Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1966.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

About the artist

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, Renan Cepeda started taking black and white pictures at the age of 11. In the 80s, his experience was enriched with photojournalism at the newspaper Jornal do Brasil. Cepeda has collaborated in the most important Brazilian newspapers and magazines and held the position of correspondent for the French agency SIPA-Presse. In 1996, he initiated the collective exhibition Arte de Portas Abertas (Art with Open Doors) and the association Chave Mestra (Master Key) – Association of Visual Artists of Santa Teresa, both in the neighborhood where he maintains his atelier. Having his full time now devoted to the fine art photography, Renan Cepeda has been recognized for his artistic research on unusual photographic techniques such as infrared photography and light painting.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
“Daqui se Vê” – Galeria Tramas, Rio de Janeiro
2011
“Knight Paintings” – Tempo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
2010
“Renan Cepeda – fotografias”, Crânio, Rio de Janeiro
2009
“Vão de Almas”- Abraço Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2008
“Night Paintings” – Tempo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
“Pinturas Nocturnas” – Arts Consortium, Buenos Aires
“Vão de Almas”- Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
“Kalungas and Graffitti”, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston
2007/2008
“Light Paintings” – Rudolf Gallery, Amsterdam
“Vão de Almas” – Pinacothèque of the State of Sao Paulo
2007
“Pichações” – Murilo Castro Gallery, Belo Horizonte
“Light Paintings”- WM Gallery, Amsterdam
2006
“Pichações’- Pernambuco Contemporary Arts Museum, Olinda
“Pichações” – Cultural Ensembles in Brasilia and Salvador
2004
“Invisibles” – Arte x Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires
2002
“Invisíveis”- Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
“Sony World Photography Award”, Somerset House, London
2011
“Vai e Vem”, Largo das Artes Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
2009
“Convergência” – Gávea Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
“Linguagem de Travessia”, Cultural Centre of the Federal Justice, Rio de Janeiro
2008/2009
Sony World Photography Award Tour: Cologne, Tokyo, New Delhi, New York
2007
‘Which is Your Landscape?’, Video, Urbanism & Arquitecture Center, Rio
2006
“Mano Doble”, Rosario Contemporary Arts Museum, Argentina
2005
“Color/Generations”, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston, USA
“L’Orangerie Du Thabor”, Rennes, France
Santo Andre Salon, Sao Paulo
Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
FUNARTE-SP Salon of the National Arts Foundation, Sao Paulo
2004
“Arte Pará 2004” Salon, Belem;
XXlX Salon of Ribeirao Preto, SP
XVl Salon of Praia Grande, SP
General San Martín Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires
2003/2004
X Salon of Bahia, – Bahia Modern Art Museum, Salvador

Institutional Collections:

Sony World Photography Award, London;
Arts Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;
Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, USA;
Pinacothèque of the State of Sao Paulo;
Abraço Association, Lisbon;
Luz y Alfonso Castillo Foundation, Buenos Aires;
Banco Cruzeiro do Sul, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro;
BANESPA Collection, Bank of the State of Sao Paulo;
Casa do Olhar, Luis Sacilotto Collection, Santo Andre – Sao Paulo;
Gafisa, Sao Paulo;
BNDES, National Bank of Economic and Social Development, Rio de Janeiro;
Joaquim Paiva – Brazilian Contemporary Photography;
Carlos Barroso – Contemporary Art;
Martha Tepper Takayama – Brazilian Contemporary Photography, Boston.

Awards
2012
Finalist, Sony World Photograph Award 2012 – Knight Paintings Project
2011
Finalist, Hasselblad Masters 2011 – “Night Paintings” project
2008
Finalist, Sony World Photograph Award 2008 – “Vão de Almas” project
Finalist, Hasselblad Masters 2008 – “Vão de Almas” project
2007
Public Choice Award, Prix de la Photographie, Paris 2007 – “Night Paintings”
2005
Acquisition Prize, Santo Andre Salon
Fellowship, Artistic-Historical Patrimony Foundation of Pernambuco State (FUNDARPE) – “Pichações” project
2004
International Agfa Photo Award, Germany, 2004 – “Pichações” project
2002
1st prize – Ministry of Environment / Rio de Janeiro’s Botanic Garden Photo Contest
2nd prize – Tijuca National Park Photo Contest
2001
2nd prize – Ministry of Environment / Rio de Janeiro’s Botanic Garden Photo Contest
1998
Honorable Mention – FUNARTE Brazilian Art foundation National Fellowship Contest, 1998, “As Três Chapadas” project
1997
Honorable Mention – FUNARTE Brazilian Art Foundation National Fellowship Contest, 1997, “Pichação de Luz” project

Website:www.renancepeda.com

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