Rafael Roncato (1989) is a Brazilian documentary photographer, editor, curator and visual artist currently living and working in between The Hague (NL) and São Paulo (BR).
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Rafael Roncato (Brazil, 1989) is a photographer, editor, project manager, visual artist, and tutor living in Brazil and the Netherlands. With a Master's in Photography & Society at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) and a Bachelor's in Multimedia Journalism, Rafael seeks to highlight the connection between images, power structures, and belief systems through semifictional narratives.
Passionate about comics, cinema, Brazilian modernism, creative processes and identity in mass culture, he uses non-linear methods to put the current media landscape in perspective. In 2021, he was co-idealizer and curator of the open call The Urban Between Reality and Utopia, an international partnership between Tiradentes (BR) and Rotterdam (NL) photo festivals.
Rafael's influence extends beyond his own work, as he has curated exhibitions and contributed to major press outlets such as Folha de S.Paulo, UOL, and El País. His collaborations span cultural institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo (MAM), Itaú Cultural, SESC, and Luisa Strina Gallery, and international organizations including FOTODOK (NL), Kubik Gallery (PT) and ChaXArt (NL/CH).
During his tenure at MAM São Paulo, where he held responsibilities as research, exhibition curation, and the production, editing, and publication of catalogues, he had the privilege of collaborating with diverse curators and artists. Among them Aracy Amaral, Paulo Herkenhoff, Pablo León de la Barra, Miguel Rio Branco, Cildo Meireles, and Barbara Wagner.
Rafael's photobook, Tropical Trauma Misery Tour, has garnered significant acclaim, winning the 1st Prize at (Kassel) Dummy Award '23 (GER), 1st Prize at Imaginária Festival Dummy Awards '23 (BR), and the Special Mention Award at Hong Kong Photobook Festival Photobook Dummy Award '23. It was also shortlisted at the Images Vevey Book Award '23, Fiebre Dummy Award '22, Beyra Festival '23 and Encontros da Imagem '23 portfolio review, further solidifying his status as a maker.
//Education
2024 / Radical Data / Follow up session / Nieuwe Instituut
2024 / Power Up Den Haag — Mondrian Fund
2022—2023 / FOTODOK Lighthouse Talent 22/23
2020—2022 / MA Photography and Society — KABK
2022 / Masterclass with Jonathas de Andrade — FOAM
2017 / 1st Program in Visual Journalism – Folha de S.Paulo
2015-2016 / Post-Graduation in Photography — FAAP
2011-2012 / Photography — Panamericana School of Art
2011-2012 / Cinema and TV — Anhembi Morumbi University
2007-2010 / BA Multimedia Journalism — FACAMP
//Work
2022— // Tutor at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2012— // Freelance journalist, editor and photographer
2015—2017 // Director of photography / Fluxo de Consciência show
2013—2016 // Editor and editorial producer / São Paulo Museum of Modern Art
//Awards
2024 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Shortlisted / Zum Festival / IMS / Brasil
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / PBM/MAS Prize / Dummy Award '23
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / 1st Prize / Lovely House / Imaginária Festival / Brasil
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Special Mention Prize / Hong Kong Photobook Festival
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Portfolio Review / Encontros da Imagem Festival / Portugal
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Shortlisted / Images Vevey Book Award
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Shortlisted / Beyra Festival Dummy Award
2023 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Shortlisted / Fiebre Dummy Award
2022 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Selected / FOTODOK’s talent program Lighthouse 22/23
2019 / Adágio / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía 8 / Chosen Artist
2018 / Sunyata / Verzasca Foto Festival / "Nera Di Verzasca Award" / Finalist
2018 / Barbat / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía 7 / Selected Artist
2017 / Sunyata / Artist Book Winner / Amis du Salon d'Automne de Paris / 5º Salão de Outono da América Latina
2017 / Sunyata / Premio Latinoamericano de Fotolibros / Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos / MEX / Selected Artist
2017 / Sunyata / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía 6 / Selected Artist
2017 / UYMO / Photobook Dummies / Valongo Festival / Selected Artist
2016 / Sunyata / Artward 9 / Selected Artist
2016 / Life Framer / Colours / Editor's Picks
2016 / Adágio / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía V / Chosen Artist
//Exhibitions
_Solo
2021 / Visual Currency / Wireless / Netherlands Fotomuseum / Rotterdam / NL
2018 / Adágio / Casavitorino / São Paulo
2016 / Adágio / UGRA / São Paulo
2016 / Adágio / Galeria Hipotética / Porto Alegre
2015 / Barathrum / Monkix
2015 / .nankeen. / Monkix
_Collective
2023 /Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / PhMuseum Days / Bologna / IT
2023 /Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Museumnacht / Kunstmuseum Den Haag / NL
2023 /Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / FOTODOK Lighthouse dinner performance / Utrecht / NL
2023 /Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Uitfeest / FOTODOK Lighthouse / Utrecht / NL
2022 /Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Royal Academy of Art / Bibliotheek / Selected Thesis Exhibition / The Hague / NL
2022 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour / Royal Academy of Art / Graduation Show / The Hague / NL
2021 / Wireless Anatomy of Man / Noorderlicht Photo Festival / Open Student Call / The Makeable Mind / Groningen / NL
2019 / Adágio / 16º Salão Nacional de Fotografia Pérsio Galembeck / Araras / SP
2019 / Adágio / WALL / FOTOHAUS / OFF Festival / Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie / Arles / França
2019 / Sunyata / What Lies Beneath / 500px / Toronto / Canadá
2018 / Barathrum / Noite Solar/ Projeção / Solar Foto Festival / Fortaleza
2018 / Barbat / Convocatória de Fotolivros / Solar Foto Festival / Fortaleza
2018 / Barbat / Convocatória de Fotolivros do Festival ZUM / IMS / SP
2018 / #poesiafica #foratemer / Projeção / Monat der Fotografie-OFF Berlin / Berlim
2018 / Sunyata / 8º Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes / MG
2017 / SINAPSES / SAO Ateliê / SP
2017 / Sunyata / Convocatória de Fotolivros do Festival ZUM / IMS / SP
2017 / Adágio / Queer City / Schwules Museum* / Berlim / Alemanha
2017 / Sunyata / Festival de Fotografia de Juiz de Fora / MG
2017 / Sunyata / Valongo Festival / Santos
2017 / Sunyata / 8th Lisbon's Photobook Fair / Portugal
2017 / #poesiafica #foratemer / Projeção / Fotohaus / Arles / França
2017 / Adágio / II Mostra Diversa / Museu da Diversidade Sexual / SP
2017 / Sunyata / 5º Salão de Outono da América Latina / Galeria Marta Traba / Memorial da América Latina / SP
2017 / Sunyata / 7º Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes / MG
2017 / Sunyata / Ocupação Trapiche #1 / São Luís / MA
2017 / Barathrum / Projecto Multiplo #12 / Lugar a Dudas / Cali / Colômbia
2017 / Da tela do celular: 20 visões do outro / Quintal Cultural / Porto Alegre
2017 / Da tela do celular: 20 visões do outro / Centro de Cultura Ordovás / Caxias do Sul
2016 / Foto_Invasão / Projeção / Red Bull Station / SP
2016 / Da tela do celular: 20 visões do outro / Galeria Hipotética / Porto Alegre
2016 / Carta das Laranjeiras / Salvador
2016 / Estou Cá / Potlatch / Sesc Belenzinho / SP
2016 / Adágio / Ritos e Rituais / 6º Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes / MG
2015 / Adágio / DOC / 6ª Mostra SP de Fotografia
2015 / Barathrum / O Estendal / Sesc Rio de Janeiro
2015 / Barathrum / Ugra Zine Fest / CCSP
2014 / Barathrum / Sextas Matadoras / SP
2014 / Barathrum / Paraty em Foco / RJ
2013 / Re(li)quiem / Escola Panamericana / SP
//Collections
Adágio / Schwules Museum / Berlin
Adágio / Museu da Diversidade Sexual / São Paulo
The Wireless Anatomy of Man / KABK / The Hague
//Collectives
2021– / Cartography Digest
2018– / Havaiana Papers / Brazilian Photobooks
2016–2020 / Lombada / Photobooks lab
2013–2015 / Ateliê Fotô / Eder Chiodetto
//Talks
2024 // TTMT_Book Talks / PhMuseum Days / Bologna / IT
2024 // TTMT / FELIFA + Dummy Awards / Buenos Aires / ARG
2024 // TTMT / Imagens à queima-roupa with Miguel Del Castillo [IMS] and Shirlene Linny / Imaginaria Festival / BR
2023 // Image Constellation with Dafni Melidou / Goethe-Institut Niederlande // Rotterdam / NL
2023 // MA Photography & Society / KABK / NL
//Workshops
2023 // WORM / Cartography Digest / “How to deal with…” zine-making / Rotterdam / NL
2023-2024 // KABK / Collaboration Week / Mood board Mythologies / The Hague / Netherlands
2023 // KABK / Cartography Digest / AppropriNation / The Hague / Netherlands
2022 // KABK / Cartography Digest / Speed editing workshop / The Hague / Netherlands
2021 // KABK / Workshop Week / Photography Beyond the Visible with Eddo Hartmann and Piek Kock / The Hague / Netherlands
2019 // LOMBADA Zine Battle / São Paulo / Brazil
2019 // LOMBADA Collective Zine Publication / São Paulo / Brazil
2019 // Visual narratives / LSA+ students from Dartmouth College (USA) / São Paulo / Brazil
2018-2019 // LOMBADA / photobook lab and workshops / São Paulo
2018 // Photojournalism / Dr. Jorge Coury Public School / Brazil
2018 // Photobooks - with Gabriela di Bella - Viva Rua Photography, Art and Culture School / São Paulo / Brazil
2017 // Presenting: Rafael Roncato / Festival de Fotografia de Tiradentes / Minas Gerais / Brazil
2016 // Portraits / Hipotética Gallery / Porto Alegre / Brazil
//Publications
2024 / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour
2019 / Perspectiva da perseguição
2018 / Barbat
[Biblioteca IMS/São Paulo]
2016 / Sunyata
[Biblioteca MAM São Paulo, Biblioteca IMS, Biblioteca Blank Paper/Madri, Franklin Furnace Artists’ Books Collection/Pratt Institute/NY]
2015 / Barathrum
[Biblioteca MAM São Paulo, Biblioteca Mário de Andrade/SP, Projecto Multiplo, Franklin Furnace Artists’ Books Collection/Pratt Institute/NY, MoMA Library/NY]
2024 / Protest in Photobooks / Tropical Trauma Misery Tour
2024 / see-zeen / Perspectives on photography
2024 / Der Grief / Dummy Award ‘23 winner
2023 / Vist Projects / Interview ENG — ESP
2023 / FOTODOK / Interview
2023 / PhotoBookMuseum Dummy Award Catalogue
2022 / Der Grief / Artist Feature
2022 / Der Grief / Artist Blog
2021 / Almost Welcome / Wireless / KABK/MAPS
2019 / Observatório 26 / Itaú Cultural
2018 / ELLO.co / New Photographer
2018 / Barbat / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía VII / Chosen Artist
2018 / Sunyata / OLD
2017 / Sunyata / AI-AP / Latin American Fotografía VI / Chosen Artist
2017 / Baiacu / Laerte e Angeli / SESC Ipiranga / São Paulo
2017 / Adágio / Laerte-se / Netflix Originals / Directors Lygia Barbosa da Silva e Eliane Brum
2017 / Sunyata / Ignant
2017 / Sunyata / Don't Touch My Moleskine
2017 / Sunyata / Clavoardiendo Magazine
2017 / Barathrum / PBMag
2016 / Fotografe Melhor / n. 243 / Os traços de um jovem retratista
2015 / Adágio / DOC / 6ª Mostra SP de Fotografia
2015 / Adágio / Guerrilla / Chile
2015 / Adágio / Fotografia Diária
2015 / Barathrum / Fotografia Diária
2015 / Adágio / Cat Magazine
2014 / Ocupação Laerte / Itaú Cultural
2014 / Sophia magazine / Argentina
2014 / Adágio / Rolling Stone
2013 / Sasha Grey / Papo de homem
2013 / Re(li)quiem / OLD
2013 / .nankeen. / Ideafixa
2013 / .nankeen. / Divirta-se / Estadão
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