João Carlos Galvão (1941)
João Carlos Galvão is a painter and visual artist. He began his artistic training in Rio de Janeiro at the age of ten, with painting lessons. From 1964 to 1966, he studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes of the Universidade do Brasil. He lived in Paris from 1967 to 1969, where he studied the sociology of art with Jean Cassou at the Sorbonne and frequented the studios of artists such as Sergio de Camargo, Victor Vasarely and Yvaral. He took part in the São Paulo Biennial in 1967, 1973 and 1975. Since 2004, he has regularly taken part in the "Réalités Nouvelles" salon in Paris.
He has held solo exhibitions in several countries, notably at the Art To Design Gallery in Bologna and at Dan Galeria in São Paulo, in 2008. His works are in the collections of museums such as the Centre Culturel de l'Arsenal (France), the Satoru Sato Museum (Japan) and the MOBIL MADI Museum (Hungary), as well as Brazilian institutions such as MAM-RJ, MNBA, MAC Niterói and MAM-SP.
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris
2009 Galería Marita Segovia, Madrid
2009 Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
2008 Galeria Art To Design, Bologna
2008 Dan Galeria, São Paulo
2007 Galerie Brasilia, Paris
2007 Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte
2005 Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
2004 Galerie Syrus, Paris
2004 MuBE - Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, São Paulo
2003 Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
2001 Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro
1999 GB Arte, Rio de Janeiro
1996 GB Arte, Rio de Janeiro
1988 Galeria de Arte da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói
1985 Brazilian Centre Gallery, London
1985 Galeria de Arte Centro Cultural Cândido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro
1982 Aktuell, Rio de Janeiro
1980 Galeria Praxis, Buenos Aires
1982 Galeria Paulo Klabin, Rio de Janeiro
1976 Galeria Luiz Buarque de Holanda and Paulo Bittencourt, Rio de Janeiro
1974 Galeria Arte Global, São Paulo
1974 Galeria Bonino, Rio de Janeiro
1972 Galeria Bonino, Rio de Janeiro
Group Exhibitions
2011 Art Paris - Grand Palais, Espace Meyer Zafra, Paris, France
2011 Art Madrid - Marita Segovia Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2011 SPArte - Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
2011 MADi Internacional - Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay - Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Exposition Collective - Marita Segovia Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2011 Grande Exposition International a Cholet - Musée d'Art et Histoire, Cholet, France
2011 Noir et Blanc MADi - KamalidArte, Brescia, Italy
2011 De Carmelo Arden Quin à MADi Contemporain - Centre International d'Art Contemporain de Carros, Nice, France
2010 Blanco y Negro - Marita Segovia Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2010 SPArte - Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
2010 PDGB - Exposition Art Construit International, Paris, France
2010 17th Pan-American Architecture Biennial - A.C.I., Quito, Ecuador
2010 Art Madrid - Marita Segovia Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain
2010 MASTERARTE, São Paulo, Brazil
2010 Diálogo de Formas [Dialogue of Forms] - Palácio Bandeirantes, São Paulo, Brazil
2009 Bichrome MADI - Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
2009 Salon Comparaison - 2009, Paris, France
2009 Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
2009 In-Forma Geometrica - Museu Civico di Castelnuovo, Naples, Italy
2009 De Geometrie van MADI, Gorinchem, Netherlands
2009 Inter MADI expositie rond Carmelo Arden Quin - Galerie de Vierde Dimensie, Netherlands
2009 SPArte - Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte and DAN Galeria, São Paulo
2009 Építészet és Müvészet - Kéves Studio Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
2009 Groupe Constructivisme, Rehau, Germany
2009 Galerie Emilia Suciu 20 Jahre - 20 Ans - 20 Years, Karlsruhe, Germany
2008 Réalités Nouvelles, Paris, France
2008 Salon Comparaisons - Grand Palais, Paris, France
2008 Mouvement MADI International - Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, France
2008 Cor e Forma [Color and Form] - Simões de Assis Galeria de Arte, Curitiba, Paraná
2008 Internazionale MADI a Verona - Spazio Arte Pisanello, Verona, Italy
2008 Arte em Movimento [Art in Motion]. Espaço Eliana Benchimol, Rio de Janeiro
2008 Le Teorie Del MADI. Scoglio di Quarto, Milan, Italy
2008 MADI Internacional. Museo MACLA, La Plata, Argentina
2007 Design Expo - Galerie Brasilia, Paris, France
2007 Art and Antiques Salon. Galeria Murilo Castro, São Paulo
2007 Broome street gallery (vanguard art), New York, USA
2007 Espace Madi. Galerie des Wantiers-Valenciennes, France
2007 Arte Moderna em Contexto [Modern Art in Context]. ABN AMRO REAL, São Paulo and Curitiba
2007 Constructed Art Biennial, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007 Collection group show, Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte
2007 Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Emilia Suciu, Germany
2007 SP Arte, São Paulo International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, RJ and Galeria Murilo Castro, BH.
2007 Noir et Blanc, Galerie ORION / MADI, Paris.
2007 Réalités Nouvelles, 61e Salon, Paris.
2007 Inaugural Exhibition, Satoru Sato Museum, Tome, Japan.
2006/07 MADI-MONOCHROM, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
2006 Monocrome, Galerie ORION / MADI, Paris.
2006 OP-ART Galerie, Joyce, Paris.
2006 Réalités Nouvelles, 60e Salon, Paris.
2006 ART MADI, Galerie ORION / MADI, Paris.
2006 Galvão and Jaildo Marinho, Galerie ORION / MADI, Paris.
2006 SP Arte, São Paulo International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, RJ and Pinakotheke Cultural, RJ.
2006 Márcia Barrozo do Amaral, Galeria de Arte, Casa Cor, Rio de Janeiro
2006 Arte Concreta e Neo-Concreta, da Construção à Desconstrução [Concrete and Neo-Concrete Art, from Construction to Deconstruction], DAN Galeria, São Paulo.
2006 Arquivo Geral [General Archive], Márcia Barrozo do Amaral, Galeria de Arte, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro.
2006 SupreMADIsme, Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, Russia.
2006 SupreMADIsme, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Bratislava, Slovakia.
2006 Móbile MADI, Budapest Art Museum, Hungary.
2005 SP Arte, São Paulo International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, DAN Galeria.
2005 Arte MADI, Galeria MultiArte, Fortaleza, Ceará.
2005 SP Arte, São Paulo International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte - RJ and DAN Galeria S.P.
2005 Inaugural Exhibition, MADI Museum, Sobral, Ceará.
2005 Réalités Nouvelles, 59e Salon, Paris.
2005 Galvão et Jaildo Marinho, Hotel Bristol (Syrus Galerie), Paris.
2005 Chroma, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro.
2004 Natal com Arte [Christmas with Art], Márcia Barrozo do Amaral Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro.
2004 Réalités Nouvelles, 58e Salon, 2004, Paris
2003 Neuhoff Gallery, New York City
2004 International Designer Showhouse
2004 Architecture by Cristiana Mascarenhas, New York City
2004 Forma / Suporte [Form / Support], Sattamini Collection
2004 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
2004 DAN Galeria Collection, São Paulo
2004 Brazilian Contemporary Art on Paper
2004 Centro de Estudos Brasileiros - CEB, Suriname
2001 Art Paris, Carrousel du Louvre
2001 Galerie Janus Avivson, Paris
2001 Summer Group Show
2001 Galerie Janus Avivson, Paris
2000 Exposition Collective
2000 Galerie Claude Dorval, Paris
2000 A Obra em Branco [The Blank Work]
2000 Galeria Gesto Gráfico, Belo Horizonte
1999 Art Construit, Art Cinétique d'Amérique Latine
1999 Galerie Denise René, Paris
1999 Christmas, GB Arte, Rio de Janeiro
1999 Una Visión Del Arte en Brasil
1999 Galeria Del Parque Reducto, Lima, Peru
1999 3rd Anniversary Show
1999 Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro
1998 Contemporary Art, the Last 30 Years
1998 Palácio dos Bandeirantes, São Paulo
1998 Sandros Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
1997 Art of Brazil in Beirut
1997 Museu Sursock, Beirut, Lebanon
1997 Construction and Deconstruction
1997 Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
1996 Brazilian Art of the 1970s
1996 Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro
1993 Geometrismo [Geometrism]
1993 Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro
1992 16th Rio Art Salon, MAM, Rio de Janeiro
1988 Contemporary Collection
1988 Galeria da Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói
1987 Between Two Centuries. Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection
1987 Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
1985 Collection of the Galeria do Centro Cultural Candido Mendes, Rio de Janeiro
1984 Visual Artist's Day, Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Rio de Janeiro
Source: Artist's website
