MÁRIO
MACILAU
Galeria Belo-Galsterer
Rua Castilho 71, RC, Esq.
1250-068 Lisboa - Portugal
www.belogalsterer.com
[email protected]
+351-213815914
VITA
Mário Macilau
Born in Maputo, Mozambique (1984), where he lives and works.
www.mariomacilau.com
EDUCATION
Centre for Photographic education and documentation, Maputo, Mozambique
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS (selection)
2015
Scholarship African Arts Centre of Johannesburg for a residency in Miami (Dec. 2015)
2013
UNESCO Brasil Aschberg, Award for Fine Arts, Brazil
2012
1st Award The Protection Project, Photography Contest, Washington DC, USA
VISA pour la Création , Residency from L’Institut Franceis, Paris, France
AIR 2012 (Artist in Residency) by Kuona Trust, Nairobi, Quénia
Crossing Point Residency Program during the festival Rencontres d’Arles 2012, France
Shortlisted for Prix Pictet 2012
Photographers’ Portfolio Meeting - organized by Goethe Institut Johanesburg, South Africa
2011
Finalist Hasselblad Master
Shortlisted for BES Photo 2011, Lisbon-São Paulo
3rd Award Stiftung EVZ (Fundação EV), 8th Photography Competition
3rd Award Bienal TDM, Maputo, MZ
Award “Talento Moçambicano” from the French Embassy in Maputo and the Centre Culturel Franceis for ‘Women with Power
Award Photo Contest’
Creation Award, AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) and the Spanish Embassy in
Maputo, Prémio Santa Lucia, Spain
Program Artist in residency, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa
CACAU Casa das Artes Criação Ambiente Utopias, São Tomé
2009
Shortlisted for Unicef Photo of The Year
Honorable Mention – Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique
1st Award – Amandla Magazine, Joanesburgo, South Africa
2nd Award – Festival da Baia, Maputo, Mozambique
SOLO SHOWS
2015
Nada como o Tempo, Galeria e Associação Kulungwana, Maputo, Mozambique
Discovery Show, exhibition with 50 new photographies of the artist, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland
Ida e Volta, Forum Cultural Almodovar, Trienal no Alentejo
The Road not Taken, The Auction Room, London, United Kingdom
2014
Fora da Cidade / Out of Town, Blank Projects, South Africa
Moments of Transition, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, part of the 2nd Ed. of Festival Encontros da Imagem em Lisboa
2013
Destino Irónico, ICMA/ Goethe Zentrum, Joanesburgo, South Africa
Tempo, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, Portugal
Esquecidos, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique
2012
Taking Place, Gallery Influx Contemporary, Lisbon, Portugal
2011
Life goes on, Mediateca do BCI, Maputo, Mozambique
Wood and Deforestation, Kokopelli Festival 2011, Belgium
2009
Terra de Boa Gente, Instituto Camões, Maputo , Mozambique
GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2015
56th BIENNALE of Venice, Italy
Fototrienale Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Making Africa - a contintent of contemporary design, Vitra Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
InconTRAART / EnconTRAART - 40 Anos da Independência de Moçambique, Villa Casalegno - Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea, Comune di Pianezza, Italy
2014
Bienal Foto Fest 2014, Houston, USA
ARCO Madrid, with Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Madrid, Spain
Paperworks, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, Portugal
2013
Exhibition of the 9th Edition of Rencontres de Bamako, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Joburg Art Fair, with the project “Tempo Real Time”, Joanesburgo, South Africa
Tempo Real Time, Galeria Kulungwana, Maputo, Mozambique
ARTICULATE, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
NATURA, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal
Private Lifes, Centro Cultural de Cascais CCC, Cascais, Portugal
Viver Neste Mundo, exhibitions galleries at Banco BCI, Maputo, Mozambique
2012
Expo Photo, Fondation Blachère, Paris, France
Convergências, Alliance Franceise, Madrid, Spain & King’s Place, London, United Kingdom
Dak’art Biennial OFF 2012, Dakar, Senegal
Crossing Point Residency, Les Rencontres d’Arles 2012, France
2011
Africa. See me, see you! Photo Spring Festival, Beijing, China /África: See me, see you! Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence,
Italy /África: See me, see you! Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy
BESPhoto, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR / BESPhoto, Berardo Museum Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
BIENAL de São Tomé 2011, Island of São Tomé
RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO, 2011, Mali
Common Language, Miguel Amado, for Collection PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal
Hasselblad Master Finalist, Studio, London, UK /Hasselblad Master Finalist, Siren Studios, Los Angeles, USA / Hasselblad
Master Finalist, Shoot NYC, (La Venue), New York, USA / Hasselblad Master Finalist, Delight Studios, Berlin, Germany
2010
Africa. See me, see you! , Pavilhão Preto, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, Tarifa, Spain
VI Certamen de Fotografia Digital, Santa Lucia, Spain
32ste Internationaal Fotofestival, Knokke-Heist, Bélgica
Lagos Photo, Lagos, Nigéria
Mulheres e Fronteiras - Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique
Dockanema Film Festival, Maputo, Mozambique
Bamako – Maputo, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique
FotoArt, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique
Gwanza Photo Festival, Museu Nacional de Arte de Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2009
Bienal da TDM, Museu de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique
Gwanza Photo Festival, National Art Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa
Cozinhas Ambulantes, Centro de Formação e Documentação Fotográfica, Maputo, Mozambique
Finalista do “UNICEF PHOTO OF THE YEAR”
COLLECTIONS
Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart- Berlin, Germany
Saatchi Collection, United Kingdom
Fondation Blachère, Paris, France
AAF African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria
French Embassy, Maputo, Mozambique
Collection PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal
Collection José Lima e Norlinda, S. João da Madeira, Portugal
& important private collections from Africa, France and Portugal.
TEXTS
CATALOGUES and Essays(selection)
(Cat.) In Principio... la Parole si fece Carne, Pavilhão do Vaticano na 56ª Bienal de Veneza, 2015. Roma, 2015.
(Cat.) “Mário Macilau”, in: Common Language II, 2015, PLMJ, texts and works selected by Miguel Amado, p. 62-67.
(Cat.) Moments of Transition, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, 2014
(Cat.) Private Lifes, Cascais, PT, 2013
(Cat.) BES Photo 2011, Lisbon & S. Paulo, 2011
(Cat.) Bienal de Bamako 2011
(Cat.) Bienal de São Tomé 2011
Amado, Miguel: (Cat.) Idioma Comun – Common Language, Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, 2011.
Couto, Mia: “Viemos do mar...”, in: (Cat.) BES PHOTO 2011, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon - Pinacoteca do Estado, São
Paulo, 2011. p. 23
Cristallini, Elisabetta: “Percorsi erratici dell’artista contemporaneo Monika Bravo, Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, Mário Macilau”, in:
(Cat.) In Principio... la Parole si fece Carne, Vatican Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale, 2015. Roma, 2015, p. 30-45.
Galsterer, Alda: “Natura. Paisagem e Natureza”, in (Cat.) NATURA. Paisagem e Natureza, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal, 2013.
Forti, Micol: “La Genesi delli Immagini tra parola e materia: un dinamismo dialettico a tre voci”, in: (Cat.) In Principio... la Parole
si fece Carne, Vatican Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale, 2015. Rome, 2015, p. 18-29.
Mauro, Alessandra: “Mário Macilau. Dopo aver respirato profondamente / ora posso comunicare. La fotografia de Mário
Macilau”, in: (Cat.) In Principio... la Parole si fece Carne, Vatican Pavilion at 56th Venice Biennale, 2015. Roma, 2015, p.
112-158.
Ondjaki: “dentro de um home, chove...”, in: (Cat.) BES PHOTO 2011, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon - Pinacoteca do
Estado, São Paulo, 2011. p. 24
Ondjaki: “outra casa”, in: (Cat.) BES PHOTO 2011, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon - Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, 2011.
p. 42.
Vieira, Sílvia: “Fragmentos do Real” (Interview with Mário Macilau), in: (Cat.) BES PHOTO 2011, Museu Colecção Berardo,
Lisbon - Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, 2011. p. 14-21.