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1961
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Born, São Paulo, Brazil
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Lives and works in New York
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Vik Muniz has the following primary representatives: · Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
· Xippas Gallery
· Fortes Vilaça Gallery
· Arndt & Partner
· Rena Bransten Gallery
· Elba Benitez Gallery
· Gary Tatintsian Gallery
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2010 |
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Rummaging in the rubbish: waste and recycling in Contemporary Art, CDAN (Center of Art and Nature), Huesca, Spain |
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2009 - 2010 |
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Rummaging in the rubbish: waste and recycling in Contemporary Art, Koldo Mitxelena Cultural Centre Gallery, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain |
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2009 |
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Vik Muniz & Janaina Tschape, Kasama Nichido Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan |
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2009 |
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Vik Muniz : Reflex, Musée d'art moderne, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
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2009 |
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Vik Muniz : Reflex, Musée des Arts de Sao Paulo, Brasil |
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2009 |
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Arndt & Partner, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2009 |
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Galerie Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain |
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2009 |
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Ingres et les Modernes, Musée Ingres, Montauban, France |
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2009 |
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L’Invention d’un monde, collection of La Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brasil |
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2009 |
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Hydra School Project Artwalk, Hydra, Greece |
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2009 |
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Fragile- Terres d’empathie, Musée d’art Moderne de Saint Etienne, France |
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2009 |
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AMERICAS LATINAS – las fatigas del querer, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy |
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2009 |
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Une image peut en cacher une autre (Archimboldo, Dali, Raetz), Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, France |
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2008 - 2009 |
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Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz - Rebus, MoMA, New York, United States (December 10-February 23, 2009) |
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2008 |
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Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan (November 21) |
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2008 |
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Vik Muniz, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany (October 29 - December 20) |
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2008 |
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Vik Muniz, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California (October 16-November 22) |
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2008 |
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Guangzhou Triennial-Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China (September) |
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2008 |
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Vik Muniz, Sikkema, Jenkins & Co, New York, United States (September 7 - October 11) |
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2008 |
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Art(e)merica Latina, été culturel, St Tropez, commissaire: Suzanne Van Hagen (July - October) |
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2008 |
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Wetherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina. Greensboro, North Carolina, United States (June 22 - September 21) |
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2008 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex*, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico, (April 15 - September 14) |
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2008 |
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TRANSactions Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, United States (February 6 - May 4) |
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2008 |
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This is Vik Muniz, CB Collection Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan (January 19 - April 19) |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex*, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada. |
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2007 - 2008 |
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To Russia with Love, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia. |
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2007 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex*, Museum of Contempory Art, San Diego, CA, United States. |
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2007 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex*, PS1, Queens, New York, USA |
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2007 |
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Vik Muniz: A Survey, Pinchuk Foundation, Kiev, Ukraine |
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2007 |
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The Beautiful Earth, Galerie Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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2007 |
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The Beautiful Earth, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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2007 |
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A Terra e a Gente, Musée de l'Electricité (Museum of Electricity), Lisbon, Portugal |
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2007 |
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Vik Muniz, New Manezh, Moscow, Russia |
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2007 |
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Pictures of People, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, Great Britain |
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2006 |
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Into Me/Out of Me. P.S.1 MOMA, NY |
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2006 |
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Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale. Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine |
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2006 |
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The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fúbol. Roebling Hall, Chelsea, NY |
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2006 |
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Joy Pop! Pop Art 1960’s- 2000’s: Selection of the Missumi Collection. Sompo Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
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2006 |
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Transformer: A traveling exhibition of contemporary artworks from the West Collection. Main Line Art Center, Philadelphia, PA |
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2006 |
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Reflex: Vik Muniz Retrospective, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL (traveling to Seattle Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada) |
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2006 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex. Contemporary Art Museum. University of South Florida. Tampa, FL (solo) |
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2006 |
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Pictures of Pigment. Xippas Gallery, Paris (solo) |
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2006 |
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Vik Muniz: Reflex. Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL (solo) |
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2006 |
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Vik Muniz. Nassau County Museum of Art. NY (solo) |
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2006 |
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BulFinch’s Recycling Yard: Vik Muniz Pictures of Junk. Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo) |
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2006 |
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Vik Muniz: Remastered Selections from the West Collection. Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL (solo) |
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2005 - 2006 |
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National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC |
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2005 |
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Prisons, after Piranesi, National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. |
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2005 |
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Divas e Monstros, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brasil |
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2005 |
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Vik Muniz. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, EUA |
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2005 |
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Cardi Gallery, Milão, Itália |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Die Akte Weimar, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Alemanha |
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2004 |
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Rebus, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
Open House, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY |
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2004 |
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Fotos de Revista. Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, January and February SP, Brazil |
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2004 |
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Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin, Spring |
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2004 |
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Xippas Gallery, April. Paris, France |
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2004 |
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Rena Bransten Gallery- April, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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Brent Sikkema Gallery. May New York, NY |
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2004 |
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Galeria Elba Benitez, February. Madrid, Spain |
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2004 |
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Fundación Telefónica, November 17- January 2005, Madrid, Spain |
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2004 |
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Universiy of South Florida East Gallery, Fall, Tampa, FLA |
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2004 |
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Moving Outlines, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, February - April, 2004 |
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2004 |
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Hair: Untangling a Social History, The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, New York, January - June, 2004 |
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2004 |
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Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY |
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2004 |
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Home Sweet Home, Cardi Gallery, Milan, Italy. Opens April 8th |
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2004 |
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Latin American and Caribbean Art: MoMA at El Museo, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY |
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2003 |
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Both Sides of the Street: Celebrating the Corcoran’s Photograph Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
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2003 |
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MACRO - Museo D’Art Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy (traveled to: Irish Museum of Contemporary Art, Dublin, Ireland) |
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2003 |
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Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea- CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Candy Bam, special project for the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Tempo, MoMAQNS, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2000, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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2002 |
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Vik Muniz: Model Pictures, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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2002 |
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CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Jan. 17-March 23) |
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2002 |
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The Menil Collection- Houston, Texas, USA (Feb. 21 - June 9) |
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2002 |
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Earthworks, Brent Sikkema Gallery, NY |
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2002 |
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Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain (March 13 - April 28) |
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2002 |
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'Laberint de Vik Muniz', Fundació Joan Miró, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain (March 13- April 28) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2002 |
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Brent Sikkema Gallery, NY (Solo Exibition) |
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2002 |
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The Menil Collection-Houston, Texas, USA (Feb. 21-June 9) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2002 |
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'Reparte', CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (Jan. 17-March 23) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Fortaleza, Brazil (November) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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'Erotica', Galerie Xippas, Paris, France (Oct. 27-Dec. 15) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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'Reparte', Henry Art Gallery-University of Washington, Seattle (Sept. 28-Dec.16) (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Museum de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Gallery Gan, Tokyo, Japan (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Galeria Camargo Viaço, Sãn Paulo, Brazil (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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'Clouds', a skywriting project, Creative Time, NY (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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'The Things Themselves: Pictures of Dust by Vik Muniz', Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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'Reparte', Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Solo Exhibition) |
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2001 |
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Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
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2001 |
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'Reparte' Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
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2001 |
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'The Things Themselves: Pictures of Dust by Vik Muniz' Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA |
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2001 |
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'Clouds' a skywriting project, Creative Time, NY |
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2001 |
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Galerie Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain |
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2001 |
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Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil |
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2001 |
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Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil |
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2001 |
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Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Brazil |
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2001 |
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Gallery Gan, Tokyo, Japan |
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2001 |
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Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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2001 |
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Reparte', Henry Art Gallery- University of Washington, Seattle (Sept. 28-Dec. 16) |
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2001 |
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Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil (Oct.) |
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2001 |
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Museu de Arte Moderna, Recife, Brazil (Oct) |
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2001 |
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'Erotica' Galerie Xippas, Paris, France (Oct. 27 - Dec. 15) |
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2001 |
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Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Fortaleza, Brazil (November) |
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2001 |
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49th Venice Biennial: Brazilian Representation, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy |
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2001 |
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The Things Themselves: Pictures of Dust by Vik Muniz, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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2001 |
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Reparté, Henry Art Gallery- University of Washington, Seattle, WA; CU Art Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil |
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2000 |
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Brazil: Body and Soul, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY |
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2000 |
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Galeria Camargo Vilaça São Paolo, Brasil |
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2000 |
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Rena Bransten Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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2000 |
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2000 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
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1999 |
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Centre National de la Photographie Paris |
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1999 |
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After Warhol, Galerie Xippas Paris, France (solo) |
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1998 |
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XXIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil |
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1998 |
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Seeing is Believing International Center of Photography, New York, NY (traveled Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL; Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY) |
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1997 |
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New Photography XIII, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1996 |
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Wesenchau: Disingenuous Images, Galerie Renée Ziegler Zürich
The Best of Life, Wooster Gardens, New York City, NY (solo) |
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1995 |
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Panorama de Arte Contemporanea Brasiliera, Museo de Arte Moderna Sao Paolo
Mostra America, FundaAao Cultural de Curitiba, Brazil (group) |
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1995 |
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Recent Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Musuem Los Angeles |
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1995 |
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The Wine Pictures, Galeria Camargo Vilaga Sao Paolo |
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1994 |
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Galeria Claudio Bartello Turino, Italy |
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1993 |
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Sound, Museo de Arte Moderna Bolezano Italy
Equivalents, PontPietra Gallery, Verona, Italy (solo) |
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1992 |
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Diversité Latino Américaine, Galerie 1900/2000 Paris |
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1992 |
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Galerie Beaumont Luxembourg |
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1991 |
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Galerie Claudine Papillan Paris |
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1989 |
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Fluxus and Friend, Emily Harvey Gallery, NYC, NY |
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1988 |
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Stux Gallery New York |
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2002 |
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Houston Press, May 16-22, p. 61, Arsenic and Old Lace, Klaasmeyer, Kelly |
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2001 |
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Seattle Weekly, November 1, Art and Syrup, Rose, Cynthia |
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1999 |
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ARTnews, February, p. 90, Sweet Deception, Linfield, Susie |
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1997 |
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ARTFORUM, September, pp. 102-105, Sweet Ilusion, Grumberg, Andy |
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1992 |
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La Stampa, April 27, Italy, Vik Muniz a Torino, Vescovo, Marisa |
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