(this page was last updated in August 2021)
Jequié, Brazil, 1987.
Lives and works in Jequié, Brazil.
PIPA 2021 nominee.
Alex Oliveira has worked as a photographer, visual artist, and filmmaker since 2011. Conducts artistic research aiming to connect photography, performance art and urban intervention. He has integrated numerous solo and group exhibitions in different states of Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Pará. In 2019, he was selected for a funded artistic residency by the Pampulha Art Museum in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil).
Site: fotoperformancespopulares.hotglue.me
Academic Background
2015
– Bachelor’s degree in Communications
– Federal University of Bahia – UFBA
Individual Exhibitions
2016
– “Mundos Possíveis” (“Possible Worlds”, from Portuguese). Lourdes Saraiva Queiroz Gallery, Oficina Cultural Space. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
– “Realidade Ficcional” (“Fictional Reality”, from Portuguese). SESC/Minas. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2015
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). SESC Gallery. Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
2013
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). Vasli Souza Photogallery. Malmö, Sweden
2011
– “Aurora Descoberta” (“Discovered Dawn”, from Portuguese). French Alliance Gallery. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Collective Exhibitions
2021
– “Fotoperformance Popular”, (“Popular Photoperformance”, from Portuguese). BH Internacional Photography Festival. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2020
– “Aurora” (“Dawn”, from Portuguese; Photographic Series). Itaú Cultural Website, Emergency Public Notice of Photography.
– “Fotoperformance Popular” (“Popular Photoperformance”, from Portuguese). Oficina Cultural Space and city squares. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2019
– “Fotoperformance Popular” (“Popular Photoperformance”, from Portuguese). Pampulha Art Museum. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2018
– “Corpo-Lugar” (“Body-Place”, from Portuguese). Lourdes Saraiva Queiroz Gallery, Oficina Cultural Space. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2017
– “Fora do Lugar” (“Out of Place”, from Portuguese). Contemporary Daily Photography Award (8th Edition). Belém, Pará, Brazil
2016
– “Fora do Lugar” (“Out of Place”, from Portuguese). Paço das Artes Gallery. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). University Museum of Art. Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
– “Mundos Possíveis” (“Possible Worlds”, from Portuguese). Pierre Verger Photography Gallery, Saint Mary Fort. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Revelador H2O2” (“Developer H2O2”, from Portuguese). Contemporary Daily Photography Award (7th Edition). Exhibition of the Collection of the Contemporary Diary of Photography. Belém, Pará, Brazil
2015
– “Revelador H2O2” (“Developer H2O2”, from Portuguese). Polaroid. “ROÇAdeira: Performatic Encounters in Unlikely Places” Exhibition, Cathedral of Arts. Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
– “Revelador H2O2” (“Developer H2O2”, from Portuguese). “Near There” Group Exhibition, Garden Gallery, Bahia Art Museum. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
2014
– “Cartografia dos Afetos” (“Cartography of the Affections”, from Portuguese). Photography and urban intervention. Special Edition of the Visual Arts Halls of Bahia, Musem of Modern Art of Bahia. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). Videoart. Special Edition of the Visual Arts Halls of Bahia, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Cartografia dos Afetos” (“Cartography of the Affections”, from Portuguese). Photography and urban intervention. Visual Arts Halls of Paulo Afonso. Paulo Afonso, Bahia, Brazil
– “Revelador H2O2” (“Developer H2O2”, from Portuguese). Third Bahia Biennial, Hansen Cultural Space. Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). Videoart. Visual Arts Halls of Vitória da Conquista. Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). Photography. Third Bahia Biennial, Solar do Ferrão Gallery. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Revelador H2O2” (“Developer H2O2”, from Portuguese). Contemporary Daily Photography Award (5th Edition), Group exhibition. Belém, Pará, Brazil
– Obranúncio (untranslatable). Group exhibition on billboards. Available here. Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil.
2013
– Narrativas Errantes (“Wandering Narratives”, from Portuguese). Urban intervention with photographs. Alagados Cultural Space. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– Narrativas Errantes (“Wandering Narratives”, from Portuguese). Urban intervention. Visual Arts Halls of Vitória da Conquista. Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil
– Schizopolis (“Esquizópolis”, adapted from Portuguese). Museum of Modern Art of Bahia. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Lunar”. Solar do Ferrão Gallery. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
2012
– “Besieged City” (“Cidade Sitiada”, from Portuguese). Photographic series. Eleventh Recôncavo Biennial. São Félix, Bahia, Brazil
– “Ritos de Passagem” (“Rites of Passage”, from Portuguese). Photography. Panorama Special Hall, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
– “Babylon City” (“Cidade Babilônia”, from Portuguese). Photography. Visual Arts Halls of Jequié. Jequié, Bahia, Brazil
2011
– “Family Portraits” (“Retratos de Família”). Backlighting Photography. Regional Halls of Porto Seguro. Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil
Artistic Residencies
2019
– Bolsa Pampulha Artistic Residency. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. March-September, 2019
2017
– São Jerônimo Artistic Residency (invited by Alexandre Sequeira). Belém, Pará, Brazil. October-November, 2017
2013
– Vasli Souza Gallery Artistic Residency. Malmö, Sweden. September-November, 2013
MaPA | Alex Oliveira | “Fora do lugar”, 2017. Duration 7’46”
“Café Fotográfico com Alex Oliveira”, 2021. Duration 85’05”