Claudia Jaguaribe was born in Rio de Janeiro, lives and works between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. She holds a degree in art history, fine arts and photography from Boston University, USA. Her work is focused on the urban landscape, environmental issues, and questions directed to the representation of the real as a conceptual register.
By blending reality and subjectivity, it stimulates our perception of what we are seeing by creating layers of understanding and narrative. The materiality of her works questions the very nature of photography. She expands the traditional formats of photography by creating photo sculptures besides integrating and using video and internet in her installations. Since her beginning she was linked to editorial research. Many of her series find their final expression in book format. She has 15 books published and recognized by the singularity of the photographic integration and graphic design. In 2013 she co-founded the publishing company Editora Madalena. Her works are in several museums and collections in Brazil and abroad an such as Museum of Modern Art – São Paulo, Inhotim – Institute of Contemporary Art – Brumadinho, Instituto Moreira Salles – Rio de Janeiro, Victoria and Albert Museum, Maison Européene de la Photographie – Paris, Instituto Italo Latino Americano – Rome, Hangar art center among others.
Individual Exhibitions
2019
A Natureza das Coisas – Hargar Art Center/Bélgica
Encontro com Liuba – Galeria Marcelo Guarnieri
2018
No Jardim de Lina – Instituto Bardi/Casa de Vidro
2017
Horror Vacui – Casa Nova Arte e Cultura Contemporânea, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2016
A Visão e o Sentido – Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fotografias – Brazilea, Basel, Switzerland
2015
Projeto Colaterais – Sesc Vila Mariana, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
EntreVistas – Launch of Sobre São Paulo/EntreVistas – Casa Nova Arte e Cultura Contemporânea, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2014
EntreVistas – Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2013
Paisagem construída – FotoRio, Centro Cultural Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Solo Project – Pinta Art Fair, London, England
2012
O seu caminho/Instalação – Hospital Edmundo Vasconcelos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011
Você tem medo do quê? – Espaço Cultural Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rio, Paisagem Construída – Photo España 2011, Galeria Blanca Soto, Madrid, Spain
Cachoeira das Almas – FotoRio, Centro Cultural Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2010
O seu caminho – HAP Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2009
Istambul – FotoRio, Centro Cultural Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Un Passaggio per Roma – Instituto Italo-Latino Americano, Rome, Italy
2008
Quando eu vi – HAP Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2007
Quando eu vi – Espaço Ecco de Arte Contemporânea, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Quando eu vi – Galeria Baró Cruz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2006
Você tem medo do quê? – Instituto Telemar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Você tem medo do quê? – Paços das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Retratos anônimos – Espaço Cultural CPFL, Campinas, SP, Brazil
2004
Tudo é Sofia – Galeria Baró Cruz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Tudo é Sofia – HAP Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2003
Aeroporto – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Aeroporto – Espaço Ecco de Arte Contemporânea, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2002
Aeroporto – Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Série Azul – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2019
Ambiental: Arte e Movimentos – MUBE
O rio dos navegantes – MAR
Contemporâneo, sempre – Farol Santander
2018
Is The City Still a Dream? – Hargar Art Center/Bélgica
Marina Monumental – Marina da Glória
São Paulo Não É Uma Cidade – Sesc 24 de Maio
Era dos Artistas – MAC-SP
2017
Natureza Concreta – Curadoria Mauro Trindade – Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
São Paulo não é uma cidade – Curadoria Paulo Herkenhoff e Leno Veras – SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Feito poeira ao vento – Fotografia na Coleção MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Modos de ver o Brasil – Itau Cultural 30 anos – curadoria Paulo Herkenhoff – Espaço Oca São Paulo, SP Brasil
A Era dos Artistas – curadoria Katia Canton , MAC , São Paulo, SP Brasil
Preserve – Somerset House, London, UK
2016
O Útero do Mundo – Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Os Muitos e o Um: Arte Contemporânea Brazileira na Coleção Andrea e José Olympio Pereira – Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Cidades Visíveis – Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador
2015
Expanded Geographies – Lianzhou Internacional Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
Philondendrum – Wolfsonian Institute, Miami, USA
O Tempo e os Tempos – Galeria Carbono, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Series and Sequences – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
As Tramas do Tempo na Arte Contemporânea: Estética ou Poética – Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2014
Coletiva – Galeria MDM, Paris, France
2013
Fotonovela – Fórum Latino-Americano de Fotografia de São Paulo, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Coleção de Fotografia Brazileira – Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fronteiras Incertas: Arte e Fotografia no Acervo do MAC USP – Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fotolivro Latino-Americano – Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
13 Fotógrafos Brazileiros – Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2012
Terra Prometida – Casa América, Barcelona, Spain
2011
Extremos – Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
O Seu Caminho: Site-Specific – Baró Galeria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Cachoeira das Almas – Centro Cultural Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2010
Autour de l’Extrême – Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Arsenal – Baró Galeria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
O Seu Caminho – Baró Galeria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Water: H20 = Life (organized by the New York Museum of Natural History in partnership with the Instituto Sangari) – Oca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fotospot: Panorâmica da Fotografia Contemporânea Brazileira (curated by Eder Chiodetto) – Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Diversidade e Afinidades: Universo x Reverso – Ecco Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2009
Subjetivo Feminino: Um Olhar Latino-Americano – Instituto Cervantes de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Istambul – FotoRio, Centro Cultural Federal, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Coletiva 6×6 – Prêmio Funarte Marcântonio Vilaça – Espaço Ecco de Arte Contemporânea, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2008
Arquivo Geral – Centro Cultural da Justiça, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Poéticas da Natureza – Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Guaritas – New Life Shop Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Duque de Caxias – New Life Shop Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Festival Internazionale de Fotografia de Roma – Rome, Italy
2007
7a Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Projeto Urban Space – Espaço Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Projeto Urban Space – Espaço Ecco, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Projeto Urban Space – New Life Shop Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005
Galerias – Centro Cultural Parque de Espanha, Rosario, Argentina
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Loop – Barcelona, Spain
Awards
2018
Beijing Overshoot – Shortlisted by PHotoEspaña in this year’s PHE18 Best Photography Book of the Year Award
Beijing Overshoot – Nomination for the German Design Award 2019 Excellent Communications Design
2017
The Syngenta Photography Award – Finalist
2015
Kassel Photobook Award 2015 – EntreVistas was selected as one of the best photobooks by the Kassel Photobook Festival
EntreVistas was selected by Agnaldo Farias as one of the best photobooks by Zum magazine
2011
Nominated to the Prix Pictet 2010 award and selected as part of the Growth exhibition and book, released in 2011 by publisher teNeues
2010
XI Prêmio Funarte Marc Ferrez de Fotografia – category “Research, Experimentation and Creation in Photographic Language”
Published Books
2019
The nature of things – Editora Tuí, Brazil
2017
Beijing Overshoot – Éditions Bessard, Paris, France
2015
Cactoceae – Editora Madalena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2014
EntreVistas – Editora Madalena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2013
Sobre São Paulo – Editora Madalena, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012
Entre Morros – Cosac Naify, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2009
Quando eu vi – Punctum, Rome, Italy
Un passaggio per Roma – IILA, Rome, Italy
2006
As Cidades do Brazil: Rio de Janeiro – Publifolha, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2002
Aeroporto – Editora Códex, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2000
O Corpo da Cidade – Editora BEI, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1999
Atletas do Brazil – Sextante, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1995
Quem você pensa que ela é? – Editora 34, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1993
Cidades – Companhia das Letras, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Participation in Other Publications
2017
Shifting Horizons: Urban space and social difference in contemporary Brazilian documentary and photography – Alice Louisa Allen, Wiley Blackwell
2016
Útero do Mundo – Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2015
Expanded Geographies – Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Guandzhou, China
2014
Brazil, The Troubled Rise of a Global Power – Yale University Press, USA
2013
Rio de Imagens, uma paisagem em construção – Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2011
The World Atlas of Street Photography – Jackie Higgins – Yale University Press, USA
Growth – teNeus, Krefeld, Germany
Extremos, fotografias da coleção da Maison Européene de la Photographie – Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fotolivros latino-americanos – Cosac Naify, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Água na Oca – Instituto Sangari, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2009
The Art Book Brazil – Decor Books, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2008
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro – Arte Padilha, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2006
Itaú Cultural, Arte no Brasil – Editora Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2003
Mapas Abiertos: Fotografias Latino Americano – Lunwerg Editores, Barcelona, Spain
2002
Retratos do imaginário de São Paulo – Editora Formate, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2001
Mapa do maravilhoso Rio de Janeiro – Sextante, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2001
A imagem do som de Antonio Carlos Jobim – Editora Globo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2000
A imagem do som de Gilberto Gil – Editora Globo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Videos
2010
O seu caminho
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Original score: José Carlos Godoy
Format: DVD 5.1
2009
Un passaggio per Roma
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at IILA, Rome, Italy
2007
Quando eu vi
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Original score: Paulo Beto
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Maison Européeene de la Photographie in November 2010, Paris, France, and at HAP Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2006
Você tem medo do quê?
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Original score: Paulo Beto
Format: DVD (projected on 5 screens)
Exhibited at OI Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and the Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fantasia
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Selected for the Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista, in December 2006
Selected for the RESFEST, in January 2007
O quarto
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Caraminholas
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Carandiru
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Selected for the Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista, in December 2006
Shorts
Ariel
Direction and production: Claudia Jaguaribe and Mauro Baptista Vedia/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Selected for the 1o Festival de Cinema Latino-Americano de São Paulo, in July 2006
Selected for the 17º Festival Internacional de Curtas Metragens de São Paulo – Curta o Formato Brazil, in August 2006
Exhibited at the Mostra Situação – Aspecto do documentário contemporâneo, at the Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in August 2006
Selected for the Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro, in December 2006
Selected for the Mostra do Audiovisual Paulista, in December 2006
Official Selection: Mostra do Filme Livre, in February 2007
Official Selection: 8˚ Festival Internacional de Documentários “Santiago Alvarez in Memoriam” – Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, in March 2007
Official Selection: aluCine Festival – Toronto, Canada, June 1st-9th 2007
Official Selection: Cinesul 2007 – Festival Ibero-Americano de Cinema e Vídeo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Official Selection: Festival Internacional de Cine de Viña Del Mar 2007 – Viña del Mar, Chile
2006
Morte I
Direction: Claudia Jaguaribe and Mauro Baptista Vedia/Limiar
Format: DVD single channel
Exhibited at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, in March 2006
Works in Collections
Inhotim – Instituto de Arte Contemporâneo e Jardim Botânico – Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Maison Européenne de la Photographie – Paris, France
Museu de Arte Moderna – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Museu de Arte de São Paulo – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Itaú Cultural – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Andrea e José Olympio Pereira – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Joaquim Paiva – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Milu Villela – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Renata Fischer – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Bianca Fischer – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Patrice Etlin – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Rose e Alfredo Setubal – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Mariano Marcondes Ferra – Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Meg Maggio – Beijing, China
Ricardo Akagawa – São Paulo, SP, Brazil
João Carlos Figueiredo Ferraz – São Paulo, SP, Brazil