Daniel Blaufuks

Daniel Blaufuks uses mainly photography and video, presenting his work through books, installations and films. He has a predilection for issues such as the connection between time and space and the intersection between private and public memory.

Since the 1980s, the artist has been exhibiting his work in Portugal, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, the United States, and Brazil. Highlights include exhibitions at the Centre Photographique - Rouen Normandie, France; Musée Eugène Delacroix, Paris, France; European Photography Festival, Reggio Emilia, Italy; PhotoEspaña, Madrid, Spain; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal; Fábrica Usina, João Pessoa, Brazil; MAM – Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Progetti, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen, Germany; Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon; Museu do Chiado, Lisbon; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Goethe-Institut, Madrid, Spain; MACE – Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas, Elvas, Portugal; Centro de Artes Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg; Patio Herreriano - Museum of Contemporary Spanish Art, Valladolid, Spain; Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy; Location One, New York, USA; Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal; and Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.

His work is part of many collections, such as the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, New York; the Modern Art Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; the Galician Centre of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela; Novo Banco Photo, Lisbon; MEIAC, Badajoz; Berardo Collection, Lisbon; Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena; Sagamore Art, Miami; and The Progressive Collection, Ohio.

Among several awards, the artist was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2007, 2015), was a finalist for the Pilar Citoler Award (2007) and the European Photography Award (1996). In 2007 he won the BES Photo Award, in 1990 the Kodak National Award, and in 2016 the AICA Prize – International Association of Art Critics.