Frans Krajcberg
A PIONEERING ARTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Frans Krajcberg (1921-2017) is one of the greatest Brazilian artists of the 20th century. Sculptor, painter, photographer, and passionate environmental activist, he left us on November 15, 2017, at the age of 96.
Born in Poland in 1921 into a Jewish family, he lost everything during the war and emigrated to Brazil where, captivated by the natural richness of its fauna and flora, he settled to create relentlessly until his death.
His ties to Paris remained profoundly strong. It was there that he found refuge among the artists of Montparnasse. It was from there, encouraged by Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger, that he set out. It is also there that he returned time and again, to reconnect with friends and rejuvenate, tirelessly building a bridge between Rio and Paris.
Throughout his life, Frans Krajcberg devoted his art to nature in order to “ignite a movement that mobilizes the expression of a planetary consciousness.”
Calling for “a new ethic of artistic creation,” he reminded us that the artist, now more than ever, “must be at the heart of every civilizational project: fully and radically.”
© Frans Krajcberg
© Walter Salles Jr
© Luiz Garrano
A PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSE
Frans Krajcberg is a vital witness of the 20th century and a committed actor in the great struggle of the 21st century: preserving the planet.
His works are both a cry of alarm and a message of hope, denouncing the plundering of natural resources by mankind.
His sculptures and assemblages are crafted from wood “rescued” from Amazon forest fires, intertwined clusters of vines, polychrome trunks, or quartz minerals... His canvases are impressions captured directly from the surrounding nature (sand, rocks...), enhanced with natural pigments sourced from the mines of Minas Gerais.
Frans Krajcberg plays with the shadows and light cast upon his sculptures, which he enjoys reworking in harmony with the changing seasons. His oeuvre seems to pursue an endless quest: to bring back to life what has died.
© Walter Salles Jr
In 1975, the exhibition held at the CNAC premises, the future Centre Georges Pompidou, reinforced his determination to reveal the forgotten nature. He denounced the threat posed by urban expansion and the third technological revolution. “It was there that I realized that Art for Art’s sake was over, and I want my sculptures to bear witness to this disaster.”
In 1978, Pierre Restany authored the Rio Negro Manifesto after a journey to the Amazon with Frans Krajcberg. In it, he thoroughly analyzed Krajcberg’s work, delivering a heartfelt plea for art committed to the planet.
Between 1985 and 1990, Frans Krajcberg witnessed the devastating fires ravaging the Brazilian forest. He condemned them through photographic reports, for which he received death threats. His friend and activist Chico Mendes was assassinated in 1988.
The 1990s brought him widespread recognition, firmly associating the artist with his activism: Krajcberg held numerous exhibitions (in Rio, Moscow, Paris...).
In 2005, during the Year of Brazil in France, a major retrospective exhibition was organized at Bagatelle (in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris). It was an opportunity for Frans Krajcberg to launch his “Cry for the Planet.”
In 2015, Frans Krajcberg participated in COP 21, hosting Indigenous leaders. The Frans Krajcberg Space became a laboratory of ideas and exchange, an “Amazon outpost in Paris.”
In 2016, Frans Krajcberg was the guest artist of honor at the São Paulo Biennial.
In 2017, he was the first artist invited to the Musée de l’Homme in Paris as a whistleblower to address the question “Where are we going?” in the renovated permanent exhibition.
Chronology of Frans Krajcberg’s Exhibitions and Awards
AWARDS (selection)
1954
Acquisition Prize – 3rd Paulista Modern Art Salon, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1955
Bronze Medal – 4th Paulista Modern Art Salon, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1957
Best Brazilian Painter Award – 4th São Paulo International Biennial, SP (Brazil)
Acquisition Prize – 6th Paulista Modern Art Salon, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1964
Venice City Prize – 32nd Venice Biennale (Italy)
1973
Best Solo Exhibition Prize of 1972, held at the Múltipla de Arte Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1977
São Paulo Biennale Prize – 14th São Paulo International Biennial
1983
Prize at the 1st Ibero-American Engraving Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Montevideo (Uruguay)
1998
Estadão Multicultural Prize, awarded by the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo
2002
Medal of the Order of Rio Branco, Commander Grade, at the Brazilian Embassy in Paris (France)
2004
Grand Cross of the Order of Cultural Merit, presented by the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
2012
Vermeil Medal of the City of Paris, awarded by Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1945
Refugee Center, Stuttgart (Germany)
1951
Domus Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1952
Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1954
Municipal Library of Curitiba, Curitiba, PR (Brazil)
1955
Monte Alegre Hotel, Monte Alegre, PR (Brazil)
Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1956
Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
GEA Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Leicester Gallery, London (England)
1960
20th Century Gallery, Paris (France)
Bonino Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1962
Del Naviglio Gallery, Milan (Italy)
Gallery 27, Oslo (Norway)
20th Century Gallery, Paris (France)
Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
São Luís Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1963
Ivan Spence Gallery, Ibiza (Spain)
Maison du Brésil, Rome (Italy)
1964
Museum of Modern Art – MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brazil)
La Hune Gallery, Paris (France)
Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Ibiza Adventure, Leicester Gallery, London (England)
1966
Debret Gallery, Paris (France)
J Gallery, Paris (France)
Relevo Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1967
Querino Gallery, Salvador (Bahia)
Innien Gallery, Atlanta (United States)
1968
Maywald Gallery, Paris (France)
Barcinski Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1969
Philips Museum, Adenhauer (Netherlands)
Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Israel)
1970
Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1972
Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris (France)
Múltipla Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil) – (Best Exhibition Award)
Ralph Camargo Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1973
20th Century Gallery, Paris
Maison de France, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1974
Museum of Modern Art – MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1975
National Center for Contemporary Art / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
1976
Cultural Foundation of the Federal District, Brasilia (Brazil)
National Museum of Fine Arts, Caen (France)
Arte Global Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1978
Homero Massena Gallery, Vitória, ES (Brazil)
1979
Skultura Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1980
Brazilian Engraving Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1981
Miguel Bakun Hall, Curitiba, PR (Brazil)
Jean Boghici Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Skultura Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1983
Cupido Bildkonst, Stockholm (Sweden)
1984
Frans Krajcberg: Terra photographs, Museum of Modern Art – MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1986
Arte Gallery, Fortaleza, CE (Brazil)
Charles Sablon Gallery, Paris (France)
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Krajcberg: photographs, Small Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Krajcberg: reliefs, GB ARTe, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Arco Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1988
Boulogne-Billancourt Cultural Center, Boulogne-Billancourt (France)
Usina de Arte Contemporânea Gallery, Vitória, ES (Brazil)
1989
Stahly Foundation, Crest (France)
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1990
Sérgio Milliet Gallery, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1992
Thomas Cohn Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Images of Fire, Museum of Modern Art – MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil) – during the II United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – Rio Earth Summit 92; this exhibition was later shown at the Museum of Modern Art of Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
The Man of Green, Charles Sablon Gallery, Paris (France)
1995
The Revolt, Museum of Art of Curitiba and Botanical Garden, Curitiba, PR (Brazil)
On the Trails of the Great Mother: new images of life and death, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1996
Villette-Amazon: a manifesto for the environment in the 21st century, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (France)
1998
Images of Revolt, Seoul (South Korea)
1998–1999
Frans Krajcberg: Resonances, exhibition organized by Itaú Cultural in Belo Horizonte, MG and Campinas, SP (Brazil)
1999
Amazonas, Cultural Center Correios, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
2003
Art & Revolt, Montparnasse Museum, Paris (France)
2003/2004
Reborn Landscapes, Cultural Center Banco do Brasil – CCBB, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2004
Art & Revolt, Museum of Fine Arts of Pau (France) and Museum of Huesca (Spain)
2005
Dialogues with Nature, Bagatelle, Paris (France) – Year of Brazil in France
The Nature of Krajcberg: drawings and photographs, Sérgio Caribé Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Marcia Barrozo do Amaral Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
2008
Natura, OCA – Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, SP (Brazil) – Tribute to Frans Krajcberg on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo MAM SP
2011
Palacete das Artes, Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Contemporary Art Museum of Niterói on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the Museum, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
The Living Nature of Frans Krajcberg, Afro Brasil Museum, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Krajcberg, Man and Nature in the International Year of Forests, Afro Brasil Museum, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2012
Extreme Nature, Estação Cabo Branco Museum, João Pessoa, PB (Brazil)
2016
Frans Krajcberg, an artist in resistance, Museum of Mankind, Paris (France)
2017
Frans Krajcberg – A Tribute, Frente Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2018
Um Frans, Nature – Exhibition in Memory of Krajcberg, Afro Brasil Museum, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Nature as Studio, Paulo Kuczynski Art Bureau, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2018–2019
Krajcberg’s Breath, Casa Eva Klabin Museum, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Since 2003
Marcia Barrozo do Amaral Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Since 2005
Espace Frans Krajcberg, Contemporary Art Center Art & Nature, Paris (France)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (selection)
1950
Modern Brazilian Artists, Municipal Theater, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
O.D.A. Exhibition, IAB/SP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1951
1st São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1st Paulista Salon of Modern Art, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1952
2nd Paulista Salon of Modern Art, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1953
2nd São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1954
3rd Paulista Salon of Modern Art (Acquisition Prize), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Contemporary Art: exhibition of the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art collection, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art – MAM - SP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1955
3rd São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
4th Paulista Salon of Modern Art (bronze medal), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1956
Petite Galerie – with Milton Dacosta and Maria Leontina, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1957
4th São Paulo International Biennial (Best National Painter Prize), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
6th Paulista Salon of Modern Art (Acquisition Prize), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
6th National Salon of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Modern Art of Brazil, traveling exhibition in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santiago, Lima
1959
Drian Gallery, London (England)
40 Brazilian Artists, São Luís Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1959/1960
European Tour: Brazilian Artists, Leverkusen, Munich, Hamburg (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Paris, Lisbon (Portugal), Rome (Italy), Utrecht (Netherlands), Madrid (Spain)
1961
6th São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Rose Fried Gallery, New York (USA)
Comparisons Salon, Paris (France)
Relief, Galerie XXe Siècle, Paris (France)
Ibeu Copacabana Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1962
New Art of Brazil, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, traveling exhibition in the USA
Latin American Artists, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Paris (France)
School of Paris, Charpentier Gallery, Paris (France)
1963
7th São Paulo International Biennial (special room), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Seven Brazilian Artists of the School of Paris, 20th Century Gallery, Paris (France)
1964
32nd Venice Biennale (City of Venice Prize), Venice (Italy)
Center for Advanced Creative Studies, London (England)
1965
8th São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Latin American Artists, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris, Paris (France)
Comparisons Salon (touring: Paris, Lisbon, Prague)
Brazilian Painters, Sculptors, Engravers, Cavalero Gallery, Cannes (France)
1966
Plastic Arts Biennial, Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
4th JB Art Summary, Museum of Modern Art MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1967
Forms and Places, Maywald Gallery, Paris (France)
1968
Young Sculpture Salon, Paris (France)
Comparisons Salon, Paris (France)
Living Art 65/68, Maeght Foundation, Saint-Paul de Vence (France)
1969
May Salon, Paris (France)
Art and Materials, Montreal (Canada)
7th JB Art Summary, Museum of Modern Art MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1970
8th Menton Biennale, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
Brazilian Days, Ingelheim am Rhein (Germany)
Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1971
9th JB Art Summary, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Paintings and Objects, Palais Galliera, Paris (France)
1972
4th Panorama of Contemporary Brazilian Art, Museum of Modern Art MAM/SP, São Paulo SP (Brazil)
Art/Brazil/Today: 50 Years Later, Collectio Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Seven Brazilian Artists, 20th Century Gallery, Paris (France)
International Avant-Garde, Brazil/United States Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1974
Minimal Art, Museum of Art and Industry, Saint-Étienne (France)
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1977
14th São Paulo International Biennial (Biennial Prize), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Vision of the Earth, Art Now, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
5th World Winter Salon, traveling exhibition: National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro; Museum of Art of São Paulo; MASP, São Paulo, SP; Palácio das Artes Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais; Brasilia DF
Open Air Sculpture, Sesc Tijuca Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1978
Biennials and Abstraction: The 1950s, Lasar Segall Museum, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1979
15th São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1980
Tribute to Mário Pedrosa, Jean Boghici Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1981
Hilton Highlights of Engraving, traveling exhibition: Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG; Brasilia, DF; House of Engraving Solar do Barão, Curitiba, PR; Museum of Santa Catarina Art MASC, Florianópolis, SC; Guarujá, SP; Porto Alegre, RS; Museum of Modern Art, Recife, PE; Museum of Modern Art MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador, BA; Museum of Modern Art MAM SP, São Paulo, SP
1982
Brazil: 60 Years of Modern Art – Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, traveling exhibition across Europe: José de Azeredo Perdigão Center for Modern Art, Lisbon (Portugal); Barbican Art Gallery, London (England)
1983
Ibero-American Printmaking Biennial, Montevideo (Uruguay)
FIAC, Paris (France)
Inter First Exhibition, Stockholm (Sweden)
1984
Architecture of the Earth, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ and Recife, PE (Brazil)
Havana Biennial, Cuba
Inter Contemporary Art Fair, London (England)
Facing the Machine, Bellechasse Gallery, Paris (France)
Contemporary Art, Madrid (Spain)
Madeira, Matter of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Active Brazilian Painting, Espaço Petrobras, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection: Portrait and Self-Portrait of Brazilian Art, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo MAMSP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Tradition and Rupture: synthesis of Brazilian art and culture, Biennial Foundation, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1985
8th National Salon of Plastic Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Six Decades of Modern Art – Roberto Marinho Collection, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Meetings, Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Bonino Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1986
1st International Exhibition of Ephemeral Sculptures, Democrito Rocha Foundation, Fortaleza, CE (Brazil)
JK and the 1950s: A Vision of Culture and Daily Life, Investiarte Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Esmeraldo / Krajcberg, Skultura Gallery, São Paulo, SP and Art Gallery, Fortaleza CE (Brazil)
1987
Modernity, 20th Century Brazilian Art, Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris (France)
Charles Sablon Gallery, Paris (France)
To the Collector: Tribute to Gilberto Chateaubriand, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Working with the Support: Painting, Cutting and Object, and Works of Nine Brazilian Artists, Documenta Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1988
19th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, Museum of Modern Art MAM SP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Brazil Project, PS1, Long Island, New York (USA)
Sculpture Exhibition (in situ), Seoul Olympics (South Korea)
Masters of Contemporary Art, Hyundai Gallery, Seoul
1989
20th São Paulo International Biennial, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Six Decades of Brazilian Modern Art: Roberto Marinho Collection, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon (Portugal)
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, Centro Empresarial Rio Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1990
Spirit and Nature: Visions of Interdependence, Middlebury College, Middlebury (USA)
1991
A Mata, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo – MAC USP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Baendereck – Krajcberg, Santander Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1992
Latin American Art: 1911–1963, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France)
Nature: Four Centuries of Art in Brazil, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
10th Curitiba City Print Exhibition, Museum of Printmaking, Curitiba, PR (Brazil)
The Museum of Modern Art – MoMA, New York (USA)
Sculpture 92: Seven Expressions, Espaço RBI, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Museum of Modern Art of Salvador, Bahia (Brazil)
Dominant White, Arte São Paulo Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Latin American Artists of the 20th Century, Estación Plaza de Armas, Seville (Spain)
1993–1994
Brazil: Discovery and Self-Discovery, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich (Switzerland)
1993
Brazil: 100 Years of Modern Art, National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Brazilian Art in the World: 24 Brazilian Artists, Dan Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2nd On the Way to Niterói: João Sattamini Collection, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Earth – October Salon, City of Brive (France)
1994
Brazilian Modern Art: Selection from the Roberto Marinho Collection, São Paulo Museum of Art – MASP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Printmaking: Subtleties and Mysteries, Techniques of Impression, Pinacoteca of São Paulo State, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
The New Travelers, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Poetics of Resistance: Aspects of Brazilian Printmaking, SESI Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1995
Brazilian Modern Art and Design, Rio Design Center, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
1996
Villette-Amazon: A Manifesto for the Environment in the 21st Century, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (France)
Brazil, A Refuge in the Tropics, São Paulo Cultural Center and Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, RJ (Brazil)
Four Masters of Sculpture, Itamaraty Palace, Brasília, DF (Brazil)
Brazilian Art: 50 Years of History in the MAC-USP Collection: 1920–1970, Museum of Contemporary Art – MAC USP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1st Brahma Reciclarte, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, RJ (Brazil)
Contemporary Brazilian Art from the João Sattamini Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
1997
Brazilian Sculpture, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington (USA)
Contemporary Brazilian Sculptural Diversity, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo
Between Sculptures and Objects, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
Nine Artists of Jewish Descent, Municipal Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
1997–1998
Three-Dimensionality in Brazilian 20th Century Art, touring exhibition by Itaú Cultural: São Paulo, SP; Belo Horizonte, MG; Campinas, SP; Penápolis, SP; and Brasília, DF (Brazil)
1998
To Be Nature, Fondation Cartier, Paris (France)
Inaugural Exhibition of the Montparnasse Museum, Paris (France)
São Paulo: 50, Mário de Andrade Municipal Library, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Brazilian Sculpture: Profile of an Identity, Espaço Cultural Safra, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Amazônicas, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Canibáliafetiva, A Estufa, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
The Modern and the Contemporary in Brazilian Art: Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection – MAM RJ and MASP, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Biennial Mirror, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
Artistic Imagination and Ecological Values, Middlebury College Art Museum (USA)
1999
Fields of Sculpture, touring exhibition: Champs-Élysées, Paris (France); Belgium; Netherlands; Australia; Japan; China
Amazonas, Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Printmaking from Rio: Modern Brazilian Printmaking – National Museum of Fine Arts Collection, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
2000
Brazil + 500 Years – Exhibition of the Rediscovery, São Paulo Biennial Foundation
Brasilidades, Light Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
The 20th Century: Art of Brazil, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal)
Sattamini Collection: From Materials to Internal Differences, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
2001
The Path of Light in Brazilian Art, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Raw Material, Museum of Fine Arts of Pau (France)
Liba and Rubem Knijnik Collection: Contemporary Brazilian Art, Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
2002
Raw Material in Brazilian Art, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, PR (Brazil)
Modernism: From the Week of ’22 to Sérgio Milliet’s Art Section, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Paths of the Contemporary 1952–2002, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Paper Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
Art That Unites: Diversity and Confluence – Brazil-Europe, Museum of Art of Brasília – MAB, Brasília, DF (Brazil)
2003
Art and Society, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Appropriations, Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói – MAC, Niterói, RJ (Brazil)
Order vs Freedom, Museum of Modern Art – MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Treasures of Caixa: Brazilian Modern Art in Caixa’s Collection, Caixa Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
Sculptors – Sculptures, Pinakotheke Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2004
Abstraction as Language: Profile of a Collection, Pinakotheke Gallery, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
Paper Cabinet, São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2005
The Century of a Brazilian: Roberto Marinho Collection, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo – MAM, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2007
Between Two Lights – Brazilian Artists in France, Brazilian Embassy, Paris (France)
Contemporary Itaú: Art in Brazil, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2009
The Art of Collecting You, Museum of Contemporary Art of Mato Grosso do Sul – MARCO, Campo Grande, MS (Brazil)
2011
Extreme Printmaking, Center for Engraving and the Printed Image, La Louvière, Brussels (Belgium)
2012
Amazonia: Cycles of Modernity, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil – CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)
2015
Abstractions in the Edson Queiroz Foundation and Roberto Marinho Foundation Collections, Edson Queiroz Foundation, Ceará, FT (Brazil)
2016
32nd São Paulo International Biennial, Biennial of Uncertainty (Tribute to Krajcberg with 80 works exhibited), São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2018
Art Season, Center for Art and Nature, Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire (France)
Amazonia: The New Travelers, Brazilian Museum of Sculpture and Ecology – São Paulo, SP (Brazil)
2019
A.R.B.R.E.S., Musée d’Allard, Montbrison (France)
2020
The Penumbral Age, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (Poland)
