Contagem, MG, Brazil, 1988.
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
From the industrial suburbs of his hometown to major cities, Randolpho Lamonier develops his visual research using many different media and processes. His work brings together an accumulation of elements and gestures which reflect upon the construction of individual and collective identities. The interweaving between intimacy and public matters articulates the micro and macro politics, a continuous state of reflection and insurgency. Even the tiniest gesture depicted in these works reveals a critical perception about the state of normality.
Randolpho Lamonier develops his visual research in several different media. His work was showcased in the solo exhibition “Vigília” (Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2017) and in the group shows “Mitomotim” (Galpão Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018), “Da diversidade vivemos” (Periscópio Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2017), “Ninguém me dirá quem sou nem saberá quem fui” (Galeria Mama/Cadela, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2017), “Ficções — A Fotografia além do Real” (Festival Foto em Pauta, Tiradentes, Brazil, 2017), “AVI — Art Video International” (Museum of Israeli Cinema, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2016), “Videoformes International Digital Arts Festival” (Maison de la Culture, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2016), “BÂNGALA: YAKÃ AYÊ” (Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015), “Em desencanto — Fotografia Mineira Contemporânea” (Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2015), “V Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia” (Museu Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil, 2014), “O Inimigo e a Câmera” (ForumDoc, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2013). In 2016 his work “Crônicas de Retalho” [“Patch Chronicles”] was awarded in the Bienal Naïfs do Brasil and in the same year he was awarded the prize Prêmio Residência Camelo (Festival Camelo de Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil). Among the residence programs he attended, there are “Fotoativa em Residência: dois de cá, dois de Lá” (Associação Fotoativa, Belém, Brazil, 2015), “Expedição Objetos da natureza” (Ateliê Espai/Fazenda Sipuá, Itabirito, Brazil, 2017) and “Memória da Casa — De dentro e de fora” (EXA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2012). In 2017 was expelled from the School of Fine Arts at UFMG [Federal University of Minas Gerais].
