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City - NOMINEE: Caique Cunha
Williamsburg
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“The streets are full of sweat in the mortar of your pavement”, according to the nineteenth century Brazilian writer, João do Rio, in his book, The Enchanting Soul of the Streets.
“Williamsburg” is the final work after spending some months (2015) in the neighborhood streets of Brooklyn. New York City is changing at unprecedented speed. The neighborhood of Williamsburg is an example of this fast transformation, which somehow disturbs me. As in the 5 Pointz in Queens (which was demolished to make way for luxury condominium complex), some of the other iconic sites in Williamsburg will also be demolished or in the process of being demolished. For example, Domino Sugar Refinery, began demolition in 2014 to make make room for redevelopment. The Domino Sugar Refinery is a former refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City. It was the original refinery of the American Sugar Refining Company, which produced Domino brand sugar.
he proposal is to dialogue with raw photography. It intends to discuss the film’s influence on contemporary photography. This work aims to raise this question more than answer it. It claims to define a territory whose boundaries are, on the one hand, the aesthetic ambitions of photography and on the other, the deconstruction of photography pretensions from the early twentieth century, to the world of art.
About author:
Caique Cunha is a Brazilian visual artist that uses photography as a means of self-expression and self-knowledge. His works explore politicals narratives and everyday life from a contemporary viewpoint. Recently he incorporated rubber stamp practices into his creative process, creating unique and expressive works. As a photographer, Caique spent 3 years documenting the gentrification process in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, famous district in Brooklyn/NY. His work has been exhibited at School of Visual Arts, at Coohaus Art Mora Gallery, both in Manhattan, among lot of art galleries in Brazil.
Interested in urban scenes and the stories that the streets hide, Caique has already documented the everyday life at cities like Havana, Rio de Janeiro and New York.
Cunha has continuing education at the International Center of Photography and School of Visual Arts, NYC, and also at Casa Foto e arte, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. He has been invited to judge and jury shows at Brazilian art scene in the past years. During Rio’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, Caique Cunha worked as Photo Manager in the Boxing and Sitting volleyball venues. Currently he is the director of Studio Rico, an art gallery in Rio de Janeiro.
Resumé
Education:
2020 | Continuing education in Expanded photography – A CASA: Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
2019 | Portfolio – A CASA: Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
2014-2015 | Street Photography under instruction of Richard Sandler, New York
2014 | Continuing education in Theatre, Dance, Musicals – School of Visual Arts (Joe Sinnott), New York
2013 | Continuing education in Stage Photography – Escola de Artes Visuais Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro
2013 | Continuing education in Black and White Process – International Center of Photography (Keisha Scarville), New York
2011 | Professional Photography – New York Institute of Photography, New York
2008 | Continuing education in Photography – Escola de Artes Visuais Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro
2006 | Continuing education in Marketing – Instituto COPPEAD de Administração, Rio de Janeiro
2005 | B.A. Business Administration – Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Exhibitions:
Solo
“Williamsburg”
2018-2019 | December 14th – January 13th // Celeiro Espaço Criativo Altiplano Cabo Branco // João Pessoa, PB / Brazil
2018 | February 02st – March 30rd // Espaço Cultural dos Correios // Juiz de fora, MG / Brazil
2017-2018 | November 11th – January 07th // Centro Cultural dos Correios // São Paulo, SP / Brazil
2017 | August 17th – September 22th // Casarão 34 // João Pessoa, PB / Brazil
2017 | July 22nd – July 29th // Casa Galeria Galpão // 27 Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns // Garanhuns, PE / Brazil
2016 | July 30th – September 10th // Palácio dos Correios // Niterói, RJ / Brazil
2016 | May 18th – July 24th // Centro Cultural Correios // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2016 | January 04th – January 29th // School of Visual Arts // New York, NY / USA
“Havana”
2015 | July 25th – August 15th // Glicerina Café & Galeria // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
Group
2020 | March 18th – March 22th – “Pequenos Formatos” // Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (Galeria Lyria Palomino) // Tiradentes, MG / Brazil
2018 | March 10th – April 10th – “Minissérie” // Fnac Morumbi // São Paulo, SP / Brazil
2016 | March 09th – March 13th – “Branco” // Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (Foto em Pauta) // Tiradentes, MG / Brazil
2015-2016 | December 12th – February 26th – “Branco” // Ateliê Oriente // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2015 | January 15th – February 04th – “Open call” // Coohaus Art Mora Gallery // New York, NY / USA
Projection
2019 | December 20th – “Mostra Livre de Fotografia – 6ª edição” // A CASA – Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // La Maison Mère // Lyon, LY / France
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Casarão Fotoativa // Belém, PA / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Festival Co-Fluir + Ponto 554 // Belo Horizonte, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Palco da Arte // Uberlândia, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Centro Comercial do Cariru // Ipatinga, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Casarão da antiga Oleama // São Luiz, MA / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Lapa // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2015 | September 24th – “No muro” // 11º Paraty em Foco // Paraty, RJ / Brazil
2015 | September 12th – “Foto na parede” // Ateliê Oriente // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
Online
2014 | December 01st – December 31st – 4th Annual “Open” Online Art Competition // www.lightspacetime.com
2013 | June 5th – September 5th – “Loneliness in Black and White” // www.caique-cunha.com
Nomination/Awards:
2016 | Nominee Award in City for “Williamsburg” series – By Photogrvphy Grant 2016
2015 | Special Award on “Thaysa” – By Alumni Portal Deutschland contest “Mobility around the globe – How people and goods travel from A to B”
2014 | Special Award on “The Grand Central Terminal” – By Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
2013 | Special Award on “The Grand Central Terminal” (International Salon of Fine Art Photography) – By Indian Visual Arts Foundation
2012 | Special Award on “Thaysa” – By Lanxess Elastomers contest “Mobility”
Art Festival:
2017 | 27 Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns // Garanhuns, PE / Brazil
Videos:
2015 | “Movimento” - https://youtu.be/75V_Kr7LXu4
Print Media:
Brasil Telecom magazine
Caixa Econômica Federal magazine
L’Officiel Brasil magazine
Lanxess Annual Report
Petroflex magazine
Zupi magazine
“Williamsburg” is the final work after spending some months (2015) in the neighborhood streets of Brooklyn. New York City is changing at unprecedented speed. The neighborhood of Williamsburg is an example of this fast transformation, which somehow disturbs me. As in the 5 Pointz in Queens (which was demolished to make way for luxury condominium complex), some of the other iconic sites in Williamsburg will also be demolished or in the process of being demolished. For example, Domino Sugar Refinery, began demolition in 2014 to make make room for redevelopment. The Domino Sugar Refinery is a former refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City. It was the original refinery of the American Sugar Refining Company, which produced Domino brand sugar.
he proposal is to dialogue with raw photography. It intends to discuss the film’s influence on contemporary photography. This work aims to raise this question more than answer it. It claims to define a territory whose boundaries are, on the one hand, the aesthetic ambitions of photography and on the other, the deconstruction of photography pretensions from the early twentieth century, to the world of art.
About author:
Caique Cunha is a Brazilian visual artist that uses photography as a means of self-expression and self-knowledge. His works explore politicals narratives and everyday life from a contemporary viewpoint. Recently he incorporated rubber stamp practices into his creative process, creating unique and expressive works. As a photographer, Caique spent 3 years documenting the gentrification process in the neighborhood of Williamsburg, famous district in Brooklyn/NY. His work has been exhibited at School of Visual Arts, at Coohaus Art Mora Gallery, both in Manhattan, among lot of art galleries in Brazil.
Interested in urban scenes and the stories that the streets hide, Caique has already documented the everyday life at cities like Havana, Rio de Janeiro and New York.
Cunha has continuing education at the International Center of Photography and School of Visual Arts, NYC, and also at Casa Foto e arte, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. He has been invited to judge and jury shows at Brazilian art scene in the past years. During Rio’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, Caique Cunha worked as Photo Manager in the Boxing and Sitting volleyball venues. Currently he is the director of Studio Rico, an art gallery in Rio de Janeiro.
Resumé
Education:
2020 | Continuing education in Expanded photography – A CASA: Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
2019 | Portfolio – A CASA: Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
2014-2015 | Street Photography under instruction of Richard Sandler, New York
2014 | Continuing education in Theatre, Dance, Musicals – School of Visual Arts (Joe Sinnott), New York
2013 | Continuing education in Stage Photography – Escola de Artes Visuais Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro
2013 | Continuing education in Black and White Process – International Center of Photography (Keisha Scarville), New York
2011 | Professional Photography – New York Institute of Photography, New York
2008 | Continuing education in Photography – Escola de Artes Visuais Ateliê da Imagem, Rio de Janeiro
2006 | Continuing education in Marketing – Instituto COPPEAD de Administração, Rio de Janeiro
2005 | B.A. Business Administration – Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
Exhibitions:
Solo
“Williamsburg”
2018-2019 | December 14th – January 13th // Celeiro Espaço Criativo Altiplano Cabo Branco // João Pessoa, PB / Brazil
2018 | February 02st – March 30rd // Espaço Cultural dos Correios // Juiz de fora, MG / Brazil
2017-2018 | November 11th – January 07th // Centro Cultural dos Correios // São Paulo, SP / Brazil
2017 | August 17th – September 22th // Casarão 34 // João Pessoa, PB / Brazil
2017 | July 22nd – July 29th // Casa Galeria Galpão // 27 Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns // Garanhuns, PE / Brazil
2016 | July 30th – September 10th // Palácio dos Correios // Niterói, RJ / Brazil
2016 | May 18th – July 24th // Centro Cultural Correios // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2016 | January 04th – January 29th // School of Visual Arts // New York, NY / USA
“Havana”
2015 | July 25th – August 15th // Glicerina Café & Galeria // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
Group
2020 | March 18th – March 22th – “Pequenos Formatos” // Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (Galeria Lyria Palomino) // Tiradentes, MG / Brazil
2018 | March 10th – April 10th – “Minissérie” // Fnac Morumbi // São Paulo, SP / Brazil
2016 | March 09th – March 13th – “Branco” // Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes (Foto em Pauta) // Tiradentes, MG / Brazil
2015-2016 | December 12th – February 26th – “Branco” // Ateliê Oriente // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2015 | January 15th – February 04th – “Open call” // Coohaus Art Mora Gallery // New York, NY / USA
Projection
2019 | December 20th – “Mostra Livre de Fotografia – 6ª edição” // A CASA – Fotografia e Arte Contemporânea // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // La Maison Mère // Lyon, LY / France
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Casarão Fotoativa // Belém, PA / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Festival Co-Fluir + Ponto 554 // Belo Horizonte, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Palco da Arte // Uberlândia, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Centro Comercial do Cariru // Ipatinga, MG / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Casarão da antiga Oleama // São Luiz, MA / Brazil
2018 | November 17th – “#DemocraciaProjetada 2.0” // Lapa // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
2015 | September 24th – “No muro” // 11º Paraty em Foco // Paraty, RJ / Brazil
2015 | September 12th – “Foto na parede” // Ateliê Oriente // Rio de Janeiro, RJ / Brazil
Online
2014 | December 01st – December 31st – 4th Annual “Open” Online Art Competition // www.lightspacetime.com
2013 | June 5th – September 5th – “Loneliness in Black and White” // www.caique-cunha.com
Nomination/Awards:
2016 | Nominee Award in City for “Williamsburg” series – By Photogrvphy Grant 2016
2015 | Special Award on “Thaysa” – By Alumni Portal Deutschland contest “Mobility around the globe – How people and goods travel from A to B”
2014 | Special Award on “The Grand Central Terminal” – By Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery
2013 | Special Award on “The Grand Central Terminal” (International Salon of Fine Art Photography) – By Indian Visual Arts Foundation
2012 | Special Award on “Thaysa” – By Lanxess Elastomers contest “Mobility”
Art Festival:
2017 | 27 Festival de Inverno de Garanhuns // Garanhuns, PE / Brazil
Videos:
2015 | “Movimento” - https://youtu.be/75V_Kr7LXu4
Print Media:
Brasil Telecom magazine
Caixa Econômica Federal magazine
L’Officiel Brasil magazine
Lanxess Annual Report
Petroflex magazine
Zupi magazine