A fast thinker, passionate about diversity, Weber Pádua observation runs at the speed of light and only photography is able to capture his thoughts, registering in one click what he unveils in the immediacy of his gaze. With light as his collaborator and the most important variant in his photography in a relationship of unlimited discoveries, it fell to the photographer to set the parameters of this dialogue through the years in order to get to grips with the precision he was looking for. In one click, in hundredths of a second, Weber turns his thoughts into images, and immediately afterwards again seeks new visual dialogues that will continually transform the present into memory in an endless cycle of observation and creation.
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Weber Pádua, born 1966, Mococa, Brazil
For certain, behind this frenzy of observation there lies a precise understanding of his time; behind this understanding lies the technique, style and artistic perception that have formed Weber’s artistic history and his signature, intrinsic to each piece, in his unending pursuit of perfection in conception and concept. (Ricardo Fernandes)
Education
1992/1996
Photography, Guignard, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, UEMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Graphic Design, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, UEMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Sculpture and Modeling, Guignard, Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1984/1980
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais – PUC/MG, Engenharia Elétrica, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Main Solo Exhibitions
2020
En Transit, Online Exhibition, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
Tokyotosaka online show – Cento e Quatro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
Serendipity, Brot Galerie, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Serendipity – Mercado Grano, Nova Lima, Brazil
Manda Fotos, Espaço Cultural Green Up, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2018
FIC Portrait, Coffee International Fair, SEBRAE Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Takaná, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2017
Emotional Landscapes, Bo Concept, Mercado Grano, Nova Lima, Brazil
Poesia Urbana, CasaCor2017, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Fotola Book Launching and Show, Livraria da Rua, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2016
Globe Trotters, Memorial Minas Gerais Vale (MMGV), Museu do Complexo Cultural da Praça da Liberdade, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Weber Pádua, Ready to Go Project, Diamond Mall Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Tokyotosaka, Mercado Grano, Nova Lima, Brazil
Weber Pádua, Minas Trend, Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2015
Book Signing, Moda, Informação e Transformação (MIT), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Book Launching, Tokyotosaka, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), Praça da Liberdade, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2014
5 X 5, Biblioteca Pública Estadual Luiz de Bessa, MIT Moda, TS STUDIO, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Camisa 10 – Moda e Futebol, TS STUDIO, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Brazil
Camisa 10 – Fashion and Soccer, Milan, Italy
Fotola, Villa Vittini Fashion Day & Vogue, Praça Marilia de Dirceu, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2013
5 x 5 Weber Pádua, Museu de Artes e Ofícios (MAO), Arts and Kraft Museum of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
5 X 5 Book Launching and Expo – 25 Years of Photography Anniversary, Galerie Ricardo Fernandes, Paris, France
2011
Rapidinha, Curator Peter Krauss, Túnel Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1999
Y2K, Fundação Mineira de Arte Aleijadinho (FUMA), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1993
FACES, S.O.H.O. Galeria Bar, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Main Collective Exhibitions
2020
Fotografias Por Minas, Online Show, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
Animalismo, Mercado Grano, Espaço Orgânico Contemporâneo, Nova Lima, Brazil
2017
Fotochopp, Galeria Patio Savassi, Blo Horizonte , Brazil
Coragem – Ready to Go Project, Diamond Mall Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2016
Diversos, Galeria Casa Mirador, Belo Horizonte , Brazil
5 x 5 and Tokyotosaka – Bazar Fotogáfico, Foto em Pauta Photography Festival, Tiradentes, Brazil
2014
La usina del Arte, Cloître des Billettes Cultural Centre, Paris, France
Book signing at Foto em Pauta Photography Festival, Tiradentes, Brazil
Les Couleurs du Brésil, Artistes Contemporains, Johnson & Johnson, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Espaço Carlton – Fumoir, CasaCor 2014, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2012
Coletivo 64, Foto em Pauta Photography Festival, Tiradentes, Brazil
2011
Túnel Galeria, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Galeria Cícero Mafra, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Galeria Orenoco, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Projeto Aveztruz, with Paula Rettore, Museu Gerdau – Museu das Minas e do Metal (MM), Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Main Publications
2020
IRE ICE ZEA LAND DOWN UNDER, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2017
Fotola, Livraria da Rua, Editora Miguilim, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Fotola, Weber Pádua, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2016
Tokyosaka, Weber Pádua, Fernanda Takai, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2015
Tokyotosaka, CCBB – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Museu do Complexo Cultural da
Praça da Liberdade, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2013
5 X 5 Weber Pádua, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
5 X 5 Museu de Artes e Ofícios – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Projects
2020
Café com Bolacha, Music Sets on Twitch, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2002
DABLIO STUDIO, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1998
Freakout, Alternative Party Project, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1995/1998
Wa Bop, Night Club, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1991/1995
FREE TIME, FM Broadcasting, Geraes FM, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1988/1990
GUILDEN – Cultual Club, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1982/1985
1-7/8 IPS, Sound for parties, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Teaching Projects
2004/2012
Fashion Photography Teacher at F.U.M.E.C. University, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Main Gallery Collection
2016
Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
Sakanã, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Main Private Collections
Adler Victor, Arlon, Belgium
Aloízio Meireles, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Angelo Paulino, Nova Lima, Brazil
Antônio Massud, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Bruno Carneiro, Nova Lima, Brazil
Eugênio Savio, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Fernando Diniz, São Paulo, Brazil
Fernando Furtado, Nova Lima, Brazil
Julio Souki, London, UK
Leo Lodi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leo Mendes, Brumadinho, Brazil
Leon Missyor, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Letícia Almeida, Boston, USA
Luciana Nacif, Brumadinho, Brazil
Marcos Correa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Murillo Ayres, Luxemburg
Patricia Nardi, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Paulo Henrique Santos, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Paulo Raic, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Peter Krauss, Collogne, Germany
Renata Salgado, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Ricardo Fernandes and Sami Korhonen, Paris, France
Ricardo Vargas, Lisbon, Portugal
Rodrigo Ballesteros, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Rodrigo Carneiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Rodrigo Cerqueira, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Tatiana Torres, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Tereza Santos, Belo Horizonte, Brazil