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Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1969.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Representado pela Galeria ARTE/FORMATTO
PIPA Prize 2022 nominee.
He understands his practice from displacements in the paths that lead images to the condition of promise. The artist elaborates series that explore the notion of extravagance, in the literal sense of the term, as if each work sought to destabilize the common sense of the practice with which he maintains a close relationship, that is, that part of image production related to seduction and idealization.
Website: www.ricardobarcellos.art.br
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2022:
EDUCATION
2014
– Film Directing Course, Met Film School, London, England.
2012
– Currently. Ateliê Fidalga Study Group, coordinated by Sandra Cinto and Albano Afonso, São Paulo, Brazil.
1997
– Course held at ICP (International Center of Photography), New York, USA.
1991
– Graduation in Social Communication, PUC-RS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
– “Studio Study.” Contemporary Art Center W, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2015
– “The Blue Universe is a Cabin.” Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Diogenes Moura.
2013
– “Too Much.” Central Gallery / Fidalga Project Room, São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
– “Mediations of Risk.” Galeria Central, São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Franz Manata.
2011
– “Ruin under Construction.” Lunara Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil.GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
– “Water of the word, When more inside emerges”, Adelina Instituto Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil, curated by Galciani Neves
– “Water of the word, When more inside emerges”, Hilberthaum, Berlin, Germany, curator Galciani Neves
2017
– “De Rerum Natura” , Marginalia Museum – Camera F Lugano, Switzerland,
– “TransNaturae” , Mia Photo , Milan, Italy, Curated by Denise Gadelha
– “Abstracion” , Atelier Fidalga, El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
2016
– “Translocations – Images of a New Photographic Era”. El Museo Gallery, Bogota, Colombia.
– Transversal Photography – Contemporary Ibero-American Artists”. Fernando Pradilla Gallery, PHotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain.
– Abstraction”. Fernando Pradilla Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2015
– “The Silhouette and The Factory”. Casa da América, PHotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain.
2014
– “Ruin under Construction.” 5th São Paulo Photo Exhibition, Galeria Central, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Invisible Cities.” MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), São Paulo, Brazil.
2013
– “Ruin in Construction.” 8th Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
– Of the children of the Earth”. Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
– “Weight and Lightness”. Cervantes Institute, Prague, Czech Republic.
2011
– “Peso y Levedad.” Instituto Cervantes, PHotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain.
– “Red Trilogy – China.” Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
2010
– Pirelli – MASP Photography Collection. MASP (São Paulo Art Museum), São Paulo, Brazil.
2009
– “Time.” Galeria Porto Seguro, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
– “Cosmos”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil.
2006
– “New Photographers”. Pallais de Cannes, Cannes, França.
2005
– “Once upon a time in Havana”. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Once upon a time in Havana”. Laurinda Santos Lobo Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
WORKS IN MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
– Pirelli – MASP Photography Collection. MASP (São Paulo Museum of Art), São Paulo, Brazil.
– MAC RS (Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
– Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
– Collection of Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Spain.
PUBLICATIONS
– Book “China”. Publisher DBA, São Paulo, Brazil, 2011.
– Catalog “Pirelli – MASP Photography Collection”. São Paulo, Brazil, 2010.
– Catalog “Winners of the Conrado Wessel Foundation Award (FCW) of Art, Science and Culture, São Paulo 2009”. Brazil, 2010.
AWARDS
– Golden Lion, 2016, Cannes, France.
– Silver Lion, 2014, Cannes, France.
– Hasselblad Latin America Photo Competition Award, 2011.
– Finalist Hasselblad Masters, 2011, Denmark.
– Conrado Wessel Foundation (FCW) Art, Science and Culture Award, 2009, Brazil
– Porto Seguro Photography Award Selection, 2009, Brazil.
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