Campana Brothers (Co.)

(Brazilian, est. 1983)

armchair 'rococo' by campana brothers (co.)

Campana Brothers (Co.)

Armchair 'Rococo', 2012

Price on Request

sofa 'numa' by campana brothers (co.)

Campana Brothers (Co.)

Sofa 'Numa', 2014

Price on Request

Biography

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
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
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)
2011
Brazilian Baroque Collection, Brazilian Embassy in Rome, Galleria Cortona, Palazzo Pamphili, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy (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)
2009
U.F.O.: Blurring the Lines Bewteen Art and Design NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
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
Designer of the Year, Design Miami 2008, Miami, FL (solo)
Campana Brothers Select. Works from the Permanent Collection. Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY (solo)
Sotheby’s Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England
2007
The Cartoon Chairs, Albion Gallery, London, England (solo)

Public Collections

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Manchester Museum, Oxford, England
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Francisco Capelo Collection, Centro Cultural Belem, Portugal
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Association Jaqueline Vodoz e Bruno Danese, Milan, Italy
Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany