CV
Born 1953 in Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil
1978 history degree, Paris VIII, Vincennes
1984 -1986 fine art studies, Paris I, Sorbonne
Based in Germany since 1986, first Stuttgart then Berlin
Currently living and working in Berlin
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2023
Endless Tendency, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany
2022
Vert Pérpetuel, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Iluminações do Mundo, Delson Uchôa & Luzia Simons, AM Galeria, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Récits en Fleur, Galerie Valérie Bach | La Patinoire Royale, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Luzia Simons – Traces, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
Stockage & Jardim, Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Silencieuses, Galerie Arcturus, Paris, France
2020
Stockage, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany
2019
Stockage, Museum Experimental Gallery at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China
Naturgeschichten, Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Kornwestheim, Germany
Flowers, Galerie der Stadt Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
Mil Flores, 2019 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Humboldt ist niemals da gewesen, Galerie Circle Culture, Berlin, Germany
2018
Lustgarten, Galerie Tristan Lorenz, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Between Exploration and Revelation (with Luo Fahui), Sanya Museum of Contemporary Art, Sanya, China
2017
Blacklist, 2017 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
2016
Out of the Blue, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Florale Welten – geheimnisvolle Gärten, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
Stockage Vanitas Rerum, Archives Nationales de Paris, France
Blacklist, interARTividade, Galeria do Pátio Batel, Curitiba, Brazil
Jardin, 2016 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
2015
Mirrors, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany (duo show with Stefan Sehler)
Getting Lost Outside, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Luzia Simons, The Moving Gallery / The Garden of the Zodiac, Omaha (NE), USA
2014
Chambre Ornementale, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark (duo show with Karin Lorentzen)
Amazonas Path, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
2013
Segmentos, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
2012
Stockage, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Fremde Gärten, Kunstverein Bamberg, Germany
2010
Stockage, Galerie Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Stockage, 2009 Art Season, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
2006
Stockage, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2005
Stockage, Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
Stockage, Staedtische Galerie, Ostfildern, Germany
Stockage, Institut Français d’Istanbul, 9th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2002
Face Migration: Sichtvermerke, Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2001
Transit, Gallery SESC Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Transit, Museu de Arte Sacra do Pará, Belém, Brazil
Através de los espejos, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havanna, Cuba
Face Migration, Suedwestrundfunk Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
1999
Camera Obscura, Staedtische Galerie Erlangen, Germany
1998
Camera Obscura, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Camera Obscura, 12. Internationale Photoszene, Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2023
Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale, Jingdezhen Ceramic Museum, China
Blütenpracht: Flowers in the crafts and applied arts, Chamber of Handcrafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria, Munich, Germany
On Water & Plants: Artistic Positions on Sustainability, Troy House Art Foundation, London, England
Members of the Deutsche Fotografische Akademie at the Darmstadt Days of Photography, Kommunale Galerie at Justus-Liebig-Haus, Darmstadt, Germany
The Artist’s Garden, Galerie CONRADS, Berlin, Germany
20 Years of Galerie Schlichtenmaier at the Kleiner Schlossplatz, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
Nudes and Flowers, Galerie der Heussenstamm Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2022
13th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
On Water & Plants, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Végétal – L’École de la Beauté, presented by Maison Chaumet, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Brasilidade Pós-Modernismo, CCBB, Brasília & Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Plants and Flowers, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Stilled Possessions: The Depot Highlighted, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde, Netherlands
From Salt to Digital: Money in the Banco do Brasil Collection, CCBB RJ – Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
Artists’ Conquest, Castle & Park Pillnitz, Dresden, Germany
Brasilidade Pós-Modernismo, CCBB, Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo, Brazil
Watching Flowers, pavlov’s dog as guest at Salon am Moritzplatz, Berlin, Germany
Rohkunstbau – Ich bin Natur, Castle Lieberose, Lieberose/Spreewald, Germany
Cultivated Landscapes and Wild Gardens, Skovhuset Kunst & Natur, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020
Die Illusion der Realität, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
Wie Blüten Gehn Gedanken Auf, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Castle Dätzingen, Germany
2019
What’s Up?! (jubilee exhibition), Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Castle Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany
GMA XXX aar (jubilee exhibition), Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Blumen in der Fotografie, Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany
B.A.R.O.C.K., Castle Caputh, Schwielowsee, Germany
B.A.R.O.C.K., me Collectors Room / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
Nature in Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
2018
Biennale De Mains De Maîtres, Luxemburg
Bloemenpracht bij MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein, Netherlands
Lustgarten. Jardin de délices, KVN Projektraum, Neuhausen / Fildern, Germany
It Smells Like… Flowers & Fragrances, me Collectors Room / Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin, Germany
Tulpenmanie bij MIJ, Museum IJsselstein, IJsselstein, Netherlands
Eden Now, Galerie Andreas Binder, Munich, Germany
2017
Wiesenstück, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany
small things : good things, Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin, Germany
Curitiba Biennial ’17, Antípodas – Diverso e Reverso, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil
Schön vergänglich – Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kallmann Museum Ismaning, Germany
Mythos Giverny, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Stuttgart, Germany
2016
Flowers Photography, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Blütenpracht, Neue Galerie im Haus Beda, Bitburg, Germany
O útero do mundo, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
Flora Magica, Städtische Galerie Fähre, Altes Kloster, Bad Saulgau, Germany
Still Lifes (de silencieuses natures), Ma Galerie, Paris, France
Schnittmengen – Zeitgenössische Kunst und die Überlieferung, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museen Dahlem, Berlin, Germany
2015
Complex Relations, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Castle Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany
Artificial by Nature, Ma Galerie, Paris, France
interAktion Brasilien in Sacrow, Castle Sacrow, Potsdam-Sacrow, Germany
Performance. Sculpture. Art. Burg Gudenau., Wachtberg, Germany
SE LIGA! CCBB Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
Wunderkammer, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Limiares – Joaquim Paiva collection, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
O Artista e a Bola, OCA, Museu da Cidade, São Paulo, Brazil
Blütezeit, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
2013
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil
Circles | Kreis, Villa Wasserman, Bamberg, Germany
Wenn Wünsche wahr werden, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Flowers and Mushrooms, Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg, Austria
Obscure, Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland
Blumen | Flowers | Blomster, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Germany
Blütenzauber, Bad Arolsen Museum, Germany
2012
power FLOWER – Blütenzauber in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Galerie Abtart, Stuttgart, Germany
Beauty | Flowers in Photography, Tokyo Art Museum, Japan
Landscapes, Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2011
Flowers – Time, Death and Beauty, FO.KU.S — Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck, Austria
Blumen – Zeitgenössische Fotografie, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
Bloemen!, Museum de Buitenplaats, Eelde, The Netherlands
LEBEN elementar, Fototage Trier 2010 in Berlin, Germany
2010
Gabriele Muenter Preis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Wild Things, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Glueck happens, Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany
Time, Death and Beauty, Moving Gallery, Omaha, USA
LEBEN elementar, Fototage, Trier, Germany
Beauty, Flowers in Photography, Alexander Ochs Private at Festivals PhotoSpring, Beijing, China
The Metaphysics of Beauty, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Nature Forte, Kunstverein Ettlingen, Germany
Landscape, Fototriennale, Odense, Denmark
2008
Flora, Ar/ge Kunst Gallery Museum, Bozen, Italy
In voller Blüte, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900, Staedtische Galerie Biettigheim-Bissingen, Germany
2007
Garten Eden – Der Garten in der Kunst seit 1900, Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
La Passione secondo ABO, Villa Rufolo, Ravelo, Italy
Kunst treibt Blüte, Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany
2006
Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany
Museu de Arte Moderna, Joaquim Paiva Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
Redefining Maps and Locations, UECLAA, Colchester, Essex, England
Territoires Croisés, L’artothèque, Espaces d’art contemporain, Caen, France
2004
6.Internationale Foto-Triennale, Rahmenprogramm, Esslingen, Germany
Gallery of Caixa Econômica Brasília, Brazil
2003
Casa França-Brasil / MASP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, 12. Pirelli/Masp, São Paulo, Brazil
Foto Festival Internazionale di Roma, Galleria Candido Portinari, Italy
Foto Arte Brasília, Brazil
2002
Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2001
Casa de las Americas, Havanna, Premio de Fotografía Contemporanea, Cuba
2000
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
1999
Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1998
Musée de L’Elysée Lausanne, in Photographic Center of Skopelos, Greece
Collections
German Bundestag, Berlin (DE)
Graphic Art Collection of the Stuttgart State Gallery (DE)
Kunsthalle Emden (DE)
DZ Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt (DE)
Kupferstichkabinett of the Dresden State Art Collection (DE)
Regional Council of the State of Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Graphotheque of the Stuttgart Public Library (DE)
Artothek Fellbach (DE)
State Bank of Baden-Württemberg (DE)
Ernst & Young, Stuttgart (DE)
Deutsche Leasing AG, Bad Homburg (DE)
Sparkasse Werra-Meißner, Eschwege-Witzenhausen (DE)
Sparkasse Siegen (DE)
Kreissparkasse Euskirchen (DE)
Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart (DE)
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris (FR)
Fonds National d Art Contemporain, Paris-Ile de France (FR)
Fonds Régional d Art Contemporain, Basse-Normandie (FR)
Collections du Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire (FR)
Artothèque Caen, Grenoble, Auxerre (FR)
Museum De Buitenplaats, Eelde (NL)
Collection University Colchester, Essex (UK)
New Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, (DK)
Danish Bibliographic Centre, Ballerup (DK)
Casa de las Américas, Havana (CU)
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana (CU)
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (BR)
Pirelli/MASP Collection, São Paulo Museum of Art (BR)
Museum of Sacred Art, Belém (BR)
Contemporary Art Museum Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza (BR)
National Library of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Collection Joaquim Paiva, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
As well as private collections in Germany, France, Brazil…
Performance
Concept and direction
MEMORY ERROR
Photography, dance and electronic music (with Iris Meinhardt und Michael Knoedgen)
Städtische Galerie Böblingen, March 99
Städtische Galerie Erlangen, May 99
Space Hotel – Heimat-Kunst, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, April 2000
Zwischen Orient und Okzident, Aalen 2004
SAVE AS JULIA
Photography, dance and soundtrack (with Julia Nachtmann)
Zapata, Stuttgart, January 2001
Videos
2015 Blacklist 1,2,3 und 4 (videos)
2014 Amazonas Path (video), Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin/Beijing
2004 Stockage, Galerie Hoss und Wollmann, Germany
2003 Blow-up, Museum Franz Gertsch, Switzerland / Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
2002 Face Migration, Sichtvermerke, University of Konstanz, Germany