THIAGO ROCHA PITTA
BIOGRAPHY
1980
Born in Tiradentes, Brazil
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
New York, BOESKY EAST, Temporal Maps of a Non-Sedimented Land, February 22 –
March 22, 2015
São Paulo, Galeria Millan, August 31 – September 27, 2014
Milan, Gluck50 Gallery, L’Eremo and Il Campo Accampa, April 5 – July 20, 2013
Duque de Caxias, RS, Brazil, Projeto para uma pinttura com Temporal #6, a public art
project
São Paulo, Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, O campo acampa
Copenhagen, Andersen’s Contemporary, Nostalgia of Pangea, February 4 – March 16,
2012
São Paulo, Galeria Millan, Saudades da Pangeia, July 20 – August 21, 2011
São Paulo, Projeto para uma pinttura com Temporal #5, a public art project, September
Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Contemporary Room: Thiago Rocha
Pitta
Rio de Janeiro, Parque Lage, Notas de um Desabamento, July 24 – August 17, 2010
Karlsruhe, Germany, Meyer Riegger Gallery, A Rocky Mist, September 18 – October,
31, 2009
São Paulo, Galeria Millan, Calmaria, November 27 – December 20, 2008
Berlin, Andersen Contemporary, Notes on an Inland Shipwreck, September 6 –
October 18, 2008
Tokyo, SCAI X SCAI, Arts Initiative Tokyo [AIT], The Bar vol. 2 – Donna Ong
and Thiago Rocha Pitta, June 14 – June 28, 2008
São Paulo, Pavilhão Ascensão, Uma Trilogia, August 25 – October 27, 2007
Copenhagen, Andersen’s Contemporary, Heritage, September 7 – October 13, 2007
Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca, Requiem, September, 2006
São Paulo, Galeria Millan Antonio, Thiago Rocha Pitta
Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca, Thiago Rocha Pitta, May, 2004
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Fonte
Rio de Janeiro, Espaço Cultural Sergio Porto, Homenagem a William Turner
Rio de Janeiro, Castelinho do Flamengo, A cópula e os espelhos
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
2013
Seattle, Olympic Sculpture Park, Alvord Art Lab, Landscapes, Revisited, May 8 – June
5, 2015
Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, Blind Field, curated by Tumelo Mosaka and
Irene Small, January 25 – March 31, 2013. Traveled to East Lansing, MI, Broad Art
Museum, June 7 – September 8, 2013
Sorø, Denmark, Sorø Kunstmuseum, Ground. Materiality #2 (Earth), January 26 – May
5, 2013
Milan, Francesca Minini Gallery, Opinione Latina (1), January 30 – March 30, 2013
New York, Clocktower Gallery, Dark Paradise, February 5 – May 3, 2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
São Paulo, 30th Bienal de Sáo Paulo, A iminência das poéticas, September 7 –
December 9, 2012
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Trienal Poli/gráfica de San Juan
St. Moritz, Switzerland, St. Moritz Art Masters, August 24 – September 2, 2012
Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Home Again – 10 Artists Who Have
Experienced Japan, August 28 – November 11, 2012
Berlin, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Super 8, August 17 – September 16, 2012
Vienna, 21er Haus – the new Museum of Contemporary Art, Utopia
Gesamtkunstwerk, Janaury 20 – May 20, 2012
Zurich, Migros Museum Für Gegenwartskunst, The Garden of Forking Paths, May 2 –
October 30, 2011
Santa Monica, CA, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Super 8, July 8 – September 3, 2011
Long Beach, CA, Museum of Latin American Art, Unresolved Circumstances:
Perspectives on Current Video Art from Latin America, June 5 – August 28, 2011
Venice, Garage Center Project – 54th Biennale di Venezia, Commercial Break, June 1
– November 24, 2011
Mulhouse, France, La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, L’Idee de Nature, April 21 – May 21, 2011
Ipatinga, MG, Brazil, Centro Cultural Usiminas, Paisagem Incompleta, January 19 –
March 7, 2010
Mexico City, Galería Fundación/Colección Jumex, The Travelling Show, April 15 –
September 17, 2010
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, 10 Anos do Clube de
Colecionadores de Fotografia do MAM, July 1 – August 29, 2010
Paris, Maison de l’Amerique Latine, Fragments latino-americains, November 19, 2010
– January 28, 2011
São Paulo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil de São Paulo, Nova Arte Nova
Neuenkirchen, Germany, Kunstverein & Stiftung Springhornhof, Landschaft 2.0
Arnsberg, Germany, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Auszeit
Jerusalem, Museum on the Seam, NatureNation
Berlin, Artnews Projects, Timeout
Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil do Rio de Janeiro, Nova Arte Nova
São Paulo, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Paralela 08 – de perto e de longe, October 26 –
December 7, 2008
Paris, Galerie Vallois and Galerie Seroussi, Seja Marginal, Seja Heroi
Vigo, Spain, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Paraísos Indomitos/Untamed
Paradises. Travelled to Sevilla, Spain, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
Sevilla, Spain, Centro Andaluz Arte Contemporáneo, A Stake in the Mud, A Hole in the
Reel – Land Art’s Expanded Field 1968-2008. Travelled to Barcelona, Spain, Fundació
Suñol; Vigo, Spain, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo; Basel, Switzerland,
Stadtkino, Kunsthalle Basel; Mexico City, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo
Dussseldorf, Germany, Julia Stoschek Collection, Number One: Destroy, she said
New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Tiime Frame, June 25 – October 2, 2006
Sinagpore, 1st Singapore Biennial, Time Frame, September 4 – November 12, 2006
Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Prêmio SESI – CNI Marcantonio
Vilaça
Berlin, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Zeitgenossische Fotokunst aus Brasilien
Portland, OR, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Troca Brazil
Brasília, Edifício Roberto Simonsen, Prêmeio SESI – CNI Marcantonio Vilaça. Traveled
to São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Rio de Janeiro, Centro Cultural Telemar, Jovem Fotografía Brazileira
Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, J’en Rêve, June 24 – October 30,
2005
São Paulo, Galeria Luisa Strina, Múltiplos
Rio de Janiero, Candido Mendes, 10 indicam 10
São Paulo, Centro Cultural São Paulo
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, 5* Bienal do Mercosul
2004
2001
New Delhi, New Delhi Triennale
São Paulo, Centrol Cultural São Paulo
Rio de Janeiro, Galeria Silvia Cintra, Exposição de verão
Rio de Janeiro, Parque Lage, Posição 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Arte Contemporânea
Brazileira nas Coleções do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, A Gentil Carioca, Primeiro Aniversário, August, 2004
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Museu de Art da Pampulha, Obra colecionada
São Paulo, Paralela
Petrópolis, RJ, Brazil, Museu Imperial, Serra Cerrado
Rio De Janeiro, 3* prêmio Interferências Urbanas
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New York, Museum of Modern Art
Paris, Maison Européene de la Photographie
Toyko, Hara Museum
Dusseldorf, Germany, Julia Stoschek Collection
México City, Colección Jumex
Viena, ThyssenKrupp
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Museu de Arte da Pampulha
Brumadinho, MG, Brazil, Instituto Inhotim
São Paulo, Instituto Itaú Cultural
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012
2009
2005
2001
Brazil, Finalista do Prêmio Pipa
Switzerland, St. Moritz Art Masters, Open your mind award
Brazil, Prêmeio SESI – CNI Marcantonio Vilaça
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Prêmio júri popular, Interferências urbanas APA
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2013
Pivi, Leonardo, Christina Irrgang. Thiago Rocha Pitta. Mousse Publishing. 2013.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
2014
2013
2012
“30 Emerging Artists to Watch This Summer,” Artsy, July 14, 2015
Pollack, Barbara. “Boom Time for Brasil,” ARTnews, March 2015
“Thiago Rocha Pitta – Photo Exhibit,” Urbanautica, February 16, 2015
“Thiago Rocha Pitta. Ocean/Atlas,” Wall Street International, December 2014
Watson, Simon. “My Highlights from SP-Arte 2014,” Artsy, March 29, 2014
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Ribas, João. “9 Mercosul Biennial,” Artforum, December 2013
Rigby, Claire. “Dark Paradise, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo,” Art Review, September
2013
Gouvēa, Victor. “Obra de Naturalez,” TAM nas Nuvens, July 2013
Brooks, Katherine. “ ‘Dark Paradise’ Exhibit Features Artwork By Patti Smith, Antony
Hegarty And More,” Huffington Post, April 2, 2013
Watson, Simon. “Sau Da Da Thiago Rocha Pitta,” Revista Das Artes, December 2012
“Thiago Rocha Pitta – Le Choc Des Couleurs,” Madame Figaro, December 2012
2011
2010
“Thiago Rocha Pitta,” Arte Al Dia, December 2012
Cover, Arte! Brazileiros, December 2012
“Unresolved Circumstances: Video Art From Latin America At MOLAA,” Art Al Día, June
2011
Ramirez-Montagut, Monica. “Feijão Com Arroz/Rice and Beans – Wynwood, Miami,” Arte
Al Día, June 2011
“Tempo estendido,” O Glogo, July 23, 2010