Daniel Mattar

His research in photography began in Tokyo, Japan, where he lived and worked in the nineties.

For twenty-five years that photography is his form of expression. He has travelled through various fields such as fashion, portraits and documentaries.

Daniel’s work is full of paradoxes: the technological camera to the intuitive gesture with the oil paint. In his research, Daniel develops dialogues through photography that show multiple three dimensions on two-dimensional planes. Through the use of oil paints and/or mineral pigments, the artist composes his images by intervening on small areas of packaging, book images, ink cartridges, photos from personal files and several other surfaces related to image reproduction. Once finished, his micro-spaces are immediately photographed at the height of freshness of the paints and then printed in large-scale works, establishing a vast dimensional vocabulary of volumes and colours.

Daniel holds individual and collective exhibitions since 1988, including the Rio de Janeiro Modern Art Museum (MAM-RJ), the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (CCBB) and the Sergio Porto Cultural Space.

Today he lives in Lisbon, Portugal, where he develops his artistic work.

2021 

Group exhibition Deji Art Museum,

Nanjing  – China.

Group exhibition “Pedágio de mim”,

“Not A Museum” Artspace , Lisbon – Portugal.

Group exhibition “Terra Estrangeira”,

Tryzy Gallery , Lisbon – Portugal.

Group exhibition “Entre a Água e a Terra”,

Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

Site especific – ArtRio

Solo show, Marcia Barrozzo do Amaral Both ,Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Solo exhibition “Polaroids”.

“Artsy “ digital platform

2020 

Group exhibition “Natureza Alterada”,

Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

Solo exhibition “Vista Aérea”.

“Artsy “ digital platform

Group exhibition “Arte Brasileira”,

Galeria Sá da Costa, Lisbon – Portugal.

2019

Solo exhibition “Photo Drawings”.

Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

Group exhibition “PRAIA”,

Galeria da Gavea, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

Group exhibition “Imprecisão Azul”,

 Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

Group exhibition “Galaxies”,

Espace L gallery, Geneva – Switzerland

Release of the Artist Book “4 centimetres”- UQ editions

Group exhibition “UQ editions”, Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

2018

Solo exhibition “Pigmento”.

Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

Solo exhibition “RISE”.

Brisa Galeria, Lisbon – Portugal.

2016

Group exhibition Arte Core serie “Simulacro” .

Museu de arte moderna (MAM), Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

2014

Velt Gallery Project serie “Cirúrgicos”.

Antiga Fabrica da Bhering ,Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

Group exhibition “Atemporal” serie “Cirúrgicos” ,Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

2012

Solo exhibition “Simulacro”.

Centro Cultural Sergio Porto ,Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

Solo exhibition “Janela Glacial”.

Shopping Leblon , Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

2008

Group exhibition “Nippon”. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) ,

Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia – Brazil

1996

Solo exhibition “Inventario#01”.

Centro Cultural Oduvaldo Viana Filho , Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.

1991

Group exhibition , III Bienal de Santos,São Paulo-Brazil

Solo exhibition “TOKYO” .

Espaço Mario Quintana,Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil

Solo exhibition “Homenagem a Marcio Mattar” .

Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM),Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Solo exhibition “Longe do cais” .

Iate Clube, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Solo exhibition “TOKYO” .

Manch Café Galeria , Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

1988

Group exhibition “ New paintings” .

Tríade gallery, Rio de Janeiro-Brazil