Rodrigo Albert

Rodrigo Albert is a visual artist, works with photography, video, sculpture and installation. His investigations focus on political and social issues, the relationship between art and violence, life and death. Since 2002 he develops projects on Apacs prisons in Brazil. In 2005 he participated in the VII International Exhibition of Digital Art in Cuba and won Top Mention in the LUST contest of COLORS Magazine in Italy. In 2006 he won the Pierre Verger National Photography Award, one of the most important awards in Brazilian photography, in the same year he was nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass from the World Press Photo Foundation in the Netherlands. In 2007 he participated in the project Laberinto de Miradas, by curator Claudi Carreras. In 2009 he moved to Paris and in the same year he exhibited his Insertion project in the city of Rennes, France. In 2010 with the series: Intimate Prisons, he won the SFR / Polka Prize, "The truth for the image" chosen by the prestigious French photographer Marc Riboud of the Magnum Photos agency. In the same year, he was a Special Mention at the SFR Young Talent Photography Grand Prix, chosen by Spanish photographer Isabel Muñoz. The Prize earns you to show Intimate Prisons...

AWARDS

2013 Finalista do premio IlLa Photography, Roma – Itália.
2012 Finalista do Arles Photography Open Salon, Arles – França.
2010 Vencedor do Premio SFR/Polka, "La vérité par l'image" Paris – França.
2010 Menção especial do jurado no Grande Premio de Fotografia SFR Jovem Talento 2010, Paris – França.
2006 Vencedor do Premio Nacional de Fotografia Pierre Verger, Bahia – Brasil.
2005 Menção especial no concurso Lust, da revista Colors Magazine, Roma – Itália.
 
COLLECTIONS

2013 Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brasil.
2010 SFR Jovem talento de fotografia, Paris, França.
2010 Galeria Carré d'Art, Centro Cultural Pôle sud, Rennes, França.
2008 Centro Municipal de Fotografia de Montevideo, Uruguai.
2006 15ª Coleção de Fotografia PIRELLI/MASP, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brasil.
2005 Corte de Justiça do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil.

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

2019 TERRA PROMETIDA, Centro Cultural UFSJ, MG, Brasil.
2018 TERRA PROMETIDA, Palácio da Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
2018 CELA CORPO, Intervenção no DOPS, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
2016 TIERRA PROMETIDA, Instituto Veracruzano de Cultura, Veracruz, México.
2014 DE DONDE SAI O DIA, Anexo Galeria de Arte, Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Bra...