ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ (b. 1962, Belo Horizonte, Brazil). lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.

Rosângela Rennó has become known for her archival approach to photography and video, collecting anonymous portraits and other found photographs.  Through her found visual data, she brings the lives of strangers to attention, and comments on the fragility of individual lives within a society.

Rennó graduated in Architecture and Visual Arts in Belo Horizonte and went on to earn a doctorate from the University of São Paulo. She has had solo shows in institutions around the globe, among them, The Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (1995); the Museum of Contemporary art, Los Angeles (1996), the Museo do Chiado, Lisbon (2000), Centro Cultural Bando do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2003); the Festival d’Automne, Paris (2005); and most recently at the Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães, Recife, Brasil. She has participated in international group shows such as Aperto, Venice (1993); the São Paulo Biennial; Cocido y Crudo at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (1994); and represented Brazil, together with Beatriz Milhazes, at the Venice Biennale (2003).

Rennó is represented by Galeria Vermelho in São Paulo, Lombard-Freid Projects in New York, and Galeria Cristina Guerra in Lisbon.

www.galeriavermelho.com.br
www.lombard-freid.com
www.cristinaguerra.com