Tuca Vieira > About Tuca Vieira

Born São Paulo, Brazil (1974)

Biography
Tuca is from Sao Paulo and from 2004-2009 worked as a reporter and photojournalist for the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo. Since 2002 Vieira has worked on personal projects relating to cityscapes, architecture and urbanism. His work is present in the collections of the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (Brazil), Itaú Cultural (Brazil), and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (Japan), among others. In 2010 he won the Premio Porto Seguro, the most important annual art photography prize in Brazil.

Solo Exhibitions

2011	Berlinscapes, 1500 Gallery, New York, NY
2008	Street Photography, Centro Cultural Mariantonia, São Paulo and Brasília, Brazil
2006	São Paulo: Contrasts of a Metropolis Without Limits, Galeria Citicorp, São Paulo, Brazil
2002	A Walk in the Indies, Galeria Paul Mitchell, São Paulo, Brazil
1994	Light in the Land of the Sun, Galeria Consolação, São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions

2011	Geração 00, SESC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010	Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia, Espaço Porto Seguro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Do Espaço Estilhaçado, Micasa Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2009	Consciences and Frontiers, Alte Poste Neukolln, Berlin, Germany
	Bressonianas, SESC, São Paulo and Ararquara, Brazil
2008	Multiple City, Pinakotheke Der Modern, Munich, Germany
	Drivers of Change, London Festival of Architecture, London, United Kingdom
	Urban Space, Berlin, New York and Buenos Aires
2007	16th Pirelli/MASP Collection, São Paulo Art Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
	Urbanpolis, Musée de la Civilisation, Quebec City, Canada
	São Paulo A300mm, Galeria de Nuevos Ministerios, Madrid, Spain
	Transitional Landscape, Galeria Porto Seguro, São Paulo, Brazil
	Global Cities, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2006	City, Architecture, and SocietyInternational Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
	Photojournalism Retrospective 2005, Senac, São Paulo, Brazil
2002	Photo São Paulo, Espaço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

Collections
Coleção Pirelli / MASP de Fotografia, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil
Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Kiyosato, Japan
Acervo SESC de Arte Brasileira

Awards

2010	Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia
2005	Grupo Nordeste Photography Award
	São Paulo State Department of Culture Photography Competition
2002	Folha Journalism Prize, São Paulo, Brazil

Published Books

2007	Fotografia de Rua, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil
2005	As Cidades do Brasil: São Paulo, Publifolha, São Paulo, Brazil

Artistic Residence

2009	Berlin, Germany

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