Milton Montenegro was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1954, and has been creating images since
his early childhood, when he won a box camera as a birthday gift.
In the mid-eighties, he pioneered digital photography techniques by taking part on
the early stages of computer graphics.
His work has been published worldwide and belongs to several collections.
Collections
Danforth Museum of Art (USA)
Worcester Art Museum (USA)
Harvard University Fogg Art Museum (USA)
MAR - Museu de Arte do Rio (Brazil)
Colecao Pirelli/MASP (Brazil)
Colecao Joaquim Paiva (Brazil)
Colecao Rubens Fernandes Junior (Brazil)
Museu da Fotografia Cidade de Curitiba (Brazil)
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia (Italy)
Books
TV Brasilia, The Cool Books, 2021
Praias do Rio, Editora Capivara, 2005
Sao Paulo - 450 Anos em 24 Horas, Buenas Ideias, 2004
Rio/Sao, Formarte, 2003
Nudes: Indexxi, Feierabend Verlag, Germany, 2003
Camera Obscura, Editora Francisco Alves, 1999
Novas Travessias: Fotografia Contemporanea Brasileira, Verso, England, 1996
Publications
Iris, Photo Camera, Fotoptica (Brazil)
L'Oeil de la Photographie, Zoom, Pixel, B.a.T. (France)
Novum Gebrauchgraphik (Germany)
La Fotografia (Spain);
Print, Verbum, Leonardo (USA)
Pic, Hot Shoe (England);
Glamour Affair, Foto Professionale (Italy)
Foto Mundo (Argentina)
Antilipseis (Greece)
Solo Exhibitions
Eclipse, L'Atélier Photo, Nyon, 2023
Nebulae, Curitiba, Sao Paulo & Belem, 1999/2000
Camera Lenta, Livraria Bookmakers, Rio, 1993
Deceptio Visus, Rio Design Center & Galeria Millan, Rio & Sao Paulo, 1989
Crash Landing, Galeria de Fotografia, Funarte, Rio, 1987
Ensaio Geral, Galeria Luz & Sombra, Rio, 1980
Selected Group Exhibitions
Photobox, Galeria da Gavea, Rio, 2022
SP-Arte, Galeria Carcara, Sao Paulo, 2021
ArtRio, Galeria Carcara, Rio, 2021
SP-Arte/Foto, Galeria Carcara, Sao Paulo, 2020
ArtRio, Galeria Carcara, Rio, 2020
ArtRio, Marsiaj Tempo Galeria, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, 2015
SP-Arte/Foto, Fotospot, Sao Paulo, 2015
ArtRio, Galeria Tempo, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, 2014
Colecao Rubens Fernandes Junior, Pinacoteca de Sao Paulo, 2012
Antilipseis, Greece, 2011
Limiares Urbanos, FotoRio, Centro Cultural dos Correios, Rio, 2007
AfroReggae - 13 Anos, Centro Cultural Telemar, Rio, 2006
Frontiers, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 2005
Da Pele que Quer Ser Vista..., Quito, Lima & Buenos Aires, 2003
Go Figure, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, USA, 2003
Recent Acquisitions, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, USA, 2001
Novas Tendencias, III Bienal Internacional de Fotografia, Curitiba, 2000
DoublExposure, Arctic Building, Seattle, 1999
A Imagem do Som de Caetano Veloso, Paço Imperial, Rio, 1998
O Brasil na Maquina do Tempo: Colecao Referencial da Historia da Fotografia
Brasileira, Instituto Cultural Itau, Sao Paulo, 1997
LGC Arte Hoje, opening show, Rio, 1996
I Bienal Internacional de Fotografia, Curitiba, 1996
Contemporary Photography in Brazil, Photographers' Gallery, Londres, 1996
VI Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia, Torino, 1995
Papel do Brasil - Arte Contemporanea Brasileira, Beijing, 1995
Colecao Pirelli/MASP de Fotografia, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, 1994
A Paixao do Olhar, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio, 1993
Fotografia Contemporanea Brasileira, International Photo Meeting, Sao Paulo,
1993
Clin D'Oeil sur la Photographie Bresilienne, Musee Français de la Photographie,
Paris, 1992
Coca-Cola: 50 Anos com Arte, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio, 1992
Kodak Professional Photographers' Showcase, Epcot Center, 1990
Digital Image/Digital Photography, 1990 Siggraph Traveling Art Show, Dallas,
Barcelona & Frankfurt, 1990/91
Siggraph 88 Art Show, Atlanta, 1988
Brazil Designs, The Art Directors Club, New York, 1988
Fotografia Contemporanea Brasileira, Mexico, 1981
Hecho en Latino-America, Mexico, New York & Venice, 1978/79