CILDO MEIRELES Photo © Everton Balardin

1948
Born in Rio de Janeiro

1963
Start studying with the Peruvian artist Félix Barrenechea in Brasilia

1971-1973
Stay in the USA

1973 until today
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro

2005
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris.

2008
Velázquez Prize for Fine Arts

1967
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia

1975
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

1977
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo

1990
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

1995
IVAM, Centre del Carme, Valencia

1996
Serralves Foundation, Porto

1997
Institute of Contemporary Art - ICA, Boston

1999
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Studio K. Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

2000
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro

2003
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg

2004
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Kunstverein Hamburg

2006
Vale do Rio Doce Museum, Vitória, Espírito Santo
Pinacoteca Station in São Paulo

2008
TATE Modern, London

2009
Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona
MUAC - University Museum of Contemporary Art, Mexico City

2013
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

2014
Hangar Bicocca, Milan

2019
Entrevendo, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo

Biennals
Venice (1976,2003, 2005, 2009)
Paris (1977)
Sydney (1984)
São Paulo (1981, 1989, 1998, 2010)
Johannesburg (1997)
Istanbul (2003, 2007, 2010)
Kassel Documenta (1992, 2002)