Miguel Hijjar has been involved in photography as a medium and visual language for more than 50 years. Watch the colorful and digital world take over the analog and black and white world. Such movement flirts with its production, which delves into the possibilities that this conjunction provides.
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Photographic Exhibition “Walter Firmo Photography Award - 1st. Edition ”Rio de Janeiro.
2018 Rio BIK00-TEN Galeria Antonio Berni.
2018 Proyecto Intervenidos de Marta Tallarico - Bariloche.
2017 29th Rio BIK00-TEN - Collective with Japanese plastic artists. Antonio Berni Gallery.
2016 FRESCOBOL Partnership Zeka Araújo. Gallery 32 - London.
2016 Languages of the Body in Rio [the vertigo of Rio]. (FotoRio collective) Museum of Art of Rio.
2015 5th. CREMERJ Photography Salon.
2015 Salão de Arte SP - Anjos Art Gallery. Jockey Club.
2015 Ser Carioca de Luz. (FotoRio Collective) Centro Cultural Justiça Federal.
2015 Being from Rio de Janeiro. (FotoRio collective) State Park Library.
2010 3rd. CREMERJ Photography Salon. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Argentina.
2009 2nd. CREMERJ Photography Salon. Art Gallery of the Consulate of Argentina.
2008 PARACURUs + 20 - Municipal Secretary of Culture of Paracuru - Ceará - Brazil.
2007 TUNISIA - ANS Exhibition - Health and Culture.
2005 PARIS RIO - Passion et Carnaval - French Alliance.
2005 PARACURUs + 20 - Centro Cultural Chico Belo.
2003 PARACURUs + 20 - Centro Cultural Justiça Federal.
2003 NOSSO FLAMBOIÃ - Espaço Cultural Chico Belo.
2001 AMIGOS DO CHICO - Espaço Cultural Chico Belo - Reference Center Hélio Fraga - Rio de Janeiro - RJ.
1999 CARAS - Crystal Palace - Praça da Confluência - Centro - Petrópolis - RJ.
1999 CARAS - Shopping Avenida Central - Av. Rio Branco 156, Segundo Piso - Rio de Janeiro - RJ.
1998 CARAS - Candido Mendes Cultural Center - LARGE GALLERY - Rio de Janeiro - RJ.
1998 MEETING - Espaço Cultural Chico Belo - Rio de Janeiro - RJ.
1997 FIGURATIVO E ABSTRATO - PIC Cidade Art Gallery - Pampulha Iate Clube - Belo Horizonte - MG.
1997 FIGURES - Gallery of the Medical Association of Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte - MG.
1997 CARAS E VELAS - Gallery of the Federal Accounting Council - Brasília - DF.
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
2018 Beauties of Rio Rio and beauties. Book with a published photo. Milton Guran, Camila Santana - 1.ed. - Rio de Janeiro: Arte Ensaio, 2018.
2016 Et Cetera 20 anos - Guerra, Nadam ee Tambke, Erika org. Photo and collaboration. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Circuito, 2016.
2015 Ser Carioca Forms of Sociability in Rio de Janeiro. Catalog with 2 selected photos. Curated by Julieta Roitman, Milton Guran and Pedro Vasquez - 2015.
2009 RITA - the human face of tuberculosis - Photos by Miguel Hijjar and texts by José do vale Pinheiro Feitosa. Photos and narrative that give tuberculosis a face and voice. Edition: 2009. Editor: © SOPTERJ.
2009 Foto Finalista Cor. Revista Fotografe Melhor –year 14, no. 157, page 47, October 2009. Publisher: Europa.
2009 B&W Finalist Photo. Fotografe Melhor magazine - year 14, no. 157, page 50, October 2009. Publisher: Europa.
2005 Cover of “Cadernos de Saúde Pública-Reports in Public Health” with the photo: Fishermen in Paracuru. Volume 21, number 3, May / June 2005.
2003 PARACURUs + 20 - History of images of 20 years of the city of Paracuru, Ceará. Edition: 2003 - Publisher: © M.Hijjar.
2000 ALMOST ABSTRATIONS - photo essay published in the magazine CAROS AMIGOS - year III - nº 35 - February 2000.
1998 CARAS - 30 detachable postcards that show a little of Miguel Hijjar's work - Edition: 1998 - Publisher: © M.Hijjar.
AWARDS
2019 Prize MTD-Movement Diverse Territories- of Photography Walter Firmo. 1st edition. under the theme “More Love Please” with the photo “Love without prejudice” in the professional category. 10th Place.
2009 3rd. PLACE on the 2nd. CREMERJ-2009 Photography Contest. in the Black and White Category.
2009 FINALIST in the 7th. Cultural Photo Contest Leica-Fotografe-2009. One of 52 color photos and one of 40 black and white photos selected and published among 2772 entries.
2000 3 photos selected from 250,000 from 117 countries in “The Millennium Photo Project” - 2000 www.millenniumphoto.com
1994 1st PLACE in the “Caras do Brasil” Contest - CARAS Magazine - Edition 57 - year I - nº 49 - December 9, 1994.