Marcos Bonisson (b. 1958, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), artist. He has a Bachelor degree in Portuguese Literature and a Master degree in Contemporary Art Studies by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFF). He published the art books: Arpoador (NAU, 2011), Pulsar (Binocular, 2013), and ZigZag (Bazar do tempo, 2018) . He participated in the Sao Paulo International Art Biennial in 2006. His visual art works are part of collections from Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Cartier Foundation, and Maison Europeene de la Photographie among others. His last solo exhibitions took place at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro in 2013, and Maison Europeene de la Photographie (MEP-Paris) in 2015.
www.marcosbonisson.com
Khalil Charif (b. 1967, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), artist. In late 90's, studied at Parsons School and New York University. Afterwards, he attended the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, in his hometown, and obtained a post-graduate degree in Art History at PUC-Rio (among further studies in Art-Philosophy). He was one of the recipients of the awards: “Prêmio Interações Florestais 2011” (Brazil), “ExperimentoBIO 2013” (Spain), Special Prize "Art Nova 100" in the "Arte Laguna Prize 2017" (Italy). Among his exhibitions are: “Triennale of Contemporary Art”, Czech Rep., 2008; "Dublin Biennial", Ireland, 2014; "XIX Bienal de Cerveira", Portugal, 2017; "Print Biennial Lodz", Poland, 2018; "BIENALSUR", Argentina, 2019.
www.khalilcharif.com
