Marcos Chaves
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Birthplace
Rio de Janeiro
Birth year
1961
Lives in
Rio de Janeiro
Works in
Rio de Janeiro
Website
Representing galleries
Galeria Nara Roesler
Statement
Marcos Chaves was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1961 and began his artistic endeavours in the early 1980s. By using appropriation and intervention parameters, the artist works in diverse media, openly moving between the production of objects, photographs, videos, drawings, words and sounds.
Chaves has shown his artwork at Manifesta7 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy, 25th São Paulo International Biennial, Brazil; 1st and 5th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil; 4th Havana Biennial, Cuba; 3rd Lulea Art Biennial, Sweden.
His work has also been presented in individual and collective exhibitions in Brazil and other countries, in institutions and galleries, such as the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Martin-Gropius-Bau, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) and Ludwig Museum, Germany; Vaanta Art Museum, Finland; Fri-Art - Centre d’Art Contemporain in Freiburg, Switzerland; Espace Topographie del Art, Paris, France; Somerset House, Butcher’s Project, London, G39, Cardiff and Northern Gallery, Sunderland, UK; Iziko South African National Art Gallery, South Africa; Jim Thompson, Bangkok, Thailand; Centro per l’Arte Contemporânea Luigi Pecci, Prato and Milano, Italy; Focus Brasil and Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago de Chile; IVAM, Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Kiosco Alfonso y del PALEXCO e Galeria Blanca Soto Arte, Spain; MAM, CCBB, MIS and Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil; Galeria Laura Marsiaj, A Gentil Carioca, Progetti and Galeria Artur Fidalgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is represented by Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo.
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1961
Live and work in Rio de Janeiro
Bachelors in Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Santa Úrsula, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
School of Visual Arts, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bloco Escola, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| 2011 |
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Hallucination by the seashore, Laura Alvim Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2010 |
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Evento (Projeto Ocupas), Palácio da Aclamação, Salvador, Brazil
Focus Brasil, Galería Moro, Santiago, Chile |
| 2009 |
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Portraits, Galeria Artur Fidalgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Figures, Galeria Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Laughing Container, Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Frequências, Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS), Sao Paulo, Brazil
ROMARIO with Giancarlo Neri, Galeria Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2008 |
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Laughing Mask, Butcher’s, London, UK
É da sua natureza, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Blanca Soto Arte Gallery, Madrid, Spain |
| 2007 |
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Nara Roesler Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2006 |
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Eclético, Sopro Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2005 |
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Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2004 |
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Logradouro, MariAntonia, Centro Universitário da USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Funceb, (with Geraldine Lantieri), Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 2003 |
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Loop, Espaço Capacete, 4 solo shows with Brice Delsperger, Pierre Bismuth and Tiago Carneiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2002 |
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2002 Nara Roesler Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museu Vale do Rio Doce, Vitória, ES, Brazil
Galeria Arte Futura, Brasília, Brazil
Logradouro, Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2001 |
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Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2000 |
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Sergio Milliet Gallery, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eclético, site-specific installation at Castelinho do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1995 |
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Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1994 |
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Sérgio Porto Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1992 |
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Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 1990 |
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Sérgio Porto Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1988 |
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Macunaíma Gallery, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
(selection until 1995)
| 2011 |
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Nelson Leirner Artistas de artistas, Tomie Ohtake Institut, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gigante por la propia naturaleza, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
Commercial Brake, Garage Projects, 54th Venice Biennale, Italy |
| 2010 |
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Law of the Jungle, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York, USA
Credit or Debit, SESC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ponto de Equilíbrio, Tomie Ohtake Institut, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Converging Trajectories: Crossing Border, Building Bridges, Modified Arts, Phoenix, USA
Paralela 2010 // A contemplação do mundo, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Sao Paulo
The Tropics - view from the middle of the globe, The Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Jogos de Guerra, Memorial da América Latina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Projetos (in)Provados, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2009 |
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After Utopia, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Die Tropen, Iziko South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
The Fool, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Obranome II, Cavalariças do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Pequenos formatos, Ateliê Subterrânea, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Nudes, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2008 |
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Travessias Cariocas, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Die Tropen. Ansichten von der Mitte der Weltkugel, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Festival della Creatività, Florence, Italy
Manifesta7 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy
Intervenções no Morro da Conceição, A Gentil Carioca/IPHAN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mão Dupla, Movimento/Identidade, SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Parangolé. Fragmentos desde os anos 90 em Espanha, Portugal e no Brasil, Museo Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Spain
Trópicos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
+40º-30º, Vantaa Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland |
| 2007 |
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Passion of Mankind, Lulea Summer Biennial, Sweden
All About Laughter – Humour in Contemporary Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Itaú Contemporâneo: Arte no Brasil 1981-2006, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Trópicos, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília, DF, Brazil
4ª Mostra Latino-Americana de Artes Visuais – VentoSul, Instituto Paranaense de Arte, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| 2006 |
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Zeitgenössische Fotokunst aus Brasilien, NBK, Berlin, Germany
STOPOVER, Fri-Art, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Fribourg, Switzerland
Paralela 2006, Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 + 1: Os Anos Recentes da Arte Brasileira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Um Século de Arte Brasileira, Coleção Gilberto Chateubriand, MAM-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trem de Prata, Museu Imperial, Petrópolis, Brazil |
| 2005 |
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Art & Book, Son Projects, Barcelona, Spain
Homo Ludens, Instituto Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Parrilla, Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile
Discover Brazil / The Brazilian Art Project, Ludwig Museum em Koblenz, Germany
O Corpo na Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, Instituto Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
IV Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
On Leaving and Arriving, Temporary Contemporary Space, Cardiff, UK
Espace Urbain X Nature Intrisèque, Espace Topographie de L´Art, Paris, France
Loop Videoart Fair, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea (Brazil), Barcelona, Spain |
| 2004 |
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Futuribiles, ARCO´04, Galeria Nara Roesler (Sao Paulo), Madri, Spain
Imagem Sitiada, SESC Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Paralela 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Terras en tránsito: paseos por el arte audiovisual contemporaneo de Brasil, Museo Rufino Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico
Visões Espanholas, Poéticas Brasileiras, Conjunto Cultural da Caixa, Brasília, Brazil |
| 2003 |
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Ordenação e Vertigem, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
ArteFoto, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro e Brasília, Brazil
FotoRio, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bandeiras do Brasil, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2002 |
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XXV Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo, Brazil
“7X7” Arte Contemporaneo Brasileño, La Paz, Bolivia
Stazione Topolò / Postaja Topolove, Udine, Italy
Love’s House, Hotel Love’s House, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Morro/Labirinto, Goethe Institute e Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM - RJ and MAM - Bahia, Brazil |
| 2001 |
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Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM - SP, Brazil
Mistura + Confronto, Central Elétrica do Freixo, Porto 2001, Porto, Portugal
Cyfuniad 2001, Plas Caerdeon, Liverpool Hope College, Wales, UK |
| 2000 |
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...Sabotage..., Verein Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Palavraimagem, MAM - RJ, Brazil |
| 1999 |
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Calming the Clouds, Stiftelsen3,14, Bergen, Norway
V Salão MAM - Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
Objeto anos 60/90 - Cotidiano/Arte, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 1998 |
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Mercoarte, Mar del Plata, Argentina
XVI Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas, MAM - RJ, Brazil |
| 1997 |
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IV Salão MAM - Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
I Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Escultura Plural, MAM - RJ, Brazil |
| 1996 |
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Escultura Plural, MAM - Bahia, Brazil
Mensa/Mensae, Galerias da Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1995 |
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Esculturas, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2006 |
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Teorema, set design installation for Cia. de Dança Marcia Rubin, CCBB-RJ, Brazil |
| 2005 |
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Connecting Flights, Monkeytown, NY, Estados Unidos
Ensaio.Hamlet, set design installation for Cia. Dos Atores, Moscow/ Barcelona/Paris/NYC
Multiplicidade, Museu Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1998 |
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O Gato subiu no Telhado, installation at Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1996 |
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Livro Abrigo, installation at Livraria Dantes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2006 |
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Universidade Estácio de Sá |
| 1998 |
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XVI Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas |
| 1997 |
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IV Salão MAM - Bahia |
| 1996 |
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RioArte Scholarship |
| 2006 |
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National Endowment for the Arts – FUNARTE – Teresina, Brazil |
| 2005 |
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National Endowment for the Arts – FUNARTE – Fortaleza, Brazil |
| 2004 |
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National Endowment for the Arts – FUNARTE – Belém, Manaus and Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 2003 |
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Winter Festival UFMG – Diamantina – MG, Brazil |
| 2002 |
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Stazione Topolò, Udine, Italy
Faxinal das Artes, Secretaria de Cultura do Governo do Paraná, Brazil |
| 2001 |
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Cyfuniad International Artists Workshop, Liverpool, Inglaterra |
| 1999 |
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Atelier Livre - Prefeitura de Porto Alegre, Brazil |
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