Humberto and Fernando Campana
Brazilian artist collective, established 1983
Based in Sao Paulo
EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS (selection)
2013
/ 'Ocean', Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Paris, France
2012
/ 'Barroco Rococo', Musee des arts decoratifs, Paris, France
2011
/ Pavillon of Art & Design London, Carpenters Workshop Gallery
/ 'Antibodies', Vitra Design Museum, Weil Am Rhein, Germany
2002
/ 'Never Letting The Poetry Scape', Tel Aviv Museum of Art (TAMA), Tel Aviv, Israel
/ 'Kunstoff', Broelmuseum, Courtrai, Belgium
/ 'Milan in a Van', Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
/ 'Le Botte-Cul', Musee de Design et D’Arts Appliques Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
2001
/ 'Rede de Tensao' (A Network of Tension), Paco das Artes, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
/ 'On Paper, New Paper Art', Crafts Council Gallery, London, UK
/ 'Inventividade' (Inventiveness), Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Goiania, Brazil
2000
/ 'Air en Forme', Musee de Design et D’Arts Appliques Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
/ Design Biennial Festival, Saint-Etienne, France
/ 'Blow Up', Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany
/ 'Beyond European Design – Projects From Around The World', Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy
/ 'Entre o Design e a Arte' (Between Design and Art), Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo (MASP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999
/ 'Transcendencia, Caixas do Ser' (Trancendency, Boxes of Being), Casa das Rosas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
/ 'Novos Alquimistas' (New Alchemists), Espaco Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo, Brazil
/ 'Retrospectiva Campana' (Campana Retrospect), Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Bazil
/ 'Materias/Materiais' (Matter/Materials). Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
1998
/ 'Intorna Alla Fotografia' (Around Photography), Association Jacqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese, Milan, Italy
/ 'Brazilian Design', Arrango, Miami, EUA
/ 'Project 66: Campana Ingo Maurer', The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, USA
1997
/ 'O Luce', Galleria Immagine, Milan, Italy
/ 'Design Mit Zukunft', Focke-Museum, Bremen, Germany
/ 'Subjetos' (Subjects), Museu Brasiliera da Escultura (MUBE), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1996
/ 'Brasil faz Design' (Brazil Designs), Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy; Museu da Casa Brasiliera, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Instituto dos Arquitetos da Brasil (IAB). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Liceu de Artes e Oficios da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
/ 'Wweiirredd Young Design in Milan', Open Space, City Hall, Milan, Italy
1995
/ 'Il Brasile fa Anche Design’ (Also Brazil Designs), Brazilian Consulate – General, Milan, Italy; Museu da Casa Brasiliera, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Parque Lage, Rio de janeiro, Brazil; Teatro Nacional, Brasilia, Brazil
/ 'Entre Objetos' (Among Objects), Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994
/ 'Travels in Italy', Abitare il Tempo, Verona, Italy
1993
/ 'Edicao 93' (Edition 93), Nucleon 8, Sao Paulo Brazil
1990
/ 'Organicos' (The Organics), Nucleon 8, Sao Paulo, Brazil
/ “Brazilian Design, Limn Show Room, San Francisco, EUA.
1989
/ 'From Modernism to Modernity' Furniture of the XX Century, New York, USA
/ 'Desconfortaveis' (The Uncomfortable Ones). A Arquitetura da Luz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
AWARDS AND COMMISSIONS (selection)
2012
/ Designer of the Year, Maison et Objet, Paris, France
/ Comite Colbert Creation et Patrimoine Prize, France
2011
/ Special Prize at the Museu da Casa Brasileira (Brazilian house museum), Sao Paulo, Brazil
2008
/ Designer of the year, Design Miami, USA
1999
/ George Nelson Design Interior Awards, Interiors Magazine, USA
1998
/ Home Furniture Category Award – 2nd Place (Labirinto Bookcase), Museu da Casa Brasiliera, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1997
/ Home Furniture Category Award – 1st Place (Inflavel Table). Associacao Basiliera da Industria Moveleira (ABIMOVEL), Sao Paulo, Brazil
1996
/ Design Category Award – 1st Place (Papel Chair). XXI Salao de Arte de Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
1992
/ Acquisition Award (Cerca Screen), Museu de Arte Brasiliera. Fundacao
LITERATURE (selection)
2010
/ Adam Lindemann, "Collecting Design”, Taschen.
2009
/ Marcus Fairs, “Green Design”, London: Carlton Books Limited.
2007
/ Sophie Lovell, “Furnish: Furniture and Interior Design for the 21st Century”, Die Gestalten Verlag.
2004
/ Charlotte Fiell and Peter Fiell, “1000 Lights: 1960 to Present”, Taschen.
MUSEUM REFERENCES
Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo (MASP), Sao Paulo. Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiania. Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo. Instituto do Arquitetos do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Pinacoteca do Estado do Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Casa Franca Brazil, Rio de Janeiro. Museu Vale, Vila Velha. Montreal Fine Art Museum, Montreal. Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal. Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen. Design Museum, London. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Manchester Museum, Oxford. Centre George Pompidou, Paris. Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Vitra Design Museum, Weil Am Rhein. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich. Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf. Museum of Art, Tel Aviv. Jacqueline Vodoz and Bruno Danese Association, Milan. Palazzo Reale, Milan. Design Museum, Milan. Crystal Palace, Milan. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Centro Cultural Belem, Lisbon. Museum de Arte Mordernica, Bahia. Liceu de Artes e Oficios da Bahia, Bahia. Fundacion Pedro Barrie de la Maza, Coruna. Don Edelman Foundation, Switzerland. Museum of Design, Lausanne. Latin America Design Foundation, Amsterdam. High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas. Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New-York. National Design Museum, New-York. Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, New-York. The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. Museum of Art, Tulsa.