Biography

ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ(1962)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1962. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Graduated in Architecture from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte (1986).
Arts Doctorate from the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo (1997).]

Selected solo shows: The Appel Foundation (Amsterdam, 1995), The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, 1996), Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney, 1999), Museu de Arte da Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, 2002), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, 2003), Galeria Fortes Vilaça (São Paulo, 2003), Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães (Recife, 2006), Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo, 2006), Galeria La Fábrica (Madrid, 2007), Prefix Contemporary Art Institute (Toronto, 2008), Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art (Lisboa, 2009), Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art (Nicosia, 2009).

Selected group shows: Aperto93, 45ª Bienal Internacional de Veneza (1993), Insite97 (San Diego e Tijuana,1997), Bienal Internacional de Johannesburgo (1997), 2ª Bienal de Berlim (2001), Pavilhão Brasileiro, 50ª Bienal Internacional de Veneza (2003), Histoires des Amériques, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal (2004), Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna (São Paulo, 2005), Fantasmagorias, Specters of Absence, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Bogotá, 2007), ArtesMundi 3, Museum of Art of Wales (Cardiff, 2008), Óscar Muñoz y Rosângela Rennó. Crónicas de la ausencia, Museo Rufino Tamayo (Cidade do México, 2009).

Amongst several prizes, the artist received the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1999.