, Italy Camera Incantate (negativo sujo installation), Palazzo Reale, Milano 1979 Foto Bahia (photographs), Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador, Bahia Nossa Gente (photographs), Fotogaleria FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1977 Photographs, Galeria Grafitti, Rio de Janeiro 1976 Grande São Paulo (photographs), Museu de Arte de São Paulo 1968 Objects and Sculpture, Galeria Goeldi, Rio de Janeiro 1967 Paintings, Salão Esso de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janeiro IX Bienal de São Paulo (paintings) 1966 The Young Three (paintings), Sawdust Gallery, New York Collections DG Bank, Frankfurt, Germany The Metropolitan Museum of New York Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA The Museum of Art of São Paulo Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro The Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo The Museum of Photographic Arts of San Diego The George Pompidou Center, Paris The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Awards and Grants 1997 Nakta, Prix du Livre Photo, Rencontres internationales de la Photographie, Arles. 1995 Santa Rosa series, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1994 Santa Rosa series, Bolsa Vitae, Sao Paulo 1993 Crianca de Rua, Rockfeller Foundation, New York 1988 Memoria Viva (by Otavio Bezerra), Best direction of photography Brazilia Film Festival, Brazilia. Abolicao (by Zozimo Bulbul), Best direction of photography Brazilia Film Festival, Brazilia. 1986 Apaga-te Sesamo, Special prize of the Jury International Short Film Festival, Salvador/Best Video and Film Direction Film and Video Festival of Maranhao, Maranhao. 1982 Fotografias, Prix Kodak de la Critique Photograhique, Paris. Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Special Jury Prize and The International Critics Award, XI Fetival du Film de Court Metrage et du Film Documentaire,! &
Lille. 1981 Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Film Festival Best photograph, Brazilia 1980 Great Prize of the Photograph Triennale, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), Sao Paulo. Bibliography (selection) Magazines 2000 Icon, março, integrante do nº 620 do jornal "O Independente", Lisboa, Portugal 1999 Paparazzi nº 20, international art photography magazine, São Paulo Rumos nº3, comemorative publication of the 500 years of Brasil, São Paulo 1997 ArtForum, year XXXV, nº 8, New York 1990 El Pais Semanal, Spain. Bailando en la Calle Stern, Germany. Schwarze Glut 1989 Stern, Germany. Bolivars Traum 1987 Aperture, USA. Latin American Photography - portfolio 1986 Geo, France. Ruée vers Carajás 1984 Photo Magazine, France. Rio Branco en Amazonie Geo, France. Kayapós en danger de progrès Aperture, Usa. Women of Maciel 1982 Autrement, France. Portfolio Photo Magazine, France. Portfolio 1980 Diaframma, Italy. Portfolio Il Fotografo, Italy. Le cicatrici Geo, France. Les olvidados Geo, USA. Abandoned children 1979 Malasartes, Brazil. Satélites Revista Iris, Brazil. Garimpo de Carnaíba 1974 Revista Novidades Fotoptica, Brazil. Portfolio Books 2002 Entre os olhos o deserto, Cosac & Naify, São Paulo, Brasil 2000 Pele do Tempo, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Brasil, text by Paulo Sérgio Duarte 1998 Miguel Rio Branco, Aperture New York, Companhia das Letras, Brasil Silent Book,Cosac & Naify, Brasil 1996 Nakta, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Brasil, text by Louis Calaferte 1985 Salvador da Bahia. Double Page, France, text by Jorge Amado 1985 Dulce Sudor Amargo. Fondo de Cultura Economico, México, text by Jean Pierre Nouhaud! '
Catalog 2002 Gritos Surdos, Centro Português de Fotografia, Porto, texto de Maria do Carmo Séren 2001 Miguel Rio Branco, Palacete del Embarcadero, Santander, Spain, texto de Fernando Francés 1999 Entre los Ojos, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain, texto de Adriano Pedrosa 1996 Out of Nowhere. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil texto de Ligia Canongia 1995 Von Nirgendwoher. IFA, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Germany, texto de Iris Lens e Karin Stempel 1991 Coração Espelho da Carne. Institut für Auslandsberziehungen, Germany, texto de Iris Lens e Jean-Pierre Nouhaud 1988 Miguel Rio Branco, Idea Books edizioni, Italy, texto de Mario Cravo Junior e Jean Pierre Nouhaud Public Collections DG Bank, Frankfurt, Germany The Metropolitan Museum of New York Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA The Museum of Art of São Paulo Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro The Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo The Museum of Photographic Arts of San Diego The George Pompidou Center, Paris The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Awards and Grants 1997 Nakta, Prix du Livre Photo, Rencontres internationales de la Photographie, Arles. 1995 Santa Rosa series, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro 1994 Santa Rosa series, Bolsa Vitae, Sao Paulo 1993 Crianca de Rua, Rockfeller Foundation, New York 1988 Memoria Viva (by Otavio Bezerra), Best direction of photography Brazilia Film Festival, Brazilia. Abolicao (by Zozimo Bulbul), Best direction of photography Brazilia Film Festival, Brazilia. 1986 Apaga-te Sesamo, Special prize of the Jury International Short Film Festival, Salvador/Best Video and Film Direction Film and Video Festival of Maranhao, Maranhao. 1982 Fotografias, Prix Kodak de la Critique Photograhique, Paris. Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Special Jury Prize and The International Critics Award, XI Fetival du Film de Court Metrage et du Film Documentaire, Lille. 1981 Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Film Festival Best photograph, Brazilia! 1980 Great Prize of the Photograph Triennale, Museum of Modern Art (MAM), ( Sao Paulo.