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Born Brazil (1980)
Biography
After living in New York for six years, Julio returned to Brazil in 2000 and started working at the newspaper
Valor Economico in Sao Paulo as a photographer and assistant photo editor. Since 2006 Julio has been working as an independent photographer. Julio's projects have been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and his work published in magazines such as
Geo,
Stern,
Le Monde,
The Guardian,
Esquire,
Photo, and
Leica World Magazine, among others. In 2008 he published his first book,
In a window of Prestes Maia 911 Building, the culmination of a three year project featuring the residents of a squatted building in Sao Paulo. Julio's work resides in several important public and private collections in Brazil, including the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Itaú Cultural, and the Pinatoca do Estado de São Paulo. He currently lives in Sao Paulo with his wife, Paula, and their dog, Ozzy.
Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 | Ramos, 1500 Gallery, New York, NY |
| Ramos, Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | 2010 | Fnac Bilbao Alameda, Bilbao, Spain |
| Fnac Plaza Imperial, Zaragoza, Spain |
| Fnac Donostia-San Sebastián, San Sebastian, Spain |
| Fnac Diagonal Mar, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2009 | Fnac Parquesur, Madrid, Spain |
| 2008 | 5th Amnesty International Human Rights Prize, Berlin, Germany |
| Fnac Almada, Lisbon, Portugal |
| Fnac Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal |
| Fnac Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal |
| Fnac Viseu, Viseu, Portugal |
| Fnac Chiado, Chiado, Portugal |
| Cicero Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
| Point of View Art Gallery, New York, NY |
| Dusseldorf Fine Art Fair, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Group Exhibitions| 2012 | SP-Arte (1500 Gallery), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Festival Photo La Gacilly, La Gacilly, France |
| 2011 | SP-Foto (1500 Gallery), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| SP-Arte (Galeria da Gávea), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Madrid Foto (Polka Galerie), Madrid, Spain |
| Praia, Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2010 | Brazilian, 1500 Gallery, New York, NY |
| Pinta NY (1500 Gallery), New York, NY |
| Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia, Espaço Porto Seguro, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| SP-Foto (Galeria da Gávea), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Polka Galerie, Paris, France |
| Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Do Espaço Estilhaçado, Micasa Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Angkor Photo Festival, Angkor, Cambodia |
| 2009 | Fache Arts + Amy Alonso Gallery, Miami, FL |
| Consciences and Frontiers, Alte Post Neülkolln, Berlin, Germany |
| Dazed & Confused, Centro Cultural da Justiça Eleitoral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Bienal de la Photographie de Paris – Photoquai, Paris, France |
| Convergências, Galeria da Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| SP-Arte/Foto (Bolsa de Arte), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| 2008 | Passport to the Arts / The New Yorker, New York, NY |
| Leica Art Gallery, Solms, Germany |
| America at Home, various locations throughout the US |
| Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Leica Art Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic |
| Leica Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria |
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| XV Encuentros abiertos de fotografia - Festival de La Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Leica Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Leica Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
| Festival Foto América 2008, Santiago, Chile |
| Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile |
| 2007 | Rencontres d'Arles de Photographie, Arles, France |
| Semana Negra, Gijón, Spain |
| 1º Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia / Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Leica Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Coleção Pirelli / MASP de Fotografia, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Museu Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil |
Collections
Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
Museé du quai Branly, Paris, France
Coleção Pirelli / MASP de Fotografia, Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
Bolsa de Arte do Rio de Janeiro
Coleção Joaquim Paiva
Awards
| 2010 | Premio Porto Seguro de Fotografia (Category Brazil) |
| Prix Pictet (nominee) |
| 2009 | Fundação Conrado Wessel Prize |
| Paul Huf Award (nominee) |
| 2007 | Leica Oskar Barnack Award |
| Apterture Portfolio Prize |
| III New Holland Award |
| 2006 | Fundação Conrado Wessel Prize |
Published Book
| 2008 | In a Window of Prestes Maia 911 Building, DBA (Brazil), Dewi Lewis (UK) and Kehrer Verlag (Germany) |
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