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