CV
Célio Braga
Brazil, 28.10.1965
Lives and Works in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and São Paulo (Brazil)
Education:
1996-2000
Gerrit Rietveld Académie, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
1988-1989
The Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston - USA.
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2019
- ’80 Bullets’ – Barklund & Co. – Stockhom – Sweden
-‘ Lama e Arco-Íris Azul e Rosa’ – Galeria Pilar – São Paulo – Brazil
2018
-‘The Years . The Tears . The Rainbow . The Endless Sea – PLATINA Stockholm – Sweden
-‘Field of Flowers’, Phoebus Rotterdam – The Netherlands
2017
-‘White Blur’, Phoebus Rotterdam – The Netherlands
2016
- ‘Abluções’, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Goiás – MAC – Goiânia – Brazil (cat.) (curated by Hercules Goulart Martins)
- ‘Ablutions’, Victor Meirelles Museum, Florianópolis – Brazil (cat.) (curated by Gilmar Camilo and Hercules G. Martins)
-‘TUDO JOIA’, Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo - Brazil
2014
- ‘MultiColoridos’, Galeria PIILAR, São Paulo – Brazil
- ‘GRID’, Hein Elferink Galerie, Staphorst – The Netherlands
2013
- ‘Célio Braga (Solo)’, PINTA Art Fair / Galeria PIlar-SP, Londres – United Kingdom
2012
- ‘Pharmacia Deluxe’, Galeria Amparo 60, Recife - Brazil
- ‘Litanies’, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst – The Netherlands
- ‘Doloridos Coloridos’, Galeria PILAR, São Paulo - Brazil
2011
- ‘Abstrações para Morrer de Amor’, Galeria da FAV – Goiânia - Brazil
2010
- Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst - The Netherlands
2009
- ‘Unveil’, Teto Projects, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
2008
- ‘Caio, Felix, Cuts and Perforations’, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo - Brazil
2007
- Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst, The Netherlands
- ‘Possible Jewellery and Related Objects’, Rob Koudijs Galerie, Amsterdam -The Netherlands
2006
- ‘B.L.U.E’, BalinHouseProjects, London - England
- Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst - The Netherlands
2005
- Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerpian - Belgian
- ‘Liquescent’, Platina Gallery, Stockholm - Sweden
2004
- ‘Brancos’, Galerie Louise Smit, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2003
- ‘WHITE SHIRTS’, HuisRechts, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2000
- ‘Objeto desejado (e para sempre) ausente’ (Drawings), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás, Goiânia - Brazil
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2021
- ‘HUID’, BONNEFANTEN Museum, Maastricht-The Netherlands
- ‘The Plague’, Het Valkhof, Nijmegen-The Netherlands
2019
- ‘Verdadero es lo hecho’, Museu José Hernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- ‘HUID’, Tentoonstelling Zaal Zwijgershoek, Antwerpian – Belgium
-‘Black & White’, TextielMuseum Tilburg – The Netherlands
2018
-‘Cultural Threads’, TextielMuseum Tilburg – The Netherlands (cat.) (curated by Liza Swaving)
-‘QUEERMUSEU’, EAV Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil (cat.) (curated by Gaudencio Fedilis)
-‘Beyond the Body’, Art Center Silkeborg Ban – Denmark (cat.) (curated by Anne Berk)
2017
-‘EVOÉ’, Galeria Amparo 60 – Recife, Brazil (curated by Douglas de Freitas)
-‘QueerMuseu’, Satander Cultural Porto Alegre – Brazil (cat.) (curated by Gaudencio Fidelis)
-‘HIGHLY VOLATILE’, Vishal Haarlem – The Netherlands (curated by Rutger van der Tas)
2015
- ‘Born of Concentration’, RAM Foundation Rotterdam – The Netherlands
- ‘Under the Skin’ (cat.), Textile Museum Tilburg – The Netherlands (cat.) (curated by Caroline Boot)
- ‘Fashion & Mortality’ (cat.), Lentos Museum Linz – Austria (cat.) (curated Ursula Guttmann)
2014
- ‘O que ainda não é’, Galpão TAC – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (curated by Hercules G. Martins)
- ‘Threads’, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, The Netherlands (cat.) (curated by Mirjam Westen)
2012
- ‘Beyond the Body’ (cat.), WELTKUNSTZIMMER, Dusseldorf – Germany (cat.) (curated by Anne Berk)
2011
- ‘Us, in Flux’, Lawrimore Project / Greg Kucera Gallery Seattle – USA. (cat.) (curated by Seth Papac)
- ‘ONTKETEND’ (cat.), Arnhem Museum Modern Kunst, Arnhem – The Netherlands
- ‘Drawing Now Staphorst’ (cat.), Staphorst - The Netherlands
- ‘ART AMSTERDAM, 2011’/Galerie Hein Elferink – The Netherlands
- ‘Salon du Dessin Contemporaine’/Galerie Hein Elferink, Paris – France
- ‘SP Art Fair 2011’/Amparo 60, São Paulo – Brazil
- ‘PULSE Art Fair’/Sienna Gallery, New York – USA.
- ‘EMBRACED’ (cat.), GustavsBergs Konsthall – Sweden (cat.) (curated: Anders Ljungberg)
2010
- ‘THINK TWICE’, MAD-Museum of Arts and Design, New York – USA. (curated by Valeria Simmelik)
2009
- ‘SLASH- Paper Under the Knife’ (cat.), MAD-Museum of Arts and Design, New York – USA. (cat.) (curated by David Macfadden)
- ‘Start’, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst – The Netherlands
- ‘C. Bierrenbach/C.Braga/M. Solá’, Projeto APT 181, São Paulo - Brazil
- ‘Art Amsterdam 2009’, Galerie Hein Elferink, Staphorst - The Netherlands
2008
- ‘Papier Biënnale 2008’ (cat.), Museum Rijswijk - The Netherlands
- ‘SOFT (Autonomous Textiles), LandsMuseum, Linz – Austrian (curated by Ursula Guttmann)
2007
- ‘Licht’, RC de Ruimte , Ijmuiden - The Netherlands
- ‘Hard Candies’, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘GlassWear’ (cat.), Toledo Museum of Art – U.S.A. (cat.)/ and; SchmuckMuseum Pforzheim - Germany
- ‘Act//’, Huisrechts, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘Fragmentos do Corpo’ (cat.) - Galeria da FAV, Goiânia, - Brazil
- ‘Focus 4’, KCO CultuurSalon , Zwolle - The Netherlands
- ‘2MOVE: Double movement’ (cat.), Sala Verónicas-Centro Párraga, Murcia - Spain/ and; ZuiderzeeMuseum, Enkhuizen - The Netherlands (cat.) (curated by Mieke Bal)
2006
- ‘SOFA’, The New York Art Fair, Charon Kransen Arts - USA.
- ‘Brazil Art Lounge’ , TAC Eindhoven - The Netherlands
- ‘.G.E.B.O.R.D.U.U.R.D.’ (cat.), Textil Museum , Tilburg, The Netherlands (cat.) (curated by Louise Schouwenberg)
- ‘Schmuck 2006’ (cat.), Internationalen Handwerksmesse München – Germany/ and; Museum of Arts and Design, New York - U.S.A.
2005
- ‘Art Amsterdam-KunstRai’, Galerie Hein Elferink
- ‘Bock mit Inhalt’, Stedelijk Museum CS Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2004
- ‘LOSS’,Célio Braga, Iris Eichenberg, Suska Mackert (cat.), Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘Doações MAC 1999-2004’, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás, Goiânia - Brazil
- ‘Oogstrelend Schoon’, Apeldoorns Museum - The Netherlands
- ‘Solo’, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
2003
- ‘Ravary Project’, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
- ‘BLUR, The Bluring of Categories in the Applied Arts’, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam -The Netherlands
- ‘HAT & ART - Musee du Chapeau, Lyon - France
2002
- ‘FRAU WILLHELM’, Fanshop Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘Nature and Time - International Jewelery Competition’ ( cat.), Deutsches Goldschmiedhaus, Hanau - Germany
- ‘Hair Stories’, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York - USA.
- ‘Beziehungen’, Nederlandse Bank, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘DISPLAY’, A Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions-2000/2001 (cat.), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘HAT & ART’ (cat.) - Textiel Museum, Tilburg - The Netherlands
- ‘FILZ FELT’ (cat.), Landsmunseum für Vorgeschichte Dresden - Germany/ and; Deutsches Textilmuseum Krefeld - Germany (cat.)
2001
- ‘SIERADEN’ (cat.), The Choice of Apeldoorn, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn - The Netherlands (cat.), Badisches Landesmuseum Kalsruhe - Germany
2000
- ‘Eindexamententoonstelling’ - Kunstpaviljoen, Nieuw-Roden - The Netherlands
- ‘Annual International Graduation Show’ (cat.), Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
- ‘PROEF’, KunstRai, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- ‘HAUTNAH’, Kunsthalle, Wien - Austrian
1998
- SBK Ijmond-Noord, Beverwijk - The Netherlands
1993
- ‘Bienal do Incomun’ (cat.), Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Goiânia - Brazil
1990
- ‘Fragments/Wholeness’, Ariel Gallery, New York - USA. Performances:
2010
- ‘’Full Blown/Walking on Flowers’, OudKerk Amsterdam/MuseumNacht 11 - The Netherlands
2009
- ‘Simiilitude’ (with Rose Akras), Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo - Brazil
2008
- ‘7 maneiras…’ (in collaboration with Rose Akras)/VERBO, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo - Brazil
2002
- ‘A self Portrait with many faces’ ( in collaboration with Antonio P. de Souza), De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2001
- ‘Natural Diversity’ ( in collaboration with Antonio P. de Souza), The Veem Theater Amsterdam - The Netherlands
Prizes/Subsidies:
2008
- Basisstipendium – Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
2004
- Startstipendium - Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2002
- Startstipendium – Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam – The Netherlands
2000
- Marzeer Prize , Nijmegen - The Netherlands
Workshops:
2015
- The Skin I Live in (Centro Cultural Valparaiso) - Chile
2005
- Konstfack (Art Academie) – Stockholm - Sweden
- Lichaamssnoep (Stedelijk Museum CS), Amsterdam - The Netherlands
2006
- Lichaamssnoep (Textile Museum Tilburg), Tilburg - The Netherlands
2019
- ‘Odradek, The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of the Elephant’ (Tallereloi), Buenos Aires – Argentinian
- ‘Odradek, The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of the Elephant’ (Museu Caraffa), Cordoba - Argentinian
Residency:
2018
-IASPIS Stockholm – Sweden
2016
- Sobrado na Ladeira, Florianopólis - Brazil
-Textile Museum Tilburg – The Netherlands
2012
- Hans Peter Stiftung, Dusseldorf - Germany
2006
- European Ceramic Work Centre – ‘s-Hertgenbosch - The Netherlands
Public Collections:
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam - The Netherlands
- MAC-Goiás, Goiânia – Brazil - Nederlandse Textiel Museum, Tilburg - The Netherlands
- CODA Museum, Apeldoorn - The Netherlands
- Textiel Museum, Tilburg - The Netherlands
- Coleção da FAV-UFG-Go, Goiânia - Brazil
- Fundação Jaime Camâra - Goiânia - Brazil
- Marzee Collection, Nijmegen - The Netherlands
- Rotasa Trust Collection – USA.
Publications ( selection):
- HUID (onderdeel van ELEMENTS – Gerd Dierck) ), 2021 Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Célio Braga borduurt over de kwetsbare mens – 2018 ( Chris Reinewald) – TXP, # 246, Jaargang 62, Winter 2018 – Magazine Over TextielKunst
- Beyond the Body (Anne Berk), Art Center Silkeborg Bad – Denmark – ISBN 978-87-91252-81-5
- Cultural Threads – 2017 (Christel Vesters) – TestielMuseum Tilburg, The Netherlands – ISBN/EAN 978-90-70962-64-7
- Balin House Projects 10 Years - 2017- London, UK – ISBN: 978-0-9956300-0-0
- Abluções – (Hercules Goulart Martins) 2016- Museu Victor Meirelles – Florianópolis - Brazil
- Abluções – (Hercules Goulart Martins, Gilmar Camilo) 2016- Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás - Brazil
- Multiple Exposure (Ursula Ilse-Newman), The Museum of Arts and Design-MAD-NY, 2014
- ‘Nós Afetivos’, Revista Bamboo nr. 40, October 2014 (Brazil)
- Threads (Mirjan Westen), 2014, Museum Arnhem – The Netherlands
- Embraced Jewellery Sites, 2011(Anders Ljungberg) Gustavsbergs Konsthall, Sweden -ISBN978-91-978426-5-5
- Beyond the Body (Anne Berk, Astrid Meyerde, Wolfgang Schäfer), 2012 HPZ Stiftung
- Cutting Edges-Contemporary Collages (Robert Klanten, Hendrik Heillige, James Gallager), Die Gestalte – Berlin - Germany
- EXIT 32 – Estéticas Migratorias: Movimento Double, MIeke Bal (Madrid, 2008)
- Items 2, 2007 - Sieraden, over de dingen die voorbijgaan (Roelin Plaatsman) – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Kunstbeeld.nl nr. 5 2006 - reviews- pg. 90 ( Wim van der Beek) – The Netherlands
- Deliriously, (2006 - ISBN 90 70680 750) Sharing a Common Skin (Ernst van Alphen)
- G.E.B.O.R.D.U.U.R.D (2006 ISBN 90-70962-37-3) Louise Schouwenberg
- Schmuck 2006, Herausgeber, 2006 (München)
- Itens 1 January/February 2006, Opsmuk-Jonge Sieraadontwerpers in Nederland.
- GZ Art+Design, Stuttgart (3-2005) Jewelry in a new costume ( Katja Poljanac)
- Stedelijk Museum Bulletim (Nr.06, 2004) Loss (Marjan Boot)
- Het Financieele Dagblad (13,11,2004), Verwelkende porselein (Chris Reinewald)
- ³Loss² Braga/Eichenberg/Mackert, ISBN 90-809189-1-1 // 2004
- Nieuwsbrief NO 83 - SMBA, ³loss² (Marjan Boot)
- Tableau (26 ste Jaargang nr.4 Sep./Okt. 2004), De illusie van het Voorbije (Chris Reinewald)
- Diario da Manhã, Goiânia-Brazil (07.31.2004), Panorama da Arte Contemporânea (Ivair Lima)
- Marzee Magazine nr 35 November 2003 - January 2004
- Cahier Ravary # 18-27 September 2003 - Galerie Marzee
- De Telegraaf, Zaterdag 27 Juli 2002, Hip en oergezellig ( Fiona Hering)
- Het PAROOL, Donderdag 25 Juli 2002, Instant Knus breien is hip ( Pam van der Veen)
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 21. April 2002, Nr 16, Auffrisiert Hair Stories-eine Ausstellung in New York (jordan Mejias)
- New York Review, N.Y May 6, 2002, On View ³Locks Opening²
- TimeOut New York, May 2-9, 2002, ³Hair Stories² (Linda Yablonsky)
- Volkskrant, 22 april 2002, SieraadKunst in de etalage van het Stedelijk (Mieke Zijlmans)
- Bulletim Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2/2002-Sieraden in Display (Liesbeth den Besten)
- Het PAROOL, Maandag 22 april 2002, Hout en goud in etalage van Stedelijk (Marleen Hengeveld)
- DISPLAY-A Proposal for Municipal Art Acquisitions 2000/1 - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (cat.)
- International Textilkunst, (Marz 2001), Ausstellung im Badisches Landsmuseum Karslruhe
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany(24.01.2001), Alles im Griff dem stinkenden Schiff
- Felt/Art, Crafts and Design, Arnoldsche Art Publishers.2000, Peter Schmitt (cat.)
- Gazetta, Goiânia-Brazil (May 2000), Diversas faces do desejo
- O Popular, Goiânia-Brazil (May 2000), Sex0 e misticismo na arte contemporânea