Guilherme C U N H A I Visual Artist 1981, born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil Lives and works in Belo Horizonte I São Paulo Contact: +5531-‐9262-‐0095 +5531-‐3225-‐0312 guilhermevpc@gmail.com http://issuu.com/guivpc Education 2001/02 – Pittsburg State University – KS – USA – Scholarship 2004 – UEMG – Minas Gerais State University – Guignard Fine Art School – Graduation – Brazil Grants / Awards 2014 – National Photography Prize – XIV Prêmio FUNARTE Marc Ferrez / Book Publication – Brazil 2014 – Finalist – 8º Arte Laguna Prize – Venice – Italy 2013 – Belo Horizonte Cultural Foundation – Art Funding Incentive – Book Production – Brazil 2013 – National Photography Prize – XIII Prêmio FUNARTE Marc Ferrez / Photo Essay – Brazil 2012 – Belo Horizonte Cultural Foundation – Art Funding Incentive – Book Production – Brazil 2010 – National Contemporary Dance Prize – Prêmio Klaus Viana (video artist) – Brazil 2010/11 – Finalist of Pierre Verger Photo Prize – Salvador – Brazil 2008 – 9th Biennial do Recôncavo Baiano – photo prize – Bahia – Brazil Solo Exhibition 2014 – December – “Memórias da Vila” – National Photography Prize – XIII Prêmio FUNARTE Marc Ferrez / Photo Essay – BH – Brazil 2013 – April – “Imaginary Dialogues” – Centre for Contemporary Art and Photography – Support: Clovis Salgado Foundation – BH – Brazil 2012 – "Prototypes" -‐ EXA: Experimental Art Space – Curator: Janaína Melo – BH – Brazil 2009 – IBM -‐ Immersive Brain Module –Theatre Alterosa’s Gallery – BH – Brazil Group Exhibition 2014 – September / October – 8th Red bull Station Art Residency Exhibition – SP – Brazil 2014 – July – Open week – International Art Residency JA.CA + FCS – Centre for Contemporary Art and Photography – BH – Brazil 2014 – Nape Arsenale – Imaginary Dialogues – Arte Laguna – Venice – Italy 2012 – "A Partilha" – Oscar Cruz Gallery -‐ Curator: Benedikt Wiertz – São Paulo – Brazil 2012 – Exhibition: “GROUP64 "– Festival of Photography Tiradentes – Brazil 2012 – Segue-‐se ver O que Quisesse -‐ Curator: Joerg Bader – Palácio das Artes – BH – Brazil 2012 – Outdoor Installation – Event: “Noite Branca” – Curators: Francisca Caporali and Fernando Maculan – Org: Clovis Salgado Foundation – BH – Brazil 2012 – Performance with artist the Paul Brusky – Org: EXA – Curator : Marconi Droumond – BH – Brazil 2010 – Skybox Project – Video: untitled experiments – Amsterdam – Nederland
2008 – Arte Pará National Exhibition – Selected work: Drawing: LAB_oratório – Belém – Brazil 2007 – FotoRio – Photo Exhibition: In_Minded Body – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil 2008 – 9th Biennial of Recôncavo Baiano – Photography Awarded – Bahia – Brazil 2004 – 7th Biennial of Reconcavo Baiano – Photo series Pig_industry – Bahia – Brazil 2004 – “Corpo Revelado” – CEMIG Gallery – Curator: Sandra Bianchi – BH – Brazil 2001 – Project – AMTRACK / NASA – Invited Artist – Pittsburg – EUA 2001 –“Human Condition” – Pittsate University – Pittsburg – EUA Artist Residencies 2010 – Atelier # 3 – Casa Tomada – Artist Residency – Sao Paulo – Brazil 2012 – JA.CA – Jardim Canada Centro de Arte – Artist Residency – Belo Horizonte – Brazil 2014 – Deslocamentos ao Centro – Artist Residency – Centre for Contemporary Art and Photography – Org. JA.CA Clóivs Salgado Foundation – Brazil 2014 – Red Bull Station – Artist Residency – São Paulo – Brazil Collaborative Projects Contemporary Dance 2011 – Trama Dance Company – Edinburgh Art Festival – Fringe – Video-‐dance "Pequena Punições Diárias" –-‐ Video artist and Creative Director – Edinburgh – Scotland 2009 – Project: “ORIGAMI” – Creative Director – Trama Cia de Dança – BH – Brazil 2008 – Video-‐dance "Pequena Punições Diárias" -‐ Video artist and Creative Director -‐ Trama Dance Company -‐ Caixa Cultural Award -‐ Curitiba – Brazil 2008 – Transmedia Project: “Poesia para Colorir Papel com Dobra” – Prêmio FUNARTE Klaus Viana – Trama Cia de Dança – Art and Photography Director / – BH/Contagem – Brazil Movie participations 2010 – Best doc. short film – Kansas City Film Festival – Short Film Doc: Chapter XV:12 – Director of photography and camera – KS – USA 2010 – Cannes Film Festival – Film Corner Shot – Short Film: Being Human – Cinematographer, still images, processing and assembling digital imaging – France 2004 – The Kid – Guadalajara Film Festival – Photography director / digital image processing – Director: Fernando Pinheiro Photography 2004/09 – Co-‐founder of the photographic studio Mineral Image – BH -‐ MG – Brazil – www.mineralimage.com Productions 2013-‐ July / August – Director and Co-‐founder – FIF_BH -‐ International Photography Festival of Belo Horizonte / Sponsorship: SESI / CNI -‐ National Confederation of Industry – BH – Brazil – www.fif.art.br 2015 – (Set/Nov) – Director and Co-‐founder – FIF_BH -‐ International Photography Festival of Belo Horizonte – Brazil -‐ www.fif.art.br Press&bibliography Catalogue “Corpo Revelado”, Belo Horizonte, 2004, p.10-‐16
Catalogue“9th Bienal do Recôncavo Baiano”, São Felix, 2009, p.31 Catalogue “Arte Pará”, Belem 2009, p.42 Catalogue “Convivências#3”, São Paulo, 2010, p.12-‐13 Catalogue “Muros-‐Territórios Compartilhados”, Belo Horizonte, 2011, p.42-‐47 Catalogue “Segue-‐se Ver O que Quizesse”, Belo Horizonte, 2012, p.22 Art Blog “Blouin Artinfo”, Brazil, November 22nd 2012 Website “BBC”, Brazil, July 9th 2007 Newspaper “The List”, Edinburgh, July 20th 2011 Newspaper “Metro”, Belo Horizonte, September 11th 2011 Newspaper “O Tempo”, Belo Horizonte, March 25th 2012 Newspaper “Estado de Minas”, Belo Horizonte, March 25th 2012 Newspaper “Estado de Minas”, Belo Horizonte, April 13th 2013 Newspaper “Hoje em Dia”, Belo Horizonte, April 12th 2013 Magazine “VejaBH”, Belo Horizonte, April 24th 2013 Art Magazine “Das Artes”, Nº 29, São Paulo, August/ September 2013 Artist Publication Project “Revista Nuvem – The Alphabet”, Belo Horizonte, 2013, Letter N Made in Mind – Contemporary Art Magazine – UK, May 2014 www.madeinmindmagazine.com -‐ issuu.com/madeinmindmag/docs/made_01 Invited Talks 2014 – EBA – UFMG – Federal University of Minas Gerais – School of Fine Arts – Artist Talk – Portfolio Presentation Lecture. Coordinated by Brígida Campbel – BH – Brazil 2013 – Contemporary Art and Photography Center – Lecture about the exhibition “Imaginary Dialogues” – BH – Brazil 2012 – EXA – Experimental Art Space – Lecture about the work “Prototypes” – BH – Brazil 2012 – VI Graphic Arts Seminars – UFMG – Artist Talk: Poetics of Sound –104 Art Space– BH – Brazil 2011 – UNA – School of Architecture – Lecture about the work “Objeto Experiência”. Coordinated by Breno Silva – BH – Brazil 2011 – EBA – UFMG – Federal University of Minas Gerais – School of Fine Arts – Artist Talk – Photo Portfolio Presentation Lecture. Coordinated by Brígida Campbel – BH – Brazil