Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1966.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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
2020
– “Bucólica”, C. C. Garsilaso de la Vega, Min. Rel. Ext. do Peru, Lima, Peru
2018
– “Bucólica”, Gallery WM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017
– “Castillos de Luz en La Noche Oscura”, Intituto Cervantes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Carta Negra”, Reserva Cultural/Tempo Fotografias, Niterói, Brazil
2016
– “Objetos Interventados” (with Rogério Reis), galeria Modernistas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
-“Deveria ser cego o homem invisível?”, Espaço SESC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Quartel de Indaiá”, instalação, Museu Casa do Pontal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2015
2014
-“WAVE”, Galeria Tempo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2013
-“Harvesting the night at the snow star festival”, WM Gallery, Amsterdam.
-“Dos jardins telúricos de Dona Lota”, C. C. Justiça Federal, FotoRio, Brazil.
2012
-“Daqui se Vê”, Galeria Tramas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011
-“Knight Paintings”, Tempo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2010
-“Renan Cepeda – fotografias”, Crânio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2009
-“Vão de Almas”, Abraço Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, Brazil.
2008
-“Night Paintings”, Tempo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Pinturas Nocturnas”, Arts Consortium, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-“Vão de Almas”, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.
-“Kalungas and Graffitti”, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
2007/2008
-“Light Paintings”, Rudolf Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
-“Vão de Almas”, Pinacothèque of the State of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
-“Pichações”, Murilo Castro Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
-“Light Paintings”, WM Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2006
-“Pichações”, Pernambuco Contemporary Arts Museum, Olinda, Brazil.
-“Pichações”, Cultural Ensembles in Brasilia and Salvador, Brazil.
2004
-“Invisibles”, Arte x Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2002
-“Invisíveis”, Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
– “Grau 360”, with Anna Bella Geiger, Rosangela Rennó, Alexandre Vogler and others, Galeria do Lago, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Horizontes e trocas”, with Guy Veloso, Oswaldo Gaia, Tatewahe Nio and others, Ateliê Zaragoza/Arte Rosa Barbosa
2018
– Coleção de Dulce e João Figueiredo Ferraz, IFF, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
2016
– “Quem viver, Verão”, galeria Sergio Gonçalves, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– PhotoEspaña 2015 – “América Latina, un pueblo al Sur de EEUU”, Madrid, Spain
2014
– Prize Art and Patrimony, IPHAN 2014, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2012
-Contemporary Brazilian Drawing, C. C. Justiça Federal, Rio de janeiro, Brazil
-“Sony World Photography Award”, Somerset House, London, UK.
2011
-“Vai e Vem”, Largo das Artes Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2009
-“Convergência”, Gávea Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Linguagem de Travessia”, Cultural Centre of the Federal Justice, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2008/2009
-Sony World Photography Award Tour: Cologne, Tokyo, New Delhi, New York, USA.
2007
-‘Which is Your Landscape?’, Video, Urbanism and Architecture Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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, São Paulo, Brazil.
-Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-FUNARTE-SP Salon of the National Arts Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil.
2004
-“Arte Pará 2004” Salon, Belem Brazil.
-XXIX Salon of Ribeirão Preto, Riberã Preto, Brazil.
-XVI Salon of Praia Grande, Praia Grande, Brazil.
-General San Martín Cultural Centre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2003/2004
-X Salon of Bahia, Bahia Modern Art Museum, Salvador, Brazil.
Awards
2020
– PIPA em casa, Prêmio PIPA
2015
– VIB Innovation Award, Munich, Germany
2014
– IPHAN Arte e Memória, with Kitty Paranaguá, Ana Daloz and Thiago Barros
2012
-Banco Espírito Santo Acquisition Prize, SP Arte Art Fair, São Paulo, Brazil.
-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, “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, “Pichações” project
2002
-1st prize – Ministry of Environment, Rio de Janeiro’s Botanic Garden Photo Contest, Brazil
-2nd prize – Tijuca National Park Photo Contest, Brazil
2001
-2nd prize – Ministry of Environment , Rio de Janeiro’s Botanic Garden Photo Contest, Brazil
1998
-Honorable Mention, FUNARTE Brazilian Art foundation National Fellowship Contest, “As Três Chapadas” project
1997
-Honorable Mention, FUNARTE Brazilian Art Foundation National Fellowship Contest, “Pichação de Luz” project
Institutional Collections
– MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil
– Fundação Roberto Marinho, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Pernambuco
– Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon and São Paulo, Brazil
– Sony World Photography Award, London, UK
– Arts Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
– Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Boston, USA
– Pinacothèque of the State of São Paulo, Brazil
– Abraço Association, Lisbon, Portugal
– Luz y Alfonso Castillo Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– Banco Cruzeiro do Sul, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– BANESPA Collection, Bank of the State of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– Casa do Olhar, Luis Sacilotto Collection, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
– Gafisa, São Paulo, Brazil
– BNDES, National Bank of Economic and Social Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Joaquim Paiva- Brazilian Contemporary Photography, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Carlos Barroso- Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
– Martha Tepper Takayama – Brazilian Contemporary Photography, Boston, USA
– Elon Musk, Los Angeles
– Jason Burns, Los Angeles
