About

Marina Camargo’s work is anchored around ongoing investigations that materialize in drawings, installations, sculptures, and videos. In her work, Camargo explores a notion of displacement, either physical or conceptual. She also uses shifting perception beyond codes and conventions in her artistic practice to provoke disturbances in established narratives.

The relationship with spaces and places is fundamental to the artist’s thinking. It is defined both by the dimension of lived experience —through the relationship with constructed nature/the naturalization of artificial landscapes, the cultural dimension of landscape—and by its representation (observation, transformation, and reinvention of maps).

The act of mapping a space involves a transformative process, turning a three-dimensional space into a two-dimensional representation. This translation is not just a technical process but a series of decisions, distortions, and erasures that reveal the presence of power mechanisms with historical, economic, and geopolitical markers.

Marina Camargo is an artist born in Maceió (Brazil, 1980) based in Berlin. She holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Visual Arts from Instituto de Artes (Porto Alegre, UFRGS) and a diploma from Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (AdBK, Germany).

An expanded notion of drawing has marked Camargo’s research since her early years. Image and thought are mutually constituted, thus structuring the artistic work process. Cartographic issues began to interest her when she studied in Barcelona (Visual Culture—Universitat de Barcelona, Spain). Since then, the idea of displacement has become recurrent in her work.

Marina Camargo was granted a DAAD scholarship in 2010. During these years, exploring different representations of places and historical memory was central to her research.

Her works are in the collections of the Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), Museum of Contemporary Art—Rio Grande do Sul (MAC-RS), Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães (MAMAM), Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, (MAMAM), Casa de Cultura Mário Quintana, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Pinacoteca Barão de Santo Ângelo, Pinacoteca Aldo Locatelli, among others.

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2024 _ TRAS LA PIEL DEL MAPA _ Galeria Zielinsky, Barcelona (Spain)

2023 _ A CERTA SOMBRA (A certain shade)_ Instituto Ling, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2023 _ ONDE A TERRA DOBRA _ Superfície, São Paulo (Brazil)

2022 _ CARTOGRAFÍAS FLUIDAS y otras metamorfosis del espacio _ Fundación Giménez Lorente / Universidad Politècnica de València, Valencia (Spain)

2021 _ SHIFTING: DISPLACED_ (Seattle) Warehouse | Interloper, Seattle (USA)

2021 _ A MATTER OF DELETION AND OTHER DISAPPEARANCES _ Das Schaufenster, Seattle (USA)

2019 _ DER ORT DANACH / O lugar depois _ Universität zu Köln | Philosophikum, Cologne (Germany)

2018 _ ANTES, E AINDA AGORA _ Espaço Cultural ESPM Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2015 _ ENSAIO SOBRE UMA ORDEM DAS COISAS (Essay on an order of things)_ Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2013 _ O AR ENTRE AS COISAS _ Centro de Artes Visuais UFPEL | A Sala, Pelotas (Brazil)

2013 _ REFLEXO DISTANTE _ Galeria Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2012 _ PLANISFÉRIO _ Galeria Zipper – Zip’Up, São Paulo (Brazil)

2011 _ COLOR PHOTO – PRÓXIMO DAQUI _ Galeria Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2009 _ MUNDOS PARALELOS _ Galeria Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2008 _ BIBLIOTECA _ Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil)

2008 _ ESPAÇAMENTO _ Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Curitiba (Brazil)

2008 _ PALAVRA PERDIDA _ Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo (Brazil)

2006 _ MUNDO _ Instituto Cultural Brasil-Espanha, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2003 _ COLETAS CALIGRÁFICAS _ Instituto Cultural Brasil-Espanha, Porto Alegre (Brazil)

2002 _ OU O GRÁFICO DAS LETRAS _ Goethe-Institut Porto Alegre (Brazil)

Awards, grants, residencies (selected)

2023 _ Artist-in-residence at Duke Kunshan University, China

2019 _ Artist-in-residence at Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland

2019 _ Açorianos Prize | Category: Solo Exhibition of the Year for “Antes, e ainda agora” (Secretaria da Cultura de Porto Alegre – Brazil)

2016 / 2017 / 2019 _ Nominated for PIPA Prize

2014 _ Açorianos Prize | Category: Artist of the Year (Secretaria da Cultura de Porto Alegre – Brazil)

2014 _ Açorianos Prize | Category: Highlight in Photography (Secretaria da Cultura de Porto Alegre – Brazil)

2013 _ Bolsa Estímulo à Produção em Artes Visuais (Incentive Grant for Visual Arts) – FUNARTE (National Foudation for Arts – Brazil)

2012 _ Artist-in-residence at Gasworks (Londres – UK) / IBERE CAMARGO Grant

2010-11 _ DAAD Grant for visual artists (AdBK-Munich – Germany)

2010 _ Prize FUNARTE de Arte Contemporânea [Collective Project: Lugares/Representações] – FUNARTE (National Foudation for Arts – Brazil)

2010 _ Prize Brasil Arte Contemporânea | Fundação Bienal de São Paulo e Ministério da Cultura (Brazil)

2010 _ Açorianos Prize | Category: Incentive Award to Visual Arts Production (Secretaria da Cultura de Porto Alegre – Brazil)

2008 _ Acquisition Prize – Centro Cultural São Paulo (Brazil)

Selected group exhibitions

2023 _ 14th SHANGHAI BIENNALE, Power Station of Art, Shanghai – China

2023 _ 37th PANORAMA DA ARTE BRASILEIRA, SESC Sorocaba – Brazil

2023 _ ELF STELLEN SICH VOR, Humboldt-Bibliothek, Berlin – Germany

2022 _ 37th PANORAMA DA ARTE BRASILEIRA, MAM (Museum of Modern Art), São Paulo – Brazil

2022 _ EXiS Experimental Film & Video Festival in Seoul – South Korea

2022 _ DAS COISAS POLÍTICAS E AS POLÍTICAS DAS COISAS, MAMAM Recife – Brazil

2022 _ MAPPING THE CARTOGRAPHIC, Drugo More, Rijeka – Croatia

2021 _ ANTINOMIA, virtual exhibition / MAMAM, Recife – Brazil

2021 _ CLAC – Circuito Latino-Americano de Arte Contemporânea, CCMQ, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2021 _ BERLIN BRITZENALE, Berlin – Germany

2021 _ EXTREMOS ABSOLUTOS, Punto Gallery, Valencia – Spain

2021 _ INTERMINGLING FLUX: GUANGZHOU IMAGE TRIENNIAL _ Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou – China

2020 _ AKADEMIEGALERIEHOMEOFFICE _ AkademieGalerie München – Germany

2020 _ RETINA _ Zeiss-Grossplanetarium, Berlin – Germany

2019 _ GOSTEM OU NÃO _ MARGS, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2019 _ EU ESTOU AQUI AGORA _ FVCB, Viamão – Brazil

2019 _ SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL _ Deutsches Museum, Munich – Germany

2019 _ APRENDENDO COM MIGUEL BAKUN: SUBTROPICAL _ Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo – Brazil

2019 _ TECHNE _ Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre – Brazil; Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin – Germany

2019 _ FIRE FAÍSCA FUNKE _ Galeria Mario Kreuzberg, Berlin – Germany

2018 _ MINOR COSMOPOLITAN_ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin – Germany

2018 _ LOOP Discover Award _ Former Damm Factory, Barcelona – Spain; GlogauAIR, Berlin – Germany

2018 _ ATERRO _ Pinacoteca Ruben Berta, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2018 _ RSXXI Rio Grande do Sul Experimental _ Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2018 _ TORUS: SETE LADOS DE UMA PAISAGEM _ Galeria Mamute, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2018 _ LA IMAGEN ARDE / FESTIVAL BYTE FOOTAGE _ Centro Cultural Kirchner – Buenos Aires (Argentina)

2018 _ AO LADO DELA, DO LADO DE LÁ _ UFBA Museum (Pará, Brazil); Mitte Media Festival (Berlin, Germany)

2017 _ ELOGIAMOS A CASA A PERDER DE VISTA _ Galeria Bolsa de Arte, São Paulo – Brazil

2017 _ AÃ _ FVCB (Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos), Viamão – Brazil

2017 _ DIE BLAUE NACHT_ St. Egidien Kirche, Nuremberg – Germany

2016 _ A CIDADE, AS RUÍNAS E DEPOIS [The city, the ruins and aftermath] _
Torre Malakoff, Recife – Brazil

2016 _ KOMPLIZEN _ HbK Saarbrücken – Germany

2016 _ DOCUMENTOS DE TRANSIÇÃO _ Galeria Península, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2015 _ ON PAPER _ Galería Area 72, Valencia – Spain

2015 _ TENDÊNCIA DO LIVRO DE ARTISTA NO BRASIL – 30 ANOS DEPOIS _ CCSP, São Paulo – Brazil

2015 _ A ARTE E A CIÊNCIA – NÓS ENTRE OS EXTREMOS _ Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo – Brazil

2015 _ FILMES E VÍDEOS DE ARTISTAS COLEÇÃO ITAÚ CULTURAL _ Fundação Iberê, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2015 _ FINISTERRE _ Sputenik the Window, Oporto – Portugal

2015 _ PROYECTOR 15 _ 8th International Video Art Festival, Quinta del Sordo,
Madrid – Spain

2015 _ IVAHM _ New Media Festival – Centro Neomudéjar, Madrid – Spain

2014 _ CIDADE GRÁFICA _ Itaú Cultural, São Paulo – Brazil

2014 _ O DESENHO COMO INSTRUMENTO _ SESC Pompéia, São Paulo – Brazil

2014 _ DAS SPIEL HÖRT ES AUF, WENN ES ZU ENDE IST _ Auswärtiges Amt –
Lichthof (Berlin)+Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden) – Germany

2013 _ CAMPO MAGNÉTICO _ Fundação ECARTA, Porto Alegre – Brazil

2013 _ O JOGO SÓ ACABA QUANDO TERMINA _ Sesc Quitandinha (Rio de Janeiro); Museu Nacional (Brasília); Palacete das Artes (Salvador); Anexo Zabala,
Banco da República (Montevideo, Uruguay); SESC Quitandinha (Rio de Janeiro)

2013 _ WALKING _ Paço das Artes, São Paulo – Brazil

2012 _ MAR DE TUBARÃO _ Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo – Brazil

2012 _ FILE Hipersonica São Paulo _ SESI, São Paulo – Brazil

2012 _ ACIREMA _ Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles – USA

2011 _ OS 10 PRIMEIROS ANOS _ Instituto Tomie Othake, São Paulo – Brazil

2011 _ SEHNSUCHT _ AABER Artspace, Munich – Germany

2011 _ 8. MERCOSUL BIENNIAL_ Mostra Além Fronteiras _ MARGS (Museu de Arte do RS), Porto Alegre – Brazil

2011 _ MOVING IMAGES _ ADBK, Munich – Germany

2011 _ PERCURSOS SIMULADOS _ Paço das Artes, São Paulo – Brazil

2011 _ LUGARES/REPRESENTAÇÕES _ FUNARTE, São Paulo – Brazil

2010 _ THE SOUTH PROJECT _ The West Wing, Melbourne – Australia

2010 _ DOIS PONTOS _ Museu Murillo la Greca, Recife – Brazil