Born in 1957, Brazilian nationality
Lives and works in Geneva and São Paulo

EDUCATION

1979 - 83
Faculdade de Artes Plásticas da Fundação Armando
Alvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo
1988 - 91
Ecole Supérieure d'Art Visuel (ESAV), Geneva
Studio of Carmen Perrin, Geneva

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2003
Auto Psi, performance and film with Michel Favre, SESC, São Paulo
Resistencias, Galeria Mercedes Viegar Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro
2002
Novidades Revistas, Paço das Artes, São Paulo
Les Nouvelles, dot galerie, Geneva
1998
vulnerables, 24e Int'l Biennale of São Paulo
1996
AllerReTour, 4e Int'l Studio of Images Technologies, SESC Pompeïa, São Paulo
1991
Pinturas, Galerie Mercato del Sale, Milan
Live Vests, Galerie Unicamp, Université de Campinas, São Paulo
1989
For your Safety, Galerie Andata-Ritorno, Geneva
7/R3, Tour of São Paulo, 20e Int'l Biennale of São Paulo
1988
7/R3, Tour of Geneva, Ilôt 13, Geneva
1987
Tours du Monde, Galerie Care Off, Geneva
Histoire d'amour, Museum of Art of São Paulo
Aller/Re-Tour, Friedman-Guiness Gallery, Heidelberg
1986
Peinture en vidéo, Galeria Monica Filgueiras de Almeida, São Paulo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004
Mais a sul, Culturgest Lisbon, Portugal
Collection M.+M. Auer, Musée d'art et d' Histoire, Geneva
2003
Quiosco Cultural, 8th biennale of Cuba
Turbulents, dot galerie, Geneva
Art et Sport dans la Société Contemporaine, Art for the World, Geneva
Interfaces Contemporaneas, MAC USP 40 anos, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo
Y'A PAS PHOTO, dot galerie, Geneva
I semi di Joseph Beuys, Artandgallery, Milano. Curated by manuela Gandini
2002
Noviembre Publico, Ugo Martinez Gallery, New York. Curated by Antonio Zaya
Kiosque à culture, Sion, Switzerland.
FEMMES.FEMMES, Galerie d'Art des Bouches-du-Rhône, Aix-en-Provence.
Curated by Michelle Auer,
2001
ROUGE, dot galerie, Geneva
Five Easy Pieces, dot galerie, Basel
2000
Playgrounds & Toys for Refugee Children, Int'l Red Cross Museum, Geneva; Museum Hendrick-Christian Andersen, Rome; United Nations, New York; Musée Cantonal de Lugano; Yerevan, Armenia, La Manufacture des Oeillets, Paris. Org. by Art for the World
1998
AllerReTour, 2e Int'l Festival of video of Salvador, Fundação Cultural de Salvador
Laboratoire - Fiteiro Cultural, 15 swiss artists in João Pessoa, Brésil
Org. by Pro Helvetia
1998 The Edge of Awareness - vulnerables, WHO Headquarter, Geneva ;
WHO building, New York ; SESC Pompeia, São Paulo ; New Delhi
For the 50th anniversary of the World Health Organization
Org. by Art for the World
1997
Confrontations, Musée de Nyon, Switzerland
1996
Essais - Galerie Alexandre Mottier, Geneva
1996
écran total - 27 artists, Musée du Léman and Nyon swimming pool, Switzerland
1995
TELECOM 95 - Interaction of 10 artists on the Swiss stand, Geneva
1994
MIGRAÇÕES - 17 Swiss artists in São Paulo,
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo.
1993
Migrations à travers les codes internationaux, Aphone, Geneva
1991
Expo-Sida, Galerie Aphone, L'Usine, Geneva
Supercondutores, Galerie Ovidio, São Paulo
1989
Art Museum Project, Metropolitan Mudanças, São Paulo
1988
Travel Stop See/Say, Galerie N29, Menuiserie Ilôt 13, Ruine, Geneva
1985
Contemporary Painting in São Paulo, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Parana,
1984
Proposition for the 80s, Pinacothèque de São Paulo, São Paulo
Art in the Street, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo and
Center of Advertising Billboards Centrale, São Paulo
1983
Primeira Mao, Young Art Fair, Cultural Center Brazil/USA, Santos
2nd Exhibition of Contemporary Art of São Paulo,
Foundation of the Biennale of São Paulo, Cultural Chamber Award
1982
1st Free Exhibition, Foundation Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo
1st Contemporary Art Fair of São Paulo, Foundation of the Biennale of São Paulo

COLLECTIONS

Culturgest, Lisboa, Portugal
Museums of the state of Vallis, Switzerland
Pepe Cobo, Valencia, Spain
Brazilian Art Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Art of São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo, Brazil
Foundation of the Biennale of São Paulo, Brazil
Contemporary Art Funds of the state of Geneva, Switzerland
Museum of Contemporary Art of Curitiba, Brazil

PUBLICATIONS

2003 Atlantica, no. 34
Novidades Revistas, Paço das Artes, São Paulo - exhibition catalog
2002 Femmes.Femmes. Michelle Auer - exhibition catalog
Art for the World 1996 - 2002, Geneva
Temporary Autonomous Museum for All, by Maria Papdimitriou, for the
25th Int'l Biennale of São Paulo, Hellenic Ministry of Culture - exhibition catalog
1998 24e Int'l Biennale of São Paulo - exhibition catalog
The Edge of Awareness, Art for The World - exhibition catalog
1997 Confrontations - historical Museum of Nyon, Switzerland - exhibition catalog
1994 MIGRAÇÕES - 17 Swiss artists in São Paulo - exhibition catalog
1989 Art Museum Project, São Paulo - exhibition catalog
1989 20e Int'l Biennale of São Paulo - exhibition catalog
1987 Museum of Art of São Paulo - individual catalog
1985 Contemporary Painting in São Paulo, Brazilian Art Museum - exhibition catalog
1984 Proposition for the 80s, São Paulo - exhibition catalog
1984 Art in the Street, Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo - exhibition catalog

Curatorial work

1996 BRASMITTE, Swiss participation: Georges Descombes, André Iten,
Bernard Fibicher, Michel Favre. Goethe Institut of São Paulo
DEVOTIONALIA, Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg, MAMCO, Geneva
Geraldo de Barros, Precursor - desenhos, gravuras e fotografias,
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
1994 MIGRAÇÕES - 17 Swiss artists in São Paulo
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, Museu da Imagem e do Som, Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Geraldo de Barros, fotógrafo, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo
Geraldo de Barros, FOTOFORMAS, publication, São Paulo
1993 Geraldo de Barros, photographies, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
Migrations à travers les codes internationaux, Galerie Aphone, Geneva
1992 Visual Poetry, group show, Ovidio Galerie, São Paulo
1991 Geraldo de Barros, paintings, Galerie Mercato del Sale, Milan
Geraldo de Barros "O Espaço do Artista Quando Jovem", Paço das Artes,São Paulo
1987 Geraldo de Barros, paintings, Galerie Tschudi, Glaris