Biography

Biography
Artist
Mario Cravo Neto
1947 - 2009 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
1964
He moved to Germany, where his father, the sculptor Mario Cravo Jr., was
participating in the Artist in Residence program, in Berlin. It was during this period
that Cravo Neto began his first experiences with sculpture and photography.
1965
He returned to Brazil.
1968-1970
He lived in New York and studied at the Art Students League, under the direction of
artist Jack Krueger.
1970
he participated in the XII Bienal of Sâo Paulo with a large earth-based installation he
had first essayed in New York. The work to come included installations and
performance, primarily fueled by exhibitions of black-and-white and color photography
concerned with Afro-Brazilian culture.
1971-1974
He devoted himself to the creation of in situ land art projects.
1975
A near-fatal car accident left Cravo Neto with both legs immobilized for an entire year.
During this period he initiated a series of small-scale models of his three-dimensional
works and focused his energies on studio portraits and the appropriation of objects for
use in his installations and photographic compositions. From this period emerged a
unique authorial work, which Cravo Neto created out of the integration he
choreographed between characters and objects: the results of which could be called
as black and white photo-sculptures.
Mario Cravo Neto has been journeying through the deep waters of the unconscious
and his own creative world, producing an oeuvre that expresses the culture of Bahia.
2009
Critically considered among the most influential Brazilian artists of his time Mario
Cravo Neto died August 9th in Salvador, Bahia.
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Selected solo exhibitions
2010
Musée rodin, Bahia
2008
Flecha em Repouso. Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte, Salvador, Bahia.
2007
Territórios de Transe. Galeria Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre.
Brito Cimino 10 anos, Delson Uchôa, Marina Abramovic, Mario Cravo Neto, Galeria
Brito Cimino, São Paulo.
2005
Trance_Territories. FotoMuseo, Bogotá. (c. Gilma Suárez).
The Eternal Now, Rencontres d’Arles. Arles, France.
O Tigre do Dahomey – A Serpente de Whydah. Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow – La Mer. Video Instalation at Mostra Pan Africana de
Arte Contemporânea. Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Bahia (c. Solange Farkas).
2004
O Tigre do Dahomey – A Serpente de Whydah. Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte, Salvador,
Bahia.
Trance-Territories. Dahlen Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin (c. Michael Toss).
The Eternal Now. Galeria Fernando Pradilla, Madrid.
The Eternal Now. VI Biennale de l’Art Contemporain, Dakar, Senegal (c. Ivo Mesquita).
2003
La oscura piel de la luz, La obra fotografica de Mario Cravo Neto. Museo de Bellas
Artes, Caracas (c. Fernando Castro Ramirez – Bernard Chappard – Sicardi Gallery).
Na Terra sob Meus Pés. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (c. Ligia
Canongia).
La Mirada. Daros Latin America, Zurich (c. Hans Michael Herzog).
2002
Bahia de Todos os Santos. IFA Gallerie, Sttutgart, Berlin, Bonn (c. Karin Stempel).
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris.
The Eternal Now. Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo Venâncio ECCO, Brasília (c. Bené
Fonteles).
Daros Latin America, Zurich.
2000
Nationalhistoriske Museum på Frederiksborg, Hillerød.
Palacio de Aguirre , Cartagena. (c. Jose Benloch).
5th Biennale de Lyon - partage d’exotismes, Lyon.
Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador.
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo.
1999
Espaço Neogama, São Paulo.
Centro de Fotografia, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca.
1998
Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris.
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires.
Photo España 98, Madrid.
1997
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany.Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
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1996
Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sverige.
Borås Kunstmuseet, Borås, Sverige.
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Solar do Barão, Curitiba.
Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig.
1995
Kunstverein Steyr, Stein, Österreich.
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro.
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo.
Centro Cultural de Bélem, Lisboa.
1994
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt.
Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego.
1992
Houston FotoFest, Houston.
1990
Canon Image Center, Amsterdam.
1989
Arco Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo.
1988
Pallazo Fortuny, Venezia.
Suomen Valokuvataiteen Museo, Helsinki.
1987
Billedhusets Galleri, København.
1986
Arco Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo.
1985
IF - Immagine Fotografica, Milano.
1984
Fotografia Oltre, Chiasso.
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro.
1983
XVII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Arco Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo.
1982
Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington DC.
1979
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo (with Pierre Verger).
Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador (with Pierre Verger).
1977
XIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo.
1976
Modern Art Galerie, München.
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1975
XIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, SãoPaulo.
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1973
XII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo.
1971
XI Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador.
1965
Galeria Convivium, Salvador.
Collections
The Museum of Modern Art - New York.
The Museum of Fine Arts / The Allan Chasanoff Photografic Collection - Houston.
The Museum of Photographic Arts - San Diego.
The Princeton Art Museum - Princeton.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA.
Volfsburg Kunst Museum, Volfsburg.
Museet for Fotokunst - Odense.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo - São Paulo.
Stedelijk Museum - Amsterdam.
Suomen Valokuvataiteen Museo - Helsinki.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo - São Paulo.
Museu de Arte Moderna - Rio de Janeiro.
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo - São Paulo.
Museu de Arte Moderna de Bahia - Salvador.
Museum voor Fotografie - Antwerpen.
The Hasselblad Collection - Göteborg.
The Brooklyn Museum - New York.
Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Center of Photography - Tokyo.
Fondation Cartier, Paris.
DG Bank - Frankfurt.
Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection - Caracas.
Mr. Bert Hartcamp Collection - Amsterdam.
Mr.Kim Stevens Collection - São Paulo.
Mr. Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection.
Daros Collection - Zurich.
Publications
FLECHA EM REPOUSO - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia, 2008
O TIGRE DO DAHOMEY – A Serpente de Whydah, Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia,
2004.
TRANCE TERRITORIES, Verlag Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg, 2004.
NA TERRA SOB MEUS PES, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, 2003.
THE ETERNOW NOW, Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia, 2002.
CRAVO NETO - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia, 2002
MARIO CRAVO NETO - Carla Sozzani Editore, Milano, 2001
LARÓYÈ - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia, 2000
SALVADOR - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1999
ESPAÇO CRAVO - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1998
MARIO CRAVO NETO -Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1995
MARIO CRAVO NETO - Edition Stemmle, Zürich 1994
ANGOLA - Fundacão Emílio Odebrecht, Salvador, Bahia 1991
MARIO CRAVO NETO - Idea book Edicione, Milano 1987
EXVOTO - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1986
OS ESTRANHOS FILHOS DA CASA - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1985
A CIDADE DA BAHIA - Áries Editora, Salvador, Bahia 1984
BAHIA - Rhodia/Raizes, São Paulo 1980
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Awards
2005
Artist of The Year, Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte, São Paulo.
1997
Prize Waterhouse, Panorama da Arte Brasileira 97/Museu de Arte Moderna de São
Paulo, São Paulo.
1996
Premio Nacional de Fotografia 1996, Ministerio da Cultura,”FUNARTE”, Rio de
Janeiro.
1995
Best Photographer of the Year, Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, São Paulo.
2005
Artist of The Year, Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte, São Paulo.
1997
Prize Waterhouse, Panorama da Arte Brasileira 97/Museu de Arte Moderna de São
Paulo, São Paulo.
1996
Premio Nacional de Fotografia 1996, Ministerio da Cultura,”FUNARTE”, Rio de
Janeiro.
1995
Best Photographer of the Year, Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, São Paulo.
1980
Best Photographer of the Year, Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, São Paulo.
1976
CORUJA DE OURO EMBRAFILME, Best Director of Photography of the Year 1976
with the film “UBIRAJARA”, Rio de Janeiro.
1971
The Governor of the State of São Paulo Prize for Sculpture, IX Bienal Internacional de
São Paulo, São Paulo.
1965
Sculpture Prize at the I Bienal de Artes Plásticas da Bahia, Salvador.
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