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Cildo Meireles  (Brazilian, 1948) 

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Cildo Meireles Biography
1948   Born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Selected Exhibitions
2011   Interventions in the Landscape, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2011   “A Terrible Beauty is Born,” 11th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2011   “Art and Confrontation in Latin America: 1910-2010,” Palacio de Bellas Artes and Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
2010   “Amazonia, A Arte,” Museu Vale, Vila Velha, Espirito Santo, Brazil
2010   “Os 70’s,” Progetti, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
2010   “First and Last, Notes on the Monument,” Galería Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2010   “On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
2010   “Contemporary Art from the Collection,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
2010   “Snapshots of Tourism,” Gallery Augusta, HIAP Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
2010   “Like Tears in Rain,” Palacio das Artes – Fabrica de Talentos, Porto, Portugal
2010   “185th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Art,” National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, New York, New York
2009   “Los Impoliticos,” Palazzo delle Arti Napoli, Naples, Italy
2009   “Grito e Escuta,” 7th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2009   “À Contre-Corps / Countering the Body,” Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
2009   “Brazilian Summer.Art & the City,” Museum Het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands
2009   “On the Margins of Art. Creation and Political Engagement,” Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
2009   “Making Worlds,” 53rd Italian Pavilion, International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2009   "A Mancha Humana / The Human Stain,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2009   “Unbuilt Roads,” Based on the book Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealised Projects, Hatje Cantz (1997) edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, e-flux project space, New York, New York
2009   “NÓS,” Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009   “The Collection,” Siobhan Davies Dance Studio & Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008   Cildo Meireles, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom (solo)
2008   When Lives Become Form – Contemporary Brazilian Art: 1960 – Present, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2008   Trazos Humanos [Human Traces], University Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
2008   Arte‚ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
2008   No Es Neutrala – Daros Latinamerica Collection, Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
2007   New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Prints, Photographs, and Media Works, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
2007   Face to Face, The Daros Collections, Zurich, Switzerland
2007   Arte para Crianças [Art for Children], Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007   Transactions, Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
2007   Time Present Time Past: Highlights from 20 Years of the International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey. Exhibition concurrent with the 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2007   6th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2007   “New Economy,” Artists Space, New York, New York
2007   The Disappeared, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
2006   Cildo Meireles: Babel,Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, Brazil
2006   Seducoes: Valeska Soares, Cildo Meireles, Ernesto Neto,h Daros-Latinamerica, Zürich, Switzerland
2006   Contrabando,Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2005   Populism,Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2005   20 Desarranxos: Panorama da arte brasileira,Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain
2005   Algum Desenho [1963-2005],Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
2005   Espaço Brasil, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
2005   Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970,Tate Modern, London, England
2005   Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2005   Paralela 2004, São Paulo Biennial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2004   Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Forms 1940s-70s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
2004   Occasion, Portikus im Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt, Germany
2004   Descala and Strictu, Galerie Lelong, New York
2004   Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England
2003   Musee dfArt Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
2003   Layers of Brazilian Art, Faulconer Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell College, Iowa
2003   Uneasy Space, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003   The Paper Sculpture Show,Sculpture Center, New York
2003   Poetic Justice: 8th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2003   Strictu, Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida
2002   XI Documenta, Kassel, Germany
2002   Desenhistas coloristas, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
2002   Aquisicões essenciais, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro
2001   Blanton Museum, Austin, Texas
2001   'Minimalism Past And Presence' Galerie Lelong, New York, June 26, - August 17, 2001
2001   'Versiones del Sur: Eztetyka del sueno' Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain, 2000
2000   South Korea Biennial, Korea
2000   'Vivências (Life Experiences)' Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria, September 15 – December 22, 2000
2000   'Making Choices' Museum of Modern Art, New York
2000   Worthless, Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000   'Cildo Meireles' (Retrospective organized by the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NewYork.) Museu Moderna Arte de São Paulo, July 13 – August 20. Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 5 – December 2.
2000   'Cildo Meireles' O Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, December 2000.
2000   'Cildo Meirelesh' Kunstverein, Koln Germany
2000   Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo, SP
1999   Retrospective, New Museum New York, NY
1999   'Ku Kka Ka Kka' Galerie Lelong, New York
1999   'Cildo Meireles' New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1999   The Queens Musuem of Art New York, NY
1999   Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980sh organized by Jane Farver, Queens Museum of Art, NY; traveling to: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN, Miami Art Museum, FL.
1999   Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
1998   XXIV Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998   The Garden of the Forking Paths, Kunstforeningen Copenhagen
1998   Camelô, Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo, SP
1997   You Are Here, Royal College of Art London
1997   'Cildo Meireles' (retrospective organized by the IVAM, Spain) Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston
1996   Retrospectiva, Museu de Arte Do Porto Portugal
1992   Metros I, Galeira Luisa Strina São Paulo, SP
1992   America, Bride of the Sun, Musee Reel de Beaux Arts D'Antuerpe, Belgie
1990   'Projects' The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1990   Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
1990   The Retorical Image, The New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY
1990   Projects, The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
1989   'Through and Lezartes' The Kannal Art Foundation, Kortrijk, Belgium
1989   'Les Magiciens de la Terre' Centre Georges Pompidou, La Villette, Paris, France
1989   XX Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil
1987   Non Magic World, Museum of Contemporary Art São Paulo, SP
1986   Cinza (Gray), Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo, SP
1981   The Sermon of the Mountain: Fiat Lux, Museum of Moderna Art Medellin, Colombia
1981   Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo, SP
1976   International Actulity, Biennale of Venice
1975   Eureka/Blindhotland, Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, RJ
1970   Information, MOMA New York, NY
1967   Museu De Art Moderna Bahia, Salvador





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