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Flavio PONS
Le lourd reve du leger
Strange fruit
Los Adioses
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One Man Shows
1975  - The Provisory Landscapes  Galerie De Zeevang, Edam, the Netherlands
1977  - The Mind Situations  Seven Arts Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
         - Ilussions  Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil
         - The Collector  Art Global Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
1979  - Assemblages  Galerie D'Theeboom, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          - 4 x Flavio Pons  Galerie Bedaux, Amesterdam, the Netherlands
1980  - Onze Mooie Bloembollenvelden  Galerie Bedaux, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1981  - Goulart & Pons, Videotapes - The Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1982  - Rezente Buchbildhauerei von Flavio Pons - Other Books and So Archive, Amsterdam
            the Netherlands
          - Rebus, O.K.K. - Osstzaan, the Netherlands
1983  - Haags Centrum voor Actuelle Kunst - The Hague, the Netherlands
1984  - L'après-midi d'un faune  Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1985  - I'm your Life  Culturele Raad, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
          - Portraits/Lach eens Even  With Claudio Goulart, Culturele Raad Brabant, Den Bosch,
           the Netherlands
1991  - Strange Fruits  Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          - O Motor da Saudade/Heimwee  Het Klimaat, de Watertoren, Vlissingen, the Netherlands
1992  - The Solids  Theater a/d Werf Festival, Utrecht, the Netherlands
          - Extravagant Irrational Devotion  Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1995  - Aparejos de belleza  Centro Wifredo Lam, La Habana, Cuba
1999  - Sir Rimbaud in Zanzibar - Prince Claus Fund, The Hague

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1967  - Brazilian Artists - Travelling Exhibition, Japan
1973  - Salão de Art Moderna  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1974  - Salão de Verão (First Prize)  Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1975  - Land Art Project - Galerie De Zeevang, Edam, the Netherlands
1976  - Contemporary Brazilian Art - Montecatini, Italy / Kassel, West Germany
1977  - IV Salão de Artes Visuais  Porto Alegre, Brazil
          - Visual Poetry - Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil
          - Video Mac  Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil
1978  - Printed in Brazil - Other Books and So Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1979  - Beelden van de Eigen Werkelijkheid  Van Reekmgalerij, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
1982  - Selfportraits  Travelling Exhibition, NKS, the Netherlands
       - In-Comunicavel  Museu de Arte Contemporanea, São Paulo, Brazil
         - XII Biennale de Paris - Musée de l'Art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
1983  - Grenzenole Inhoud  - Travelling Exhibition, NKS, the Netherlands
1984  - Collectie Gemeente-aankopen  Ameterdam, the Netherlands
         - Cage, Schâffer, en  Archive Space, Antwerpen, Belgium
1985  - Ook een Kunst II  R.B.K./Travelling Exhibition, the Netherlands
1988  - Kunstwerken in Boekvorm  Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
         - Werken op papier  Tropeninstuut, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
         - 46° Congresso Internation de Americanistas  Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the     
           Netherlands
1991  - Het Klimaat  Culturele Raad Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
         - Schau mir in die Augen  videobellden voor Kassel  Documenta Archiv, Kassel, Germany
         - Multiples en andere multiples  De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium
1992  - St. Vitus on ecstasy  Suzann Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam the Netherlands
1993  - Infusions  New European Art  Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom
                                           - Art Gallery and Museum , Brighton, United Kingdom
                                           - Oriel and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom
1994  - Quinta Biennal de la Habana  5th Havanna Biennale, Cuba
          - Die 5. Biennale von Havana  Selection from the de 5th Havanna Biennal in the Ludwig
           Forum, Aken Germany
1995  - Nervo Optico  Pinacoteca do Instituto de Artes, Porto Alegre, Brazil
          - Copie-Grafien  Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
          - Avenida da Liberdade  Het Domein, Sittard, the Netherlands
          - El libro objeto  Centro Wifredo Lam, Havanna, Cuba
1996  - Should I stay or should I go?  Stichting Kunst Mondiaal, exhibition travalling in
            the Netherlands (Tilburg, Udenhout, Amstelveen, Hoofdorp, Haarlem, Alkmaar,
            Diepenheim, Utrecht, Amsterdam)
          - Evora a luz Holandesa  The Evora Museum, Evora, Portugal
1997  - Sexta Biennal de la Habana  6th Havanna Biennale, Cuba
          - Gates  Kunsthall Hof 88, Almelo
          - Vaandels voor Babel  Babel Festival, Amsterdam Adviescommissie voor de kunst, de Pijp
2000  - Ontomoetingen - Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht
         - Saudade - Espace Pierre Cardin, Brussels  
         - Safra/Harvest, contemporary Art from the Netherlands - Palacio Dom Manuel, Grupo Pro-
                    Evora, Posto de Turismo, Evora
         - Arte Holandesa Contemporanea - Centro Cultural de Cascais, Portugal
2001  - Praça XV, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Brussels

Performances
1975   - Life and death are Each Other's Friends  Galerie De Zeevang, Edam, the Netherlands
1977   - The Mind Situation  Seven Arts Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1978   - Flight/Dialogs/Lovers  Three Performances with Claudio Goulart, Galerie Bedaux,
            Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1979  - 4 x Flavio Pons  Galerie Bedaux, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          - Untitled  With Cladio Goulart, Galerie Bedaux, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          - Flight - With Cladio Goulart, Televisão Difusora, Porto Alegre, Brazil
          - Art as an Ornament of Power - With Cladio Goulart, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul,
           Porto Alegre, Brazil
1981  - Goulart & Pons - With Cladio Goulart, the Bank, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1982  - To the Unknown  De Koer, Amsterdam/Festival of the Future, Melkweg, Amsterdam,
            the Netherlands
1983  - Performance Festival, de Lantare, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
          - La vie en Rose  Performances and installation, Ministry of Culture, the Netherlands
          - L'après-midi d'un Faune  Performance Festival, Bracknel, United Kingdom
          - La vie en Rose  Performance Festival Bracknel/Air Gallery, London/Brixton Gallery,
           London, Unitd Kingdom
          - L'Observatoire  Live Video Festival, Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1984  - La vie en Rose  Verleiding Festival, Melkweg, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
          - L'Alchimie du verbe or Rimbaud  Stichting Beeldende Kunst, Middelburg,
           the Netherlands
          - L'Observatoire  Concordia Theater, Enschede, the Netherlands
1985  - L'Observatoire  Art Center Wageningen, Video Festival, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
          - L'Alchimie du verbe or Rimbaud  Performance Festival, de Lantaren, Rotterdam,
           the Netherlands
          - L'Observatoire  Molkerei Werkstatt, Köln, West Germany
1986  - Le Musée d l'Homme  Live video, Time Based Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1997  - Los  Adioses - VI Bienal de La Habana, Havana








Binnengasthuis strrat, 894
1012 ZE Amsterdam
the Netherlands
tel + 32 20 6227168

Born in Dom Pedrito in 1947
Has lived and worked in Amsterdam since 1975. Individual and group exhibitions in Brazil, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Wales, UK, Japan and Cuba.

This page was last updated on: March 20, 2002

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