DIÔ VIANA was born in Santarém in the state of Pará, Brazil, in 1960. He studied painting, drawing and engraving at the Modern Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro,breitling replica watches copperplate engraving and xylography at the SESC-tijuca studio in Rio de Janeiro and at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro. He obtained a Diplôme des Métiers d´Art in engraving at the Ecole Supérieure Estienne in Paris, France. He taught engraving at the Modern Art Museum studio in Rio de Janeiro from 1993 to 1997 and he conducted workshops at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage in 1995.
He currently lives and works in Mexico city.
Competitions
1986 - ORLANDO DASILVA Engraving Contest – FIRST PRIZE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1990 - 21st Art Show of Pará, ACQUISITION PRIZE, Brazil
1991 - 9th Brazilian Drawing cartier replica Exhibition, FIRST PRIZE,
MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art) - Curitiba, Brazil
2001 - Prize Phillipe MARIN, 55º Realités Nouvelles, Paris, France
Collections & Museums
Museum of the city of Níteroi (Ingá) ,Rio de janeiro - Brazil
Cândido Mendes Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Fine Arts Museum, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Art Museum of the city of Belém, Pará - Brazil
Foundation Romulo Maiorana, Belém - Brazil
Contemporary Art Museum, Paraná - Brazil
Museum of the state of Pará - Brazil
Artothèque d’Albi, TARN - France
Collection Philipe MARIN - France
Collection Joël EDELSTEIN – Bresil
M.Denis Delbourg – France
M. François ADIBI – France
CPGravura Unicamp University, Brazil
CCAL- Cultural center Latin America, UNB, Brazil
Museum of the city Brasília, Brazil
Cultural Center Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jose Guadalupe Posadas Museun , ÁguasCalientes, México
Ciudad Juarez Museun, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Solo exhibitions
1987 - Villa Riso Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Macunaíma Gallery, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988 - House Romário Martins, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
1990 - Museum of the town of Níteroi (Ingá), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Brasilian American Cultural Institute, Washington, USA
1991 - Cândido Mendes Gallery, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994 - Cândido Mendes Gallery, Petite galerie, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995 - House France - Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1996 – Fine Arts Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1999 - Espace le Ludion – Villemoisson sur Orge, France
- Parc des Capucins exhibition room, Coulommiers, France
2000 – Museum of Art Brazil USA, Belém, Brazil
2001 - Gallery Alliance Française Brooklin, São Paulo, Brazil
2002 - Vera Ferro Gallery, Campinas, Brazil
2004 - Cultural Espace Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Museum of the Brasília City, Brasília, Brazil
- “ Engraving” embassyn of Franch, Brasília, Brazil
2005 - Iberê Camargo gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2006 - Cultural Center Post, rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 - Galeria de la ex Escuela de Cristo, Aguascalientes, México
- “Engravings” Centro de Estudios Brasileños, México – DF
- “Entre deux lumières” Espace Krajberg, ambassy of Brazil, Paris, França
2008 – “A Outra Margem” Fidanza gallery, Belém, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
1983 – Xylographers of Pará, Emílio Goeldi Museum, Belém, Brazil
1984 – Engraving from start to finish, SESC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- “Pau, Pedra, Fibra, Metal”, E.AV-Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Portinari Gallery, Belém, Brazil
1986 – 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Art Shows of Pará,87,88,89, Brazil
- MOSTRA KAIRÓS, BNDS Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 9th Plastic Arts National Show, Brazil
- ORLANDO DASILVA Engraving Contest – FIRST PRIZE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1987 – 44th and 45th Shows of Paraná , 88, Brazil
1988 - Theodoro Braga Gallery, Belém, Brazil
- 12th Cariocan Show of Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 7th Contemporary Art Show of São Paulo, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum), Brazil
1989 - 8th Brazilian Drawing Exhibition, MAC ,Curitiba, Brazil
- Alternance 89, Petrobrás (Petróleo Brasileiro SA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Contemporary Gallery , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- 21st Art Show of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1990 – 21st Art Show of Pará, ACQUISITION PRIZE, Brazil
- Engraving studio of the EAV of Parque Lage, Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1991 - “EAV. Processo 730.765-2”, EAV, Parque Lage, Ibac and Fine Arts Museum, Brazil
- 9th Brazilian Drawing Exhibition, FIRST PRIZE, MAC - Curitiba, Brazil
- 48th Show of Paraná, Brazil
1992 - “Projeto 4 Quadros”, Cândido Mendes Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Art Gallery, UFF (Federal University), Níteroi , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 - 14th Chicago International Art Exposition, Arte do Brasil, Sousa Edelstein LTDA, USA
- II SPAC (Contemporary Art Show) , Belém, Brazil
- Art Multiple - Arte do Brasil, Sousa Edelstein LTDA, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994 - Art Miami 94, International Art Exposition, Arte do Brasil, Sousa Edelstein LTDA, USA
1995 – Plastic Arts Show MAM-BAHIA, Salvador,Brazil
- Small Format Show, Belém, Brazil
- Engraving studio of the Modern Art Museum of Rio, Brasília National Theatre, Brazil
1996 – Engraving Show , Sesc - copacabana , Rio de janeiro, Brazil
1997 – Drawing & Engraving Collective, Sesc - Copacabana , Rio de janeiro, Brazil
1998 - Chalif’Art , Castle of Chalifert, France
- Haut – Pavé gallery "L`estampe" , Paris
- - Essec Imd – Cnit la Defense, Paris
1999 – 53rd Realités nouvelles, Paris
- Artothèque du collegè Jean-Jaurès, new acquisitions, Albi, France
2000 - "SAUDADE" Espace Pierre Cardin, Brussels, Belgium
- Show of May, Espace Eiffel-Blandy, Paris
- Haut-pavé gallery, Paris
- Paris par le cœur, Haut-Pavé gallery, Paris
- Artistes d`Aujourd`hui Franco-japonais, Gallery Fine Arts, Musée d`Art O, Tokyo, Japan
- Artistes d`Aujourd`hui Franco-japonais, Studio Image, Paris, France
2001 - Seul, House of Latin America, Brussels
- 55th realités Nouvelles, Paris, France
- "Praça XV" Gallery Seul, House of Latin America, Brussels
- "Cambressis May", Cambrai, Busigny, Caudri, France
2002 – 56th Realités Nouvelles, Paris , France
- Aquarela Gallery, Campinas, Brazil
2003 – 57th Realités Nouvelles, Paris
- Le mois de l’estampe, Paris
- Curto Circuito, Virgilio gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004 – Impressões Brasilienses, arte em papel gallery, Brasília Brazil
2005 – Hémispheres, Insa, Lempreinte, Lyon , France
2006 - Hémispheres, arte em papel gallery, Brasília, Brazil
- Prints Bresilien engravings, Goloborotkos Studio, New York, EUA
- Fine Arts Museum, engravings collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 - Contemporary Brazilian Engravers" at Pratt Institute, NY, E.U.A
- Contemporary Brazilian Printmakers" at Goloborotko´s Studio, , NY, E.U.A
- Colection MAB- Fine Arts Museum of Brasília. Cultural Espacel 508, Brasília, Brasil
2008 - “Brazilian Contemporary Printmakers” Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC
- “Semelhancas desiguais” National Museun, Brasilia, Brasil
- "Gráfica Brasileña",Instituo de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca, México
- "Grabadores Brasileños Contemporaneos", Fundación SEBASTIEN, México City
- Engraving in Pará-Collection, Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brasil
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