Rogério Reis was born in 1954 in Rio de Janeiro. He studied in the offices of MAM/RJ (Museum of Modern Art
in Rio de Janeiro) in the ´70s, worked in photojournalism (Jornal do Brasil, O Globo, and Veja), and was a
photographer in the independent group known as F4 in the ´80s.
He is a co-founder of TYBA (1991) where he has been working as a photographer and special project editor. In
1999, he received the Premio Nacional de Fotografia de Funarte (Funarte National Photography Prize). He is
the author of Na Lona (Carnival on Canvas) — Editora Aeroplano (2001) and co-author of the books
Revisitando a Amazonia de Carlos Chagas (Revisiting the Amazon of Carlos Chagas) — Editora Fiocruz
(1996) and Retratos de Outono (Portraits of Autumn) — Editora Sextante (1999) and Só Existe um Rio (There
is only one Rio), Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio (2008).
Individual exhibitions:
• Na Lona - Galeria Zoom, Paraty em Foco 2010 - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (January/February 2010)
• Vôo de Papel, Av. Brasil 500 e Havana (Cuba), projection and discussion at the "Meeting with the author" Coordination: Mateus Sá / III Semana de Fotografia do Recife (Third Recife Week Photography)Pernambuco/Brazil (November 2009)
• Av. Brasil 500 - Centro Cultural Correios - Coordination: Milton Guran / FotoRio, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (July
2009)
• Quase Carnaval - Na Lona #4 - Consultório Galeria de Arte Claudia Spínola. Rio de Janeiro (February 2009)
• Avenida Brasil 500 - multimedia / 10' . Paraty em Foco. IV Internacional Festival de Fotografia. Rio de
Janeiro. (September 2008)
• Micro-ondes, Maison Européenne de la Photographie - Photoquai, First-Ever World Photography Biennial,
Paris/France. Curatorships: Jean-Luc Monterosso e Milton Guran (October/November 2007)\
• Microwave, Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal (the Federal Justice Cultural Center), FotoRio, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil (June 2007)
• Rogerio Reis at SoHo, Sweden. Curatorship: Kerstin Fiedler - ArtPhotoCollection (February 2007)
• Atitudes Cariocas - Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam/Holland. Curatorship:Janneke van Dijk (June 2006)
• Rogério Reis at SAS Scandinavia Hotel, Göteborg/Swedish. Curatorships:Kerstin Fiedler and Lars Bengtsson
/ ArtPhotoCollection (March 2006)
• Biennale Internationale de la Photographie et des Arts Visuels/Liège-Carnaval sur Bâche-versão3,Musée
d'Art Moderne et D'Art Contemporain Liège (MAMAC), Belgium. Curatorships: Dorothée Luczak e Daniella
Géo (February 2006)
• On Canvas - Brandts Museet For Fotokunst, Odense/Denmark. Curatorship: Finn Thrane (November 2005)
• Fotografia na Leo II - Na Lona, Versão 3. Fronteiras da Imaginação: Realidade/Fantasia a Céu Aberto. Leo
Burnett Publicidade - Sao Paulo/Brazil. Curatorship: Milton Guran (November 2005)
• Carnaval sur Toile - Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice/France. Curatorship: Jean-François Couvreur et Alban de
la Fontaine. (September 2005)
• Na Lona, Galeria ArtexArte, Buenos Aires/Argentina. Curatorship: Luz Castillo and Elda Harrington Xlll
Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografia (August 2004)
• Na Lona, Galeria Athos Bulcão - FotoArte, Brasilia/Brazil. Coordination: Karla Osório (2004)
• Ádito, Centro Cultural dos Correios - FotoRio, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Producer: Milton Guran (2003)
• Carnival in Canvas, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham/U.S.A. Curatorship: Martha Takayama (2002)
• Carnaval sur Bâche, Galeria Robert Doisneau - Centre Culturel André Malraux, Nancy/France. Curatorship:
Denis Cussenot (2001)
• Na Lona, Galeria Cerebelo, Estação Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Producer: Mayra Rodrigues (2000)
• Carnaval na Lona, Centro Cultural Light - Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Producer: Edson Corrêa Afonso (1994)
• Carnaval na Lona, Centro Cultural de Curitiba/Brazil. Curatorship: Orlando Azevedo (1994)
Group exhibitions:
• Marimage - O Voo de Papel - Galeria Solar Meninos de Luz, Comunidade do Cantagalo-Curatorship: Marco
Antonio Portela e Alban de la Fontaine - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro/Brasil. (October 2009)
• Convergências - 1st Mostra da Coleção de Fotografias da Galeria da Gávea. Curatorship: Isabel Amado, Rio
de Janeiro/Brazil. (August,September and October/ 2009)
• Mirar Medusa - Espaço Clarabóia. Curatorship: Rubens Pileggi, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (August 2009)
• Amigos...Uma História... - Museu da República. Curatorships: Humberto Cesar e Luiz Garrido, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil. (August 2009)
• Vacas Profanas no Solo Sagrado do Pavao Pavaozinho, Solar Meninos de Luz, Comunidade do Cantagalo Curatorship: Marco Antonio Portela and Milton Guran - Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (July 2009)
• Rua Larga - Organized by: Instituto Light - Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro/Brasil. (July
2009)
• Human Rights, Declaration of Life - Microwave. Curatorship: Milton Guran, Centro Cultural da Justiça
Eleitoral, Rio de Janeiro / Brazil. (December 2008)
• Roundtable about Alecio de Andrade - Avenida Brasil 500 - multimedia / 10' . Organized by: Sérgio Burgi,
Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil .(October 2008)
• Só existe um Rio. Curatorship: Márcia Mello / Galeria Tempo. Parque Lage e Casa do Saber, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil. (October 2008)
• Fotografia Latinoamericana - Exhibition and Auction / EMA. Fundação Mundo Novo e MALBA.: : Cristina
Carlisle, Alicia de Arteaga, Elda Harrington, Jean Louis Larivière, SIlvia Mangialardi, Alejandro Montes de Oca
e Dudu von Thielmann. Buenos Aires/Argentina. Curatorships (August 2008)
• Solar / Caminhante, Solar Meninos de Luz . Curatorship: Marco Antonio Portela, Cantagalo-Copacabana, Rio
de Janeiro-RJ (May 2008)
• La Mirada del Coleccionista / Joaquim Paiva Collection / ARCO 2008 - poster-outdoor photo, Centro Cultural
Conde Duque, Madri/Spain. Curatorship: Blanca Berlin (February / May 2008)
• One Shot Each, Humour highligted by 100 photographers in 100 pictures. Museet for Fotokunst Brandts,
Odense/Denmark. Curatorship: Finn Thrane (June 2007)
• New Cariocas Landscapes . Bookstore Artplex, Rio de Janeiro. Organized by: Edgar Fonseca. (June 2007)
• Contemporary Brazilian Photograph in Carlos Leal Collection. Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (June
2006)
• Futebol, Alegria de Todos. Leo Burnett, Sao Paulo/Brazil. Curatorship: Milton Guran (May/June 2006)
• AfroReggae 13 Years- Red Pillows. Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Curatorship: Gringo
Cardia (February 2006)
• 6 X Brasil - Fotografia Brasileira Contemporânea - Centro Cultural da Embaixada do Brasil,
Asunción/Paraguay. Producer: Bel Pedrosa (November 2005)
• 9th Annual Friends of Friends- Friends Whitout a Border - Photography Auction, NY/USA. Curatorship:
Kenro Izu (December 2005)
• Aspects de la Photgraphie Brésilienne - Joaquim Paiva Collection, Théatre de la Photographie et de l'Image
Charles Niègre, Nice/France. Curatorship: Jean-François Couvreur et Alban de la Fontaine. (September 2005)
• Visões Paralelas-Da Inquietação do Moderno à Fotografia Contemporânea, Tá Ligado - installation about
violence in Rio using photos and tires - Espaço UFF de Fotografia, Niterói/RJ. Curatorship: Nadja Peregrino e
Paulo Duque Estrada (June 2005)
Documentaristas Contemporâneos Brasileiros
• Mostra o seu que eu mostro o meu, Microwave - Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Coordination:
Marco Antonio Portela (November 2004)
• Mafuá, A Poética da Miscigenação, Microwave - installation concerning the violence in Rio, made with
photos and tires, Galeria de Arte UFF, Niterói/Brazil.. Curatorship: Paulo Duque Estrada (August 2004)
• Foto/3 - Galeria Anita Schwartz, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(2003)
• Essays of a Brazil - Twelve themes of the Brazilian Reality according to scriptwriters and photographers,
CCBB, Rio de Janeiro. Curatorship: Felipe Taborda (Junho 2001)
• Brazilian Visions: Contemporary Brazilian Photography, Boston Public Library, Boston/U.S.A. Curatorship:
Tepper Takayama Fine Arts (2000)
• Brazil at 500, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston/U.S.A. Curatorship: Martha Takayama (2000)
• Novas Travessias/New Directions in Brazilian Photography -The Photographer´s Gallery, London/England.
Curatorship: Maria Luiza Melo Carvalho. (1996)
• Rio, Mistérios e Fronteiras, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio de Janeiro/Brasil. Curadoria: Claudio Telles
e Marcus Lontra (1996)
• Biennial of Brazilian Photojournalism 1990-1995, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Curatorships: Nelson
Aguilar e Agnaldo Farias (June 1995)
• Brasil, Mostra tua Cara, I Bienal Internacional de Fotografia, Curitiba/Brazil. Curatorship: Orlando Azevedo
(1996)
• Fotografia Brasiliera Contemporânea - A Selection of Photographs from the Collection of Joaquim Paiva CCBB/Rio de Janeiro (January, 1995)
• Rio, Mystères et Frontière, Musée de Pully, Lausanne/Switzerland . Curatorship: Claudio Telles e Marcus
Lontra (1995)
• Fotografía Latinoamericana 1860-1993,Casa de América, Madrid/Spain. A project of Erika Billeter (1994)
• Contemporary Brazilian Photography from the Joaquim Paiva Collection, Center for the Arts at Yerba Buena
Gardens, San Francisco/U.S.A. (1994)
• Documentaristas Contemporâneos Brasileiros - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil e Instituto Cultural Villa
Maurina - Curatorship: Ricardo de Hollanda. RJ/Brazil (1994)
• Paixão do Olhar, Secretaria de Cultura e Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Curatorship:
Marcus Lontra (1993)
• Das Brasilien Der Brasilianer, Exposition, Official Book and Event Announcement Photography,
Zurich/Switzerland (1992)
• Fantasia - Casa da Fotografia FUJI, Sao Paulo. Curatorship: Stefania Bril ( September 1991)
• Fotógrafos x Fotos, Galeria 110 Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Curatorship: João Bosco (1991)
• Fotografie Biennale de Rotterdam II, Rotterdam/Holland. Curatorship: Bas Vroege (1990)
• Homem /Máquina, Surfistas Ferroviários, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Producer:
Marcos Saboya (1990)
• Fotojornalismo dos Anos 80 - Tendências, Photographers of "F4" Photo Agency, Museu da Imagem e do
Som, Sao Paulo/Brazil. (September 1986)
• Tempo do Olhar - Panorama da Fotografia Brasileira Atual, Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, MASP,
Sao Paulo/Brazil. (August 1983)
• Tempo do Olhar - Panorama da Fotografia Brasileira Atual, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil. (August 1983)
• Futebol - Dança, Galeria Latina, Stockholm/Sweden. Producer: Roberto Faissal (1981)
• Visita do Papa ao Brasil - FUNARTE / Núcleo de Fotografia. Coordenação: Zeka Araújo, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil. (September 1980)
• Classe Média Brasileira - FUNARTE / Núcleo de Fotografia. Coordination: Zeka Araújo, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.
(June 1980)
Aquisitions and collections:
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Box/Train Surfers - Paris/France (2008)
• Coleção Claudio Versiani (Pictura Pixel), Box/Train Surfers - New York (2008)
• Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Micro-ondes - Paris/France (2007)
• Leo Burnett Contemporary Photo Collection, Sao Paulo/Brazil (2007)
• Art Photo Collection, Göteborg/Sweden. (2006)
• Fundación Luz y Alfonso Castillo, Buenos Aires/Argentina. (August 2004)
• Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(2003)
• Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(2003)
• Cid Collection, São Paulo/Brazil(2002)
• Carlos Leal, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(2002)
• Francis Marinho, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(2001)
• Danforth Museum of Art - Framingham/U.S.A. (2000)
• Worcester Art Museum, Worcester/U.S.A.(2000)
• The Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge/U.S.A.(1999)
• J.P.Morgan, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo/Brazil(1999)
• MABEU-Museu de Arte Brasil-Estados Unidos, Belém/Brasil (1998)
• Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston/U.S.A.(1997)
• Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM), Rio de Janeiro/Brazil(1996)
• Pirelli/MASP, São Paulo/Brazil(1995)
• Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Curitiba/Brazil. (1995)
• Musée Français de la Photographie - 9 (nine) photos, André Fage (Conservateur en Chef), enregistrement n
928395. Bièvres, France (1992)
• Joaquim Paiva Collection, Fotografia Contemporânea Brasileira /Brazil(1989)
Works published in magazines and tv:
• Vôo de Papel, essay - Santa Art Magazine #4 (4 pages). Editor: Sergio Mauricio (Cerebelo), Brazil
(December 2009)
• Public Culture Society for Transnational Cultural Studies # 58 - volume 21 number 2 - The Violence of the
Real: a Conversation with Rogério Reis, interviewed by Beatriz Jaguaribe - Cover + 15 pages, Editor: Claudio
Lomnitz - Duke University - Durham - USA (Spring 2009)
• Modern Times Magazine #13 (8 pages - "The Modern Times Best of Collection - GEO Magazine). Text:
Rainer Fabian, Austria (February 2009)
• Jornal Futura, Na Lona - Futura Channel (02/23/2009)
• Fantastico, Na Lona - TV Globo Channel (02/22/2009)
• Revista Brasil (interview) - TV Brasil Channel (02/15/2009)
• Papel das Artes # 8 - Journalist in charge: Cleusa Maria, Rio de Janeiro (September 2008)
• Re[corte] Cultural - TV Brasil, interviewed by Michel Melamed. (July 2008)
• Connaissance des Arts-Photo 13 - France (November 2007)
• Antilipseis Greek Photography Magazine n°9. Microwave, comments by Martha Takayama, cover + 4 pages Greece (2007)
• Courrier International n°805, 4 pages - France - (April 2006)
• Photo Magazine n°420 - Journalist in charge: Eric Colmet Daage, France (June 2005)
• Revista RioArte, A Lição do Olhar - 5 pages Rio de Janeiro, n°39 (2004)
• Fotomundo, Argentina (August 2004)
• Hasselblad FORUM, Sweden (June 2004)
• Skala Artist , Turkey (March 2003)
• Specchio della Stampa, Italy (February 2002)
• Newsweek, U.S.A.(March2001)
• GEO, Germany (February 2001)
• Ícaro, Brazil (January 2002)
• Paparazzi Photo Art , U.S.A.e Brazil (October 1999)
• Vizoo, Brazil (March 1998)
• Foto Maart Magazine - Fotografie in Brazilë, by Josephine van Bennekom - Amsterdam, Holand (March
1992)
• Goodyear Magazine , Carnaval -12 páginas(July 1990)
• Goodyear Magazine , Maracanã, O Estádio Catedral -12 pages (August 1989)
Works published in books:
• Rua Larga - Edited by Documenta Histórica Editora. Editorial Coordination: Instituto Light. (June 2009)
• Meu Carnaval Brasil. Edited by Aprazivel Ediçoes (10 pages). Editorial Coordination: Leonel Kaz and Nigge
Loddi. Texts: Sérgio Cabral, Ricardo Cravo Albin e Felipe Ferreira, Rio de Janeiro (December 2008)
• Torcedor Fan - Editing by 7 Letras. Editorial Coordination: Adryana Almeida-Textual Serviços de
Comunicação Ltda.Texts by Luis Fernando Verissimo and Carola Saavedra. Rio de Janeiro (2008)
• Só Existe Um Rio (there Is Only One Rio), Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio & Rio De Janeiro Government.
Organized by: Márcia Mello. Texts: Beatriz Jaguaribe & Mauricio Lissovsky. (June 2008)
• One Shot Each, Humour Highligted By 100 Photographers In 100 Pictures. Museet For Fotokunst Brandts,
Odense/denmark. Organized By Finn Thrane (June 2007)
• Instantâneo, O Tempo Infinito da Fotografia byJean-Luc Monterosso, Lygia Segala, Maurício Lissovsky e
Milton Guran. Editing by Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro. (June 2007)
• Fotografia Brasileira Contemporânea na Coleção Carlos Leal. Barléu Edições Ltda. / Francisco Alves Editora.
Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. (2006)
• Beaches in Rio, 25 Photographics Essays - Edited by Capivara. Introduction by Zuenir Ventura, Text by
Claudia Gaspar. Organized by Bia Corrêa do Lago. (2005)
• Fotografia no Brasil - um olhar das origens ao contemporâneo. Authors: Nadja Fonsêca Peregrino e Ângela
Magalhães.Edited by FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro (2005)
• São Paulo 450 Anos em 24horas, Edited by Buenas Idéias, Porto Alegre (2004)
• Imaginação, Edited by Talento/AMA, essay Ádito (10 pages), São Paulo (Novembro 2004)
• À Luz dos Monumentos, Edited by Aeroplano, photographs in partnership with João Horta, Rio de Janeiro
(November 2004)
• Visões e Alumbramentos, Fotografia Contemporânea Brasileira na Coleção Joaquim Paiva. Edited by Brazil
Connects (2003)
• Alma Feminina, @Books Editora & Ânima Cultural, São Paulo/Brazil (2002)
• Na Lona (Carnival on Canvas) - Edited by Aeroplano (2001)
• Mapa do Maravilhoso Rio de Janeiro, Edited by Sextante Artes. Author: Beatriz Jaguaribe, Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil (2001)
• Retratos de Outono (Portraits of Autumn) - Edited by Sextante (1999).
• Revisitando a Amazonia de Carlos Chagas (Revisiting the Amazon of Carlos Chagas) - Edited by Fiocruz
(1996)
• Brasilien - Entdeckung und Selbstentdeckung, Benteli Verlag, Zurich/Switzerland (1992)
• Canto a la Realidad, Fotografia Latinoamericana 1860-1993. Author: Erika Billeter, Edited by da America &
Lunwerg Editores, Madrid/Spain (1993)
• Novas Travessias/New Directions in Brazilian Photography -Contemporary Brazilian Photography, autora:
Maria Luiza Melo Carvalho. Edited by Verso London/England and New York/EUA (1996)
• Olhares Refletidos, Dialogue with 25 photographers of Brazil - Edited by Dazibao / Ágil. Author: Joaquiim
Paiva, Rio de Janeiro (1989)
• Partidos e Políticos - Editora JB Publishing, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (1982)
Documentaries, movies, videos and DVDs:
• Av. Brasil 500 - Rogério Reis and Fábio Garcia (2008)
• Cidade de Deus by Fernando Meirelles (2002).
• Foto em Cena - Rogério Reis, by Débora 70, 12' , color, produced Canal Brasil TV Channel. Rio de
Janeiro/Brazil (2007).
• Na Lona (Carnival on Canvas) by Stefan Hess, 14', DV, color and black&white. Rio de Janeiro/Brazil 2002.
First Prize at the Third Luso-Brasileiro Short Film Festival.
• Caçadores de Almas by Silvio Tendler, 59', U-MATIC, color. Rio de Janeiro/Brazil (1988)