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Tunga    (Brazilian, 1952)

 Tunga - Bell's Fall (Installations)
Tunga
Bell's Fall 1998
 
 Tunga - La Belle es La Bete (Installations) h: 100 x w: 94 x d: 76 in / h: 254 x w: 238.8 x d: 193 cm
Tunga
La Belle es La Bete 2001
 
 Tunga - Viper Avant-Garde (Photographs) h: 68 x w: 40 in / h: 172.7 x w: 101.6 cm
Tunga
Viper Avant-Garde 1985-1997
 

Biography
1952 Born in Palmares, Brazil
1969 - 1974 Faculdade de Arquitectura e Urbanismo Santa Ursula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Exhibitions
2007 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York (solo)
2007 Performance: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Presentation of the collection of Diane and Bruce Hallé (solo)
2006 Anos 80, Museu Serralves, Museu de arte Contemporanea, Modern Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (solo)
2006 Quimera and Medula: The Elective Affinities, video presentation, Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro (solo)
2006 Laminadas Almas, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Centro Tom Jobim, Brazil (solo)
2006 Em Uma Noite Escura, Manoel Macedo Gallery, Minas Gerais, Brazil (solo)
2006 Luzboa, installations on square Sao Antonia and in Sala do Risco, Lisboa, Portugal
2006 The Art of Chess, Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2005 Tunga: The Films, The Videos, Instituto Cervantes, Paris, France
2004 Elective Affinities, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Gallery Andre Millan, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
2004 Laminosae Animae, Gallery Andre Millan, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
2004 MAM: 1995-2004, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004 Inauguration, Contemporary Art Center Inhotim (CACI), Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2004 The L.A. Years, Part 1, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 O Sal de Terra, Museu Vale do Rio Doche, Vila Velha, Espirito Santos, Brazil (solo)
2003 Grande Orlandia, Sao Cristovao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2003 Arte Foto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2003 Drawings of the 70s, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003 Compressores e Condensadores, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2003 A Subversao dos Meios, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2003 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Joia Brasil, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 Body and Soul, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York
2002 CCBB Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 Violenca e Paixao, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 New Acquisition of the MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 Centre de la Vieille Charite, Marseille, France
2002 Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
2001 Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy (solo)
2001 MARCO, Monterrey, Mexico (solo)
2001 Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
2001 Tunga, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
2001 Resgate, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Sao Paulo (solo)
2001 Assalto, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasilia (solo)
2001 Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2001 Valencia Biennal, Valencia, Spain
2001 Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey
2000 Versiones del sur, Museu Nacional Reina Sofia , Madrid, Spain
2000 Biennale of Kwangju, Kwangju, Korea
2000 Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2000 The Quiet in The Land (performance and installation with the children of the Axe Project), MAM, Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2000 Lyon Biennial, Lyon, France
1999 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1999 Biennial do Mercosol, Porto Alegre (solo)
1999 Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California (solo)
1999 Galeria Luisa Strina , Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1999 Galeria Andre Millan, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1999 Centro Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
1998 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona (solo)
1998 XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
1998 Amnesia, curated by Christopher Grimes, Track 16 and Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Travelling to The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, Colombia; The Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1998 Museu das Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998 Museu das Bellas Artes (performance), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998 Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
1998 Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, New York
1997 Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (solo)
1997 Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida (solo)
1997 Galeria Cohn Edelstein, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
1997 Morumbi Fashion, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1993 Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
1993 Second Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, England
1992 Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
1985 Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1981 16th International Bienal of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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