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Helio Oiticica Biography
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1937 |
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BORN: Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL
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1959 - 1961 |
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Established ‘Grupo Neoconcreto’ with artists Amilcar de Castro, Lygia Clark and Franz Weissmann
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2012
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Hélio Oiticica: Penetrables, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2011
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“Art and Confrontation in Latin America: 1910-2010,” Palacio de Bellas Artes and Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico
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2011
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Interventions in the Landscape, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
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2010
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“Beyond Participation: Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida in New York,” Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, New York (solo)
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2010
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“Museu É O Mundo,” Paço Imperial and Casa Fraça-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
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2010
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São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
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2010
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“Suprasensorial: Experiments in Light, Color, and Space,” The Geffen Contemporary at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California. Traveled to Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
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2010
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“Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark e Lygia Pape,” Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
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2010
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“Everlasting Gobstopper,” Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, California
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2010
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“Expanded Horizon,” Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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2010
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“The Shape of Abstraction,” Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
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2010
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“Hélio Oiticica/Rirkrit Tiravanija: Contact,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2010
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“Arsenal,” Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
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2009
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“Drawings: 1954–58,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (solo)
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2009
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“Textiles: Art and the Social Fabric,” Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Belgium
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2009
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“Mexico: Expected/Unexpected,” TEA Tenerife Space for the Arts, Canary Islands
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2009
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“Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78,” Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
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2009
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“Brazil Contemporary,” Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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2009
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“North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
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2009
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“NÓS,” Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2009
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“Hot Spots: Rio de Janeiro / Milan – Turin / Los Angeles, 1956–1969,” Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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2009
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“Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100,” The Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx, New York
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2008
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Untitled (Vicarious): Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, New York, New York
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2008
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Latin American and Caribbean Art: Selected Highlights from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York State Museum, Albany, New York
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2008
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Time & Place: Rio de Janeiro 1956-1964, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
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2008
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Face to Face: Part 2, The Daros Collections, Zurich, Switzerland
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2008
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Arte ‚ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York
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2008
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Correspondences: Contemporary Art from the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Beard Gallery and Weil Gallery, Watson Fine Arts, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
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2007
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Hélio Oiticica / Neville Almeida: Cosmococa Programa in Progress - Quasi-Cinema CC1 Trashiscapes,Alison Jacques Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2007
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Here is Every: Four Decades of Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
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2007
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New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Prints, Photographs, and Media Works, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
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2007
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Face to Face, The Daros Collections, Zurich, Switzerland
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2007
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Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
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2007
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“Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection,” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
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2007
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“Constructing A Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
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2007
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Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2007
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“The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion – Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,” Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
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2007
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Frederick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan (solo)
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2007
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“Save our Souls,” Albion, Michael-Hue Williams Fine Art Limited, London, United Kingdom (solo)
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2007
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“A Year in Drawing,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (group)
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2007
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“Beyond Limits: Sotheby’s at Chatsworth,” Chatsworth Park, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (group)
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2007
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“Barcelona 1947-2007,” Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France (group)
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2007
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“Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection of the Contemporary Museum,” The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (group)
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2007
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Institut Valencia d’Art Moderne, Valencia, Spain (solo)
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2007
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Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Nice, France (solo)
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2007
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“Shakespeare,” Centro Cultural Fundación Círculo de Lectores, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2007
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“Silent Voices,” Tamada Projects, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2007
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“Sinónimos,” Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2007
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Constructing A Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art,h Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas
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2007
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Hélio Oiticica / Neville Almeida: Cosmococa Programa in Progress - Quasi-Cinema CC1 Trashiscapes,h Alison Jacques Gallery, London, England
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2007
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The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection,Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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2006
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Certain Encounters: Daros-Latinamerica Collection, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
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2006
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Concreta f56: A Raiz da Forma, Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil
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2006
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Defamation of Character, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2006
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Hélio Oiticica: The Body of Color, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas; Traveled through 2007 to Tate Modern, London, England
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2006
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Hélio Oiticica / Neville Almeida: Cosmococa Programa in Progress - Quasi-Cinema CC1 Trashiscapes," Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
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2006
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Hélio Oiticica : Penetrável, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
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2005
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Tropicalia: A Revolution in Brazilian Culture, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2005
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Spectrum, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2005
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Collection Remixed, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
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2004
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MoMA at El Museo: Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, El Museo del Barrio, New York
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2004
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nverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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2004
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Organized Delirium: New York 1970-1978, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2004
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Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Forms 1940s-70s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
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2003
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X-Screen: Film Installations and Actions of the 1960fs and 1970s, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien Factory
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2003
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The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982, Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis; traveled to UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Fotomuseum, Winterthur
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2002
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Brasil: Body and Soul,Guggenheim Foundation, New York
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2002
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Helio Oiticica: obra e estrategia, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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2002
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Caminhos do Contemporaneo,Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro
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2002
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Pot,Bienal de Liverpool, Liverpool; Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo
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2001
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Quasi-Cinemas, Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; traveled to Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; Whitechapel Gallery, London; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; co-organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the New Museum of Contemporary Art
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2001
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Central Cities, Tate Modern, London Force Fields, Museo de Arte Contemporanea, Barcelona
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2000
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Heterotopias Faces del Cinetico, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
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2000
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Vivencias, Generali Foundation, Vienna
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2000
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7th Bienal de la Habana, Havana
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1999
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Global Conceptualism, Queens Museum of Art, New York; traveled to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Museum of Modern Art, Miami
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1999
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Circa 1968, Fundacao Serralves, O Porto
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1999
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Exercise of Freedom, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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1999
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Objeto, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1998
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Helio Oiticica Fotografias, Galeria Paparazzi, Sao Paulo
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1998
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30 Anos de Tropicalismo, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador
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1998
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Desenhos, Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro; Centro de Estudos Brasileiros, Buenos Aires
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1997
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Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre
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1996
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Helio Oiticica, inauguration of the Centro de Arte Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro
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1995
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Block Experiments, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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1995
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Hall of Mirrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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1994
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Block Experiments in Cosmococa: Program in Progress, Galeria de Arte Sao Paulo
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1994
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22nd Bienal de Sao Paulo, Fundacao Bienal, Sala Especial
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1992
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Witte de With, Rotterdam
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1992
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Musee du Jeu de Paume, Paris
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1992
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Fundacion Tapies, Barcelona
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1991
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Experiencia Neoconcreta,h Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1990
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Helio Mangueira Oiticica, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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1989
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Grupo Frente e Metaesquemas, Galeria de Arte São Paulo, São Paulo
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1989
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The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States 1920-1970, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
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1989
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Art in Latin America—The Modern Era, 1820-1980, Hayward Gallery, London
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1988
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Brazil Projects, PS1—The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc. and Sociedade Cultural Art-Brasil, Long Island City, New York
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1988
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Modernidade—Art Bresilien du 20eme Siecle, Musee d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
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1987
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Museu de Arte Contemporanea da Universidade de Sao Paulo
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1987
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Palavra Imagica,Museu de Arte Contemporana, São Paulo
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1987
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Tropicalia 20 Anos, Centro de Lazer SESC Pompeia, São Paulo
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1986
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Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro
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1986
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Lygia Clark e Helio Oiticica, Sala especial do 9 Salão Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro; traveled to Museu de Arte Contemporãnea, São Paulo, 1987
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1985
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Opinião 65, Galeria de Arte BANERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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1985
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A Arte e Seus Materiais-Atitudes Contemporaneas, Sala Especial do Salão Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Rio de Janeiro
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1984
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Grupo Frente 1954-1956; I Exposicao Nacional de Arte Astrata – Hotel Quitandinha 1953, Galeria de Arte BANERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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1984
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Neoconcretismo 1959-1961, Ciclo de Exposicoes sobre Arte no Rio de Janeiro – Galeria de Arte BANERJ, Rio de Janeiro
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1984
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Colecão Gilberto Chateuabriand – Retrato e Auto-Retrato da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo
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1981
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Quase Cinema, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro
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1978
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Objeto na Arte: Brasil Anos 60, Museu de Arte Brasileira da FAAP, São Paulo
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1976
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Arte Brasileira, Seculo XX – Caminhos e Tendencias, Galeria de Arte Global, São Paulo
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1972
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Metasquemas, Galerie Ralph Camargo, São Paulo
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1970
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Abstracao Geometrica – Concretismo e Neoconcretismo, Galeria FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro
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1970
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Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1967
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Barata, Waldemar Cordeiro, Helio Oiticica, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1967
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I Bienal Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Secretaria de Educacao e Cultura da Bahia, Salvador
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1967
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Nova Objetividade Brasileira,Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1967
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Ninth International Art Exhibition of Japan,Tokyo
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1967
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Ve Biennale de Paris, Musee d Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
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1967
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Apresentacao da Vanguarda Brasileira, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
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1965
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Opiniao 65, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1965
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Quarta Exposicao do Grupo Frente, Cia. Siderugica Nacional, Volta Redonda
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1961
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Os Projetos de Helio Oiticica, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
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1959
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Exposicao Neoconcreta, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; traveled to Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte Moderna, Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo
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1957
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Arte Moderno en Brasil: Esculturas, Pinturas, Dibujos, Grabados, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires
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1956
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Pintura Brasilena Contemporanea, Institute de Cultura Uruguayo-Brasileno, Uruguay
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1953
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Grupo Frente,h Instituto Brasil – Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro; traveled to Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Ivan Serpa, Itatiaia Country Club, Rio de Janeiro
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