Belém, Brazil, 1969.
Lives and works in Belém, Brazil.
Guy Veloso graduated in Law and photographs since 1989 with various publications and national and international exhibitions. He has participated in the 29th São Paulo Biennial, in 2010, invited by the curators Agnaldo Farias e Moacir dos Anjos. Veloso was the Brazilian Contemporary Photography chief-curator at the 23rd Europalia Arts Festival, in Brussels, Belgium, 2011-12. The artist was invited to participate in the 2017 Biennial of the Americas, at the Museo de las Americas in Denver, Colorado, United States. The subject of religion is the most frequent in his work, especially the one that uses body as a way of transcending.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2015
– “Entre Dois Mundos”, Galeria Municipal de Artes Pedro Paulo Vecchietti and Festival Floripa Na Foto, Florianópolis, Brazil
2014
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Blumenau Photography Festival, Brazil
2012
– “Êxtase”, Galeria Fidanza, Museu de Arte Sacra and 30th Salão Arte Pará, Belém, Brazil
2011
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Palácio da Justiça, 2nd Festival Manaus Bem Na Foto, Manaus, Brazil
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Museo Histórico Provincial, III Paraná-Entre Rios International Photography Festival, Argentina
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Filarmônica Santa Barbara, 36th Laranjeiras Cultural Meeting, Laranjeiras, Brazil
2010
– “Alquimia”, Espaço Cultural Ateliê da Imagem and Galeria 535, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Pavilhão das Artes, Palácio da Instrução, Cuiabá, Brazil
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Espaço Cultural de Educação Patrimonial, São Cristóvão, Brazil
2009
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, IV FotoRio Festival, Espaço Cultural Justiça Federal, Brasília, Brazil
2008
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, III Bienal Argentina de Fotografia Documental, Tucumán-Argentina, Festival Photo Pirenópolis, Brazil, Galeria Zoom, Paraty, Brazil and Galeria J.Inácio, Biblioteca Pública Epifânio Dória, Aracaju, Brazil
2007
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Leica Gallery, Solms, Germany, ICEIA Theatre, Fundação Cultural do Estado and Galeria do Conselho, Salvador, Brazil and Universidade San Tomás, Santiago, Chile
2006
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Museum of Contemporary Art, II Fotoamerica Chilean Photography Festival, Santiago, Chile and Galeria Fidanza, Museu de Arte Sacra de Belém, Brazil
2005
– “Entre a Fé e a Febre: Retratos”, Galeria Stella Isaac, Fotoarte Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil and Teatro Nacional, Fotoarte Brasília Festival of Light, Brasília, Brazil
2000
– “Shanti”, Congreso Comunidad 2000, III Encuentro de Imagen Comunitaria, Havana, Cuba
1998
– “Shanti”, 5th Ibero-American Photography Colloquium, Havana, Cuba, Galeria Theodoro Braga de Belém, Brazil and 2nd International Photography Biennial of Curitiba, Brazil
Group exhibitions
2016
– “O que vem com a aurora”, Casa Triângulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Orixás”, Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Horizonte Generoso”, Luciana Caravello Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
– “Entre Dois Mundos: Pierre Fatumbi Verger e Guy Veloso”, Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, Brazil
– “Pororoca”, Rio de Janeiro Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Além de um lugar”, Caixa Cultural Brasília, Brasília, DF
– “Amazônia Ciclos de Modernidade”, Pará State History Museum, Belém, Brazil
2013
– “O Abrigo e o Terreno”, Rio de Janeiro Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Um Olhar Sobre o Brasil: A Fotografia na Construção da Imagem da Nação”, Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre, Brasília, Brazil
2012
– “Um Olhar Sobre o Brasil: A Fotografia na Construção da Imagem da Nação”, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Um Olhar Sobre o Brasil: A Fotografia na Construção da Imagem da Nação”, Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “É preciso confrontar as imagens vagas com os gestos claros”, Oswald de Andrade Cultural Atelier, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Amazônia Ciclos de Modernidade”, Banco do Brasil Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– “Geração 00 – A Nova Fotografia Brasileira”, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Documental Imaginário”, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Caminhos da Fé”, PhotoVisa International Photography Festival Internacional, Krasnodar, Russia
– 29th São Paulo Biennial
2010
– “Um Certo Brasil”, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
– “Brush With Light”, Riverfront Arts Centre, Port City, Wales, United Kingdom
– “Act of Faith”, Abdijmuseum Ten Duinen, Belgium
2009
– “Imágenes de este Lado del Mundo”, Red Cultural del Mercosur, Argentina
2008
– “Miradas del Mundo”, Unesco, Pamplona, Espanha
– “Itinerarium – O Caminho de Santiago em Castilla y León”, Afro-Brazil Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Modern Photographic Expression of Brazil”, Official event of the Centennial Celebrations of Japanese Immigration to Brazil, Yokohama, Japan
– “Contigüidades – Arte Paraense dos anos 70 aos anos 2000”, Pará State History Museum, Belém, Brazil
2007
– “Act of Faith”, 13º. Noorderlicht Photofestival, Groningen, Netherlands, School of Humanities and Journalism, Poznan, Poland and Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Warsaw, Poland
2005
– “Une Certain Amazonie”, Bibliothéque Saint John, Saint-Denis, France, Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Caixa Econômica, Brasília, Brazil
2004
– “Une Certain Amazonie”, Centro de Arte Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Brazil
– Firstsite Gallery, Colchester, United Kingdom
2003
– “Une Certain Amazonie”, Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, Brazil
2000
– “Une Certain Amazonie”, Centro Português de Fotografia de O Porto-Portugal
1999
– Salão Arte Pará, Rômulo Maiorana Foundation, Belém, Brazil
– 5th Photography Month, Quito, Equador
– Brazilian Cultural Institute, Berlin, Germany
– Nikon Photo Contest, Tokyo, Japan
– 2nd Foto Norte, Museu de Arte do Estado, Belém, Brazil
1998
– 1st International Photography Biennial of Curitiba, Brazil
1996
– Funarte Photography Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Republic Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Fuji House of Photography, São Paulo, Brazil
1995
– 2nd Internacional Photo Meeting, São Paulo, Brazil
1993
-IBAC Photography Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1989
– Ângelus Gallery, Teatro da Paz, Belém, Brazil
Collections:
– Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (ESCALA), Colchester, United Kingdom
– Coleção Nacional de Fotografia, Centro Português de Fotografia, Porto, Portugal
– National Library, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Curitiba Photography Museum, Brazil
– Belém Art Museum, Brazil
– Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, Joaquim Paiva Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Rio de Janeiro Art Museum, Brazil
– São Paulo Modern Art Museum, Pirelli Collection São Paulo, Brazil
