Frederico C芒mara
Frederico Câmara is a Brazilian artist whose research practices are informed by his personal experiences of migration and traveling, and by his fascination for nature, science, and sites of knowledge like museums, libraries, and archives. In his work, he revisits the role of the traveling artist and explorer, decolonizing their historical antecedents with a contemporary approach to discovery, questioning the ideas of the familiar and the exotic, and promoting environmental awareness and sustainability.
His research intersects with natural sciences, environmental humanities, visual anthropology, and museum and heritage studies. His research interests include the representations of nature, migration, photography, and travel as research methods, ethnographic methods, collecting and archiving in art, vernacular design, and the preservation of heritage.
His research outputs are in the form of photographic and video installations, artist’s books, drawings, and text. He studied for a Ph.D. in Fine Art at the University of Sydney, Australia; M.A. in Fine Art at the University of the Arts London, UK; and B.F.A. in Fine Art at UFMG Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. His work has taken him around the world as a visiting professor at various universities, on research fellowships, artist residencies, and exhibitions. He is also a recipient of various prestigious awards.
Education
Ph.D. Fine Art, The University of Sydney – Sydney, Australia
M.A. Fine Art, University of the Arts London – London, United Kingdom
B.F.A. Printmaking, Federal University of Minas Gerais – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Recent Work
Conference Presentations
2024
Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference 2024 – London, UK.
Title: SuperNATIVO* (New Mexico): preserving and interpreting local
and global cultures of vernacular hand-painted commercial signs.
2024
Captivity: Assembling Nature’s Histories. UCLA The Clark Memorial Library – Los Angeles, USA. Title: Views of Paradise: a photographic atlas of the artificial environments of zoological gardens and aquariums in Oceania
2023
Thinking Techne / International Conference. Technische Universität Berlin – Berlin, Germany . Title: Drawing and Painting with Plants: experimenting with plant-based inks and surfaces in the Amazon
Exhibitions
2020
Campos Interpostos, MAM Rio / Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Research Fellowships and Artistic Residencies
2024
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg – Institute for Advanced Study (HWK) – Delmenhorst, Germany
2022
Richard E. Greenleaf Visiting Library Scholar Award, University of New Mexico / Latin American and Iberian Institute – Albuquerque, USA
Course list
Introduction to Photography | |
Film Photography |
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Graduate Seminar |