Cao GUIMARAES

(1965- )
Nationality: Brazilian

Cao Guimarães is a filmmaker and visual artist, born in 1965 in Belo Horizonte, where he lives and works.

His work operates at the intersection of cinema and visual arts. With an intense production since the late 1980s, the artist's works are held in numerous prestigious collections such as the Tate Modern (UK), MoMA and the Guggenheim Museum (USA), Fondation Cartier (France), Colección Jumex (Mexico), Inhotim (Brazil), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Spain), among others.

He has participated in important exhibitions such as the XXV and XXVII International Biennials of São Paulo, Brazil; Insite Biennial 2005, Mexico; Cruzamentos: Contemporary Art in Brazil, USA; Tropicália: The 60s in Brazil, Austria; Sharjah Biennial 11 Film Programme, United Arab Emirates; and Ver é Uma Fábula, Brazil, a retrospective featuring a large part of the artist's works exhibited at Itaú Cultural, in São Paulo.

He has directed twelve feature films: Amizade (2023), Santino (2023), Espera (2018), O Homem das Multidões (2013), Otto (2012), Elvira Lorelay Alma de Dragón (2012), Ex Isto (2010), Andarilho (2007), Acidente (2006), Alma do Osso (2004), Rua de Mão-Dupla (2002), and o Fim do Sem Fim (2001). These films have participated in renowned international festivals such as Cannes, Locarno, Sundance, Venice, Berlin, and Rotterdam.

Retrospectives of his films have been held at MoMA in 2011, Itaú Cultural in 2013, BAFICI (Argentina) and Cinemateca de México in 2014, and EDOC (Ecuador) in 2024. In September 2017, he inaugurated the largest exhibition and retrospective of his work in Europe, at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.

He is represented by Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, and Galerie Xippas (Paris and Montevideo).

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