João Luiz Musa
1951, São Paulo, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
João Luiz Musa’s photography combines the perspective of the traveler and the photographer. He works rigorously on his intentions, as he believes it is essential to fully understand photographic techniques and processes. Experimentation with light, perspective, contrasts, density and framing often gain more prominence in his work than the object portrayed, giving the photography itself the main role.
João Luiz Musa is a teacher and photographer. He graduated in Engineering from the Escola Politécnica da USP, in 1974. In 1990 and 1999, he obtained a Master’s and Doctor’s degree, respectively, from the School of Communication and Arts (USP). He held his first exhibitions in the 70s. Among his most important solo exhibitions are Instituto Tomie Ohtake (2012, São Paulo, Brazil), Museu da Imagem e do Som – MIS (1994, São Paulo, Brazil), Museu de Arte Moderna – MAM (1992, São Paulo, Brazil), etc. His most important group exhibitions are: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2020, São Paulo, Brazl), Centro Cultural São Paulo (2007, Brazil), Itaú Cultural (2007, São Paulo, Brazil), Biennale Internationale de la Photographie (2006, Liege, Belgium), Museu de Arte de São Paulo – MASP (1997, Brazil), Sesc Pompeia (1993, São Paulo, Brazil), La Triennale di Milano (1988, Milano, Italy), etc. In 1992 he received the Best Photographer Award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics (São Paulo, Brazil). His works can be found in important collections, such as Itaú Cultural (Brazil), Pirelli / MASP (Brazil), MIS-SP (Brazil) and MAM-SP (Brazil).
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27 November - 27 February 2015Curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Maria Montero and Rafael Vogt Maia Rosa, the show is the last one presented in the space at Gomes de Carvalho street, as in 2016 the gallery will move to a house designed by Rino Levi at Jardim Europa. The selection of works includes pieces by artists such as Regina Silveira, Nelson Leirner, Marina Abramović, Geraldo de Barros, Rochelle Costi, Caio Reisewitz, Thomaz Farkas and Tiago Tebet, exhibited exactly at the same location where they where originally shown in the gallery.Read more -
Edições especiais: Caio Reisewitz, Héctor Zamora, João Luiz Musa e Rochelle Costi
22 August 2015Caio Reisewitz, Héctor Zamora, João Luiz Musa e Rochelle Costi present new photos at Luciana Brito Galeria The works are part of a new series produced by the gallery, with...Read more