Miguel Rio Branco 1946 Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

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Miguel Rio Branco
1946
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education
1968
1966
Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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
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Sketches of Fear, D’Amelio Terras, New York
Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
London Projects, London
Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid
Between the eyes, the desert . In Site 97, San Diego
Nakta, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, New York
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
Galeria Luisa Strina
Out of Nowhere, IFA Gallery, Sttutgart, Germany (catalog published)
Centro de estudios Romulo Gallegos, Caracas
Space Archide, Paris
Galerie Agathe Gaillard, Paris
Stadtliche Galerie Tuttlingen, Berlin
Foto Forum Frankfurt
IFA Gallery Bonn (catalog published)
Petites réflexions sur une certaine bestialité, Chapelle St. Jean de
Moustier, Rencontres d’Arles, France
Drawings and paintings, Espaço Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro
Paintings, Galeria Saramenha, Rio de Janeiro
Heart Mirror of Flesh, Pallazo Fortuny, Venice (catalog published by
Idea Books)
Coração Espelho da Carne (photographs), Fotoptica, São Paulo
Coração Espelho da Carne, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro
Foto Sequências (photographs), Fotogaleria Teatro San Martin, Buenos
Aires
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
Fotografias, Gabinete de Cultura, Bilbao, Spain
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
Negativo Sujo (photographs), Theater Castro Alves, Salvador
Negativo Sujo, Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea, João Pessoa
Negativo Sujo, Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Negativo Sujo (photographs), Escola de Artes Visuais, Rio de Janeiro
Photographs, Ipanema Gallery, Tel Aviv
Photographs, Galeria Grupo B, Rio de Janeiro
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Films and Photographs, Veste Sagrada, Rio de Janeiro
Drawings, Galeria Relevo, Rio de Janeiro
Paintings, Columbia University, New York
Paintings and drawings, Gallerie Anlikerkeller, Bern, Switzerland
Group Exhibitions
2004 25th 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
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Excesso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo
Panorama da arte brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
and Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
Out of Nowhere, Castillo del Morro, La Havana Biennal
Out of Nowhere, Ludwig Forum, Germany
A Hidden View, Barbican Center Concourse Gallery, London
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
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
Suadouro (photographs), Galerie 1900-2000, Paris
Small reflexions on a certain bestiality, audiovisual instalation, Photo
Biennale Rotterdam
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
Brazil Projects - P.S.1, Long Island - NY
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
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
Auto retrato do brasileiro, Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Brazilian Color Photography, Burden Gallery - Aperture Foundation, NY
Les Présidents, Magnum Gallery, Paris
1a Bienal de Arte de Cuba (photographs), La Havana
Diálogo com Amaú (multi-visual installation), XVII Bienal de São Paulo
Photographs, Galeria Arco, São Paulo
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
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
Coloquio Latino Americano de Fotografia (audiovisual: nada levarei…),
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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
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Nakta, Prix du Livre Photo, Rencontres internationales de la
Photographie, Arles.
Santa Rosa series, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro
Santa Rosa series, Bolsa Vitae, Sao Paulo
Crianca de Rua, Rockfeller Foundation, New York
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.
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.
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,
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Lille.
Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Film
Festival – Best photograph, Brazilia
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
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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
1995
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1986
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Nakta, Prix du Livre Photo, Rencontres internationales de la
Photographie, Arles.
Santa Rosa series, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro
Santa Rosa series, Bolsa Vitae, Sao Paulo
Crianca de Rua, Rockfeller Foundation, New York
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.
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.
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.
Nada levarei quando morrer aqueles que mim deve cobrarei no inferno, Film
Festival – Best photograph, Brazilia
Great Prize of the Photograph Triennale, Museum of Modern Art (MAM),
Sao Paulo.
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