Mário Macilau

Vertical group

Work

»At the Entrance«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 2/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Fak you«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 2/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Enjoyment«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Rolling a Joint«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Boy with a toy gun«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 2/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Stairs of Shadows«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»After the Demolition«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

»Dreaming of Sunset«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

»Handcuffed«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

»A Fish Story«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Long Standing«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Playing at the Beach«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Flagrant«

aus der Serie | from the series »Growing in Darkness«, 2012-2015
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1/2 + 2 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Kamana Silva«

aus der Serie | from the series »Moments of Transition«, 2014
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 6 + 1 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Untitled«

aus der Serie | from the series »Moments of Transition«, 2014
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 6 + 1 AP
60 x 90 cm

»Untitled (2)«

aus der Serie | from the series »The Price of Cement«, 2013
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

»Untitled (5)«

aus der Serie | from the series »The Price of Cement«, 2013
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

»Untitled (6)«

aus der Serie | from the series »The Price of Cement«
Digital Pigment Print
Ed. 1 + 2 AP
33,3 x 50 cm

Vita

MÁRIO MACILAU
(* 1984 in Maputo) lebt und arbeitet | lives and works in Maputo, MZ.

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) | Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2017
»Growing in Darkness«, Ed Cross Fine Art , Art Paris Art Fair, FR
»One Way«, Mov’Art Gallery, Luanda, AO

2015
Fotofestiwal Łódź, Łódź, PL
»The Road Not Taken«, The Auction Room, London, GB
»Nada Como O Tempo«, Kulungwana Gallery, Maputo, MZ

2014
»The Price of Cement«, Gallery Jatad, Houston, US
»Fora Da Cidade«, blank projects, Kapstadt | Cape Town, ZA
»Moments of Transition«, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lissabon | Lisbon, PT

2013
»Tempo«, Galeria Belo-Galsterer, Lisbon, PT

2012
»Living on the Edge«, Kuona Art Trust, Nairobi, KE
»Taking Place«, Gallery Influx Contemporary, Lissabon | Lisbon, PT

2011
»Life goes on«, Mediateca do BCI, Maputo, MZ
»Wood and Deforestation«, Kokopelli Festival, Gullegem, BE

2009
»Terra de Boa Gente«, Instituto Camões, Maputo, MZ

Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) | Group Shows (selected)

2015
»Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design«, Vitra Museum, Basel, CH
»ENTRY PROHIBITED TO FOREIGNERS«, Havremagasinet – Boden Art Center, Boden, SE
Pavilion of the Holy See at the 56th Venice Biennale, IT

2014
»Pangaea: Art from Africa and Latin America«, Saatchi Gallery, London, GBR
»No Fixed Abode«, The New Church Museum, Kapstadt | Cape Town, ZA
»Embodied Reflections«, Galerie SANAA, Utrecht, NL
International Biennial of Casablanca, MA

2013
Biennale Arts Actuels, Saint Dinis, Réunion | Reunion Island, FR
Les Recontres Picha, Lubumbashi, CD
The Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, ZA

2012
Dak’art Biennial OFF, Dakar, SN
»Convergências«, Alliance Française, Madrid, ES & King’s Place, London, GB

2011
»Africa. See me, see you!«, Photo Spring Festival, Peking | Beijing, CN
»BES Photo «, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR
»Rencontres de Bamako«, Bamako, Mali, ML
»South is the new North«, Gallery Influx Contemporary Art, Lissabon | Lisbon, PT
Hasselblad Master Finalist, Studio, London, GB

2010
Festival de Cine Africano de Tarifa, Tarifa, ES
Gwanza Photo Festival, Harare National Museum of Art, Harare, ZW

2009
Bienal da TDM, Maputo Museum of Art, Maputo, MZ
Month of Photography, Kapstadt | Cape Town, ZA
»Ponto de Convergência«, ICMA/Goethe‐Zentrum, Maputo, MZ

Auszeichnungen | Awards

2016
Boston Global Forum (BGF) Michael Dukakis Leadership Fellow for 2016-2017

2015
Recipient of the Africa Centre AIR, The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, US

2014
UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary for Visual Arts, Paris, FR

2012
The Protection Project, Photography Contest (1^st Prize), Washington DC, US
VISA pour la Création , Residency Grant by L’Institut Français, Paris, FR
Artist in Residency by Kuona Trust, Nairobi, KE
Crossing Point Residency Program during the Rencontres d’Arles 2012, FR

2011
Hasselblad Master Finalist
Mozambican Talent Award from the French Embassy and French Cultural Centre
‘Women with Power Award Photo Contest’, Maputo, MZ
Award for Creation, awarded by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo and The Spanish Embassy in Mozambique
Santa Lucia Award, ES
The Bag Factory artist residency program, Johannesburg, ZA

2009
Amandla Magazine (1^st Prize), Johannesburg, ZA

Sammlungen | Collections

Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
African Artists’ Foundation (AAF), Lagos, NG
Banco Comercial e de Investimentos (BCI), Maputo, MZ
Foundation Jean Paul Blachère, Apt, FR
HRA Pharma Foundation, Paris, FR
French Ambassy in Maputo, MZ
Norlinda Collection, Madeira, PT
PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, PT
Saatchi Gallery, London, GB

Publications

Monographien I Monographs

Macilau, Mário: »Growing in Darkness«, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2016

Beiträge in (Auswahl) | Contributions in (selected)

»Ein Leben im Dunkeln« in Zeit.de, 2016.
»Mário Macilau, el niño de la calle de Mozambique que terminó haciendo fotos a sus compañeros« in 20 minutos, 2016.
»Mario Macilau: The street child who became a top photographer« in bbc magazine, 2015
»Growing up in darkness« in cnn, 2015
»Die eigene Vergangenheit vor Augen« in Spiegel online, 2015
»Mario Macilau: A Unique Gaze« in AlJazeera, 2013