BIOGRAPHY
Randolpho Lamonier was born in 1988 in Contagem, Brazil and graduated from the School of Fine Arts at UFMG. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and internationally at venues including Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL; United Nations Plaza, New York, NY; Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Miami, FL; Museum of Israeli Cinema, Tel Aviv, Israel; and Hangar, Barcelona, Spain among others. His work is included in the collections of Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; Museu Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil; Museu da Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil; and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.
EDUCATION
Visual Arts degree from Escola de Belas Artes/UFMG, Brazil
[Fine Arts School at the Federal University of Minas Gerais]
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
My Kind Of Dirty, In Conversation with Maxwell Alexandre and Raphael Fonseca, Fort Gansevoort (online exhibition)
Megazord Codename Hope, Espaço C.A.M.A., São Paulo, Brazil
2018
It’s Late and it’s Raining, but Rats are Not Afraid of the Dark, Zipper Galleria, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
Vigília, Galeria Genesco Murta - Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2016
Carbon 14, Centro Cultural Francisco Firmo de Matos, Contagem, Brazil
2014
Diaries in Combustion, Galeria Orlando Lemos, Nova Lima, Brazil
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Arte Subdesenvolvida (Underdeveloped Art Exhibition), Banco do Brasil Cultural Center São Paulo (BBCCSP), São Paulo, Brazil
2023-2024
Spin A Yarn, Another Space, New York, NY
2022
Who tells a tale adds a tail: Latin America and contemporary art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2020
AGAINST, AGAIN: Art Under Attack in Brazil, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
Tomorrow Will Be Another Day, Studio Ivan Argote, Paris, France
What I Really Want to Tell You, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Carioca House, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thundercage: Lucas Kroeff and Randolpho Lamonier, Thundercage, Aubevilliers, France
Education By Stone, Museu Paranaense, Curitiba, Brazil
2019
15th Biennale de Lyon: Young International Creation, Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, Lyon, France
36th Panorama of Brazilian Art: Sertão, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
What I really want to tell you…, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Miami, FL
RECIPES FOR A B_R_Z_L_ ?, Spring/Break Art Show, New York, NY
Education By Stone, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
2018
Art Democracy Utopia – To Fight or Fall, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MITOMOTIM, Galpão Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Republic of The Cobra (with Thiago Martins de Melo), Periscópio Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2017
We Live From Diversity, Periscópio Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Objects of Nature, Espai Ateliê, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
No One Will Tell Me Who I Am or Who I Have Been, Galeria Mama Cadela, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Naïfs Biennial of Brazil, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
Everything Is a Tangent, Memorial Minas Gerais Vale, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Bad Video Art Festival, Moscow, Russia
Fictions- Photography Beyond The Real, Festival Foto em Pauta, Tiradentes, Brazil
2016
AVI — Art Video International, Museum of Israeli Cinema, Tel Aviv, Israel
Photo Invasion, RedBull Station, São Paulo, Brazil
Camelo Festival of Contemporary Art, Galpão Paraíso, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Videoformes International Digital Arts Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Naïfs Biennial of Brazil, SESC Piracicaba, Brazil
Error Process - Festival de Video Experimental, Valparaíso, Chile
Almost Porn, Galeria Mama Cadela, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Coloque um Título Aqui, Viaduto das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2015
BÂNGALA: YAKÃ AYÊ, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Turbid Narratives, Galeria Orlando Lemos, Nova Lima, Brazil
A Bit of Us, Museu de Arte da UFPA, Belém do Pará, Brazil
Alex Rosa – The Inventor of Shapes, Galeria Chimera Cultural, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2014
Disenchantment – Contemporary Mining Photography, Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2013
The Enemy and The Camera, Forum Doc BH, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Deriva VII, Centro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
30/1, EXA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Shared Spaces of the Image – International Festival of Photography, Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Memory of the House: From the Inside and Outside, EXA- Espaço Experimental de Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2012
Week of Photography of Belo Horizonte, Espaço 104, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Mostra!, Centro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Salle d’attente, Urban intervention, Paris, France
100 Artists, Centro Cultural Francisco Firmo de Matos, Contagem, Brazil
AWARDS
2020
PIPA Prize winner
RESIDENCIES
2018
Valongo Festival Internacional da Imagem Residency, Santos, Brazil
2016
Casa Camelo Residency, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, October–November
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Inhotim Museum, Brumadinho, Brazil
Instituto PIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil
Museu da Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
Museum of Art of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, Belém, Brazil
PUBLICATIONS
2022
Fonseca, Raphael. Who Tells a Tale Adds a Tail. Denver: Denver Art Museum, 2022.
2020
Osorio, Luiz C. Pipa Prize: The Window into Brazilian Contemporary Art 2020, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto PIPA, 2020.
2019
Rebouças, Júlia. Sertão: 36o Panorama Da Arte Brasileira. São Paulo: Museu de Moderna de São Paulo, 2019.
PRESS
2024
Kinselle, Eileen “A Sharp New Show Highlights The Many Ways Artists Have Woven Meaning Into Textiles.” Art Net. May 23.
2023
Zubizaretta, Denise. “Latinidad On Its Own Terms.” Hyperallergic. February 8.
2022
“Discover Works From 19 Cutting-Edge Artists in a New Exhibition at the Denver Art Museum.” 303 Magazine. August 5.
2021
Lizana, Nadia. “Randolpho Lamonier: My Kind of Dirty.” Artishock Revista. December 5.
Capobianco, Marcela. “Mostra no Paço Imperial reúne os grandes vencedores do Prêmio Pipa.” Veja Rio. August.
Quintáns, Carmen. “Randolpho Lamonier nos enseña el lugar que detesta amar.” Neo2. March 26.
2020
"CONVERSATION BETWEEN LUIZ CAMILLO OSORIO AND RANDOLPHO LAMONIER.” PIPA. November 23.
"Museu Paranaense traz mostra em parceria com a Fundação Joaquim Nabuco.” Paraná. November 18.
“FINALISTS TAKEOVER 2020: RANDOLPHO LAMONIER.” PIPA. October 23.
"Randolpho Lamonier cria estandarte às avessas em série de arte pela democracia.“ Folha de S.Paulo. August 28.
Yunes, Camila. "Conheça os quatro finalistas do Prêmio Pipa.“ Vogue Brasil. August 21.
2019
Laporte, Arnaud. "Arts Plastiques: Spéciale Biennale de Lyon ‘La ou les eaux se mêlent.’" France Culture. September 18.
Redação. "Improvisação como método." arte brasileiros. September 15.
Andrei Siquara, Carlos. "Randolpho Lamonier amplia seu raio de ação no cenário das artes visuais.” Otempo. June 3.
Ingo Lenx Dunker, Christian. "Desalentos e recomeços." Select. May 20.
Rassy, Gabriela. "SP-Arte ocupa jardins e Bienal do Ibirapuera fortalecendo arte latino-americana.” Hypeness. March.
ANDREI SIQUARA, CARLOS. "Artista de Contagem tem obra comprada e doada para Pinacoteca de SP.” Otempo. March 04.
2018
"MELHORES DE 2018.” Select. December 19.
2017
Malta, Jessica. “ARTEMINAS reúne obras de quatro notáveis artistas mineiros no Palácio das Artes. ” Hoje Em Dia. August 30.