Campana Brothers (Co.) (Brazilian, established )

Timeline

1953
Humberto: Born in Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1961
Fernando: Born in Brotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1972–1977
Humberto: Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Sao Paulo
1979–1981
Fernando: Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from the Sao Paulo School of Fine Arts
1983
Provided assistance in setting up and monitoring visitors to the XVII Sao Paulo International Biennial of Art
1998
Fernando: Instructor in the Industrial Design Course at FAAP (Fundacao Arnando Alvares Pentraeado) in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1998
Humberto: Instructor in the Industrial Design Course at FAAP (Fundacao Arnando Alvares Pentraeado) in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999–2000
Fernando: Instructor at Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, MUBE (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura) in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1999–2000
Instructor at Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, MUBE (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura) in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Exhibitions

2012–2013
Campana Brothers, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France (solo)
2009–2012
Antibodies: The Works of Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989 – 2009, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany; NAiM/Bureau Europa Maastricht Netherlands; Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, La Coruña and Vigo, Spain; Triennale Design Museum Milan, Italy; Museu Vale, Vila Velha, Brazil; CCBB Brasilia, Brazil; CCBB Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, USA (solo)
2011
Brazilian Baroque Collection, Brazilian Embassy in Rome, Galleria Cortona, Palazzo Pamphili, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy (solo)
2009
U.F.O.: Blurring the Lines Bewteen Art and Design NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
UpCycling: Recuperating Past Lives: Art, Design and the Reinterpretation of Materials. A+ D Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008
Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection, Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
2008
Designer of the Year, Design Miami 2008, Miami, FL (solo)
2008
Campana Brothers Select. Works from the Permanent Collection. Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY (solo)
2007
The Cartoon Chairs, Albion Gallery, London, England (solo)
2007
Campana Brothers in the Garden John Madejski Garden, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (solo)
2007
Sotheby’s Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
2006
Il mondo do Italiano, Museum of Modern Arts Montreal, Toronto, Canada
2006
Le mouvement des Images, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
2006
Historia Naturalis, International Furniture Fair of Milan, Milan, Italy (solo)
2006
Historia Naturalis, ICFF, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Campane di Campana, Moss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Campana Brothers, Brazilian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
2005
Big Bang, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
2005
New Acquisitions, MoMA, New York, NY
2005
Swarm Exhibition, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Ideal House, IMM Cologne 2004, Cologne, Italy (solo)
2004
Zest for Life, Design Museum, London; Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
2003
Campanas, Centro Cultural Banco do Brazil, Brazil; Firma Casa, Sao Paolo; Lisbon; Stockholm (solo)
2003
The One-Legged Milk Stool, Design Museum Tank, London, England
2003
SOMEWHERE TOTALLY ELSE, The European Design Show, Design Museum, London, England
2003
The Magic Chandelier at Crystal Palace, Milan, Italy
2002
Milan in a Van, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
2002
Never Letting Poetry Escape, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Isreal (solo)
2001
Entre o Design e a Arte, Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paolo, Brazil (solo)
2001
Inventividade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Goiania, Brazil (solo)
2000
Blow Up, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany
1999
Retrospectiva Campana, Casa Franca Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
1999
Materias/Materiais, Museu de Arte Modernica da Bahia, Salvador (solo)
1999
Numeros, Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1998
Project 66 (with Ingo Mauer), The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1996
O Brazil faz Design, Palazzo Reale, Milan; Museu da Casa Brasileira, Sao Paulo; Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro; Liceu de Artes e Oficios da Bahia, Salvador (solo)
1993
Edicao 93, Nucleon 8, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1991
Esculturas, Pinacoteca do Estado do Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1990
Organicos, Nucleon 8, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)
1989
Desconfortaveis, A Arquitetura da Luz, Sao Paulo, Brazil (solo)

Public Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
Museum of Design, Lausanne, Switzerland
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Association Jaqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese, Milan, Italy
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Francisco Capelo Collection, Centro Cultural Belem, Portugal
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Manchester Museum, Oxford, England
Montreal Fine Art Museum, Corallo, Canada
Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, France