Caetano Dias
His work does not favour any specific medium or technique. He works with video, painting, three-dimensional works, multimedia installations and digital photography.
He has had numerous solo exhibitions at the MAM/BA in Salvador (1995); the Paulo Darzé art gallery, Salvador (1999 and 2010); the Casa de Las Américas, Havana, Cuba (2001); the Temporada de Projetos at the Paço das Artes in São Paulo (2002); the ICBA - Instituto Cultural Brasil-Alemanha, Salvador (2001); Paço das Artes, São Paulo; Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo; MAM/BA, Salvador (2002); MAM/RJ, Rio de Janeiro (2003); Paço das Artes, São Paulo (2004); MAC/CE, Fortaleza (2010); Centre Cultural Yves Alves, Tiradentes (2013), among others.
He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including ‘The Brazilian Northeast Contemporary Art’ at Liberty St. Gallery, New York and the third MAM-Bahia show at MAM/BA, Salvador. Gallery, New York and the third MAM-Bahia show at MAM/BA, Salvador (1996); ‘Metacorpos’ at Paço das Artes, São Paulo (2003); ‘Baroque Strategies: Brazilian Contemporary Art’ at the Metropolitan Cultural Centre, Quito, Ecuador (2004); “The Body in Brazilian Contemporary Art” at Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2005); “Por um fio” at Paço das Artes, São Paulo and “Art Supernova” at Art Basel Miami, USA (2007); ‘Interconnect - Between Attention and Immersion’ at the ZKM Centre for Art and Media, Bradenburg, Germany (2006); “Por um fio” at Paço das Artes in São Paulo and “Art Supernova” at Art Basel Miami in Miami, USA; ‘Paisagens Oblíquas’ at the Berardo Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal and the exhibition “Continents à La derive” at the CRAC Languedoc-Roussilon in Sète, France (2009); “Tékhne” at the MAB/FAAP in São Paulo and “Ponto de Equilibrio” at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo (2010); ‘Da solidão do lugar a um horizonte de fugas’ at the Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon, Portugal (2012); “Do Valongo à Favela - Imaginário e periferia” at the Rio Art Museum,Rio de Janeiro and “Frestas - I Trienal de artes Visuais” at the SESC in Sorocaba, SP (2014); “Porque Somos Elas e Eles” at Galeria Blau Projects, São Paulo (2016); ’Axé Bahia :
‘Da solidão do lugar a um horizonte de fugas’ at the Berardo Collection Museum, Lisbon, Portugal (2012); “Do Valongo à Favela - Imaginário e periferia” at the Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro and “Frestas - I Trienal de artes Visuais” at the SESC in Sorocaba, SP (2014); “Porque Somos Elas e Eles” at Galeria Blau Projects, São Paulo (2016); “Axé Bahia : The Power of Art in an Afro-Brazilian Metropolis” at the Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, USA and “Negros Indícios” at Caixa Cultural São Paulo (2017).
He has also taken part in a number of art fairs, including the International Art Fair in Miami, Florida; the first Buenos Aires International Art Biennial at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Argentina; the 3rd Mercosur Visual Arts Biennial in Porto Alegre, RS; the 8th Bahia Fair, at the MAM/BA, Salvador; the 5th Barro de América Biennial, Maracaibo, Venezuela; the 29th Panorama of Brazilian Art, at the MAM/SP, São Paulo; the 4th Valencia Biennial in Spain and the 16th Cerveira Art Biennial, in Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.
In 2000, Caetano Dias was awarded the FICC/BA - ABCV prize at the 7th Bahia Salon at the MAM/BA in Salvador for his feature film ‘Rabeca’. In 2007, in France, he was awarded the Le Fresnoy prize for audiovisual creation as part of the Videobrasil residency programme for his film ‘Canto Doce Pequeno Labirinto’.
