Cao Guimarães, filmmaker and visual artist, was born in 1965 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where he lives and works.
Cao Guimarães, from Minas Gerais, is one of the most successful Brazilian artists found at the crossroads between film and art. With a prolific production since the late 1990s, Guimarães has exhibited his work at film festivals, such as Locarno, in Switzerland, Sundance, in the USA, and Cannes, in France, as well as at art shows like the São Paulo Biennial, where he featured in 2002 and 2006.
The creator of documentaries such as Andarilho (Drifter) and A alma do osso (The Soul of the Bone), as well as Acidente (Accident) (in partnership with Pablo Lobato), the artist has several works in prestigious collections, including those of the Tate Modern, in London, the MOMA and Guggenheim, in New York, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in Madrid.
With works that may be considered as expanded audiovisual pieces, he has influenced many other Minas Gerais artists, like Marcellvs L., for example. He also works with photography, like in the famous Gambiarras series, which served as one of the bases of the Panorama da arte brasileira, in 2007, curated by Moacir dos Anjos, at the MAM-SP.
“I clearly recall the fascination and impression caused by the capability Brazilians have to reinvent themselves to survive, by their gracious creativity to solve basic problems, which, as well as actually achieving the solution to the problem, also generated a kind of aesthetic uncanniness", said the artist about the works, in an interview granted to Carla Zaccagnini.
Cao Guimarães, from Minas Gerais, is one of the most successful Brazilian artists found at the crossroads between film and art. With a prolific production since the late 1990s, Guimarães has exhibited his work at film festivals, such as Locarno, in Switzerland, Sundance, in the USA, and Cannes, in France, as well as at art shows like the São Paulo Biennial, where he featured in 2002 and 2006.
The creator of documentaries such as Andarilho (Drifter) and A alma do osso (The Soul of the Bone), as well as Acidente (Accident) (in partnership with Pablo Lobato), the artist has several works in prestigious collections, including those of the Tate Modern, in London, the MOMA and Guggenheim, in New York, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, in Madrid.
With works that may be considered as expanded audiovisual pieces, he has influenced many other Minas Gerais artists, like Marcellvs L., for example. He also works with photography, like in the famous Gambiarras series, which served as one of the bases of the Panorama da arte brasileira, in 2007, curated by Moacir dos Anjos, at the MAM-SP.
“I clearly recall the fascination and impression caused by the capability Brazilians have to reinvent themselves to survive, by their gracious creativity to solve basic problems, which, as well as actually achieving the solution to the problem, also generated a kind of aesthetic uncanniness", said the artist about the works, in an interview granted to Carla Zaccagnini.
