Mauro Pinto | Mozambique
Mauro Pinto was born 1974, Mozambique and currently lives and works in Maputo, Mozambique
Mauro Pinto is considered one of the most recognized contemporary photographers of Mozambique.
Through his lens, Mauro is celebrating the everyday world that surrounds him. His shots represent the ways of life of his country of origin and its people, both in the countryside and the city. For the body of works “the milieu” he’s entering people’s lives to document and show to the world the complex and tough life of this social class. In his shots, he is able to represent people’s lives and their feelings through the places and objects of the people he wants to describe. Through skillful use of light and space, his shots are full of social and emotional tension able to involves the viewer and bring it into the scene.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Selected solo exhibitions
2015
Dá licença / Excuse me, Palácio Cadaval, Evora, Portugal
2011
Maputo – Luanda – Lubumbashi, Influx Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
Mauro Pinto, a State matter, Rua D’arte Bar, Maputo, Mozambique
2007
Inside/Outside, La Halle de l’Etoile, Lumumbashi, Congo
2005
Ports of convergence, French-Mozambican Cultural Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
2004
Woman-Mother, French-Mozambican Cultural Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
2003
Simply children, Fortaleza, Maputo, Mozambique
2001
Weapons into art, Commonwealth Pavillion, Sydney, Australia
Selected group exhibitions
2021
PhotoBasel 2021, Volkshaus Basel, Rebgasse 12-14, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
2018
African Passions, Palais Cadaval, Evora, Portugal
2015
1:54 African Contemporary Art Fair, Afronova, Somerset House, London, UK
As Margens dos Mares, Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
2014
1:54 African Contemporary Art Fair, Afronova, Somerset House, London, UK
Cata-ventos, gallery 111, Lisbon, Portugal
2013
Present Tense, Photography from Southern Africa, The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Next Future Gulbenkian Program, Lisbon, Portugal
2012
Cheveux Chéris. Frivolités et Trophées, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
2011
Idioma Comum, PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2010
El oja salvaje, Museo del Barro, Asuncion, Paraguay
Ocupações Temporárias, Maputo, Mozambique
FNB Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa
2009 – 2011
Maputo: a tale of one city, IKM gallery, Oslo, Norway – National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2009
Ex nugis seria d’Afrique et d’ailleurs…, Maison d’art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur Marne, France
2008
Ricardo Rangel and Mauro Pinto, two man show, Afronova, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pollution… , University of Architecture, Maputo, Mozambique
2006
Look ahead, Camões Institute, Maputo, Mozambique
Expo contemporary art 06, National Museum of Art, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo Festa, To Matola, Chissano Gallery, Maputo, Mozambique
Replica and Rebellion, National Museum of Art, Maputo, Mozambique
To Matola, Espace Saint-Ouen, Paris, France
2005
Indian Ocean Workshop of Photography, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa
World Social Forum, Contemporary Art Museum, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2004
Africa-Brazil, Parliament, Brasilia, Brazil
International Encounters of Photography, Arles, France
2003
Saudade, de l’Espoir/Esperenza, St-Benoît, Reunion Island
2002
21 years of photography, Mozambican Association of Photography, Maputo, Mozambique
Photo Festa, Brazilian Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
2000
Weapons into art, itinerant exhibition, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Canada
Funga banga, Maputo, Mozambique
2009
Thessaloniki Biennale, Salonica, Greece
2003
African Encounters of Photography, Bamako, Mali