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Niterói, Brazil, 1954.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Represented by DOC Galeria, Brazil & ArtMedia Gallery and Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, USA
PIPA Prize 2020 nominee.
José Diniz Born in Niterói, lives in Rio. He studied postgraduate studies in photography at UCAM and at EAV at Parque Lage. It has photography as its axis and also works with videos, printmaking and large production of artist books. Participated in individual and group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad. Contemplated with several awards, including the FUNARTE Marc Ferrez Photography Award. His works are included in collections such as Museum of Fine Arts Houston, BnF France, MAR-Rio, MAM-Rio / Joaquim Paiva, among others.
Website: www.josediniz.com.br
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes, exclusively for PIPA Prize 2020:
Solo exhibitions
2022
– “BOIS BRÉSIL”, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
– “SOLIDÃO”, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Festival de Fotografia de Porto Alegre, Brazil
2019
– “Linha d’água”, Reserva Cultural, Niterói, Brazil
– “Periscope”, FLACH Galeria, Santiago, Chile
2018
– “Entre as margens do rio”, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Linha d’água”, DOC Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
– “O céu vem abaixo”, Galeria Oriente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Tanto mar”, Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
– “Maresia”, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, USA
– “Selected works”, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, USA
– “Sertão Cerrado”, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, USA
– “Sertão Cerrado”, Galeria Arcimboldo, Festival Encuentros Abiertos, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– “Sertão Cerrado”, Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Rio de mar”, Espaço Furnas Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Periscope”, Galeria Zoom, Festival Paraty em Foco, Paraty, Brazil
– “Esquina”, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
– “A la deriva”, Escuela Argentina de Fotografía, Festival de La Luz, Salta, Argentina
– Museo de Arte Contemporâneo de Salta, Festival de La Luz, Salta, Argentina
– “Fronteras”, Foto Club Uruguayo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2013
– “Fronteras”, Galeria FUCAC, Festival FOTOGRAMA 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay
– “Maresia”, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Ensayo sobre otro mar”, Museo Franklin Rawson, San Juan, Argentina
– “Disquieting force”, ArtMedia Gallery, Miami, USA
– “Ultramarinhas”, Fotospaço Fine Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
– “Islandscapes”, Galeria Quirino Campofiorito, Niterói, Brazil
– “About sea”, Oko Gallery, PHOTOVISA Festival, Anapa, Russia
– “Ensayo sobre otro mar”, Centro Culltural Recoleta, Festival de La Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011
– “Maresia”, Sala CdF, Montevideo, Uruguay
Group exhibtions
2022
– “Klaxon-mania”, Centenário da Semana da Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 1922, Paris, France
– 2022 – Galerie Dauphine, Paris, France
– “TERRA EM TEMPOS” – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
– “Diafragma / International Photo Festival, Covilhã, Portugal
– “QXAS – Festival de Fotografia do Brasil Central, Ceará, Brazil
2020
– “PRÊMIO DIÁRIO CONTEMPORÂNEO, Museu do Estado do Pará – Belém, Brazil
2019
– “Prêmio diário contemporâneo”, Museu do Estado do Pará, Belém, Brazil
– “Terra Brasilis”, Brazilian Contemporary Photography Project at BnF, Paris, France
– “Topografias imaginadas”, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Nature and landscape”, ArtMedia Gallery, Miami, USA
2018
– Prêmio diário contemporâneo, Museu do Estado do Pará, Belém, Brazil
2017
– “Confluências”, PhotoEspaña, São Paulo, Brazil, and Madrid, Spain
– “Ficção – Fotografia além do real”, Foto em Pauta, Tiradentes, Brazil
– 10×10 Contemporary Latim American Photobooks, FOLA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– “Natureza concreta”, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Festival de fotografia do Sertão”, Feira de Santana, Brazil
2016
– “Sertão Cerrado”, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, USA
– Coleção Joaquim Paiva, MAM Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Latino America es un pueblo al sur de Estados Unidos”, PhotoEspaña
– 7ª. Mostra São Paulo de Fotografia, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
– “Rio setecentista”, MAR Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Gestos, relatos, escritas e autoficções”, Foto em pauta, Belo Horizonte and Tiradentes, Brazil
– “Off the Americas”, Luag Lower Gallery, Lehig, Pennsylvania, USA
– Prêmio diário contemporâneo”, Museu das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil
– The visual voice: new photobooks narratives, Rayko Center of Photography, San Francisco, USA
– “Aquí nos vemos”, Centro Cultural Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014
– Photographers of Latin America, ROSIZO State Center for Museums and Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
– Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Third International Special Exhibition Program, Latin American Photographers, Atlanta, USA
Colections
– Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Joaquim Paiva Collection, Brazil
– BnF, Bibliothéque nationale de France
– Green Library, Stanford University, USA
– Luag Lower Gallery, Lehig University, Pennsylvania, USA
– AMA, Art Museum of Americas, Washington, USA
– MAR, Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil
– Coleção Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, Brazil
– Museum of Fine Arts of Houston, USA
– Museum of Contemporary Art in Salta, Argentina
– Provincial Museum of Fine Arts Franklin Rawson in San Juan, Argentina
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Selections and awards
2022
– Prêmio de Menção Especial do Festival Solar, Fortaleza, Brazil
– Prêmio Leitura de Portfólio Prize FESTFOTOPOA
2020
– FestPOA Award
2019
– Finalist of The FotoFest Meeting Place Paris
2018
– Honorable mention Mundie Award 2018
– Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, Belém, Brazil (finalista em 2018, 2014, 2013, 2011 e 2010)
2016
– Finalist no Prêmio Galeria Gávea of Photography 2016
– Portfolio Review FOTORIO 2016
– Encuentros Abiertos, Argentina (2016, 2014, 2012, 2010)
2013/2014
– Second place in Colóquio Latino Americano de Fotografía, Museo 4 Caminos, México
– Finalist of Conrado Wessel Award of de Photography
2012
– Marc Ferrez Prize of Photography, FUNARTE, Culture Ministry, Brazil
– Honorable mention on Prêmio Íbero Americano de Fotolivro – RM Editor Barcelona/Mexico
2010
– “deVERcidade”, Fortaleza, Brazil
2009
– Honorable mention on Prêmio Leica-Fotografe
– Prêmio Almirante Tamandaré, Ministério da Marinha, Salvador, Brazil
– Vivo Artemov, Festival de Arte em Mídias Móveis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– FESTFOTOPOA, Porto Alegre (2010, 2009 e 2008)
– III International Discoveries, FOTOFEST, USA
Published the books LITERARIAMENTE – São Paulo (2008), PERISCOPE – Editora Madalena – São Paulo (2014) nominated as one of the best photography books of 2014 by MEP, ICP and Lens Culture, O CÉU VEM ABAIXO – Fotô Editorial – São Paulo (2019) and THE SEA, TIME AND MOVEMENT – Bessard Editions – Paris (2020).