MANOEL VEIGA
1966, Recife, Brazil
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
1966, Recife, Brazil
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Education
Graduates as an Electronic Engineer from the Federal University of Pernambuco (1989), having been a grantee at the Physics Department for three years. Works at a factory until he discontinues his technical career to devote himself to the Visual Arts (1994). Attends Escolinha de Arte do Recife, a private school of arts for beginners (1994-95), and works under the supervision of Gil Vicente (1995-97). Studies at the French National School of Higher Education in Fine Arts and at the School of the Louvre in Paris, France (1997). Attends and participates in a workshop in New York (1998). In São Paulo, he studies Art History with Rodrigo Naves (1999), Leon Kossovitch (2000/01), and has been engaged in theoretical studies, both with Carlos Fajardo (1999-2002) and with Nuno Ramos (2000).
Awards
2010
• Prize “Artists Showing Abroad” (Fundação Bienal de São Paulo / Ministério da Cultura do Brasil)
• Prêmio Jabuti (Children’s Book Illustration)
2006
• Menção Especial (Bienal do recôncavo)
• Flamboyant Prize (Salão Nacional de Arte de Goiás)
Grants
2005
• Thénot Foudation France
Artist in Residence Programs
2005
• Marnay Art Center Marnay-Sur-Seine France
2002
• Freie Kunstschule Berlin Berlin Germany
• “Faxinal das Artes” Faxinal do Céu Paraná Brazil
Works in Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães (MAMAM), Recife PE Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Curitiba PR Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiânia GO Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art - USP, São Paulo SP Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sorocaba SP Brazil
Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Recife PE Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba PR Brazil
SESC, Recife Pernambuco Brazil
Videos
2019
• Interview with Manoel Veiga for the TV series “Encontra” from Arte 1 channel.
Film direction of Gisele Kato and Ricardo Sêco.
Duration of 25 minutes.
2018
• Interview with Manoel Veiga for the TV series “Artist's Studio” from Bravo! Magazine.
Film direction of Henk Nieman. Duration of 5 minutes.
2017
• Interview with Manoel Veiga for the TV series “First Time” from Arte 1 channel.
Film direction of Gisele Kato. Duration of 5 minutes.
2011
• Documentary film about Manoel Veiga for the TV series “Visual Arts” from SESC TV, produced by Documenta Video Brasil. Film direction of Cacá Vicalvi. Duration of 24 minutes.
Books/Publicactions
2023
• “Cartographies of nonexistent worlds”; Agnaldo Farias, Andrzej Herczyński, Diego Matos and Heloisa Espada. São Paulo: Ipsis Editions.
2021
• "Appropriation in Manoel Veiga's Dark Matter series: photography, science and Caravaggio”; Jamile Siliane da Silva. Master's thesis at the State University
of Santa Catarina.
2019
• “Dark Matter”; Agnaldo Farias, Bianca Dias, David Barro, Galciani Neves. Rio de Janeiro: Barléu Editions.
2017
• “Manoel Veiga”; Agnaldo Farias, Christine Frérot, David Barro and others. São Paulo: Dardo Editions.
2007
• “Languages”; Dominique Berthé. Recife: Prefeitura do Recife, 2007.
• “The Turning Point Generation, 10+1: the recent years of brazilian art”; Agnaldo Farias and Moacir dos Anjos. São Paulo: Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2007.
Solo Exhibitions
2022
• Contemporary Art Museum of USP SP (curated by Heloisa Espada)
• Dan Gallery Interior Votorantim SP (curated by Camila Bechelany)
2019
• Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (essay by Steffen Dengler)
• Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes Rio de Janeiro RJ (curated by Agnado Farias)
2018
• Galeria Alfinete Brasília DF
2017
• Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (essay by Steffen Dengler)
• Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba PR (curated by Galciani Neves)
2015
• Mezanino Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
• Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany
2013
• Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany
• Espaço Tardanza Curitiba PR
• One Artist Show Karlsruhe Art Fair (Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery) Karlsruhe Germany
2012
• Dumaresq Art Gallery Recife PE
2011
• D’Est et D’Ouest Gallery Paris France (essay by Christine Frérot)
2010
• Dengler Und Dengler Gallery Stuttgart Germany (essay by Martina Merklinger)
• Nara Roesler Gallery São Paulo SP (essay by Pedro França)
2009
• Contemporary Art Museum of Paraná Curitiba PR
• Centro Cultural do Gasômetro Porto Alegre RS
• Dumaresq Art Gallery Recife PE (essay by Clarissa Diniz)
2007
• Murillo La Greca Museum Recife PE (essay by Adolfo Montejo Navas)
2006
• Ateliêaberto Campinas SP
2005
• Dumaresq Art Gallery Recife PE
• Virgílio Art Gallery São Paulo SP (essay by Manoel Veiga)
2004
• ARCO Florianópolis SC
2003
• Dumaresq Art Gallery Recife PE
• Paço das Artes São Paulo SP (essay by Guy Amado)
2002
• Espaço Virgílio São Paulo SP (essay by Tatiana Ferraz)
2001
• Dumaresq Art Gallery Recife PE
• Centro Cultural de São Francisco João Pessoa PB
2000
• Joaquim Nabuco Foundation Recife PE (essay by Moacir dos Anjos)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
• “Acervo Rotativo” Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto SP (curated by Laerte Ramos)
2023
• “Acervo Rotativo” Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba Sorocaba SP (curated by Laerte Ramos)
• ArtRio Art Fair Rio de Janeiro RJ
• "The contemporary at MACS" Sesc Sorocaba Sorocaba SP (curated by Allan Yzumizawa)
• “Summer of painting” Dengler Und Dengler Gallery Stuttgart Germany
• “Painting thinking - with Frantz” Ocre Galeria Porto Alegre RS (essay by André Severo)
• “A medida do olhar” Gaby Indio da Costa Arte Contemporânea Rio de Janeiro RJ (curated by Isabel Portella)
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
2022
• “20 years of Faxinal das Artes” Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná Curitiba PR (curated by Jhon Voese)
• “One black and white collection” Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba Sorocaba SP
• ArtSampa Art Fair São Paulo SP
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• “Espelho Labirinto”, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil Brasília DF (curated by Vicente de Mello and Aldones Nino)
2021
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
2020
• “What is root and not vertex”, Galeria Base São Paulo SP (curated by Paulo Azeco)
• “Bilder des monats 2020 + ” Galeria Dengler Und Dengler Stuttgart Alemanha (curated by Steffen Dengler)
• ArtRio Art Fair Rio de Janeiro RJ
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• “Retrospective 2019”, Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes Ipanema Rio de Janeiro RJ
2019
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
2018
• “Alinhamento” Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (curated by Martina Merklinger)
• “The Vastness of Maps” Museu Universitário de Arte Uberlândia MG (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
• “The Vastness of Maps” Palacete das Artes Salvador BA (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
• “10 Jahre” Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
2017
• "Form in Art: Art of Form" Issac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences Cambridge England (curated by Barry Phipps)
• "Contraponto – Sérgio Carvalho's collection" Museu Nacional da República Brasília DF (curated by Tereza de Arruda)
• "Light = Matter - museum's collection" Museu Oscar Niemeyer Curitiba PR
• "Library of love" Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati USA
• “Na oração, que desaterra... a terra” Museu Oscar niemeyer Curitiba PR
• “The Vastness of Maps” Museu Oscar niemeyer Curitiba PR (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
• “MAC USP in th 21st century: the era of artists” MAC USP SãoPaulo SP (curated by Katia Canton)
• “Photo-Paged” Centre de la Photographie Genève Switzerland (curated by Denise Gadelha)
2016
• “Mapas, Cartas, Guias e Portulanos” Sala Santander São Paulo SP (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
• “The best of everyone” Mezanino Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Renato de Cara)
2015
• “MATERIAL” Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (curated by Steffen Dengler)
• "Painting Bienale" Virgílio Art Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Ricardo Ramalho)
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• "Dreams dealers" Mezanino Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Renato de Cara)
2014
• “Desencaixe” Galeria Quarta Parede São Paulo SP (curated by Manoel Veiga)
• “Double gaze – the Sergio Carvalho collection” Paço das Artes São Paulo SP (curated by Denise Mattar)
• “Surveys, sketches and poetics trials about architecture and related territories” Galeria Carbono São Paulo SP (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
2013
• “MACS building a collection” Museum of Contemporary Art of Sorocaba Sorocaba SP (curated by Fabio Magalhães)
• "The acquired image” Museum of Contemporary Art of Goiás Goiânia GO (curated by Gilmar Camilo)
• ARTIGO Rio - Contemporary Art Fair Rio de Janeiro RJ
• "Tomie Ohtake - Correspondências" Tomie Ohtake Institute São Paulo SP (curadted by Agnaldo Farias and Paulo Miyada)
• “SPECTRUM” Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (curated by Steffen Dengler)
2012
• “2012: propositions about the future” Museum of Contemporary Art of Curitiba Curitiba PR (curated by Stephanie Dahn Batista)
• “Figure, Landscape and Still-life” Galeria de Artes SESC Petrolina PE (essay by Maria do Carmo Nino)
• “Intriscidades” Galeria Quarta Parede São Paulo SP (curated by Claudio Matsuno)
São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• “Schwarz” Dengler Und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany
2011
• “Hunting Territory” Zipper Art Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Mario Gioia)
• “Coletiva +” Galeria de Babel São Paulo SP
• ART.FAIR 21 Koln Germany
• “Figure, Landscape and Still-life” SESC Casa Amarela Art Gallery Recife PE (essay by Maria do Carmo Nino)
• “Eflúvios artificiais para mulheres abstratas – Daniel Santiago” Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães Recife PE (curated by the group PIA)
• Cult Gallery Recife PE (curated by Beth da Matta)
• “Blue Connection” Museum of Contemporary Art of Sorocaba Sorocaba SP
• “Blue Connection” Espaço Líbero Badaró São Paulo SP
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• Karlsruhe Art Fair Karlsruhe Germany
2010
• ART.FAIR 21 Koln Germany
• “Autoportrait” Alfredo Andersen Museum Curitiba PR (curated by Andréia Las)
• “Blue Connection” Familie Montez Kunstverein Frankfurt Germany
• “Recortes Afetivos” Adalice Araújo Gallery-UTP Curitiba PR
• São Paulo Art Fair (SP Arte) São Paulo SP
• Karlsruhe Art Fair Karlsruhe Germany
2009
• “Graphias – se assim somos, que assim sejamos” Memorial da América Latina São Paulo SP (curated by Saulo di Tarso)
• Zurich Contemporary Art Fair Zurich Switzerland
• “Action Painting Today” Dengler und Dengler Art Gallery Stuttgart Germany (curated by Steffen Dengler)
• Buenos Aires Contemporary Art Fair (ArteBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
2008
• “Tangências” Casa do Olhar Santo André SP (curated by Saulo di Tarso)
• “Recife Photo Show” State Museum of Pernambuco Recife PE
• “Garanhuns Shows Photo” Winter Festival of Garanhuns Garanhuns PE
• “Lado B – Arrudeia” Murillo La Greca Museum Recife PE
• “Arte Pela Amazonia” Fundação Bienal de São Paulo São Paulo SP
• “Lightness and Roughness of the Line” Nara Roesler Gallery São Paulo SP (curated by Agnaldo Farias)
2007
• “Contemporary Painting or ut pictura diversitas” Memorial da América Latina São Paulo SP (curated by Saulo di Tarso)
• “The Moebius strip or the limits of painting” Centro Cultural Parque de Espanha Rosario Argentina (curated by Claudia Laudano)
• “Languages” Torre Malakoff Recife PE (curated by Domnique Berthé)
• Buenos Aires Contemporary art fair (ArteBA) Buenos Aires Argentina
2006
• “Urban Intervenções – Garanhuns Winter Festival” Garanhuns PE
• “VIII Bienal do Recôncavo” Centro Cultural Dannemann São Félix BA
• “Turning point Generation – 10+1: the recent years of brazilian art” Tomie Ohtake Institute São Paulo SP (curated by Agnaldo Farias and Moacir dos Anjos)
• Salão Nacional de Arte de Goiás Goiânia GO
2005
• “BR 2005” Virgílio Art Gallery São Paulo SP
• Marnay Art Center Marnay-Sur-Seine França
2004
• "Narratives” Centro Cultural de São Francisco João Pessoa PB
• “Title of a painting” AteliêAberto Campinas SP (curated by Samanta Moreira)
• “New acquisitions” Museum of Modern Art Aloísio Magalhães Recife PE (curated by Moacir dos Anjos)
• “Painting vs. Photography” Paço das Artes São Paulo SP (curated by Ricardo Ramalho)
• “Lord Palace Hotel” São Paulo SP
• “Another place” Galeria Virgílio São Paulo SP
• “Home with no walls” Bombaim India
• “More then 3” Metropolitan Museum of Curitiba PR
• “São Paulo 450 years” SESC Pompéia São Paulo SP
2003
• “Salão Arte Pará” Rômulo Maiorana Foudatiom Belém PA
• “XI Salão Municipal de Artes Plásticas” João Pessoa PB
• “Between Black and White” House of Latin American Culture Brasília DF (curated by Walton Hoffmann)
• “Plurality in Brazilian art” Art and research Gallery/UFES Vitória ES (curated by Shirley Paes Leme)
2002
• “28 (+) Painting” Espaço Virgílio São Paulo SP
• “Faxinal das Artes” Museum of Contemporary Art of Curitiba Curitiba PR
• Freie Kunstschule Berlin Berlin Germay
1999
• Rumos Visuais Project (Itaú Cultural), Selected to be part of a virtual data base of new Brazilian talents
1998
• “IV Salão UNAMA de Pequenos Formatos” Art Gallery of the University of Amazônia (UNAMA) Belém PA
• “Intrudo V” Espaço Cultural Bandepe Recife PE
• “VIII Salão Municipal de Artes Plásticas” São Francisco Cultural Center João Pessoa PB
1997
• “VIII Salão Municipal dos Novos” Museu Nacional do Mar São Francisco do Sul SC
• “O Papel da Arte V” Espaço Cultural Bandepe Recife PE
1994
• “1o Salão de Arte dos Novos” State Museum of Pernambuco Recife PE