MÁRIOMACILAU

Galeria Belo-GalstererRua Castilho 71, RC, Esq.1250-068 Lisboa - Portugal

www.belogalsterer.comgaleria@belogalsterer.com+351-213815914

VITAMário MacilauNasceu em Maputo, Moçambique (1984), onde vive e trabalha. | Born in Maputo, Mozambique (1984), where he lives and works.www.mariomacilau.com

FORMAÇÃO | EDUCATIONCentre for Photographic education and documentation, Maputo, Mozambique

PRÉMIOS E BOLSAS | AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS2016“Foreign Policy” award, US Government, Washington, USA2015Scholarship African Arts Centre of Johannesburg for a residency in Miami (Dec. 2015)2013UNESCO Brasil Aschberg, Award for Fine Arts, Brazil20121st Award The Protection Project, Photography Contest, Washington DC, USAVISA pour la Création , Residency from L’Institut Franceis, Paris, FranceAIR 2012 (Artist in Residency) by Kuona Trust, Nairobi, QuéniaCrossing Point Residency Program during the festival Rencontres d’Arles 2012, FranceShortlisted for Prix Pictet 2012Photographers’ Portfolio Meeting - organized by Goethe Institut Johanesburg, South Africa2011Finalist Hasselblad MasterShortlisted for BES Photo 2011, Lisbon-São Paulo3rd Award Stiftung EVZ (Fundação EV), 8th Photography Competition3rd Award Bienal TDM, Maputo, MZAward “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, SpainProgram Artist in residency, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South AfricaCACAU Casa das Artes Criação Ambiente Utopias, São Tomé2009Shortlisted for Unicef Photo of The YearHonorable Mention – Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique1st Award – Amandla Magazine, Joanesburgo, South Africa2nd Award – Festival da Baia, Maputo, Mozambique

RESIDÊNCIAS | RESIDENCIES2016Residência Artística FAAP, Fundação Armando Alvares Pentado, São Paulo, Brasil

BIENAIS | BIENNIALS201556ª Bienal de Veneza | 56th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS | SOLO EXHIBITIONS2016Solo Project, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, PortugalRostos e Espaços, Espaço Luanda Arte, Luanda, AngolaVOLTA NY, New York, USA2015Nada como o Tempo, Galeria e Associação Kulungwana, Maputo, MozambiqueDiscovery 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 Kingdom2014Fora da Cidade / Out of Town, Blank Projects, South AfricaMoments of Transition, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, part of the 2nd Ed. of Festival Encontros da Imagem em Lisboa 2013Destino Irónico, ICMA/ Goethe Zentrum, Joanesburgo, South AfricaTempo, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, PortugalEsquecidos, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique 2012Taking Place, Gallery Influx Contemporary, Lisbon, Portugal2011Life goes on, Mediateca do BCI, Maputo, MozambiqueWood and Deforestation, Kokopelli Festival 2011, Belgium2009Terra de Boa Gente, Instituto Camões, Maputo , Mozambique

EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS | GROUP EXHIBITIONS2016LAGOSPHOTO Festival, Lagosphoto Foundation, NigeriaThe CERA PROJECT, London, UKMaking Africa. A Continent of Contemporary Design, CCCB - Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain201556th BIENNALE of Venice, ItalyFototrienale Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Making Africa - a contintent of contemporary design, Vitra Museum, Weil am Rhein, GermanyInconTRAART / EnconTRAART - 40 Anos da Independência de Moçambique, Villa Casalegno - Galleria d’Arte Contempora-nea, Comune di Pianezza, Italy2014Bienal Foto Fest 2014, Houston, USAARCO Madrid, with Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Madrid, Spain Paperworks, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, Portugal2013Exhibition of the 9th Edition of Rencontres de Bamako, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PortugalJoburg Art Fair, with the project “Tempo Real Time”, Joanesburgo, South AfricaTempo Real Time, Galeria Kulungwana, Maputo, MozambiqueARTICULATE, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United KingdomNATURA, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga, Portugal Private Lifes, Centro Cultural de Cascais CCC, Cascais, Portugal Viver Neste Mundo, exhibitions galleries at Banco BCI, Maputo, Mozambique2012Expo Photo, Fondation Blachère, Paris, France Convergências, Alliance Franceise, Madrid, Spain & King’s Place, London, United KingdomDak’art Biennial OFF 2012, Dakar, SenegalCrossing Point Residency, Les Rencontres d’Arles 2012, France

2011Africa. 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, ItalyBESPhoto, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR / BESPhoto, Berardo Museum Collection, Lisbon, PortugalBIENAL de São Tomé 2011, Island of São Tomé RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO, 2011, Mali Common Language, Miguel Amado, for Collection PLMJ, Lisbon, PortugalHasselblad 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, Germany2010 Africa. See me, see you! , Pavilhão Preto, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, PortugalFestival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, Tarifa, SpainVI Certamen de Fotografia Digital, Santa Lucia, Spain32ste Internationaal Fotofestival, Knokke-Heist, BélgicaLagos Photo, Lagos, NigériaMulheres e Fronteiras - Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, MozambiqueDockanema Film Festival, Maputo, MozambiqueBamako – Maputo, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, Mozambique FotoArt, Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano, Maputo, MozambiqueGwanza Photo Festival, Museu Nacional de Arte de Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe2009Bienal da TDM, Museu de Arte, Maputo, MozambiqueGwanza Photo Festival, National Art Gallery Harare, Harare, ZimbabweMonth of Photography, Cape Town, South AfricaCozinhas Ambulantes, Centro de Formação e Documentação Fotográfica, Maputo, MozambiqueFinalista do “UNICEF PHOTO OF THE YEAR”

COLECÇÕES | COLLECTIONSDaimler Art Collection, Stuttgart- Berlin, GermanySaatchi Collection, United Kingdom Fondation Blachère, Paris, FranceAAF African Artists’ Foundation, Lagos, NigeriaFrench Embassy, Maputo, MozambiqueCollection PLMJ, Lisbon, PortugalCollection José Lima e Norlinda, S. João da Madeira, Portugal & important private collections from Africa, France and Portugal.

TEXTOS | TEXTSCATÁLOGOS e Ensaios | CATALOGUES and Essays(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, Portu-gal, 2013.

Forti, Micol: “La Genesi delli Immagini tra parola e materia: un dinamismo dialettico a tre voci”, in: (Cat.) In Principio... la Parolesi 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 MárioMacilau”, 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

William Kremer: “Mario Macilau: The street child who became a top photographer”, in: BBC News, Magazine, September 2015 (56º Biennal de Veneza 2015)

Rita Bertrand: “Mário Macilau, um olhar moçambicano no Alentejo”, in Revista Sábado, Gps, 2015 (Trienal no Alentejo)

Visão Se7e, April 2015 (Trienal no Alentejo)

Domus Design, 2016