Christian Cravo
Biography
Date and Place of Birth: Salvador 13/08/1974
Key Education Dates: self-taught in photgraphy.
Main solo exhbitions:
• Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia. Brazil 1996
• Billedhusets Galeri, Copenhagen 1998
• “Waiting for Redemption” Throckmorton fine arts, New York, U.S.A 2000
• Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Brazil 2000
• “Irredentos” Ministério da Cultura, Foyer da Sala Guimarães Rosa, Brazil 2003
• “Irredentos” Galeria Fidanza, Museu de Arte Sacra do Pará. Belém, Brazil 2003
• “Rome Noire” Leica Gallery, são Paulo, Brazil 2006
• “Espiritoculto” Paulo Darzé galeria de Arte, Brazil 2006
• “Rome Noire” Museu de arte da Bahia, Brazil 2007
• “Waters of Hope” Throckmorton fine arts, New York, U.S.A 2007
• “Waters of Hope” DOMA Gallery, Charlotte, U.S.A 2007
• “Espiritoculto” Conjunto Cultural da Caixa, Brasília, Brazil 2008
• “Espiritoculto” Conjunto Cultural da Caixa, São Paulo, Brazil 2008
• “Irredentos” Encuentros Abiertos, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2008
Selected group shows:
• “Bahia á Paris” Gallerie J&J Donguy, Paris, France 1998
• “Other Contemporary Masters”, Throckmorton fine Arts, New York, USA 1999
• Witkin gallery, New York 1999
• "Does it matter?", Houston Fotofest, Houston, USA 2000
• “2000 mother Jones Award winners”, SF Camera Works Gallery, San Francisco 2000
• “Contemporary Brazilian Art”, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA 2000
• “Acts of faith, contemporary Brazilian photography” Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom 2001
• "H2O", Houston Fotofest, Houston,U.S.A 2004
• “Acts of faith” Noorderlicht festival, Netherlands, EU 2007
• Modern Photographic Exhibition of Brazil, ZAIM center, Yokohama, Japan 2008
Awards & fellowships:
• Award from the Museu de arte Moderna da Bahia, Brazil, 1996
• Mother Jones Fund for Doumentary Photography, U.S.A, 2000
• Bolsa Vitae de Artes, Brazil, 2000
• John Simon Guggenheim fellowship, U.S.A, 2001
• Indicated for the Paul Huff award, Netherlands 2007
• Especial award from the Brazilian Navy “Almirante Tamandaré”, Brazil 2007
• The Amherst collage collaborative production award, U.S.A 2008
Books & catalogs:
• “Irredentos”, Christian Cravo, áries editora New York 2000
• "Roma noire, Vile metisse", editions Autrement , France 2005
• "Espiritoculto", edição Paulo Darzé Galeria de arte, Brazil 2006
Books that include Cravo’s work:
• "Brasil mostra tua cara", 1. Bienal de Curitiba, Brazil, 1996
• "Canudos" Cadernos de Fotografia, Vol. 01, Brazil, 2002
• "Acts of Faith", Brazilian contemporary photography, Pitts River Museum,
• United Kingdom, 2001
• "H2O" HOUSTON FOTO FEST, Houston U.S.A 2004
• FOTO ARTE, Brazil, 2003
• “Mapas Abiertos”, fotografia latino Americana (1991-2002), Spain, E.U
Bibliographical references:
• "Der står et kors", Kristeligt dagblad, Denmark, 1998
• "Rostos em Transe", Walter Salles, Folha de SP, Brazil, 1999
• "Christian Cravo pelo mundo", Revista PHOTOS, edição 100,Brazil, 2002
• Paparazzi, Carlo Cirenza, 2000, São Paulo, Brazil
• "Das incertezas a arte", Revista PHOX, edição 100, Brazil, 2005
• "Christian Cravo na constelação dos Cravos", Revista PHOX, edição 89, Brazil, 2004
• After Image Magazine, Vol 31.5, U.S.A, 2004
• "Imagem da Fé", Estudos Avançados 45, José de Souza Martins, Vol. 16, Brazil 2003
• Extra Camara, Revista de Fotografia, 2003, Venezuela
• "O regionalismo nordestino e suas marcas na
fotografia Brasileira", Brazil, Revista do Patrimonio, 1998
• "Entre dois Cravos", revista Fotosite, 2007, Brazil
• " Dois Cravos" Revista Vogue, edição 347, Brasil, 2007, Brazil
• “Christian Cravo” spotlight article, Black & White photography, issue 57, January 2008, USA
• “Christian Cravo” FOCUS Magazine, issue 16, April 2008, U.S.A
• “ Purification of hope”, Style Monte Carlo, issue 28, April 2008, Monaco
• “O herdeiro dos Cravo”, Revista Muito, issue 3, april 2008, Brazil
Main colletions:
• Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Brazil
• Museu de Arte Moderna de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
• Museu de arte de São Paulo, MASP, Coleção Pirelli, São Paulo, Brazil
• Coleção Gilberto Chateubriand, Brazil
• Musset for Foto kunst, Odense, Denmark
• Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
• John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York, USA
• El Museu del Barrio, New York, USA
City/location where you live and work: Salvador/Brazil
