Geraldo de Barros Born in Chavantes,, 1923 Died in São Paulo,, 1998 Selected Solo Exhibitions 2012 The Photographers Gallery, 'What Remains: Geraldo de Barros', London, England 2010 Caixa Cultural, 'So many among Geraldo de Barros', Sao Paulo, SESC Piracicaba, 'Geraldo de Barros: Fotoformas and Leftovers', São Paulo, 2009 SESC Pinheiros, 'Geraldo de Barros - Modulation worlds', Sao Paulo, 2008 University Center Maria Antonia, 'Fotoformas and Your Margins', São Paulo, Sicardi Gallery, 'Geraldo de Barros', Houston TX 2007 Galeria Brito Cimino, 'Leftovers + Fotoformas', São Paulo, 2005 Galeria Brito Cimino, '(S) symmetries', São Paulo, Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland 2002 The Americas / Society, 'FORM BRAZIL', New York NY 2001 Ulmer Museum, 'Leftovers + Fotoformas: Retrospective', Ulm, Germany Musée de l'elysée, 'Fotoformas: Retrospective', Lausanne, Switzerland Itau Cultural Institute, 'Leftovers + Fotoformas', Campinas, 1999 Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM-RJ), 'Geraldo de Barros in the Collection', Janeiro, Ludwig Museum, ' Fotoformas: Retrospective', Cologne, Germany Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo, SESC Pompeia, 'Fotoformas', Sao Paulo, 1998 Sicardi Sanders Gallery, 'Fotofest 98', Houston TX
1996 Centro Cultural Banco do, 'Geraldo de Barros: Pioneer', Rio de Janeiro, Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, 'Geraldo de Barros: Fotoformas', Curitiba, Galerie Alexandre Mottier, 'Geraldo de Barros: Photographies', Geneva, Switzerland 1995 Villaça Galeria Camargo, 'Fotoformas', São Paulo, 1994 Museum of Image and Sound, 'Geraldo de Barros: Photographer,' São Paulo, 1993 Casa das Rosas, Sao Paulo, Musée de L'Elysée, 'Geraldo de Barros: Peintre et Photographe', Lausanne, Switzerland 1991 Sale Galleria Del Mercato, 'Dice Games', Milan, Italy Paço das Artes, 'The Space of the Artist as a Young Man', Sao Paulo, XXI International Biennial of São Paulo, 1990 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Dice Games', São Paulo, 1989 Museum of Contemporary Art, Campinas 'Dice Games', Campinas, 1987 Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland 1986 Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Galeria Fernando Milan, São Paulo, 42a. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy 1979 XV International Biennial of São Paulo, 1977 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), '12 Years of Painting', São Paulo, 1967 IX International Biennial of São Paulo, 1965 Atrium Gallery, São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina
1954 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), São Paulo, 1953 II International Biennial of São Paulo, 1951 I International Biennial of São Paulo, 1950 Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'Fotoformas', São Paulo, 1947 Teatro Municipal, Sao Paulo, Selected Group Exhibitions 2013 Centro Cultural Tomie Ohtake, 'Itaú collection of ian Photography', São Paulo, 2012 Centro Cultural Paco Imperial, 'Itaú collection of ian Photography', Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'Pirelli Collection of Photographs', São Paulo, Photographies de la Itaú collection, ' Eloge du vertige', Brésil, Paris, France 2011 Luciana Brito Galeria, 'Strategies for Accidental Lights', São Paulo, Itaú Collection, 'Modern Forever - ian Modernist Photography', Pará, Fundación Juan March, 'La Abstracción Geometric en Latinoamérica (1934-1973)', Madrid, Spain 2010 29a. International Biennial of São Paulo, São Paulo, Newark Museum, 'Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s', Newark NJ Collective Sicardi Gallery, Houston TX Artemobilia Gallery, 'Geraldo de Barros and Zanine Caldas, Strong contrasts, Utopias Held', São Paulo, 2009 Centro Cultural, 'Photo Cine Clube Bandeirante: 70 Years', São Paulo, 2008 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), Duchamp Me. Room Paulo Figueiredo, São Paulo, University Center Maria Antonia, 'Fotoformas and Their Margins', São Paulo,
Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo Ibirapuera, 'Photographer of Modern Life', São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 'Laces Look', São Paulo, 2007 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 'Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection', Miami FL The Museum of Modern Art, 'New Perspectives in Latin American Art 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions', New York NY IX International Biennial of Fotografía, Center Fotografía Isla de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain SESC Pompeia, 'Ctrl C + Ctrl V', Sao Paulo, Blanton Museum of Art, 'The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection', Austin TX Instituto Itaú Cultural, 'Itaú Contemporary: Art in from 1981 to 2006', São Paulo, 2006 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, 'The Sites of Latin American Abstraction', Miami FL Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM-RJ), 'Too Human: Photographs from the Collection Joaquim Paiva', Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Concrete 56: The Root of the Form', São Paulo, Espasso, New York NY Bronx Museum, 'Tropicalia: a Revolution in ian Culture', New York NY (Travelling exhibition) Barbican Art Gallery, 'Tropicalia: a Revolution in ian Culture', London, England (Travelling exhibition) Kulteren Haus der der Welt, 'Tropicalia: a Revolution in ian Culture', Berlin, Germany (Travelling exhibition) The Henry Moore Foundation, 'Open Space / Space Closed: Sites for Sculpture in Modern ', Leeds, England Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Truthfulness', São Paulo, 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 'Tropicalia: a Revolution in ian Culture', Chicago IL Année du Brésil en France. Théâtre de la Photographie, Nice, France Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), '10 Years of New MAM: Anthology Collection', São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Dpot: ian Talent. ian Museum of Sculpture', São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Fifty 50', São Paulo, 2004 Galeria Brito Cimino, 'DWI', São Paulo, Instituto Itaú Cultural, ' Everything is ', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) Imperial Palace, 'Everything is ', Rio de Janeiro, (Travelling exhibition) Eric Franck Fine Arts, London, England Instituto Itaú Cultural, 'The Price of Seduction: the corset to Silicone', São Paulo, La Collection M. + M. Auer. Musée d'art et Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
University Center Maria Antonia, 'Unilabor', São Paulo, 2003 Galerie Thessa Herold, 'Un monde non-objectif', Paris, France Centro Cultural Banco do, 'ArteFoto', Brasilia, Instituto Itaú Cultural, 'Subversion of media', São Paulo, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, 'Quasi-corpus: Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art from ', Mexico City, Mexico (Travelling exhibition) Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 'Quasi-corpus: Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art from ', Monterrey, Mexico (Travelling exhibition) Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Quasi-corpus: Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art from ', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) 2002 Centro Cultural Banco do, ' ArteFoto', Rio de Janeiro, New Art Museum Architecture City, 'Raw', Curitiba, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Line Structure as Form', São Paulo, Collection CGD Culturegest, 'Contemporary Art', Porto, Portugal University Center Maria Antonia, 'Break: A Reconstruction', São Paulo, Fundação Armando Alvares Hairstyle, 'From Cannibalism to Brasilia: 1920-1950', São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Collection of Photography', São Paulo, 2001 Galeria Brito Cimino, 'Scraps', São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Uma coleção', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) 68Elf Galerie, 'Uma coleção', Cologne, Germany (Travelling exhibition) Exit Art, 'Uma coleção', Cologne, Germany (Travelling exhibition) Kultur Fabrik, 'Uma coleção', Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (Travelling exhibition) Guggenheim Museum, 'Body & Soul: 500 Years of Visual Arts', New York NY Harvard University Art Museums, 'Geometric Abstraction: Latin American Art from the Patricia Cisneros Collection', Cambridge MA Instituto Itaú Cultural, 'Path of Light in ian Art', São Paulo, 2000 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, 'Heterotopias: Medio Siglo Sin City (1918-1968', Madrid, Spain Fundação bienal de São Paulo, 'Mostra do Redescobrimento : Brasil 500 Anos Artes Visuais', Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, III. Galeria Brito Cimino, São Paulo, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, 'ian Phtography 1946-1998', Wolfsburg, Germany Benham Studio Gallery, 'Photography of Hope', Seattle WA Galeria Brito Cimino, 'Puzzles', São Paulo, 1998 The Joaquim Paiva Collection. 'Fotofest 98', Houston TX
1997 Musée d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, 'Exposition d'eté, Colletions 1950-1995', Grenoble, France Musée Historique Château de Nyon, 'AUTOPORTRAITS', Nyon, Switzerland 1996 SESC Pompeia, 'IV Studio Technologies Image', Sao Paulo, Casa das Rosas, 'The World Mario Schenberg', Sao Paulo, Museum Ludwig, 'Neuerwerbungen Photosammlung', Cologne, Germany Rochester Institute of Technology, ': Re-Thinking Photography', Rochester NY Musée de l'elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1994 Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 'Biennial XX Century', São Paulo, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena Gardens, 'Joaquim Paiva Collection', San Francisco CA 1993 SESC Pompeia, 'I NAFOTO International Month of Photography', Sao Paulo, 1992 Kunsthaus Zurich, 'Bilderwelt Brasilien', Zurich, Switzerland Latinamerika 92, Denmark Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'Collection of Photography Pirelli', São Paulo, 1989 Gallery São Paulo, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, 1985 VII Fine Arts Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan VII Fine Arts Exhibition, Atami, Japan VII Fine Arts Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan 1984 Gallery Figueiredo Paulo, 'Geometry 84', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) Art Museum Belo Horizonte, 'Geometry 84', Belo Horizonte, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 'Tradition and Rupture', São Paulo, 1982 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'From Modernism to the Biennial', São Paulo, SESC Pompeia, 'The Design in : History and Reality', Sao Paulo (Travelling exhibition) Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'The Design in : History and Reality', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) 1979 Venezia 79: La Photography, Venice, Italy
1978 Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 'I Muestra Latinoamericana de la Contemporary Photography', Mexico City, Mexico Art Museum of São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'Ist Show Photography Latin American Contemporary', São Paulo, 1977 Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM-RJ), 'Projeto Construtivo Brasileiro na Arte', Rio de Janeiro, (Travelling exhibition) Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 'Projeto Construtivo Brasileiro na Arte', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) 1976 Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, 'O Jovem Desenho dos Anos 40', São Paulo, 1971 Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, 'ian furniture', São Paulo, 1966 Rex & Sons Gallery, 'Rex Time (Discovery of America, Flash-back Rex Kaput)', São Paulo, 1960 Helmhaus Zurich, 'Konkrete Kunst 50 Jahre Entwicklung', Zurich, Switzerland Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, 'Modern Art in ', Buenos Aires, Argentina Museo de Santiago, 'Modern Art in ', Santiago, Chile 1956 Salon de Mai, Palais Tokyo, Paris, France Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'I National Exhibition of Concrete Art', São Paulo, (Travelling exhibition) Ministry of Education and Culture, 'I National Exhibition of Concrete Art', Rio de Janeiro, (Travelling exhibition) 1955 Hall Paulista de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, 1954 Kunstmuseum Bern, 'Gravure Brésilienne', Bern, Switzerland (Travelling exhibition) Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich, 'Gravure Brésilienne', Zurich, Switzerland (Travelling exhibition) Musée Rath in Geneva, 'Gravure Brésilienne', Geneva, Switzerland (Travelling exhibition) 1952 Photographique Cercle d'art de Lyon, France Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), 'Ruptura', São Paulo, 1951 V Salon del Balneario de Panticosa, Spain Salon de Photographie de Paris et Nantes, France
1950 Salon of Modern Art, Salvador, 1949 National Salon of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, 1948 National Salon of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, 1947 National Salon of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, 1946 National Salon of Fine Arts, Sao Paulo, Awards 1991 Second Prize. XXI International Biennial of São Paulo, 1967 Acquisition Award. IX International Biennial of São Paulo, 1953 Acquisition Award. II Bienal de São Paulo, 1952 First Prize in Graphic Design. Fourth Centennial City, São Paulo, 1951 Acquisition Award. I Bienal de São Paulo, Public Collections Archivio di Nuova Scrittura, Milan, Italy CGD, Lisbon, Portugal Center for Portuguese Photography, Porto, Portugal Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA Collection SESC, São Paulo, Collection Itaú, São Paulo, Joaquim Paiva Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Collection Marco Antonio Villaça, São Paulo, Pirelli Photography, Sao Paulo, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Caracas, Venezuela Collection M. + M. Auer, Geneva, Switzerland Fonds d'art Contemporain de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
Fonds d'art Contemporain de l'etat de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Cultural Foundation of Curitiba, CACI, Minas Gerais, Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany Max Bill Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland Metro São Paulo, Musée d'art Contemporain de Grenoble, France Musée de L'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo, Museum of Contemporary Art José Pancetti, Campinas, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Curitiba, Museum of the Foreign Ministry, Brasilia, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Gallery Collection Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland Union de Banques Suisses, Lausanne, Switzerland Ursula Blicke Stiftung Collection, Kraichtal, Germany