Artist's arttributes:
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Video |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Brazil | 22 |
| Spain | 12 |
| Germany | 10 |
| France | 5 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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| Institution |
№ |
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Galeria Nara Roesler, Brazil |
5 |
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Itaú Cultural Institute, Brazil |
3 |
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CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Spain |
2 |
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Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil |
2 |
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Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
2 |
Biography: 
1965 Born in Belo Horizonte (BR)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 88 
Solo shows 11
2012
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| Passatempo - Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
2011
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| Cao Guimarães - Paisagens Reais / Campo Cego - La Caja Negra, Madrid |
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| Cao Guimarães - Galerie Xippas France, Paris |
2009
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| cao guimarães - memory and other forgetfulness / ground gallery - Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
2008
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| Cao Guimarães - Cinema de Cozinha: Uma Retrospectiva - SESC, São Paulo |
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| Cao Guimarães - Gambiarras/Make Do - Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art, Nicosia |
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| Cao Guimarães - Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG |
2007
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| Concerto para Clorofila (A Concert for Chlorophyll) - Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (England) |
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| Cao Guimaraes - CAB Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, Burgos |
2006
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| Cao Guimarães - short films - Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
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| Cao Guimarães - Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
Group shows 77
2012
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| From the Margin to the Edge - Brazilian art and design in the 21st century - Somerset House, London (England) |
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| Punkt.Systeme - Vom Pointillismus zum Pixel - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
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| Red Sky at Night: - Mercer Union - A Centre For Contemporary Visual Art, Toronto, ON |
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| Les Maîtres du désordre - Musee du Quai Branly, Paris |
2011
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| Experimental Station - Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón |
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| Entlang des Fadens - Das Textile als Medium der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Kunst Archiv Darmstadt, Darmstadt |
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| Now: Obras De La Colección Jumex - Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Guadalajara |
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| 8th Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
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| The Spiral and the Square. Exercises on translatability. - Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| UNRESOLVED CIRCUMSTANCES: VIDEO ART FROM LATIN AMERICA - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| TRA. The edge of becoming - Museo Fortuny, Venice |
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| Gigante por la propia naturaleza - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Experimental Station. Research And Artistic Phenomena - CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles |
2010
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| Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show - Various Venues, Porto |
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| The 6th Seoul International Biennale of Media Art - Media City Seoul - International Biennale of Media Art, Seoul |
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| Del Pasado al Presente, Migraciones - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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| Das Verlangen nach Form – O Desejo da Forma - AdK - Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
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| Yesterday Will Be Better - Mit der Erinnerung in die Zukunft - Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
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| E-Flux Video Rental - Fondazione Giuliani, Rome |
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| Julia Stoschek Collection - I want to see how you see - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| The Traveling Show - Galeria de Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City |
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| Repeat All - Centro Cultural Chacao, Caracas |
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| Tropicália. Die 60s in Brasilien - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Urbi et Orbi - Paço das Artes, São Paulo |
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| Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginar - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
2009
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| metafísica do belo (the metaphysics of beauty) / ground gallery - Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo |
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| The social critique 1993-2005 - Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar |
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| Rivane Neuenschwander & Cao Guimares - Galerie des Franciscains, Saint-Nazaire |
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| Estuaire 2009 - Estuaire - Nantes <>Saint Nazaire, Nantes |
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| Brazil Contemporary - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Antes de ayer y pasado mañana; o lo que puede ser pintura hoy - MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, A Coruña |
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| Visionaries - Audiovisual Works in Latin America - Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango del Banco de la Repúb, Bogota |
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| La Biennale de Montréal 2009 - Biennale de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Mythos Kindheit - Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf |
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| Repeat All - MIS - Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo |
2008
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| Oferenda - RHYS Mendes - Brasil, Nova Lima, MG |
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| Visionaries - Audiovisual Works in Latin America - MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Number Two: Fragile - Julia Stoschek Collection, Dusseldorf |
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| Gustos, colecciones y cintas de vídeo - CA2M - Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles |
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| worlds on video – international video art - Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzina (CCCS), Florence |
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| Weight / Weightlessness - "10 Jahre Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt" / Part II - Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Visionaries - Audiovisual Works in Latin America - Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo |
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| Poéticas da Natureza - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Pasións Privadas, Visións Públicas - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Mão Dupla - SESC, São Paulo |
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| Poéticas da Natureza - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Quase Líquido - Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo |
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| Parangolé: Fragmentos desde los 90 en Brasil, Portugal y España - Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid |
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| Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary - Sammlung als Aleph - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| Decoder - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
2007
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| MONO#CROMATICS Trends in Contemporary Brazilian Art - Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga |
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| 16º Festival Internacional de Arte Eletrônica SESC_Videobrasil - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador |
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| Art Summer University - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Contour 2007 - third biennial for video art - Contour - Biennial for Video Art, Mechelen |
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| Pensée Sauvage – von Freiheit - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Pensée Sauvage – von menschlicher Freiheit - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim |
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| Suitcase Illuminated#5 Parallel Economies - P74 Center and Gallery, Ljubljana |
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| ACCIDENTS - A selection of recent Brazilian videos - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
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| The Shapes of Space - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| I Encuentro entre dos Mares Bienal São Paulo - Valencia - Encuentro entre dos Mares - Bienal São Paulo - Valencia, Valencia |
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| Close to me Art from Brasil - Studio Guenzani, Milan |
2006
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| COLEÇÃO MAMAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães - MAMAM, Recife |
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| Videozone 3 - Videozone - International Video-Art Biennial, Tel Aviv |
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| Chocolates - Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| 27° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| A complete Guide to Rewriting Your History 2 - Sparwasser H Q - Forum for contemporary art, Berlin |
2005
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| exposição de subjetividades - Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo |
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| deseos fluidos* - Brazilian and Cuban Perspectives between Reality and Fantasy - T-B A21 - Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna |
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| Discover Brazil – Aktuelle Malerei, Skulptur, Installation - Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz |
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| L´Autre Amerique - Passage de Retz, Paris |
2004
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| Paisaje y Memoria - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |
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| Coletiva - Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo |
2002
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| 25° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| The Eye of The Beholder - Visual Research Centre, Dundee (Scotland) |
Dealer Directory 4 |
Brazil
| | Mônica Filgueiras Galeria de Arte, São Paulo
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| | Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo
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France
| | Galerie Xippas France, Paris
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Spain
Collections 9

Brazil
| | Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães - MAMAM, Recife
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| | Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo
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| | mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
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France
| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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Portugal
| | Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Modern, London (England)
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USA
| | Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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| | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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