Né en 1951 à Cruz Alta, Brésil
Vit et travaille à Paris et New York
FORMATION
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
EXPOSITIONS PERSONNELLES (SÉLECTION)
2018
Oedipus, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
2017
Even Banks Have Souls, Putschow Gallery, Zurich, Suisse
2016
Fundação Brasilea, Bâle, Suisse
Psyche, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, États-Unis
2012
Six, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, États-Unis
2011
O triunfo da Razao Natural, Luciana Brito Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brésil
2010
Splendeur et misère, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
2009
Escultura de Saint Clair Cemin, da pureza ao enigma, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brésil
2008
Witness, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, États-Unis
2007
Bejing Series, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Galerie Alain Noirhomme, Bruxelles, Belgique
2006
Galleria Paolo Curti/Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan, Italie
2004
Gods of the People, Brent Sikkema, New York, États-Unis
2003
Galleria Sperone, Rome, Italie
2002
Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Museo De Arte Moderno, Mexico, Mexique
2001
The Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, États-Unis
Casa Iteso-Clavigero, Mexico, Mexique
2000
Saint Clair Cemin Sculpture, Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brésil
1999
Galerie Alain Noirhomme, Bruxelles, Belgique
Cheim and Read, New York, États-Unis
Galeria Enrique Guererro, Mexico, Mexique
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, États-Unis
1998
Perspectives, Birmingham Museum of art, Birmingham, Royaume-Uni
Chimera, Baumgartner galleries, Washington DC, États-Unis
Man Woman Tree hand Boat House Car Golem, Gallery Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Suède
1997
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brésil
1995
Galerie Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paulo, Brésil
Sculptures, Gian Ferrari Contemporanea, Milan, Italie
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1994
Escultura de Saint Clair Cemin, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexique
Galerie Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brésil
Galerie Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Suède
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1993
Saint Clair Cemin : About materials, The Greenberg Gallery, St Louis , États-Unis
Saint Clair Cemin, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Suède
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
1992
New Sculpture, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Espagne
The Human Condition, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1991
Witte de With, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Directions-Saint Clair Cemin, curated by Franck Gettings, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, États-Unis
Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, États-Unis
Recent sculpture, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis
1990
Anders Tornberg Galery, Lund, Suède
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
1989
Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italie
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
1988
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, États-Unis
1987
Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York , États-Unis
1986
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York , États-Unis
1985
Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York , États-Unis
1984
Beulah Land, New York , États-Unis
1982
Galeria Projecta, Sao Paulo, Brésil
The Red Bar, New York , États-Unis
1981
Galeria Guinard, Porto Alegre, Brésil
Galeria Projecta, Sao Paulo, Brésil
1980
The White Room, Hasselt, Belgique
1979
Galeria Projecta, Sao Paulo, Brésil
Galeria Guinard, Porto Alegre, Brésil
EXPOSITIONS DE GROUPE (SÉLECTION)
2019
20 Forever, Hydra School Project, Hydra, Grèce
Glasstress 2019, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Italie
2018
Troposphere: Chinese and Brazilian Contemporary Art, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, Chine
Pontresina Inaugrual Group Show, Plutschow Gallery, Zurich, Suisse
2017
Pontresina Inaugural Group Show, Putschow Gallery, Zurich, Suisse
The School, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
The Coffins of Paa Joe and the Pursuit of Happiness, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
2016
Drawing Room, David Nolan Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis
5ª Bienal Internacional de Grabado ICPNA 2016, Bienal Internacional de Grabado ICPNA, Lima, Pérou
2015
Surrealism: The Conjured Life, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, Etats-Unis
Là où commence le jour, Dans le cadre de lille3000 – RenaissanceLaM, Lille Métropole musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
10th Mercosul Biennial – Messages From a New America, Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brésil
2014
Cruce de colecciones, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Espagne
Literary Devices, Fisher Landau Center For Art, New York, Etats-Unis
Uber-Bodies, Hydra School Project, Hydra, Grèce
Distrações da Memória: O Museu Como Modo de Rever o Mundo, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brésil
2006
Saint Clair Cemin – James Hyde – Jac Leirner, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York , États-Unis
2005
Here Comes The Bogey-Man, CAM – Chelsea Art Museum, New York , États-Unis
2004
Cool and Collected, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, Caroline du Nord, États-Unis
2002
Monique Prieto : New Paintings – Saint Clair Cemin : Wind, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York , États-Unis
2001
Secret Victorians/Contemporary Artists and a 19th Century Vision, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphie, Etats-Unis
2000
Art of the Americas from The Chase Manhattan Collection, The Americas Society, New York, États-Unis
Cheim & Read, New York,Opulent
Precious Metals, Sculptures in gold and silver, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, (exposition itinérante); Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Floride ; Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California ; Galerie Simonne Sterne, New Orleans ; Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Rough Edge: Selections from the Broad Art Foundation, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Californie, États-Unis
The World Inside the World: Saint Clair Cemin, Abraham David Christian, Elliot Schwartz, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1999
17 Contemporaries, Artists from America, Italy, and Mexico – the Eighties, The Menil Collection
Loaf, Baumgartner Gallery, New York, États-Unis
78th Exhibition of Artist Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, États-Unis
1998
Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea, Suède
Defining Structures, LaSalle Gallery, NationsBank Plaza, Charlotte, Caroline du Nord, États-Unis
Decorative Strategies, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, États-Unis
Over the Mantle, Over the Couch, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, États-Unis
The Shared Medium: A Latin-American Drawing Exhibition, Gallery A, Chicago, États-Unis
Food, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, États-Unis
Secret Victorians, Contemporary Artists and a 19th- Century Vision, Firstsite, Minories Art Gallery, Colchester, Angleterre (exposition itinérante); Arnolfini, Bristol ; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough ; UCLA at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Californie, États-Unis
Convivial, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, États-Unis
1997
Premio Marco 1996, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Monterrey, Mexique
Latin American Contemporary Artists, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginie, États-Unis
Ut Scientia Pictura, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1996
Premio Marco 1995, Museo de arte contemporaneo de Monterrey, Mexique
The Mediated Object, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusset, États-Unis
Donald Baechler / Saint Clair Cemin: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection, Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York, États-Unis
Inside: The Work of St. Clair Cemin, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido, Californie, États-Unis
Saint Clair Cemin, Daniel Senise, Beatriz Milhazes, Adriana Varejao, Quintana Gallery, Coral Gables, Floride, États-Unis
The Subverted Object, Ubu Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Contemporary Latin American Artists, Galeria Ramis Barquet and Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1995
Zitelle Centro Culturale di Esposizione e Comunicazione, Biennale de Venise, Italie
The Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Japon
Seductive Manner, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, États-Unis
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Aids – A Heart as a Friend, Palazzo della Triennale, Milan, Italie
Altered & Irrational, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, États-Unis
1994
In the Spirit of Things, Stux Gallery, New York, États-Unis
The Rushmore Festival avec scénographie pour « Life is a Dream » par Pedro Calderon de la Barca Woodbury, New York, États-Unis
Abstract Works on Paper, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, États-Unis
6 Artists, Galeria Camargo Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brazil, XXII Biennale Internationale de Sao Paulo, Brésil
1993
Twenty Years Daniel Weinberg Gallery: A Series of Anniversary Exhibitions, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Santa Monica, California, États-Unis
The 21st Century, Into the Future with Paracelsus, Kunsthalle, Bâle, Suisse
Drawing the Line Against Aids, American Foundation for AIDS Research International, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venise, Italie
Space of Time: Contemporary Art from the Americas, Americas Society, New York / Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, États-Unis
1992
Doubletake, Collective Memory & Current Art, Hayward Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni / Kunsthalle de Vienne, Autriche
Play Between Fear & Desire, Germans van Eck Gallery, New York, États-Unis
The Figure, Blum Helman Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Transmodern, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, DC, États-Unis
Documenta IX, Cassel, Allemagne
Baziotes to Basquiat: 1950’s to 1990’s, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, Nouveau Mexico, États-Unis
Concurrents, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York, États-Unis
1991
Saint Clair Cemin and Jessica Stockholder, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Pays-Bas
Between Intuition & Reason, Saint Clair Cemin / Jonathan Lasker, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, États-Unis
Little Things Mean A Lot, Momentary Modern, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, États-Unis
Between Image and Identity, Between Identity and Tradition, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Altrove / Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italie
Anni Novanta / The Nineties, Galleria Communale d’Arte Moderna, Bologne, Italie
Rope, La Galeria Fernando Alcolea, Madrid, Espagne
Contemporary Sculpture after 1970, Fondation Daniel Templon, Frejus, France
Sculptors’ Drawings, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, Nouveau Mexico, États-Unis
American Artists of the 80’s, Palazzo delle Albere, Museo Provinciale d’Arte Sezione Contemporanea, Trente, Italie
1990
The Last Laugh: Irony, Humor, Self-Mockery, and Derision, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Specific Metaphysic, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Saint Clair Cemin, Richard Prince and Meyer Vaisman, Arthur Rogers Gallery, La Nouvelle Orléans, États-Unis
The Last Decade / American Artists of the 80’s, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Vertigo, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
1989
Horn of Plenty, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Melencholia, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienne, Autriche
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, États-Unis
The Silent Baroque, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Autriche
Object/Objective – Reading Things Twice in Contemporary Sculpture, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
1988
MOCArt Auction ’88, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, États-Unis
Artschwager / His Peers and Persuasion 1963-1988, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Off White, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Art at the End of the Social, The Fredrik Roos Museum, Malmö, Suède
The Binational American Art of the Late 80’s, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, États-Unis / Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Allemagne / Kunsthalle Stuttgart, Allemagne
The New Poverty II, Myers/Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis
1987
Simila / Dissimila: Modes of Abstraction in Painting, Sculpture and Photography Today, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Allemagne / Columbia University, New York, États-Unis / Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, États-Unis / Sonnabend Gallery, New York, États-Unis
The Antique Future, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Extreme Order, Lia Rumma Gallery, Naples, Italie
The New Poverty, John Gibson Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1986
Time After Time, Diane Brown Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Canada, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Canada
From the Gallery, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Modern Sleep, American Fine Art Co., New York, États-Unis
1985
Logosimuli, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, États-Unis
Homage to Picabia, Art Cafe, New York, États-Unis
1984
Sculpture Survey, Virtual Garrison Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1981
Graphic Biennial, Lubiana, Yougoslavie
1980
First latin american graphic arts biennial, Cayman Gallery, New York, États-Unis
1979
Pratt Graphic Center, New York, États-Unis
Salao Nacional de Art do Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
1978
Galeria Segno Grafico, Venise, Italie
Galeria Projecta, Sao Paulo, Brésil
COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, États-Unis
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, États-Unis
Rooseum, Stockholm, Suède
Eli Broad Family Foundation, Los Angeles, États-Unis
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, Caroline du Nord, États-Unis
Fisher Landau Center For Art, Long Island, États-Unis
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Santa Monica, Californie, États-Unis
Malmö Konsthall, Suède
Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Espagne
Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (MARGS), Brésil
Inhotim Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Brésil
MOCA Grand Avenue, Etats-Unis
BRASILEA FOUNDATION, BALE, SUISSEDu 15/06/2016 au 18/06/2016
This exhibition offers a panorama of works, original and multiple sculptures from 1995 to 2012 as well as some drawings that will allow the public to travel with this limitless Brasilean artist. Curator Marc Pottier