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)
2017
Schön vergänglich – Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Ismaning, Germany
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, Saison d’art 2016, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire, Chaumont-sur-Loire, France
Luzia Simons, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin auf Rügen, Germany
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 Galleries Berlin, Germany
2013
Segementos, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
2012
Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin, Germany
Fremde Gärten, Kunstverein Bamberg, Germany
2010
Stockage, Galerie Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Centre d’Art et de Nature, Schloss Chaumont s/ Loire, France
2006
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2005
Kunstverein Konstanz, Germany
Staedtische Galerie, Ostfildern, Germany
Institut Francais d’Istanbul, 9 th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2002
Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Museu de Arte Sacra, São Paolo, Brazil
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam, Havanna, Cuba
Suedwestrundfunk Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
1999
Staedtische Galerie Erlangen, Germany
1998
Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
12.Internationale Photoszene, Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions (selection)
2017
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, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 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
True Mirror, Espace Commines, Paris, France
2015
Complex Relations, Galerie Schlichtenmaier, Schloss Dätzingen, Grafenau, Germany
Artificial by Nature, Ma Galerie, Paris, France
interAktion Brasilien in Sacrow, Schloss 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, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Blütezeit, DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
2013
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil
Circles | Kreis, Villa Wasserman, City of 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, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, 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, Festivals PhotoSpring, Beijing, China
Alexander Ochs Galleries, Beijing, China
The Metaphysics of Beauty, Galerie Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2009
Nature Forte, Kunstverein Ettlingen, Germany
Tempo Buscar, SECSSP Piracicaba, Brazil
Landscape, Fototriennale, Odense, Denmark
2008
Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bozen, Italy
Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
Staedtische Galerie Biettigheim-Bissingen, Germany
2007
Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
Villa Rufolo, Ravelo, Italy
DSV Kunstkontor, Stuttgart
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany
2006
Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany
Museu de Arte Moderna, Colecao Joaquim Paiva, Brazil
Leucate; Photographique, Lectoure, France
2005
UECLAA, Colchester, Essex, England
Artotheque, Caen, France
2004
6.Internationale Foto-Triennale, Rahmenprogramm, Esslingen, Germany
Galerie da Caixa Economica Brasília, Brazil
2003
Casa Franca-Brasil / MASP, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, 12.Pirelli / Masp, Sao 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
Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunsthalle Emden, Germany
Graphische Sammlung der Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatl. Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Regierungspräsidium des Landes Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Fonds National d Art Contemporain, Paris-Ile de France
Fonds Régional d Art Contemporain, Basse-Normandie, France
Graphothek der Stadtbücherei Stuttgart, Germany
Artothek Fellbach, Germany
Artothèque Caen, Grenoble, Auxerre, France
Casa de las Américas, Havanna, Cuba
Centro Wifredo Lam, Havanna, Cuba
Ernst & Young, Stuttgart, Germany
Deutsche Leasing AG, Bad Homburg, Germany
Museu de Arte Sacra, Belém, Brazil
Coleção Joaquim Paiva, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pirelli/ Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
Sparkasse Werra-Meißner, Eschwege-Witzenhausen, Germany
Sparkasse Siegen, Germany
Kreissparkasse Euskirchen, Germany
Landesbank Baden–Württemberg, Germany
Collection University Colchester, Essex, England
Deutscher Sparkassen Verlag, Germany
Ny Carlsbergfondet, Denmark
Dansk Bibliotekscenter, Denmark
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 Galleries 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